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SHjc rcgou SUgus. W. I.. All., ... OKSOOJV CXTVJ KI'ITOII. HATL'ltDA V, XOVI-.MIlKIt 5, W9. w Faarr, We are tita'! lo nee iu tliei Portland Duily Ncwi iro)'Ttin for new pnjy-r, to he nci liy our Mtt'1-ini.d friewlj- W. II. Tay lor k Co., Ilic preneiit projirk'tom of the njiiejr little kliei'l tlmt now viniU in fire day ery week, ' lnijhU'i to tli guard' with literary a.ilmagiiir.11. Tlmt our reudim may know just h hut i eofilfmilulei) lijr our en- ti'rirlnin friend, wej(ivetlic- major mrt of their (iro-jM ctu, whirli rum in thin wine: " I'auarix-reaorOaaaoii tt'aaai.r N. Tli iindera gnrd Mill emimiHt I In puliliraion of W roily i w.m rin i-eoneeiioii wiili lln- rorl.'end Mum l ,rwa,iiii Ilia lat of January, I "Ml. No ape.e.'y ta alt'ered for leliJiiiji another In ilia iihewly lerevl at of Oi."iri .Vi-mpiioera. Ilnueirr taiga Ilia I al may be, ill' re w MI nwlrd N w,eper, iiidrpm-leiilan I ouKoai-ii ii.n all Ilia f ic4l uli jeuie lh.it iiuerest Ilia On a; n i.nltlio a lir,.,.-r not rn-a-rii ' I e Ilia org in of any clique, any, or a i4ii"ii ii til' aiiaiwr mora iiiiari-ainl mil f- fiilcd to meet the fXM(:tut;oiu of hiuweir mihI a ' lurer number of newmir.r read'-rV In In; lug mfTieicully ' iiiil'p' iiilciit ami out. nol(cn tijiori nil the reut iittefctioiis that inten-iiteil' the roniiifuniiy. I'jion que tinning the geiitlemnu an to tlm cliaraeter of the jinpi-r needed, we learned tlmt At l(C;iii idi'iil of a micr nan one mainly dc voted to iidvotiitimj infidelity, free love. end iir;i-ruiiij(. Upon our expressing ilnuhtH about getting a 1st of p-nbse-riliem in Oregon large enough to Mi,iit hin.li a pa per, lie rolled up lii. eyen, ejeeted a lurgc (pmntity of tobueeo juice upon our stove. ran Loth bands into hi lireei.-lie pocketi, and ijucnlutid Telieineiiily ' Vou're mi token, ir; there l a ' lurge number ol newnpapi.T render in this country thut need just mu ll u pnpi r' a inm.li larger tla- thun yon liuve ujiio.H. Just nturt such paper, and nenrly everybody would tnke it out of curiosity! ' We have no ideii thut the, ' New' will ili-vote inueli time to spirit rnppui;.', and kindred matters, an it will he Hindu up of cour.n', us nil such pupim lire. from thcmutti-rth.it cci iihici the eoluuiin. fuaiiitf or; ret liif-iriiiiiiiiiii uim nil au'ire-a anil eanwiiinijallpartii-aaii.lan.-ialli.iuiiiK'riiiiiij ilia nf tliij ' Duily News,' mutter which We ave hi-fore stuted wan good, uud which cer auivaaa ol iiiiv. itlioiil iiilrii'Miv any ri lln liun Uxr l!i eaK iil j urnu! of On ;oii, luro iiuiii bar of iM-tri.iir rru laiaavary wt-rk rira llu-lr 4mi.i ft juil atitli a ni'n ajwr an llut in !i all J Wln-llier this pnpfr is intended to do wiiy with the niin-ssity of Icluiion'a sliect, .I . . i which was cm ten nil exiirt-sny to uriro Ins I t-luiins lo the U. S. Senate, tliu terrihlu lie es.sity of which was gripinj,'ly f !t hy a 'liirc iinmher ol newspaper readi rs,' who every weik exprnwed (to Delusion) their dexiro for ju-t siirli u newspaper as thut in dicated nhore,' we ure not iihle to ar. We tiri'Kume. however, that lifter tho nro- posed heavy edition of the Weekly News ! f"r 0 ' "tw l,"l"'r'' 81 or npvcr l'"' '' lias for tlm nenrr. nr i.mrr. inn,,.,, advance if they ever pay ut nil. Our tjiiily interests hiieli I'ortluiid penplu as dis like the Advocate, the Advertiser, ' Parson Hilly,' uud nearly everything cl.so luimaii. The chastity, clcjrnnee of diction, niiddeiith of thought which mink even its liltl'j news ili ins, lire such os will of course give the ' Weekly' character, mid increase its siili s'-rptiou list oniii.injrly. The only dru Mr- hack we sec to the enterprise is cash ' iuvnriuUif in wleunrt.' ,'oy c happen to know that this, 'lare niiiulier of news piper reaih is' that are always hankeriiii,' the lon'in eyes of n very ' lare nuniher of newspaper readers,' there will he an cijiially 4 lar'o iiiiiuher of newspaper readers' who will ' express their deiru' for nn or'iin en tirely devoted to I (elusion's pi r-uiinl polit ical iuleri it. If, however, pi liisiou shoutd lie so fortunate us to merge his A Ihany con cern in the Weekly News, and himself he ' free-love, spirit-rapping,' would he editor friend himself even uliMiiutiihited for parts unknown some innon.i Bincr- louvin? his mark (a terrihle hlank) on our suh.