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WEEKLY MMUS GAZETTE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY Corvallis, June 6, 1879. W. B. CARTER, HARBOR GFREFUGE. The people of the Willamette val ley are now awaking to the. impor tance of Cape Foulweather as a har nor ot refuge. 1 he otticial surveys have demonstrated its adaptability as the best, cheapest, and most avail able point surveyed for this purpose. The Hoard ot U. b. H-ngineers to whom is entrusted the responsible duty of making a selection for such work, under act of Congress is now in session, at San Francisco, as wil be seen by the following notice : Office Bojbd Engineers for the pacific Coast, 533 KHesv St., San Frasi isco, Cal . May 23d. 1879. j On and after the fifth day of June, 1879, public suasions of the Hoard, or ol a committee o( the same, will be held at this office. The object of these is to hear the views and opinions of all persons m tcrested in tne location ot a Harbor ol Kctuge on the Pacific ocean, between San Francisco, and the Straits of Puca. Ship.nasters familiar with the navigation of the Pacific coast, and all other persons possessed of in formation on the subject, are invited to communicate witn tne lioard., BB person or Dy letter. C. SEAFORTH STEWART, Lt. Col. of Engs., Senior Member. This board commenced its sittings yesterday but how long it will re main in session, is not announced The first intimation we had of the time and place of meeting reached this city last Friday afternoon and on Saturday morning the committee on the harbor of refuge question, of this city, was called together, by its president, Hon. John Burnett. After short consultation, it was decided to telegraph to Eugene City, Junction, Salem and Albany, for the purpose ol calling committees from the eral counties ot this valley to meet at Albany, (being the most central point) on Monday, for decisive and united action in this matter. Polk eounty could not be reached by tele graph. Pursuant to call, delegations from Eugene, Junction, Salem, Cor vallis and Albany, met, and decided to send representatives to represent the valley counties before the board and present the claims of Cape Foul weather for the breakwater. For proceedings, see another column. The act of Congress expressly says that the board, in the selection ot a harbor of refuge, shall take into con sideration the "local and general interests of commerce," as well as that of a harbor of refuge. Cape Foulweather has pre-eminent advantage, in this respect, being lo cated at the natural outlet of the Willamette valley, the great grain producing belt of Oregon, compris ing the counties of Yamhill, Polk, Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton, and we might, very properly, include a por tion of Douglas. Corvallis, as its name indicates, is the " Heart of the Valley," within sixty miles of Foul- weather. A railroad between these points is now in coursa of construe. tion, and were the harbor of refuse located there, would be completed within twelve months from this time giving an outlet to the commerce of this State which could not be esti . i i matea in dollars and cents sq vast are the interests involved. In view of these facts, which patent to the most casual observer, bo wonder that the people of this valley are so deeply interested in this matter. In presenting this subject to our readers we have never sought to undervalue, or misrepresent the merits of other places, and only de eire that the selection be made at the most available point, all things con eiuereu. tv e nave iuit conndence in the integrity and honesty of the board and believe them to be well qualified for the discharge of the portant duty entrusted to them, and have no fears that they will be influ enced, in their decision, except by facts and figures and a desire to do the best thing for the government and the maritime and commercial interests of this entire coast. We could wish, however, that inasmuch as Mr. Habersham's examinations at Cape Foulweather were necessarily somewhat hurried, that a personal ex amination could be made, by the board, of the various points compet ing for the location of this grand public work. DECORATION DAY. Last Friday the clouds parted, the sun shined out in midsummer splen dor, and all nature seemed to wel come Decoration Day, in Portland, which was observed in appropriate manner. The gathering was large, the floral offerings beautiful and grand, and the ceremonies, through out, interesting and impressive. We exceedingly regret our inability to be present, but read, with deep interest, the various addresses delivered uie occasion. Unr limited space, this week, will prevent us from giv- eph Nooker, and seriously burning five oth ers. Bishop Carrigan, of New York, declined to allow the Ancient Order of Hibernians to participate in the parade of the German Catholic society. He says the Hibernians are not recognized as a church society. General James Shields, U. S. senator from Missouri, died suddenly at Ottumwa, dbwa, on the evening of the 2d. He rendered dis tinguished service in the Mexican war, and also served in the war for the union. He has been a senator from three different states, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri. In 1848 he was appointed governor of Ore gon, but declined. FOREIGN- The eruption of Mount jEtna increases in force. Wednesday night a number of bril liant balls of fire were thrown to a great height and burst aloft like rockets emitting a fierv shnwer. Tlnrintr t.hfi whole of WW'- ing place to any Ot them, but in our nesday loud reports like the rolling of artil m-Vl IdQUO II' n intmwl irk nraoAnt Any 1 lry Were IlCaru. ...... . - , v, t, w IUW1.IJU L V uivn(.uu will I T -i , . v- r .Russian grain crops are said to be suffer readers the able, eloquent, patriotic incr from the ravages of a small insect which and brilliant address of Rev. J. A Cruzan, on that occasion. It touches 1 .1. . cnoras mat win vi orate in every American heart. It portrays, in vivid colors, tne true condition ot our country, North and South, and yet it is free, we