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THE OREGON STATESMAN
UPU11LIS1IP.II KVKIir MDKUAV MnllKINC).
The Oregon Printing tnd Fubliihing Company,
PROPRIETORS.
Offlolal Paper of the State,
TEUM8 Peryeur,:i,00i Six months, (2,00.
t7 Hwi 'iftirn ilre pric in cnl. tgul Tmdtr aolet
wilt bt ttii'tn only itttlu.lrt!nrrtntiHile.
It-iinltunees in ijr be made by mail at th risk oT the pub
linden, If untiled lu Hie pretence ol a postmaster.
WAGON timber:
In addition tu our LARGE and EXTKNUIVK stockof
Hardware, Iron and Steel,
We' have on hand, and are ooustnntlv receiving
from the Eastern Suites, h FULL A6
, bOUTMEN'i' of
Hub, Spokes Hickory Axle, Bent Kims,
EXPRESS AND BUGGY POLES,
Whiffle Tree Ac, oVc.
' .. . ..ALIO..
30,000 11m. of Iron Axles 1 In. to 3 in. .
1CM selta Tlilmhle Skoine aj in. to Sin. ,
100 Ketts Wagon llnxet.
100 noun Midleuble Nuts for Wooden-Axle Wagons.
3, 500 Hm. Wngon and Carriage SliriiiK", Hub Hands,
Malleable Irons, Carrlngo and Tire bolts, Cum
berland Coal.
4,000 lbs. Nuts and Wuslieit.
And a large and oomplete assortment of
SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE.
E. J. NORTHRVP & CO.
Importers nnd Denleri In Hardwure, Iron, Steel and
Wagon Timber, 131 Front Htreet, Portland, Ogn.
Hntltf
Lit Creole Academy,
DALLAS. POLK COUNTY, OHEOON.
Rev. W. 1), Nichols Principal.
Mies Ukkcca J. G liana ..... rreceptreaa.
rplIE academic year ie divided into four terme of
X eleven weeas eacti.
First Term will commence..... Sept. 4, li5
Second Term " " Nov. 20,lKtt
Third Term " "
Fourth Term " " rt..
txi'KKSEs.
Primary Pr term,
Common English " "
lliirlier Kinllsli " '
1HO0
f 1,00
(i,(M)
8,110
Greek, Latin, or French langnage, two dollare extra.
Students will nut be admitted for a low period tlinn
a half term, and no deduction will Be nmue jor uo
senco except in cusos of protracted sickness.
Hoard mi, 1,H nlittiiiicd in uood fHiniliee ut reaaon-
able niloa. A few young ludiea ciiu be accommodated
in the iMitiill' of the 1'Hlirinal.
ih A new J'kihtopkicnl AjiparatHt and A power-
JiU Microncope are expecieu inim nan r ruiiL-iecu uj
the coiuiueuceiueut or miuuie nt me uret term.
GKO TILLOTSOJf,
NICHOLAS LEE,
Palliii. Jitiv 31.1SB5. 23tf Executive Coin.
Cooke, McCully Co,,
' ARK K3W 0PK.N1N0 IN I,KM THE
Largest and Best Selected Stock
CLOTHING, DRY-BOODS,
..AMI..
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Ever brongbt lo tho Williitnetto vnlley, and will
dlapoaeof the attme at the very LOWEST l'HICba.
rjiilem, JuneiJ. mii. "u
WOOL, WOOL.
NOTICE is hereby given that we want to par
chae 100.000 Pounds of Wool,
For which we will pnv the HIGHEST MAR
KS T VKWE, A UA ill.
COOKE, McCULLY ct CO.
Sulem, June .rth, lSllj. lltf
Mrandretla's
VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL PILLS.
IT la generally known that my Grandfather was ttie
nriiritml iiivniitor of these remarkable nills.