-vriplion Looks. The idea of getting J2,f,o in ml vancu is ii good one where you dud with smh cluips, for if live or six of them should happen to lenvu the country, furjrettinjr, to -coiuo its editor, there would still I 0 f, t tho ! t,1(ir ul"' a lIu;:t'" ",oro !-0",,l Jiecessily for until her niw pajier (o urge tlin flaiins of poor (ieorgo I,. Curry, who, in the uh.scnccorii organ, is now peregriiiat lii( tho country and pouring his desires into the ears of gaping sipiads of nduiirers gath ered here and there in half dozens, and which In the aggregate no dmilit appear lo poor fJeorgo like u lerrihly 'fory nuniher of newspaper readers.' Then there ura the claims of Dolf, Let, Stewart, Chapman, Geary, T'Vuull, Willaini", I'arrar, Ililihcn, Jo Tenl, u ml sonu seventy two more we might liieiilion, all treating il necessity for Jistryi' fteoniori! new paper, n necissi ty which nfler eighty one of tin in were in full hhist would still cause a ' large niiiulier send hack their iiaiien marked 'refused.' us tiiey sunly will niter having rend them nearly u year at the puhli.-dicr's expen.-e, the poor editor would conclude with old Father .Mattoon that the ' niiiulier of news paper rentiers' that were really in earnest iihnutft 'new paper' wasn't so very 'large,' ns ho had supposed, after till. ell, says one, you have devoted n good deul of vpnee to u small suhjret. We ac knowledge tho corn, hut us this sumo small siihjcct is made a great one hy very ninny silly people, who are constantly heseltiug some pour fellow in search of employment as n printer, we have thought hest to throw- out u few suggestions that may possibly he Orrgoa Dtmsrvary for Uoailai, From what ire can hear ond s"o we have no douht that n large majority of whut is calleil the Democratic party in this State sympiithi.es and ngreei with Douglas, and is warmly In favor of his nomination. Vi e are sore this Is so iu this county, lint it is etpiully certain that this preference will he crushed out hy the organized power of the " L ino Society," and tho influence ol the federnl cOieinls. The will of the people wiil he vuni'iislie'l, and not a delegate will heullowi'd to go to Kiigemj who is not wil ling to worship mid vote for Lime. So, ye Douglas Democrats, l,oiv down mid submit at once, unless you hure the manly courage of your idol, who dares successfully to fight the corrupt power of the administration. If you follow his example you have strength enough, even in Oregon, to secure the sup port of your party iu this Stutc for Doug las, und bury Jo Lunc so deep beneath popular contempt that he will never rise again; for if lie once goes down there is nothing vital ul.out him that will ever bring him tip. To show our readers how Douglas is re garded by the minions of the udmiuistralion, we ijiioto the following from the Washing ton Star, a hitter J'uelianii!i sheet: A hold man, indeed, is Mr. Douglas, or he never would hnve thus cssuveu to make patent to all the the world his contemptu ous opinion of und hitter hostility to the South, ns declared of late to nil who choose lo converse with him on the subject, ami explained in tho letter to the Tribune from wh:ei the Star quoted a day or two since, .Air. Jiouglus, when it hceiime necessary for him to turn Abolitioni.-t to secure his re-election to the V. S. Senate, did so with a In-art tK-s.i and holduess that placed him, lor the time being, in the estimation of the whole South, chetk by jowl with Messrs, millings, HalcV t o. Jn so doing lie flatly admitted the Drcd Scott decision to he what it is rrgarded ns being hy the whole Democratic party, ami orguul ut length oguinst its correctness. Having secured his re-election, find his advances for the humpionshinof tin; Abolition interest hav ing been spurnal hv thut party, he at once sought to n instate Ininsell with the Dcinoe racy ny proies.sing the intention ol again tiding with tli'-m of sustaining their can- l.ilate to he s-leetcd at Charleston, und 'in endorsing their doctrines. J Iu has suhsciiiientlv worked hard to secure iu hi. own behalf the delegation to Charleston of the States where Abolitionism is too rain- pant to pi rmit the Dcinocrrcy to hope to rry iiieir ticket: luivimr