think, from any " bloody shirt" charge. The actions of the present Congress, and the insolent expressions of Southern leaders, and the tone of their press, indicate their real animus which is, that, in their opinion, the " war of the Rebellion was a failure." it is 111211 time that an who love our Union and venerate the "old flag," North and South, should stand firm and take their reckonings for the future. Terribly momentous ques tions are bcinw thrust upon us, and upon their decision hangs the destiny of our nation. We are no alarmist. and deprecate everything that would ..,:, ,.,.i,;ji ,i, ..: :.: ma. Among her passengers were 17 Chi ... a..v .o-, w.c -''i.' neSe lepers, who have been inmates of the and stir up the slumbering prejudices county pest house for several months, now of the nast but silenci- at this timp snipped to Uma, by oiaer ot tne supervis 1 ' ' ors might be misconstrued into indif ference, a sin, which no journalist could be pardoned lor the commis sion 01 when such momentous issues are involved. The politician, states man, and patriot at the ballot-box, may well inquire, " v atchman, what ot the nisiht r propagates very rapidly. One-third of the entire wheat crop of southern Russia is now threatened. Very little is yet known of the habits or customs ot the insect The council of state of the canton of Uri Switzerland, has submitted to the great council a law visiting willful murder and incendiarism resulting in loss of life, with punishment of death, executions to be pri vate. The North German Gazette says that nothing is known in well informed circles ! concerning the alleged intention of the gov eminent to abandon the gold standard A heavy shock ot earthquake was tele in Bermuda May 28th. No loss of life. PACIFIC COAST- Troy Dye and his confederate Anderson were hanged at Sacremento on May 29th The autopsy on Dye disclosed a healthy con dition ot the brain. The entire sophomore class of the state university of California was expelled for re fusing to divulge the n;mes of members of the class guilty of issuing obscene bogu junior examination programmes. the summer suits tor the city police of V ictoria were placed in the hands ot a Ohi nese tailor to be made ; but the city council passsd a resolution condemning the transac tion and the order was canceled The steamer China sailed from San Fran. Cisco, June 1st, tor Hongkong via Yokaha the iy THE SILVER QUESTION. Among the documents recently received by us from our Senators and T . . representative in on'ress, are tne "minutes of a conference between the committee on coinage, weights and measuies of the House of Rep resentatives, and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the mint," recommitted to the commit tee on Coinage, Weights and Meas ures and ordered to be printed, May 1st, 1879. 1 his document goes down to the very bottom of the " silver craze and exhibits its folly fetter than any thing that has come to our notice The colloquy between John Sherman, alone as the standard is Secretary of the U. S. Treasury and it "MONEY OF THE WCRLD." Mr. Editor : We hear much about "money of the world." It is claimed hard money men that gold and silver money is the "money of the world" when, really there is no such thing, never was nor never will be. Money is only money when it is a legal tender for every possible purpose for which money can be used. This being the result of " law," and the law of one country or nation, having no torce in another nation. it ioiiows cieany, that tne money ot one nation cannot be money in another. Money a creature ot law, it follows that nothing is money of the world, unless lejeives the legal recognition of all the law m iking powers of the world. If there s:ich a thing as a "money of the world please inform me whit is it? Don't all speak at once. I pause for an answer. Not gold or silver, for neither are money until they are coined and receive the sovereign stamp. Eagles, half eagles, and dollars are not money outside the boundaries of the United States. Pounds, shillings and pence are money only within the jurisdiction of the British Empire. Francs are not money outside of France. So the money of the world does not consist of any particular coinage. What then? the bullionists ail swer that gold is the recognized standard of the world. this is not the fact. The po ulation of those countries that use go isu.uoo.uuu in round numbers. The population of those countries that use silver and not gold :kl tne committee, clearly shows that he 877,030,000 population of those countries has given the matter deep thought. ,cb,have th? dub e standard is 133,000,- in mc civuizeu worm goici, silver and As no particular coinage has ever been adopted, if there is a "mon ey of the world," it must consist of the material of which money is made, and not are . Temperance in Astoria. Under date of May 25th, "Uncle Davy" New-some writes us from Astoria, as follows: " The Doctor (Watts) has set this town on fire that is, fired them up on temperance. The B. R. C. numbered 147 members, and they expected to increase the same to 2-50 before leaving. Forty-two whisky mills here. Bay smooth as glass to 'lay. The wreck of the Republic isible," ",V"SU1 (Mi and proclaims him one of the shrewd- paper are used. est financiers of this nation. The financial problem is one of the grandest questions that claims the attention of the American people, because upon its proper solu the coin, ihe bullionists will answer yes and claim that gold and silver are the ma terials universally adopted. But is it not also a fact that paper is just as universally used ? Shall we settle the question by tion depends the weal or woe of the quantity, and crown that material with the Republic, and this is no time for tine writing ' and school-boy rhet oric on this subject. Our gold, silver and greenback dollar, to-day, are in terchangeable, at par, for purposes of commerce, but with an unlimited coinage of silver dollars, worth only 84 or So cents in gold, how lonor honor of the "money of the world" that is most extensively used ? According to rawcett the amount of gold coin in the civilized world in 1875, amount ed to l,972,5O0,0CO Amount of silver 1.800,000.000 Total coin 3,772,500,000 Amount of paper money 3,8S6, 000,000 Excess ot paper money over both gold and silver. SllS-fiOnOOO 'Vnw Tirsiv toll would they be thus interchangeable? what is the " money of the world ?" " Fact3 Spf-r,.taru Sl.ormor, are stubborn things." W.A.Wells, J VIJtlllJMIIj HI I 1 ( J .7 IT I I tU interrogatories by Mr. De La Matyr, thus strikes at the Very root of the much vexed, and not well under stood, silver question : T ..