He was aacienlilic man, and a medical practitioner
of tbe Old School, lint becoming Wurmen nt tne mnr.
r.litv ihat attended the Iilcedinx and Minuml Prac
tice, he turned bit attention to the study of nature and
th nhiloRonhv .if disease, aa uImi to the unturul reinu
dial ngenta which be fonud lo exist exclusively in the
Vegetable Kingdom. In hia researches und ittvesli
galimit, he became fully satisfied that the life wan iu
the hlnnih that hv whatever name discuses were dis
tinguished, impurity of the blood was the auurco of
all U simple una trntlllUl uocinne, which, hi reuuiuiK
all diseases lo a uutt, necessarily ostuuiisnen tne met
that, all were to bo treated oil the enine general prin
ciples, vin bv imrgntion.
Now the grand diiliculty consisted in devising a veg
etable compouud thitt would invigorate, purify, and
tlm ,UhI ciirmct and reirulute all the differ
ent secretions, and by purgation discharge the whole
muss of morbid mutter irom tne oouy, wnuoui reiiuc
in., tho atreinrth. Alter thirty venrs of close npnlica-
tir,n h pousiitered his ohiect 'foliv accMllDlisbed in
the production ol these pills, which have now been
before tbe public One Hundred and Fourteen Years,
anil it is now 1 1 ma) nearly Jt years since nr. uraii
dreih'a Vem-lublo Universal Life Preserving Pilli
m Hntt. nn-NHi; led to the A merit hu public duriuK
which time their mtperior excellence aud virtue have
beea exteimively prwluiuied by papers and pitmphleta,
and a rapid yearly increase of the sale of lliein ef
fected. To know what will save life, to know what will
restore health, U a knowledge not to be hidden, I
therefore, nutn deuriiitt to do my duty faithfully,
Itnv fbittji. t.nwn an ni h of uiv thirtv live veart' exne
rienre with Brand. tlli's Pi!U, which are an effectual
miiMiit. if iiMiurB.uiid rautw the eximUiou of acri
inonions humort the occasion of every nieknert. Let
Bilmii tht nirriiitt bum tint ore ven t the free circula
tion of the blood, that Urandreih't IMIlf take out
tltene humors, K'vK health for (Htiu. aud ilrt'iigtb fur
wenkuew.
Vn niMii tm irk v wbnii the tiruiciide of corrun-
tion Kcts the ascendency; Hrandretb'i Pills aid the
Life Principle to reain the empire by removing the
rorrunt humors from the bod v. Many a time I have
seen life ammreutlv at the lat ebb, when tUese Pill
wnre iireii. Hiid in u few hours the duiiuer was mt,
and btmllh s Hood tide pive the patient renewed life
ndviuor. Many are the fathers, mothers, sons, and
daughters, thus navtfil.
Ttiene celebrated Pills are composed wholly of me
dicinal herbs, and do not oontatn any mercury or other
mineral, Winy (terfeetly baniilens to the most tender
ture or weakest frame; vet sure to sarch out the cause
of sickness, and restore tbe beulib if lakeu acoorUiug
to the directions-
Let no one i in h trine they are too weak to bear tbe
fleet of these Pill, which put no weakness into the
frame, but draws weakness out. A lew noses win oe
vmi rfmlMienre. and then the beauties of purimlion wi
,radnallv become uubibled to our iew, which, eu
forced with lirsndretb s Veetable Univeisal Pills, ii
able to cure every disease where the orwas are sound,
tnrl .tnsuliv ll.PNUlM tl)H M VP till uf huUlHIl lite.
I have now used on mr own person, and prepared
and administered, Bramlrelh's Pills for thirty-live
year. I Mievo they are tbe best purtfHtive iu the
nrirl. (! with ibis mpdiral finality tliev bnTealso
a tonic effect Ami as 1 am of Uie ttrm opinion that
iullatnmatHHi ami fevers are cauwsd by rnrruptea
hlfMMl not beinir timelv evaruated. because it reunrtfi-
tAtes, so to speak, over the whole budy, and thus cor
rupts the sound ommmi utai iiiouia uourwii an uiv mcui
btir. and actuallr destroys and pant I vies n-Malwra 01
oru-MUS Uiat are unsnund; and as I know that these
Pills have a direct effect to remote all corrupt blood
and acri moi nous humors from tbe body m tact, m
bnmors Irclow tbe vital standard of bratUU; so I sboul
be ffuihy of a cn-ai sin, did I not do all in my power
10 propagate me use oi a niruiciue winru m (ww m
of properties so ralriilaled to save Injl increase the
average of human life.