aliiimloncd nil hopes of being sustained iu the Convention hy u single slave-holding State, though pro fessing (to stimulate the labors of his semi Abolition strikers) that he is certain of the support there of Louisiana, Arkansas. Ten- mssee, Kentucky, . North Carolina, and of irginiu also (Heaven save the mink!) uf ter the first ballot. That be knows well eiiivjuh tlmt the ides that he will receive a single vote from a PrraUtalUt Frrferrarta. We presume no one will question the In tegrity or sincerity of the PkcpublicnnUiri of Hon. Schuyler Colfax of Indiana. The St. Joseph (Ind.) Register, edited by him, holds the following language respecting the Itepnblican nominee for the Presidency! " We dilur somewhat from those ardent coteniporaries who demand the iioiriiiiiit on of their favorite T.eprcsciitativo man,' whether popular or unpopular, and who in sist that this must bo clone, 'even if we are defeated.' We do not agree with them iu declaring Hint we shull go for no inuwho who does not prefer free lahor and Its rx tension, to Slave luhor nnd its extension who, though mindful of tho impurtiulity which should churaeteri.e tho executive o the whole Union, will not fuil to rebuke all new plots for making the Government the propagandist ol Ma very, ami enmpe promptly und inieiently the suppression of that horr hie Slave-trade which the whole civili.ed world has banned ns infamous, pir atical and accursed. Hut In a ltcpuhlifiin National Convention, it any man could he found, North, South, Fast or West, who.c integrity, whose life, and whom uvowals, rendered him iiuiiucstiouuhly safe upon these must ions, and who could vet poll one, two, or 3(IU-tlioiisaud votes more thun any one else, we believe it would he both wisdom and ilut v, putr.otism nnd pohev, to nomi nate him hy acclamation, and thus render the contest itn assured success from its vcrv opening." The State or Kansas. Various state ments are made as to the breadth of Kan sas, under the Wyandot Constitution. e gun the distance from various points on the Missouri river lo the 102 (2.) from Washington) west meridian of longitude, which is made the western boundary of the new State; From the Missouri river, where the 40th parallel of latitude (the boundary line of Kansas ami chrnskii) crosses the same, to the proposed western boundary, is UaO miles. From Flwood to the same, 30 miles, From A tehison, liliO miles. From Leavenworth, U70 miles. From Wvuudot, ii'JS miles. From tho Missouri State line, westward, on the dull parallel of latitude (the South ern boundary of Kansas) to the 2.';th mer idian west longitude, 412 miles. This would make the mean distance, cast uud west, of the new State, 'Ml miles. the width north and south of the State is threo degrees, or 2UTjj geographical miles. c Hung a Mute "V miles III length, li nearly 208 in breadth, and containing such fertile plains and teeming vnllevsas Kansas. should be large and rich enough to suit the most expunsivo ideas of even a modern Democrat, Lttirrmvurlh Timi. of newspaper reader.,' to travail in pain t II i ' ,amc 10 M"'" fls mttvt tl',,"ISt 'v''S I the Private unrnii e,f their IWi.. ., I "u the rock that .Mattoon called the wound up the catalogue of the e'ghty-two aspirants, was fully horn. L'ven ulli r that there would still be n 'lar,n number or newspaper readers' who would he troubled villi u gnawing at tho stomach for a ' new paper' ' rcadc iV who would still swear there) ' wasn't a pnpi r in Oregon wmth it elurii.' Now we have no desire to find fault with our friends (or being big with the pro ject or a ' new piper' it is not their fiuiM, hut il is the natural result or being beset by to this cily after an ubsenec of neurlv eight ' nature of publiciit.on.' We gently sug- g"?t tnut i(nj,nn subscribers can ulready suit themselves with papers in Oreou. The only way that we know of iu which a ' new ;.apcr' could be maile to ' pav,' would be Tor the editor to read it through three or four t .ines himself, standing before a 'glass ' to witness its touching cfljet, us we learn Il.bben was iu the l.abit of doimr. Cirv hii-uovuMKNTs. Upon returning that same ' large number ornrwrpnper read ers winch iihtuys has existed, ami always will exist, iu this ami every other country tho sumo 'large (?) number' that