- .1 ..1,1 .. A .1 I . xu "tiivi escciu to me maL aitpr wo imum brought our paper, our bonds, and our silver up to tne gold basis, the better way is to adhere to it rather than to take advantage ot tne depreciation of silver to pay in a coin ot less market value than was received for our bonds. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. ANOTHER SAD WARN INC. The vile compounds now dealt out across bars, and in the the low dens, called saloons, throughout this land, are literally liquid damnation. We heard an eminent physi cian remark, recently, that we no longer have " drunken" men they drink and in stead of being drunk they are crazy poisoned. While in Albany, last Monday, a physician informed us that on the previous evening he was called to see a young man. of respectable family, and found him "crazy as a bed-bug," as the Doctor expressed it literally poisoned. During Sunday he had been indulging, not very freely, in liquors kinds, but the result was EASTERN t i r 1. . . . ... imports irom an principal cities show a of different general observance ot decoration day, with alarming aav woiviailV lluLC W I P f I 1 1 V 7P!tTTiroa A .1 1.1 S i if ikj B.j v ' ., aiiuuowcames ine saa news, tnat on TTlLZ1"" last week, James D. Fay, 1 h Pi .wml;? poisoned tne formerly of this county, a lawyer of some water so that a.l drinking therefrom have note, well known throughout this State of wh,Ur ,E evenen have died, having been a member of the Oregon of wnom five belonged to John Alrlrinh !.,. .-a a 1 -t il. c, 3? i. , his entire family. Mrs. Aldrich is insane. congressman r oster has been nominated ror governor ot Uhio by the Republicans. On May 30th a devastating cyclone passed oer portions ot Missouri, Nebraska and ivansas. At r ranktort. Atchison and 1Unn lature, and (speaker of the Senate, had committed suicide, by shooting himself through the head, while on a drunken de bauch, at Empire City, Southern Oregon. For some years Mr. Fay has resided in San Francisco, and was attending court at Em pire City, at the time. The fatal shot was S'? i- latter t&L , 61 h,uses were fired in a 8alo"n. laboring under tempo destroyed, 3o persons killed, and fi w,.nd. . : :t ' j uES . "c,"l'" ed and missing. At Lee's Summit and Irv ing, Missouri, 26 were killed, and over 50 wounded, most of the latter severelv. and many of them will die. At Concordia lR aeaa Domes were brought in from two square miles ot territory. At Blue Spring, the house of Mr. Harris was totally de stroyed. Mams and his wife and children were carried up into the air clear out of sight, and drooDed in different nlaos a..d uuetuum ironi tne site ot the house they occupied, and varying in distance from one to two nnnured yards. Mrs. Harris and one child were killed outright. Harris diod several hours alter. His rary insanity, caused by drinking the pois onous decoctions dealt out under the protec tion of a license. The following is the ver- diet of the coroner's inquest, and particu lars, as far as known : Address of Hon. J radge Boise. Gentlemen- of tub Gradcatino Class Ladies and Genti.emen- When we graduate at college, and go forth into the world, on whose broad arena we must act a part, we have bat acquired the art of learning and are only at the threshhold of the great temple of knowledge, whose treasures it will be the business of our lives to explore. And we will be fortunate, iudeed, if we are so far skilled and equipped that we shall be able to make onr way without the aid of a professor to still show us the path. We must still continue to learn lessons, trusting to our experience for instructions, and carefully criticise our productions, le3st they anoear crude and ill favored to the eye of a discerning public whose favor is eminently essential to our success and comfort. Do not understand that in trinsic merit should ever be neglected in what we undertake, for the sake of securing popular approval. But all that we do, of a public nature, is so interwoven with the affairs of others that their wishes and tastes must be carefully regarded, and the general approval of our fellow-men is worthy of being earnestly sought for, in all our enterprises. x ou nave now nnished a course ot study, and acquired some knowledge, which should serve you, as a foundation on which to build. This foundation is the design and bears the finish of your pro- lessors and yourselves, but the superstructure will be youi s alone. You have, during the pleasant years spent here, been gathering materials from the great storehouses of knowledge and training your hands and faculties for your work. And as its columns, arches, capital and dome shall go up, they will exhibit to a criticising world your skin ; and as your work shall be well or ill done, so will be your fortune and tame. As you are about to euter on the stage ot lite without a large experience, and among scenes that are new, permit me to assume the privilege that belongs to age, to suggest some errors into which young persons sometimes fall, and which you will do well to avoid. And first, avoid all degrading appetites ; be temperate in all things. Some eminent men have been addicted to these vices, but they have been the bane of their lives, hanging to them like a prisoners shackle, impeding their progress, and lessening their usefulness. Always ba able to govern yourselves ; this done, and one long stride is made towards being able to influence others, and make your way in the world pleasant and profitable. Also avoid extravagance. This has ruined many young men, who started in life with