Tbe public servant,
BKNJAMIX KRASDRrTII, M. D.
PrincipaJ elBrefor Kmiidrvth's Vrtetable Universal
PilU, llicAM'ULIU S lU ILlUNa New York.
W. V. RRANURKTH.
Office at CRANE k Jt H I ( i I i A M 8. han Francisco.
For sale by ail respectab dealers iu medicines, if
HonK'mcih .ow i9 lour Time.
IFXPECT t exSthit COBERO an1 tits fsmtty -a
Colt at IIm Oregua SUIt S tir, Oct 8d, 4li, Ui J 4fe,
at Kl-t.
I chslifnin ths Cort te nM ni and produce fsmily or
a Hl-4iWi.icsi, aleiory of fstntlr in A nertca ihat will
art Um for m. torn, strls, eust, acUoa. and UtsU
J apt a Hon W miwral aw, cxca ijicrlMH MUsrs.
I wtt hte .inif r4lrUnt eolu for nlr.
IW Prrm wKhtnt to sreur the services nt COItBRn t
Northern Oregnn tor the tvfttwx. W ', l So so bj strlfif
me on mr wjr l or at ike
I e it anncrrrnry to sift sn extatwM dftcrlpUoa
twrt. bat vtoalii tat-lle prtM to call tnd m lortMowelTf.
watiM r tb4t I Kavt retiabte taformio Uiat vhvrt Uc
COBKRt Mack bss been la est In llllttott for 1 yrs si
It, tho rve saifSfscUM aod bring store money thas aajr
oUh stock 1 hor W. C MYRft.
tJiliodMi)U,UroB,AaK.S.lMS. tl
J. M. COULTER
SELLS ALL KINDS OV
COOPER-WARE
Cheaper than the Cheapest
Mrn.JuiwVtli,!.
I7tf
A Card.
DU V. ARIWKK having- reiamed Is hia (arm Bear
lleilwl, will aite noct atfnUua t all ca,ia ta Uie
tin .tf ate pmleMtun.
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tje e0ii MaU&tM
VOL. 15-NO. 32.
Important to the Afflicted.
Dr. J. W. MURRAY,
f Office, one dour wost of the Uonnett Hotmo.
CHRONIC Dineuriai of the Liver uivl Lmiffi, mid
diie&wi ofulie liuiimn skin, chronic lure even,
rlionmHUHtn, HTofuluim dir.tmtu.rs, and all impurities of
tlie blood canned by a I Uu.lt water and oi lier minerut
poisons tliHt the water is impregnated with.
My remedies are vegetable, lor purifying tbe blood,
and reutoviny all diwasei ariainif from scrofulous and
couiiituLiotial oompluiuu there no remedy known
0 uie science oi man ui mean ufiuul ins treauneni.
Perfect and ncraiknent uure, without bindrauce from
business, change of diet, or fear of exposure.
Meilicinus and prescriptions at reaiionabte price to
ait the lime. No embureo laid on rich and poor,
black and white, and aborigine" nil can avail them
selves of Uie remedies in cure d idem-en, and prolong
l.i.a U..U... (.. II 1Ml UMml
Who Hums a OiMtd Farm?
I offer for tnle MO seres of Land illumed within f3j
four mil" of Bilem. It la well watered, hnvinnJ
upon It four tprlngs and a living stream timbered wltli oak
and fir 160 acres plow land 1 the remainder Bond pasture.
Hie Improvement consist of a llouie, llarn, Orchard, and
tne wnole tract enclosed witn a goon ran tence. i win ten
II, or a part of It. tor particulars, enquire at Newman's
arsel, oror me. u. r. w unniKrun,
Halem, Sept. 11, 1868, 4 Half
NOTWE.