beset Mattoon, the result of which was the ' inde pendent and outspoken' 'medium or de nominational eorrespo:i l uep,' which soon winked out fur the reason that nil papers slo which arc shrte'd to nft t!;c taste or a Marge class of newspaper rtailcrs,' but not iitwspapir atia-s in,-n who invariably read L.nrou-td papers, or papers they have owed the priulu-lor for years, and who, l.ko beggars, are always grow ling about the quality of that whhh costs them nothing the same ' large class' that beset the unfor tunate who projected i lie Fngonc City Jour nal, mi excellent ' family paper,' golK-n up much ufUrn bran bread and purely vegeta ble diet for the soul system u diet which lorn time was swallowed with apparent Ksty by a 'hii-g,. (yj rJSS 0f romli-fs,' but which was soon thrown by for soinetliin; mure stimulating, and the poor projee tor of l.ic Journal was left tosetllo his own butch er and baker billi, and then take to the river for salmon. It was the saina ' large class of readers' that laid claim to the pa ternity of the Occidental Messenger and the De-imicrutic Crisis, the carcasses of wlK.u ro now slumbering in the Corvallis gruvo Jrd, marked as to their resting places with slabs from the saw milt, on which are scrawled with n piece or coal, ' Died from tho effects of blaejohn diet. The poor Standard at Portland, the Herald ut Jack sonville, the (laz.-lto at Seollsliurg, ns also McCormick's Monthly at Portland, and one or two other aheets at thut point, were 11 bl'OllL-lit Into llm mul.l I,. ...,f.,. who hud con, in contact with this same I sot ',f(, ? ' largenamberor newspaper reader,' which. !. . ' that this like the um-lMn.iriN..rnl.l - I conn terra soon ' rnlking thiMii-h dry .luees seeking rest and finding none,' slu Isioh, unlike their prototyim who ei,terl tl,e hogs from choice, are now el'sKsfd to steer right to warJs the fiiM j.ukass (finam-ially, we mean) they see, weeks, we were lurreeablv snnirsed tn i, n tho great change that has taken place iu the general aspect of affairs. Main street lias heen tunipiked nnd macadamized till it is no doubt tho best piece or road or its length in tho Stale. Whrre last winter teams were wallowing through umd knee deep, buggiis nnd ciirringes are rolling along high mul dry at ' two-forty' sjiccel. The work which b.s been done' by the contractor, our enterprising friend Mr. A they, adds more than a hundred per cent, to the looks of tho city, nnd speaks well for the City Council which has car- r.eu n mroagii alter a hard fight. We neit.ee several new buildings going up, ami i.iere seems tu he a general inclina tion to brush up. JJiisincss seems to be go.nj a.iead us usual, notwithstanding the hard tunes, mid wo think wo never saw the citizens ccnei-allv 0 t.iiti,,,i iirtl-, LIHI- eemeii una nappy. c haven't seen but one loafer ou the street iu two days, and no was one of Ijiiclianun s appointees iM:owNKi.-Me learn that Mr. Jacob Avery, of this county, was drowned in lug Sandy, on Thursday of last week, lie was trying to cross on a foot log, when he ft nlui was ost Mr. Thomas Wuterbury informs us that Hie body of Mr. Avery was found on Monday lust, about two miles below where the accident took place, and was buried. To DKi.tvg, -kxts. Those of our patrons ..... , arrears, will see the neccssitv of immediately forwarding the amount or their ""lebtedness to us, by referring to another eoiumn un.icr t!ie head or " l!irt!is." Okihon Hlfh nrltlfo frnra Knglnnd to Vlaocc. This iimgniliccnt pioject is being seriously entertained among engineers ond men of science, ihere liuve been equally wonder ful things affected in our day. The Eng lish papers have published some or tiie de tails Ol the lilans for uuitinir Knehiml nnrl shivehohling State in the Convention is n i'r.,..n i, n !..!.. i..i...i.. si,,..,, ; !.. il : i.. " " " '"-"o"- u,,v v nit. ii n iii i in; III tVilll tJ III' for It was one of that same 'cIum of nu tnerous reader' that came into our oilier kOiue three years since and inquired about the cost of piibludiiiiff a paper, savin- he ' ha J I Bot;in to start ore. i . .i - .. ..i.oir eiiarge 01 liev. .Mr. iloilgson, who is we II and favorably known in this section as a teacher. Thanks.