fair prospects. Nothing in the way of credit will ever be gained by spending all vou earn : and to spend more, is certain ruin. He who is saving part of his annual income ia considered thrifty, and as coming up in the world, has influence, and is consulted in private and public affairs. He is the coming man, and will be honored while a spendthrift soon sinks from all respectability and i3 despised even among those who have been his companions in lolly, xse, therefore, always frugal, and then you will be able to be generous, and give liberally to pomote worthy obi ects. Avoid also the assump tion of false colors the trying to appear to be what you know you are not. This thing was known to be ridiculous centuries ago, when Esop wrote the fable of the ass in the lion s skin, stul it practiced vet. Assumption and pretence ill becomes the scholar, whose sharp ened intellect should be able to penetrate and detect disguises ; for to him the book of nature is opsned, and all he sees on its instruc tive page3 is real. There he can read the record of infinite wisdom but it is adorned with charming simplicity. There he may learn of that power which racks the ocean and draws down the crushing avalanch : of the coral insects that, guided by an unchanging in- of this college to foster and promote. This is a propitious time to begin the journey of manhood, and an inviting field for discovery is spread before you. The natural sciences are yet to be developed among U3. Mere the science of geology is yet in its intancy ; tnis is a held tor the student as ample and grand as these valleys aud mountains. Who of you will enter and explore it ? The invitation is pressed by many considerations of honor and profit. The useful, as well as precious minerals, are to be found and developed. Who knows but that around us are mines of marble, coal, petroleum and other valuable substances, that would add immense wealth and power to the state ? Here, too, the science of botany is to be yet developed : this is, indeed, an inviting field for all the lovers of na ture. Do not these young ladies, as well as gentlemen, desire to enter here ? Was ever a hand too fair to pluck a flower from the wayside and the glen ? Such would be tit employ for the hands of angels. Mow loveiy, now enchanting tins pursuit r now it must lift the soul from earth to heaven to see unfolded in every plant and flower that delicate perfection of floral colors which no art can copy, and trace in their structure the silent working of a perfect mechan ism, that with equal care builds the lofty tree, and guides the tiny shuttle that weaves the delicate texture of the leaves that tremble on its boughs ? And would it not add many a charm to life to be able to know and name every flower that gems your native land, and tend to drive away loneliness and melancholy, and be a source of happiness beyond the control of fickle fortune. The real student ever possesses in himself an unfailing source of happiness ; his soul i3 full of the wonders of nature, and he knows that in every passing breeze are the elements which give vitality to animal life, cause the vegetable kingdom to flourish, and make the world pleas ant with fertile fields. Thers is also the science of chemistry, by . which our soils can be analyzed and the farmer taught how to make the earth yield more bounteous harvests, and preserve the fertility of his lands from ex haustion. Such knowledge is of the first importance to us, for all staides of export come directly from the soil ; and on the products of agriculture rests almost the entire prosperity and progress of the country. Whatever exhausts our sou robs us ot our capital, and tends to diminish our annual income, prostrate business, and embar rass every industry ; for agriculture is here the one great pursuit, and more important than all others combined : and to its develop ment and protection should be directed all the knowledge and skill of the government and people. Our climate, also, should be studied, and its peculiarities noted and classified. Meteorology has, for some years, attracted the at tention of scientific men, and many interesting discoveries made. Yet here this held ot learning is comparatively new and should be entered upon, with zeal, by our professors and scholars : for out of it may arise discoveries which will not only add something new to human Knowledge, but greatly aid our agricultural and commercial industries. This institution, from which you to-day receive degrees of honor. has beenjounded to develop these natural sciences, in order that it may perlect and teach the art of agriculture, so that our farmers may learn through it, and you, the elements ot wealth our lands possess, their resources and capabilities, and how they may get the best returns for their labor. Here the business of agriculture should be specially exalted, and its votaries fitted to hold that rank in society to which the intrinsic merits of their great calling entitle them. There is no class in society who operate the great industries of the world, who more need diversified scientific knowledge, and general book learning, than farmers. They are called on to build, to measure angles and curves, calculate areas, construct roads, man- fuanuiiK in- i. . "j i it. j. .i i - . .i.- tinct, have in the course of ages, by unceasing labor, raised the coral ,t7c, f , ..- .. . .- , ' J o" 1 J e , - j i . c i i ii - a m n t ttica ui awns ami iu'.