HOBATR Court, Mnrlon county, Oreaon. Estate of F.
Belt, deoeaied. Notice la lureliv siren that V. llent
ohel, admlnlitrator of laid eitate.hae preeentetlhliaceonnt,
and prayi that tbe lame mnj he allowed for final ettlenicnt.
It le therefore ordered that Monday the '2d day October, A. 0.
loon, be eet apart tor trie neurmx ot tne himu.
Hitkui, pept. s, lino. J. a I'rlKlll.r.s, uo. jwllre.
' ; Notice.
1UIB Blockholden of the Willamette FalU Canal Oonipa.
oy are hereby notified to meet at the office of the Com
nanv lo Oregon Cltv. on the loth day of October next, for
the purpoae of dealing a board of Directors, and transacting
ipi-h other bushiest at may be neefstary.
eepi. V, 1!M. . .1W JUB..ril wan, rresmeiif.
Private Medical Institute.
Established by
DR. J. C. YOUNG,
IIV 1H50,
FOR THE CURE OF PRIVATE DIS
EASES, OP WHATEVER
NATURE, ;
And all Female complaints.
Consulting Office, '
-AO AVfiMitinsrton Street,
Second building below Montgomery it.,
SAN FRANCISCO. : i CALIFORNIA
NO CUUE, NO PAY.
CONSULTATION BY LETTER, Oil OTHER
WISE, H'KEK. . ,
For Direction of Letters, See Below,
TIII9 CELf I1RATKD LVSTITUTE has enjoyed
on this count an uninterrupted success of Font teen
years, and has become one of tbe renowned Hospitals
of the nice. What the celebrated Lor k Hostiitals is to
lnuou, and tt.e no less renowned estubhehment of
K i cord to Pans, this Institute has become to the Pa
me Coast. The thnuHanda annually received and
cured, place U ia point of number of patients among
tne very it rat or tne worm, ana tue success ol its treat
ment rmkn it second to none.
PIMVATK DISKASKSIN MALES and IRRKC.U-
LAHITIKS IN FKM ALES nre the retit destroyers of
hcultu. l tiey lusiduniiHly at tack tlie system and urau
uiilly uul(!rniiue and destroy it t thtfy dnve tlie Idnoni
from the cliook, the lustre from the eye, the strength
and vitfor from the frame; they wive to the world
puny aud di mined oltenrinii', and poison, through rug-
cessive, ucncnitions till) race of man. Tlie marks can
be seen m Scrofula, Conttuinplton, Cripples, tbe Idiot
ic, the Paralytic, the Insane, etc.
I hero is no more terrible scourge to the human race
than those diseases arrinintf from the contamination ol
enerm Poison. Ibe mildest forms, by retreatliitr to
the blood, hold ever over the one alllirtud,the sword
of destruction t hat is liable ut auy moment to fall and
utiifiit -to utterly uuftroy alt earthly hopus.
WKliCUKY, recotrnizat at the mott taiut medical
enemy to man, combining with the Vetieieal, doublet
ins dangers, luose wno nave ueon treaceu wltli tnat
iiorniciuuswiiwci'rt potnou are not cured j the uisuaae
only assuuieu a new lorni.
Do not be Satisfied with Partial Cures,
that leave the poison to crawl tbrongb the system, eat-
nig its way into tne tissues and organs ueneain tne
apparently smooth surf-tee, to burst out in the future
with a virulence that will bafllo the effects of medicine.
WHEN PERFECT CURES can be obtuinou by con
sonsultinir a physician wboin Ion practice and thoro
nh invenriHtion into the causes ol 11SEA!SE of the
URINARY ORGANS e iablea to determine at once
the untnre of the disease.
In all dmcHsc entrnsted to the Doctor care, PER-
r KUTol'fchDi and PKRMAa KM
Cures are always Guaranteed.