-We this week received a nice ..!... .... t...... i- . i ., ,.,.. .,.v -.,-U:xu .Xpaji 0f i.miiill county, which he made with her own dear little hands. We won't be likely to forgit ' the darling' sixin. aVir- George Smith (our 'devil') has laid ei un.ler oWigahon? for a liberal coutribu. ' the b.l , bo., of ,p,.u Ge,rg i, ).itn f(I! is now again graduiilly drawing himself upon iiu Auoiiuon piuiionn to Ue prepared contend with the H'-publican noiuineo the voti h of those of the Itenublican niirtv bis expectation being, to be ublu to defeat a nomiiiutioii at Charleston, nnd then run ning a stump, to draw to himself tho whole Northern Democratic vote and the former Democratic wing of the present republican parly. His t manifesto mentioned above af- forus uljiindiiut proof of the fact. Thou admitlmg the Drill Scott decision to have been whut all the world credited it with lie her, throughout his lute Senatorial canvass, ns explained above, and vehemently protest ing against it because it was what it is alleged to be, in order to catch the votes of law abiding Northern Demo crats, he now coolly disputes the correct ness of his original mul the world's accepted IM--- OII ui ii inaintiiiniinr t ic nimori v opinions of the dissenting judges to the con- nary notwithstanding tlmt it docs not nf- iirni the equal rights of slave holders in the l lilted Mates Territories tlealsonririies.nl that manifest.! i!,i iroiu the foundation or this government to tins hour, all that lias heen done by the ncnerai iiovcrimioiil with reference to the Territories, further than the Constitution gives it a right to do with reference to fort una dock yard sights in the Slates, has been unconstitutionally done done only by and through usnrption or Territory. And fur ther, that, politically, the Territories areas sovereign m the right to regulate their own concerns us the Slates. Also that none but those actually squatting in tho Territories nine more rights, direct or indirect, in eon- neetion w it li them, than the citizens of Me.s- s.iiiinsetis have iu connection with the af fairs or irginia. 1 !c proclaims that when- eeer a icrntory contains population enough declining to state tho exact number to oigaii7.o Ir themselves a Territorial gov eminent, they may legally forbid the exist nice oi slavery in their midst. Or, in other woms, ne reiterates tho argument or his last canvass Tor the SenntPrship that the first batch or agents sent tut bv Abolition emigration societies may inslantlv dei:rii-n the slaveholder of the South of r-mml rl.rht. in the common territory of the government. To this point has the fi-eioiHiM, .-.r i. phen Arnold Douglas: come ulrendv; such, and such ou!v. beimr the sum n ml tnl.ct -...' of this last manifesto, declaring that the Supreme Court did not know whut tli.'i- .1,.- cided, that its minority e ntirely mistook the purport, or tne majority decision; that from the adoption of the Constitution until texlav, the General Government has been pcrsis't ently usurping authority in the Territories; that the South is without a shadow of rHits of equality in them; and finally, that"no- lt.iilv lt.it C,,,..l... i .' . ....... i, ,,. .iriniiu, jiougius lias ever yet known aught rom-crniiig the truth of 1'ioiisions oi tne constitution with ref erence to United States Territories! the channel between Dover and Cape Gri nez. In order to iifford a passage to vessels of the largest size, the bridge would rest on one side on the cliffs of Dover, und on the other sielc on the cliffs of Cape Uriuez, the French abutments being raised one linn- ono hundred and fifty feet higher than the English, to compensate for the difference of elevation of the cliffs. The bridge will be supported by one hundred and ninety towers, nt a distance or Cvo him eireel K-et opart, each Laving a light to guide vessels ut night, and an alarm bell for warning in fogs. The greatest depth of the channel, on the line proposed, is one hundred and eighty-six feet. The bridge would have two or more railways, which it is estimated could be traversed in twenty minutes; nnd it would be so built ns to uil- mit the light or day, being lighted nt night by gas. In order to pre vent all fear of in vasion, the projector proposes that each end or the bridge shall be commanded by a strong battery. The towers, which would be one hundred feet in diameter