-n i la n ill n m aj UOCMVIUAF crops : to Keel) POST shniia from tne deep bosom of ocean, which the rain and the sun- , . ,r. 1 . i ' "r r"" rr ...... .... fid as in nricfts in T.nft markets, manacrp qphnn s .t.rw chnwliM tact, to conduct all public affairs. And though many have been de i, i .i i c . i l-ci. , i i i . . i iiuiciiu, ctixii abuumicii KtiL ill iiiiiuriiiiutj. It noes BUS Drove OUT TIiaT, through t.hs deen caverns of our sphere, have lifted the continents I, ' ,..,. .vri,"OT" ! " above waters, and piled these gigantic mountains to the skies; of 'earning useiui m this great calling as in any other. And -"Mt r oo ... . thpro i no danofpr that, r.hta nr anu nf hpr uictitiitinn nf laqrninrr w,ll the millions of worlds that are in the infinite space above and , rrr . f- , , , T 6- around us guided and controlled by a power that is infinite, It becomes the butterfly to show its ephemeral beauties, and the peacock to spread his dazzling plumage in the sun, and strut in un thinking pride, tor thsy own the gaudy grandeur they display. But for thinking man. made in the image ot his (jod, to don a gar ment not his own, and flaunt a borrowed plumage, is unbecoming his high de3tmy, and will receive, as it deserves, the jeer and ridicule of all sensible men. I would say to you, show yourselves to be true men and women. Strive to be all you pretend. Cultivate simplicity of manners, truth, gentleness, charity, and earnestness of purpose, and you will not laek that true dignity ot demeanor which inspires respect and esteem. There is another error into which students, in this now country are liable to fall, and that is, change of profession or business. You should each choose some profession or calling, and stick to it, as the business of life ; if you change often you can never be eminent in any thing. No man is an universal genius, who can turn his inexperienced hand to new work, and execute it with a master's skill. He is best able to perform what he has learned to do by much practice. He is the creature of habit ; and the habits formed in early life becomes a part of his moral and physical being ; and acquired knowledge, long used and applied, becomes, as it were intuitive, and constitutes practical skill if not genius itself. And whatever may be the bouuteous gifts kind nature has bestowed on any individual, there never was a genius of renown, who was not also a student and a hard worker in his craft. Thi3 was strikingly illustrated during our late civil war. In Europe collossal standing armies, with experienced officers, are kept in constant readiness for war ; but in this country both sides had to gather their armies from those who had been in the peaceful pursuits of industry. And nearly all the otfuers, who proved themselves competent to command great armies in tne neid, were men thoroughly educated in early life, in military tactics. Men of the highest order of intellect and genius, and eminently successful in civil life, entered the army at the opening of the war : but their general intelligence and genius did not supply their want of early training, and the habits of military thought and action ; and most of them failed to achieve any distinguished success. The educated and trained military commander wields his columns to make a charge, or repel an attack with the same ease that a sailor turns his ship to meet the charging billows. He is generally a man of deeds, not words. Napoleon and Nelson were such men, who could say to polished orators and learned state3men, of England and France, as Cassins Marius said to the Romau senators, I come not to you with eloquent words ; you speak well of great actions but I have done the deeds which so exalt the Roman name. It is by much practice that we gain the confidence and ability that is necessary to great actions ; and he who follows one calling and acquires the most ample experience in it, will be most likely to achieve the greatest success. I know it is difheult, in this country, to ho d young men constantly to one pursuit. This arises from the excitements necessarially prevalent in a mining community, or one so near to mines of the precious metals, that golden dreams, and visions of sudden wealth, will flit across the youthful imagina tion as bright and dazzling in their glowing prospects as the fairy fables of the Arabian JNights, and about as illusory, these bright phantoms no student must follow, if he desires eminence in learning You who desire to prosper in the path3 ot knowledge must urge on, never sulfenng your leet to stray or your zeal to falter. When you leave this college, you have not reached the end of your jour ney, or obtained the acme of your ambition. Your way to the delectable mountains of knowledge must be followed right on, with careful steps; and though the ascent is easy and pleasant to one who loves the journey, you will never reach the summit, and enjoy the dehghtlul prospect, if you loiter by the way. Here lie the fields of knowledge, ever opening new treasures before the searcher of truth. Here are collected the discoveries of all ages. Mere are the productions of Homer, Horace, Cicero and Virgil, celebrating and transmitting to us the grandeur of ancient civilization. Here are gathered the splendors of the ancient Orient, covered with the mvsterv and mist of thirty centuries. Here also the present with its prospects of new discoveries and clad in the habiliments of the new and useful enterprises that open up and make easy the way youth meets the hoary past. Mere rise the fountains ot knowedge, ot progress. JNever tear that some new machine, that saves labor, which flow forth to fertilize the human mind, carrying the bless- will deprive you of employ, for where labor is saved, production is nigs ot civilization through the earth. Up this mountain wind increased, and the necessanes ot lite made more abundant, and la many paths, all plea3ant, but requiring constant exertion to make the bor better remunerated. You can always have some useful ascent. These paths are separated from the bottom to the top, so work, if you are able and willing to do it. Whatever increases that no one, in making the journey, can go from one to the other, knowledge increases power, and the capacity for the increase of hap To change the waj he must go to the bottom and begin the ascent mess among mankind. Add something, therefore, if you can, to anew. So, it you, in the journey of life aud pursuit ot knowledge, the accumulating stock ot knowledge. Attend promptly to the de- nrst try one patu ana then another, you will never reacn tne sum- tans oi business, ana never neglect tne little duties ;- lor they, when mit of your hopes and realize the grand achievments you now an- unrtea, make the great sum of life's