In Syphilis and Its adjuncts; flonomra and its ac-
cnmpunviiii diseases; all discnrileis of (be Bladder,
Kidnevs and iirostrate; Seminal Weakness t Dis
eases of the Heart 'and Lungs ; lvspepia Indigestion;
Impotencv : Incipient Consumption, aud all direanos
of the Urinary organs, in wither sex, cure alwavs
wuramed. OR KO PAY KEtjUIREli at the PRl-
VAifci
McliHl I institute.
SO. 6-ltl WASH1SOTOR 6TKEKT,
SAN FRANCISCO, i i
Seminal Weakness
t t CALIFORNIA
or
Spcrmatorrhtrai
Tne you ni man who experiences that Browinu
weakness in his niniMnlar and mental oruauijii ion
should slop to consider whenc it arises. He will find
iu the weakness of the back, tremblinir of the limbs.
disordered digestion, unaccountable fuiling of (he
powers or tne mmd, oi stunt e for society, dread ol im
pending trouble, forebodings af evil, sleeplessness,
troubled and laM-lvious d reams accompanied by grow
ing deafness. Loss of muscular power, and numerous
other svmptoins of disotvanisaiion. The pontttve tra
ces of that mot terrible and destructive ol all diseas-
Seminal eukness V astinif away his powers.
destroying Ins hope ot life and mauhood, and dragging
intn along tne broken patu oi his existence to warn a
premature if rave. To him who liuds his life dribbling
out ill tbe discharge of the vital principal of existence
in nocturnal and diurnal emission, the mere ceitnaiiou
of the causes ot its appearance brings uo ussuruuee ot
Marriage, that holy office, the snfegnaro and hop of
manhood. Untitfs lo sucu a one no nope oi cure, nut
adds to bis misery in tbe knowledge that the one who
looks to him for so wucb of her happiness, is a victim
of bis evil, aud an innocent companion of hit punih-
mellt. lie aonn iu ma Hiitwrv aim mnruor uihii im
leaves him. There is uo rescn except iu proper and
skillful treatment. Commit, fhen.alonce.apnrsician
whom long pnu-tice and careful research has made
thoroughly conversant with every phase of the dis
ease Those who have become tbe victims of solitary
vices, that dreadful, fascinating, aud destructive hab
it, which fills thousands of sick rooms with paralytica
and consumptives, aud huudmdsnf untimely irrares
with its inieguidt'd victims, should consult without a
moment's delay, one who will sympathise with their
sufferings. To such the Doctor would especially ad
dress himself, giving to each and all nstointnce of a
PKRFrXTand PERMANENT CURE rtsoaf iv
(iranrr trom kunne ekanfe of diet, or frarof
pomret .
Do not forget tbe addreaa. 8ee below. ,
Imporfaiil t Femuloa.
Whn a female is in trouble ora lllicted with disease,
and renuires mtdical or surgictl iwsiptatice, tbe eniittry
should be, Where Is there a physician who is fnlly
competent to administer relief, and whoe respectable
standing in society recommend him to the rontideuce
of the rommunttv t The Doctor, unduriitauding how
imperatively necessary these requirements are, fefls
called opon to interpose, and by calling tbe attention
of tbe attlicted m the fact that he hat been a PRO
FESSOR OF OBSTETRICS and FEMALE III
EASES for twenty years. and is fully quahlied to ad
minister in all cast, both medicuily and snrgically,
not in a snoernoal manner, but in as thorough a wan
ner aa years of study and practice both in boopitals
and private familiescan make, to save tbe in from
the hands of the nininaliHed. nnscn.C'iluous, and dot
iim.ntr Thereto, families ran relv nrH3 hi in as
Qtwaa fattier. All instruction ran nnd in him oae
who can feel and sympathise with and befriend them
in tmnble one inwhofcwcv th utmost ronfideore
can hm plnced. CN1" LTATIoN (BY LUTE It
OR OTHERWISE) FREE. ISee address below.
THE CELKHRATED F EM A L E It E M E ( J 1 ES . ein
poanied from the private prescriptions of DR. Y'LU,
nave i
now ohtaiued a nwet eatendM D.,nnlaritv. and
are correctly viewed to be Ibe safest ana surest reme
dies for U entnphiints for which tbev are applied.