nnd two hundi-jd and sixty feet high, would rest on colossal basis three hundred feet square at the bottom and one hundred and fifty feet square at the top, rising to a bight of forty feet above the water, Tormed or blocks or granite united by iron burs. The eleva tion or tho tops or the towers would thus be three hundred feet above the surface of tin waeer. jir. jxiyu estimates the utmost possible cost of the bridge nt 50,000,000, but thinks that it could be built for half that sum, and that the whole cost would be re imbursed to the company in eight years. iTihe Kochcster (N. V.) Union is informed that two persons, Mr. Johuson son and Mr. Young, both of whom lived on Grand Island, went over Xingria Falls ately. lhey had been to Chippewa a sailboat where they drank a great deal, N hen in the river, the sail jibbed, being witn a gust of wind, and the boat was ur set. They both managed to get hold of the boat, and in this way floated over the I alls. Johnson was a dissipnte-d man, and had had two or three very narrow escapes. About five yeurs ago, ho Ml asleep while rowing from Navy Island, and his boat providentially floated to the head or Goat sland, where his companion, a toy se cured it. Vra tka alW. Ki.ti-R! or Anuorr' Paiitv. On Thurs day afternoon, says the Jacksonville Senti nel of Oct. 22, Mr. U. II. Abbott, ami the purty who accompanied him, returned from the Klamath Luke Expedition. They were were gone twenty days. Mr. A blmlt failed lo apprehend tho Indium who engaged in the massacre of Ledfonl mid Ids party lust spring, or to get any n liable information us to their whereabouts. That llu-y were se creted by in mbcrs of their tribo he is well satisfied, but the siiiiilluo of his force, and the difficulties which would have to be en countered in pursuing und capturing them, prevented him from making tho effort. Tho IudiuiM were peuccubty disposed while the party was among them, although they evinced considerable dissatisfaction at not being furnished witli goods anil presents; but they were nmdc to understand that un til they delivered the murderers of the Led Tord party over to the proper authorities, no such articles would be dispensed to the tribe. Mr. Abbott made careful inquiry Into the correctness or the report brought to town just before he left, of the massacre or u party of emigrants by the Modoc Indians. The statements wrre conllicting some de claring that there was a innssaere, others as stoutly protesting tho rumor was without foundation. Among others, Mr. A. met the chief of the Moilocs, who assured him that it was the Pitt River Indians which hud committed the massacre upon the emi grants nbout the timo specified, nnd that the Moilocs had nothing to do with it, nor were tliev within several miles of the scene. A broad, extensive valley, of surpassing fertility, ond thickly grown wilh luxuriant bunch grass, was discovered to the north or tho lake, beyond the diviele which separutcs the emigrant trail, some twenty miles. It is described to be largir than the Iioguo Kiver Valley, nnd admirably adapted to the grazing or numerous herds. J'.y aban doning the old trail, nnd striking over the northern slope or the great Ibitte, the pnr- ty obtained a full vie w of this delightful valley. They found a superabundance of e!k, deer, bear, and other game. I5i:EAKWATEn AT ClIKdCENT Citv. The Sentinel sets forth ot length the advantages of a breakwater nt Crescent Cily, und suvs strong efforts will be made nt the coming session or Congress to procure the pussngc or nu ue-t for the construction of om at tlmt point. All the way from Sau Francisco to Puget Sound there is not a really good er ..r.. I...-I. ... i . . ou.u iiun,ur or aiicuonigo lor vessels in .... ..I, ...., i.i . .... auutiii-usi n limit auu incso prevail elurnig the rainy season. Midway as the harbor of Crescent City is between Sun Francisco and tho Columbia Kiver, it affords the best and almost the only facilities for the trans portation of freight und passengers by sea and laud from Sun Francisco to the fiir northern counties of California, and the counties of Curry, Jos-phinc, nud Jackson in Oregon. I.n'man Agency Chance, The Sentinel says that Geo. II. Abbott, Indian Agent for that section, is ordered to proceed with in a few days to theDullis, there to us sumc charge or the Indians iu tlmt district, during the absence or the regular Agent, A. P. Dennison, who purposes visiting the hastcrn Stales. Si i-roscn Act inr.xTAi, Phsoxixo.