work. If ever called to public ticipate, but will find old age upon you, with all your bright antici- trusts, where your acts will affect the general wellfare, be just to pations unrealized, and dissipated like the visions of a dream, and all, and especially remember the wants ol the great agricultural overburden its patrons with too much knowledge. the cultivation ot a refined literature is absolutely essential to the happiness ot a well ordered community. This college is in the held, with others, to cultivate and advance the department of letters in Oregon. Few, probably, who graduate, will ever be distinguished as authors, but all can read and store their minds with useful knowledge, which will make them intelligent and skillful in busi ness, and add refinement, and give them influence in society. In a new country the held of literature is liable to be neglected, and only becomes productive and yields its golden sheaves when the fields of adventure have been exhausted, and society, refined and polished by age, has settled down to steady industries, and reason, succe ling impulse, spreads her silver mantle over a land made sta ble by precedent. There was but little American literature before the revolution, and scholars of the mother country then predicted : " That liberty aud letters would not flourish together." But free dom's soil has proved congenial to their growth, and there soon arose Irving, Prescott, Bryant, and many other American authors, whose brilliant writings have redeemed our common country from this false prediction, and raised our national literature till it com mands the respect and admiration of foreign scholars. And sha 1 not this college produce an Irving, who will preserve. for the amusement of posterity, the early eccentricities of our pio neers ? A Cooper, who will clothe, in enchanting romance, the wild legends of our colonial period ? And a Bryant, who will cele brate in immortal numbers, the enchanting beauties of this country, where " rolls the Oregon," among those bold, grand mountains, that bear on their brows the frown of eternal winter, casting their Ion" shadows over valleys as lovely and fair as where Arcadian plains extend, or the fervid Hyderpes flows ? the time will come when every crystal stream, and snow capped mountain in our land, will be honored by the songs of native bards ; for, like Scotland, this land of sequestered glens and rugged high lands will be a land of poets. It is the business of this generation to write the history of our pioneer life ; and it is the proudest emi nence any one of us can attain, to leave a record worthy to be the guide of future generations. 1 he age ot tradition is passed. This is an age of books. Thev govern in Christendom, and it is through them that we must speak to future generations. Thev are the great moral center around which the social world revolves : they penetrate to every enlight ened family in the land, and speak to the people by ten thousand tongues. They speak when all is calm; when passion is hushed and prejudice unawakened. iheir control over the minds of this gener ation is almost supreme, for they furnish ideas for, and guide, tl.ose who mold and lead society. If any of us are to leave endurinir footprints on the sands of time, they must be made with ink ; all others will be as ephemeral as the track of the Bedouin on the des ert. The name that is worthy to be stereotyped will endure when the Crystal Palace and Smithsonian Institute shall have crumbled to ruins, as the names of Demosthenes and Cicero have outlived the physical monuments of Grecian and Roman grandeur. There is another essential element of true greatness, too often overlooked and neglected ; if you would be truly great, vou must be good, and cultivate not only the intellect, but the feelings and sentiments also. Clear, cool reason and philosophy, without the ge nial warmth of kind sympathies, may have polish, but it is like the polish of the iceberg whose beauty gleams in the sunshine only to chill the summer breezes that are wafted past it, freighting them with destructive frosts to blight the land on which they breathe. It is the feelings and passions which warm up the deep spmpathies of the human soul, and stir it to generous action and magnetize it, so that others are attracted to it, and warmed and animated by it. lt is this that causes to grow along the paths of life those social iovs that ease its burdens, and fertilze the human heart, making it pro ductive of those genial sympathies that spring up around us, like flowers along the course of a fertilizing river. So, also, the flash of wit and the fervor ot eloquence, are the emanations of those minds only that are stimulated by warm and generous blood. Go out into the fields of your labor, therefore, and work. Never be laggards by the way join in the great throng that moves the business of the country. Be ever ready to do vour part, and aid Notice to Donation Claimants THtfonTf OP CLAIMANTS TO DONA- tftives is th,e'r fees and legal represen- 3 of the a2 r y to that part of section entitled Ac.tnofiC?ifre3s approved July I7th, 1854, tr2ZL&- r-PP.ved Sep'- to creaf-P tho rtffi V a " "unureu ana nity. le r"....the u"eyor Oeneral, or other clainreras 'such dJJS " ,1nJnVeSste? a to do by such officV?:Tr!d S all rightand .KS 8h Now, therefore, the undersigned, being such "oth er duly authorized officer' do hereby rive noS to each and every person, his or her assign! and FSSf repfesentat.ves, claimants of donations onan w tWn. the district of lands subject to sale at thP TTniV States District Land Office at Rosebn, Oregon nndef said Acts of Congress : that each and every one of them within thirty days from the 19th Day of July, 1879, te5th? daV.f-the e5Piratin of six weeks publi cation), give notice to the Register and Receiver of said Land Office at RosebnrgToregon, of mmS. S'iT sa "ens; and faiCg ants shall forfeit all right anddaim'hereto Clalm ,elry peTSOD Maiming the benefits of said act of September 27, 1350. and the legislation supplemental thereto will within rfjr Shi after the expiration of the aforesaid six weeks pub lication cause to bellied in the U. S. District Land Office at Roseburg Oregon, the proofs as required by aw, to complete their claim to a donation of land under said acts, and failing so to do, such claims will bo held for cancellation. In witness whereof the Register and Receiver or tne said U S. District Land Office, at Roseburg, Ore gon, have hereto subscribed their names, this 24th 16:22w6 WM. T. BENJAMIN, Register. J. C. FULLKRTON, Receiver. ftiEW BUSINESS! LISTEN FOR THE BELLI THE UNDESIGNED PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A milk i.: For the purpose of supplying the citizens of Corvai hs with Pure Fresh Aliik at the very reasonable rate of 9fo Cents per Grallon, He intends starting a Deliver' Wagon on or before the 1st day of June next, when he will be glad to supply all demands for Pure, Fresh Milk, t the above rates. Patronage is respectfully solicited. 