The constantly accininjr. testim.Hiials of their cn1,-ary
oecuuv uica w dv preeminently supenor in u,ir ae
tion.
No Larlv sbonld be without these Renovating
Aitcnta ooe irrnuina nnl pna-nred at this nUnw.
r-it bv Mail or Kspreaa, u anv part of the Htt
TllKtiHKAT KEMALK MKDIt FKfcVKN
T1VE POWUKK.t KuKMAKKIKU LAD IKS New.
haf.and lufallihle. lastmif Iron four to six nxartbr
HHee till. KKKSCH Ll.NAU, Ctt Kr.MALK
llUSTllLtiJ'lLl for aiippi Ions. After Btty
Tears ol uas lliese pins aaiw unnvauett us rflliMy
l'riM )0 1"' . ' .
To CorrrMapondrnls.
Patieolt rsaadrny in aay part of tlie ramus kowsvw
distant, wit mar desira msvlKal as vice oa tueirra--apsrttvsj
rases, and who thinlt pmpcr to anhroit a
wnttea Matetaent of earh in velp re to bolilinii a
rona! tntervtew, are leirvd Uiat their oommeaa-e-tlons
wiH be bM mo sarred.
All letters mast bs sjrtdreasrd to tU eorrespondinf
plitsirian. thai :
BENJAMIN P. J0SELYN. M.D..
540 Washington hlrret,
Uol 7.1i r. 0. .. Hum Vaiinjc,, Cat.
SALEM,
LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES,
, PASJF.D ATTHi ,
f'irtt Seisiiin of the Thirty-Eighth Congras.
. '
An Act lo provide for tbe Public Instroetlon of Tontlt
in the County of Washington, Distriot of Columbiu,
and for other Purposes.
He it emu-ted hr tlie Henate anil ITonse of llenrescn.
tatives of the United Ktatea of americs ill Coniiress
assembled, That the school districts in the Comity of
WuslilniiUiu. District of Columbia, without the limits
of tbe oilies of Wiishiinrton and Georgetown, shall be
and retnnin as now laid down according- to law, sub
ject to revision and alteration by the levy court of
sum conntv, una mat tne scnooi commissioners now in,
otlice shall be and remain to until others are appoin
ted.
HeC. S. And li H fnrther emicted, That the levy
oourt shall annually, on the first Monday in May ap
point one person trom audi tcnooit uisinct as a com
missioner of primary schools, of which appointment
the olcrk of tbe levy court shall Immediately notify
the person so appointed nnd wheuevor a vacancy
shall ocenrr in tlie board of said commissioners, tho
levy court, as soon as may be thrrenfter, shall fill the
mo. ana all appointments nmue uy, or resolutions oi
id court eonoeminff. said commissioners ahall be
forthwith comninniented by clerk of said commission
ers shall be forthwith communicated by the clerk of
said court to the clerk ot the said board of couimta
siouors, and each of said comtnitsiouors shall liuld the
ollice until u successor is appointed.
Nee. 3. Anil be It tnrther enuctea, mat ettcn nt tne
auld commissioners, before he enters upon the execn
tion of bis ollice, and within llfteen days after notice
of his appointment, shall take and tnbscribe, for some
liistlre or tne peaee or sam eouniy, tne lonowiim
oath i "1,-, , do solemnly swear (orulhrni, as
ths case may tie that I will in all things, fertile best
of my knowledge and abilit; , well and truly execute
the trust reposed hi me as commissioner of primary
echoolls for the County of Washington, llistrict nf
Columbia, without prejudice and according to law t"
and every justice of the pence, before whom such oath
shall lie tulten, snail ceilily tne same in wniin(,anu
within eiiiht da vs thereafter transmit or deliver said
certiHcaae to the clerk of the levy oonrt for record.