-.Ob Tliuraday, Oct. 20, a Mrs. Poiui-roy.'reiid. Inp in the Forks of tho Sunlhmi, died rr, suildi uly, it Is supposed from the t-ITecUof ktrychniiie. IL-r luubniid, as our Inform, snl Icai ueil In the neighborhood, had mixed a tpiuntity of strychnine In a cup, for the purpose of poisoning squirrels, am It supposed the unfortunate woman drank w. ter Irom thei cup without knowing the a to which it Imil been put. When discov. ered, she wus speechless, and expired In about half on hour, iu great agony. P. S. Another account says Mr. died from congestion of the liver; und not from effects of poison, iiliileimaii. The Loxk MorsTAiNEim. The Momlo. cino wagon road viewers Inform us, soyi tho Trinity Journal, that they found an old man named Armstrong living on the South Fork of IM river. He has a beautiful ranch iu (lie vulley, nnd on tho endless range adjacent, about COO head of slock. He livrsull nlone, and Ids nearest neighbor is 40 miles away. Tho Indians never troo him, ami hut little snow lulls in winter. MAB.HXSB: I in llm -,U.I in.mnt, by Iter. Thoiieia Condon Mr. .I.'l.ul'. M'-n-lf uli-ill lo Jlw L'allieriua Vu'. fi.h, b-.di ut Una couuly. On Ih" 1.1th iinliuil, by Kl.lar II. Juliiiaan, i Ilia ra-i.lrncr i.f kit" 1'iihi, Kk., Mr. Blepuia W. l-'orrin.in lo Mia M iry June Cuppa, BORN: lii Vmiiliill county, en thf 3tih of OcloU-r, IPjO, tmi. a boy ami a jirl lo .Mrs. I'raiKt-a O. Ad una, wife of llio Ivlilor of llie Argua. 'J'kry nut imiiH-.l Amies Ckaiu and Amik Cicii.ia. In tfiia e'ty, Nov. 1st, a Juu ;liler to Mm A' H'arnrr. Iu ili a eiiy, Nor. .Id, kid to Mr. V. Charmm. (n ill!.- I Jih iiwlunt, in Yamhill county, Gaaigt C, iuf..ula"n ol' lleury unj Nancy Warren. , O It k a ON CITY I P.ANCIS P. IIODGSO.V, A. M., Pbwcimi, ailed bj coinoeleut leaeliera. fpiIE Cd rjuurler w.H ouniiieiice Xor. 2t, 1SJ9. 'i'llia Ii.rlilu'ioii ollera fiiLvliliiia for III younj auui-rior Iu any acli.ml in llm viviniiy. It jaauo I'lied w.lli um.iiie inups, li,lua.,iliicul an t clidn l,:.,l a,Kiiulua. Il i aUu r.iiuulird wilh a (row) t'luiiu uud u well-nelivled Librury. SiuJ.-ola will bn udruiieed an fusl aa tlu ir uapaciiire will aJmii, and li., fuHlrr. No rtiidrnt will be a-lum-lid for u lesa ueriiM th.ni mf a ijuurtrr, nnd d diieliona w ill not be made for ubseucea, exorptin cum of rMrcnii- illnrMi, Young in, u denroiu of boardinir Ih.-nvrlvni can b uc'WiiiiHidttled wilh roo.ii. in the beiniuary buiul. ng, N. Ji. Ijweiul alleul'nii. will be paid lliia qiiarl. r In IVi,inui,s!iii. TliMilrpirlmeiit will b under die ilirrrtion of a mneiinr penninn. In. aliucli.iii uHl bi-girrn gratia lo ilia nii-iiihriuf iiim:iiooi. Kov, 5, l(?59inJ rs'oticc. Fresh Oysters, DIKKCT from Mioulwuk-r liny, conatiiotly on In, nd nt the P A SHI O H SALOON. 1' um lits cjii be ait;iplied. JAS. K. HUNT. Jreijon Cily. Nov. 3, tS.",9. 3tlir llMPTirE " STORE Out flrain. T -v:r.!en.nn.u. Societv.-TIic meeting called fr the purpose of forming an Ag ricultural Society for this countr, will me-el at tho Court Koom o'tliK-k in the afternoon. to-dar, at 1 '"" We had tiuite a hu.1 stortn in this cily last Thursday, and wc hear that on the morning el the same dav th. ground as v-Lilr- ;th ,ww .,, w-1 sis miles cist of this. As Old California. Lieutenant IWtlctt, or the United States navy, father or the young lady whose annroarh'ina- nnru o -r tiuls with the Cuban millionaire, Scnor Ovi cdo, have bcen noticed, was the first Amer ican Ali-alde or" Verba Buena," which, by a spirited Act or his, dated January SOih, IS 4 7, immediately became "Sun Francisco." Jai-kso Coi-xtv. The County Com missioners or Jackson county have fixed the rate or taxation ou proiicrtv in that county at fifteen mills oo the dollar, and the poil tar. at .,) 00. -Arm itteo. Abel George, indicted for mureler in Jackson county hist spring, has neeii tried nt Jvcrbyville, Josephine county, ociorc judge mm, and acquitted. S.ir.. H- ,l. . ......i .... .iu to iv uie loiiowiug para graphs irom the Statesman: It is estimated that over STfif) nnn oeeu e.xpemieei in Uuilding in Salem the mist season. J.ra-k structures, costing about ?eiu,ueiu, nave been put up. And we be neve nor. a dollar ot money used in their loiiMiuciion wns borrowed, nr.d not a doll, wilt oo unpniii when comp eted. That o.iu,Ka coo'j ueni lort leso nn-, I ,. ,i I.. . n r... .i . ..... : peai!.i nui lor e:ic SOIlilily (.f our com iiiuuiir. V tl .a . . c learn thut it is iu contemiilntlon f3 oniia in fcalcm, next year, three bri siores two stories and a commodious orit-K livery stable the largest nnd finest in the State. Messrs. Itiekey & Co., we im.