3"Listen for the Bell. A. G. MULKEY Corvallis, May 20, 1879. 16 21ml, HOUSE MOVING LORD & TRIMBLE, Propr's. BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS, Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to Raise, Move, put under New Sil!s and level up your barns, and Buildings of any kind,, on short notice. TERMS REASONABLE. LORD. & TRIMBLE.. Corvallis, May 1, 1879. 16:21tf I FOE BALE. HEREBY OFFER FOR SALE undivided half interest in the MY Oneatta Mill Property Situated on Yaquina Bay, consisting of Steam Saw Mill, in good running order, with a capacity of 20 thousand feet per day. Also, GOOD HOTEL, FOUR GOOL DWELLINGS, and ONE STORE HOUSE, aud 53 acres of land, together with my stock of merchandise. For further particu lars, apply to the undersigned, SAMUEL CASE. Oneatta, May 5, 1879. 16:19w6 Sheriff's Sale. B1 Y VIRTUE OF A DECREE AND EXECUTION issued out of and under the seal of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the county of Ben ton, to me directed and delivered, for the sum one hundred and seventy-two (8172 61-100) dollars and sixty-one cents in II. y. gold coin with interest there on at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the 28th day of April. 1879, together with costs and dis bursements, in lavor ol w. vv. ihayer, fcJovemor of the State of Oregon. R. P. Earhai-f, Secretary of the State of Oregon, Ed. Hirsch, Treasurer of the State of Oregon, constituting the Board of Commissioners for the bale of School and Universitv lands, and the man agement of the Common School Fund, plaintiffs : and against Meleena Bight, John B. Right. Mary A. Right, O. F. Right, Harriet A. Bight, Chas. W. Right, Joseph Bight, Ida L. Bight, and Martha Right, defendants; and commanding me to sell the real property herein after described to satisfy said sum of money hereinbe fore mentioned and interest and costs thereon, I have levied ujKjn the following described real property, to wit : Lots one, (1) two, (2) and three, (3) in Block: number (13) thirteen, in the City of Corvallis, (form erly original town of Marysville.) in Benton county, State of Oregon, together with the tenements, heredi taments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, and on Wednesday, tub 11th dat op June, 1879, I will sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title, interest and estate of the defendants in said execution in and to the above described real estate to satisfy said execution, costs, and expenses of sale. Sale will take place at the hour of one o'clock p. H. of said day, at the Court House door in the City of Corvallis in said county and State. Dated April 29, 1879. ' SOL. KINO, 16:18w6. j Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon. your name unwritten on that scroll which bears the names of the aeat aud good, who have passed from, earth to heaven, leaving behind them an honorable record worthy of being preserved. You may not, by the most systematic and energetic industry, be able to accomplish all that you may desire, but that respectability and high honor which pertains to a well spent life is within the reach ot you all. ihe eagle that floats on the air, with such graceful ease, but a few months ago,- halt fledged, hopped from crag to crag along his native cliffs, till plumed andi strengthened for a bolder flight, he rises undaunted above the clouds and rides the storm. class to which you belong, and for the promotion of whose interests this institution is founded. While some other occupations are maintaining monopolies which weigh heavily on the interests of far mers, they pursue a calling which tends to injure no one. Their mission is to produce bread for the hungry. They seek their in crease from the soil and the elements of nature, and invoke the aid of the kind seasons for the just rewards of their labor. They have no interest in depressing other industries. And all profes sions, trades, and even monopolies, which seek to control the high ways of commerce and every tramp and idle bummer in the land, James Hardison's farm near Monmouth 'as sold a few days ago for $20 per acre. " We, the jury summoned to inouire intn the cause of the death of Jas. D. Fay do hnd that deceased came to his death hv wound inflicted by a pistol shot fired from a pi.-ioi neiu in nis own nanos. ihe facts developed bv the testimnnir given before the jury was that the night previous he had retired with L. F. Lane about lli o clock. After that time he took XL. J 1 1 i . . other ehilH w, "r tuIOT u.us' Dnl snmcient, as found in a pool of water 50 vards frnm , Mr- ane testified to produce delirium tre- honse with a large bunch of wet straw and 5 Tt. TQ eft hlm,' and. r- grass wrapped so tightly around his head t u I 3S axra, ana was sitting and shoulders that it could only be removed f&S w IrS! aTT'' with great difficulty. Coinmitteea with , ., . "Pragne and A. W. Sprague, his funds and provisions are supplying the Tivu' saloon went out wants of the Offerers. The SS&S SJfSJ itS TAY ,hortl? is immense. .i. u, 9 H13H) ana r , . . . . , ran oacK to me saioon, wnere they found On the 2d mst.. at Pottsville. Pa., an at. mv c.v f;ii .,t.,i ;n iu ij. plosion ot fire damp occurred in Glendin hA