See. 4. And be it further enacted, Thut the said
commissioners mid their successors shall be a corpora .
tion. under tlie name and style or" I lie Hoard ol Loin
niissioners of Primary Schools of Washington Conn
tv. District of Columbia." with power to sue and he
sued, and to tuke und hold, In fee-simple, or otherwise,
anv estate, real or personal, not prohitiilea ny luw,
which may be given to or purchased by, the said
board for primary .school purposes, and may alien aud
sell the suiue when, in the opiuion of the levy court
it will be for the udvuntuiie of the said primary
schools so to do ; and ull money in baud . after defray
ing the whole extienaes of the several school districts
at the end of each school year, tliull he invested in
some snfe stock in the name of said corporation, und
in their corporate name said huard may prosecute and
maintain actions lor injuries (lone to tne grounds,
bouses, furniture, or other proporty iu their, possess
ion. Sec. it. And be it further enacted. That the nnd
board of commissioners shall ninke and keep a record
of ull moneys received or piiid out by its order, a
tlaletnent of which, with the vouchers relating there-
S, us well as the record of the board, shall he snbjeot
all times to the inspection of the levy court of said
county, and to any tax-payer i and sni'd reeord, or h
copy thereof, certitied to bo correct by any one of said
eouimissioners, attested by the sigtiature of the clerk
of slid board, shut! be prima fucie evidence of their
acts in all proceedings, judicial or otherwise ; and tlie
tuid board shall appoint a capable person aa their
clerk, (who may be one of their own nieinbors, or
ottierwise.) prescribe uis unties, ana unow mm a reas
onable compensation for his sorvices.
neo. u. Ana tie it runner enactcn, j nut uie sam
hoard of eouimissioners shall hold slated meetings in
January, April, July, and October, of each and every
year, ut such liiuea ana piuces as tney may appoint,
and such oilier meetings iu circumstances may rcipilre ;
but if less than four members are present ut nnv one
meeting no business shall be done, except to adjourn
to a future dav ; und at the stated meetings in April
and October tbe treasurer of the school funds aud the
collector of taxes shall rend in writing a full statement
of their accounts resiectiveluy for the next preceding
half year. '
t-ec. 7. Anil be it further enacted, That the clerk of
the levy court of said conuty sliull annually, on or be
fore the-tlrst Jtlonilay in Ap:-H, rurnistt to tne saiu
board of commissioners alphabetical lists of the own
ers of property iu each school district, according toy
tne lust county assessment, umt a statement or tne to-
hi am, Mill, ui iirunciir nn.i'n.eu iu oncii uvtiicip h-
hihiting the school -tax thereon according to the last
levy made by the levy court for school purposes.
tfce. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said
hoard uf commissioners shall have power unnnally
(or as a vacancy may occur) to apioinl two persons
in each school district aa trustees of that district, who,
with the commissioner of such district, shall have
charge of the local concerns of the scboolls therein,
und net in concert with the board of commissioners
in carrying out ull the rules and regulations orriimied
ny uie auto, uoaru, nnl togetner may permit tne sciinot
house or houaua in their district to be used for public
worship, or for other purposes uf general benefit to
the residents of tlie district.
See. I). Aud be it further enacted. That the stud
board of commissioners shut! have power, and it ahull
be their duty
First. To receive and disburse anv fund which
mav benroviiled for I he purchase nf eitet and Hie
erection und support of primary schools in said county
and district.
Second. To reimlnte the number nf cht Idren to he
taught in each of said schools, aud tbe price of their
tuition.
Third. To select, upon a tborongh examination,
such teachers as ure competent, giviug to each a cer
tificate of qualifications, without which no teacher
shall be entitled to receive pay ; and to tlx their sala
ries and terms of service.
Fourth. To suspend or expel from any school, with
the advice of the commissioner nnd trustees of tlie
school district, miy pupil who will not submit to the
reasonable and or'diuury rules uf order and discipline
therein.
Killii. To prescribe the course of study and the
text-books to be used in the schools, to regulate and
control the purchase and distribution uf books, limps,
globes, stationery, aud other things uecessary for the
use of the same, and generally lo prescribe rules ami
regulations for the management, good government,
and well ordering of said schools.