- onoinieii, imenet putting up the latter, S.en and Fatal Accihext. On Friday Oct. 21, u child of Mr. Caleb P I nil titurt ii of IIowcll Prairie, Marion county, came to its death in the followim: distressing mnn. ner: Mr. Chapman had prepared a tub of ,m isu'pnunc neiti) with water, for the ru.,,u,Coi .soiiMiig wnent, iin-paratorv to cnn-itwr l!..f:vxn : it . " jiiuic lUl r in r in wixit - I O " III.UI., m-igni.or came niong in a wagon, and Mr C. accompanied him to Sah tub standing until his return. Mrs. Chop- ...... ,., bum-hi ui a neignnor s house having left her infant, aired nhnnr. nrn n.ouiii.s, in n,c eare or the older children n-lirt l..r It IV- - 1 i . a seir, and by some means it fell into thr- .,!, am. was drowned. The parents arc much uiu.cien ny tne sad occurrence, which the father attributes mainly to his own care lessness. Statesman. Sixci LAR Presentiment. A vonwrmnn employed in Xcwark, .. J., whose parents reside in Cologne, some mouths since had a presentiment that on a certain day a broth er at home had died. He subseouentlv rs ceived a letter, informing him of the death of Lis brother, which bad occurred at the precise time indicated by him. On the 2d ultimo the feelings of the young man be- ciuie suddenly and unaccountable deprjssed, and on the 5th he was impressed with the ielea that his mother was dead, and it was iwiKKsible to shake his believe in this par ticular. A letter received in New York a few days since conveyed the intelliri-cce or the death of the young man's mother on tba I d. u!t. i x. wolf. i, anoKMscaoi WOLF A- SZIOEIJBURG TAKE li'eumirp in iiiforiniicf l?i iliuma of llreuoH .'iiv und thr pubi c gm.eruilT thut tliev linvr formed cimrlner.-hiji, und uio m,w duiuj; bixiueiM ul lliar OLD AXD WULL-KtiOWN STAKD, Tho Empire Store, and are anjiplis J n-liKii XEW AXD STIEXJJJD STOCK Of Ml Kind) ond Qititntitin of DRY GOODS, boiti us lo Ihrir prices uud varieties, and can of ter jrreaier iiLliirniiriila iJVan- ever beloro lo their fiiemla un,t euntoinei a to- Pay Them a Visit, They bow hove, on. I will conslnnily keep em liuud. a wcil-aeli-c'ed imwriiiwnt of dry gooda Great Bargains! ecu As American. Freucli. TOho-KsIi. ami Furniture prints, Ginliams of all colors, Fraicli, English, anil Am eriean merino, nil ool arid halt' Scotch plaid: delaines, all -wool and hali; figured or plain Bilk and woollen shawl, double or single; alpaca, figured or Tjlain : pologne de cheery velvet, casi- nieres, Jinsevs. brown and bl cna sheeting, drilling, janes, satinet, uicKory, insn linens, SH.K AM) STUWV naV.T. Rilibont, trimminir of all mnri, ,l..r.. .lUrt. cKcmiuttet, tdgwg, Uatk and ichile lace, vidi or narrow, ptrfumery, BOOTS, SHOES, 11A TS of an mrU, CAPS, ce.vtleme.n'b and Bors' CLOTIILVG, OP EVERY DESCRir- TIOX, and reru btat quality. ueh aa overcoata, frock and rack do., raglanr, lalmiie, jnckeia, pat, ve8Ul cwvital shirts, uadar aruwera, overalls, J W LB Y. and many other arlielea, in lurge quantities, all of which liaviiij; beeu purehaiwd at low prica, can beold aceardnurlv. t.. il, ...i.ra.ii of nil who may faror them wilh their palrouago. Here ia the place, nnd we are on hand To wait on our cuaiomera, atrangera A frieada; ilh pleasure to receive, and hearty deeiro To jive bargains alike In all who ineuiro. r.riiieiiih-r the Kmpire," r.erueinher the atand ! Kemeniber the bargains Your money will command ! Remember llie quality, Keinember the price, " ! reniember the " Empire," The tjreal. fond old place. Is.. B. We win receive h iinnvr a po.l eupply of the above article. -V WOLF. I.SIIOKNBL'RG. November 5, 1S59. 30 Piano Tor 3 ale at Corvallis. IOU CASH, wheat, cattle, or anvlbinf elea. r nq.iir of 4. X. Galz, Eugene Cily, Prat iNcwtu.. Corrallia, or J. A. Porr, Orefoai City.