Kent. tho ma t i colliery, instantly killing a boy named Jos- from bis head and his pistol lying in his laD. I remember, when a boy, two young oaks that grew upon the rejoice at the prospect ot an abundant harvest. But alas! .loo old homestead: one was taken to adorn t.hn lawn, and careful I v many ot these classes, like the squirrels and crows, are anxious to nlanted and nurtured : hut its roots wr hrnfen and lacerated in live on the fruits of the farmers' industry ; and his greatest trou transplanting, and for years it lost its lnxnri.m and Unbred with ble and anxiety is to keep them off. And, being a general benefac- a sickle errowth. The other. rmainintT nndiat.nrhnd nnor. i at.i vn tor, his interests should receive the generous protection of the hill, struck its roots deep into the parent soil, and spread in luxur- law8 and the sympathy and support of all good men. iant pride, its broad branches to the nurturing breezes, and made a And now; as we are gathered here in this lovely place, in sight of giant oak, tnat was able to defy the storms, and became a grateful ever waving fields ot gram, and unnumbered hocks that pasture shelter to the weary traveler and a bower for the birds of heaven, these green hills, surrounded by the choicest bounties and beauties So we, if we would prosper in business, must stick to and be dili- of kind nature, to witness the outgoing and incoming of classes of gent in our calling, gathering wisdom from experience, as we travel young men and women, who come nere to learn the art of fanning on, and not tnfle awUy life, in flitting from one field of action to and to elevate it, and to make it more attractive and honorable, we another. Any useful occupation is honorable; and if we succeed may well nope and believe that at every succeeding anniversary in in what we undertake we shall win the golden prize, which is success, the coming years, the votaries of agriculture will come up here to YT7T .ot.. I . 1 il. ' : . -i. r. I - r . . 1 . i . i . 1 1 r ..!!.. iiucu juu ii.c ran ma iumuBon, your memories win oioen re- manliest tneir interest in tne growm ana progress oi uus iiit(jc, cur to its buildings, the grounds, thQshaded walks, and the scenery And they should come and bring their offerings with them, and that surrounds this charming vicinage, unsurpassed, and almost no- crown Ceres, Pomona and Flora, the good angels, and fabled pat rivaled, in loveliness and grandeur. But these will not be its most ronesses of our art, with fresh garlands, gathered from their gardens sacred recollections. Its chief honors are not to be in these rare and fields, and encourage with holiest hearts and strong hands those physical beauties ; like Harvard and Yale, it must become great and who are building here an institution which, if properly aided and honored in the distinguished lives of its professors and graduates ; endowed, will send forth from its walls streams of knowledge which, and as you are an honor to the college, thereby it will be an honor like rivers of water, will fertilize their minds and fields. Let us, to you.- y; therefore, take courage and hope, that with the spread of knowl- This institution has but little history : it lacks the staid dignity edge and the associations and aids now employed in educating tne of age. Those who were its founders are here in onr midst, and in farmers of this country they will soon be able to rank in practical the prime of manhood. It still wears the bloom of earlv vouth. and knowledo-a with men of anv other eallinr? : and be able to so control we may hope that as age shall come, the treasures of knowledge and and manage their affairs as to increase their profits and save their wisdom will accum late, and that it shall increase in vigor and lands from being impoverished. And to assert and maintain for usefulness, as this agricultural count v shall crow and expand in aor- themselves that rank and influence in society, and the state, to which ricuitural and commercial wealth, which it is the especial province their numbers, wealth and character entitle them. BOARD and LODGING. Xeat Rooms and Splendid Table. OUR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS shown the Neatly Furnished Rooms OF MRS- JOSEPH POLLY. At their residence, just opposite the residence of Judge F. A. Chenoweth prepared and now in readiness for such boarders as may choose to give her a call. either by the single meal or by the week. Mrs. Folly has a reputation as a cook, and gets a. good a table as can be found in the State. Solic't3 a share of patronare. 15:46tf. Farm for Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR sale his splendid grain and stock farm, four miles north of west of Corvallis, or Oak creek containing 1200 acres over one hundred acres in cultivation two fine bear ing orchards, and well calculated for divid ing into two or more snug farms Term easy and title perfect. For particulars in quire of E. Holgate, W. B. Carter, or E. MARPLE, on the premises. Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1878. 16:ltf Assignees Notice to Creditors THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN DULY annointed assignee of all the estate of E. A.. Whitney, of Benton county, State of Oregon, for the bsnelit of his creditors Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of said E. A. Whitney to present their claims under oatn, as by law required, to me at my office, at the Court House, in the City of Corvallis, Benton county. Ore iron, within three months from this date. 6 W. S. McFADDEN, Assignee. Dated May 1, 1879. Md8w6. ORLANDO C. TAYLOR, Inrenter and Proprietor of Taylor WONDERFUL DITCHING MACHINE, Proposes to cut a Ditch five feet wide at the top, one and a half feet at the bottom and two feet deep, throwing the dirt two feet from ditch, for the small consideration of Thirty-three and one-third Cents per Rod. This he guarantees or no charges. He has three machines now in operation. One each in Linn, Benton and Lane counties. Junction City, Oregon, Jan. 17, 1879. 16:3m6. BILL HEADS, LETTER statement- -neatly printe HEADS, MONTHLY at this office1