Sixth. To report to the levy court, at the elote of
each school yeur, the amonnt of all expenditures no
account of schools in tlie several districts during the
previous school year, ami the manner in whicli the
same ahull have bet-u exended, specifying what por
tion and amount thereof Inis been expended for the
services of teachers, aud alsu sliull partirnhirly set
forth the number of pupils tuught, and their uverago
attendance and progress, and such other statistics as
the levy court umy require.
Seventh. To select, purchase, or otherwisa pro
enre. suitable sites lor school hiuses in each district t
lo adopt plans, aud cause to be built, kept in repair,
and furnished, such s.-hoot-hpuses ; to aupplv the same
with necessary fnel. books, stationary, and appenda
ges, and to detrav the necessary expenses of the
board : Provided, That, for the purpose of sup-tort-ing
said schools, and providing suitable sites, bouses,
and equipments therefor, the levy court shall, anuu
ally, on the lirst Monday iu March, imposes and levy
a school-tax not exceeding oue fourth of one per cent
um on all the assessed pi operty of said county with
out the limits ol Washington and Georgetown, which
tux thall he due at the suftie time, and he collected
by tbe county collector in tho same muuuer, and un
der tbe same regulations nnd restrictions. as are pre
scribed by law in relation to the collection of the
achool-tax tmpoeea tiy tins act, auu when collected
shall lie paid to the treasurer of tbe school fund ; and
tbe treasurer of the levy ennrt Is hereby rouslilnti-d
treasurer of tlie school fundi and tha said trrasnrer
and collector shall be quahlied bv making oath or af
hrinaltos laitblully to discharge tba uuties required of
them ; and they shall give bonds respectively to the
said board nf cominissiuuers, in a sum to lie tixr-d by
Uie lew court, with two siilBi ieut sureties, condition-
rd for the laillilul discharge of the duties required of
them uy this act, wtiteii uoimt, oeing approved oy the
said boaid of comnnio.ii r, shall be filed willi Iho
clerk of tbe supreme cuurt of Uie District of Coluiu
hia, who hereby required lo lile the same, and a
copy of either of said bonds, ander seal of said ouurt,
shall b sullicieut evidence ol Uie uo.kmg thereof
and the said treasurer shall be paid such eoinpeuastion
for bis service as the said board of cvuimitslouers mav
Lllow , and the said collector tlie same fees at are al
lowed by Uie said levy court fur eoilseltug Uie county
lax.
Met. II. And be h further enacted, That the whole
amount ataaiUng lo tbe credit of tha srhool fund,
when tba aforesaid levy is to b mails, shall be taken
into tha account in determining tha amount of lax
necessary to meet the current expenses ol Ibe school
year, which amount shall be levied aa aforesaid, and
no more t and the said board of lonimistiouers shall
apportion the school laud, after deducting aucb part
Uierewl as Ilia provisions ul Uils act sssigu to Ute ed
ucation of dlored cbildred, amuug tha several sever
al school districts, giving loeach one seventh of the
. . . ri i . H . . a . l ...
sisflssnmiuiui kiiuvi u,n cvuov.ru ao'i lurn iu
band, alter deducting the m csssary expenses of ll-e
ooaru. ana ooe seveuui ot all outer ratios paid in af
tar dedaning aa bereiabefore provi.M for the educe-
tloa of CMured children, until aa atnooul shall have
aeraoiulatcd sufbetent to purchase a site and creel and
luraisll a school house iu eaca dMlnct, the suet of
which shall not exceed Dlteau hundred dollars, ua
lees by private subscription.) except where the ihou-
ber of eholais is sntlieiruily Unite to require two
srUools, in wlnen rase toe sum snay reeen Ulreetltooe.
and dollars, alter Uiat it shall beapportiaed ae.-oHing
to Ibe number of children iu each district between the
ages of ats aa4 seventeen years t Provid. That a
ssvre ibau ties actual sxpeiweaof each district siiall
ve paid i Ana provided, fanner, that loots than one
srtiuoi booas a-ay be estnshsbsd ia aay one district if
Mi imoos are procoreo-
(Tsbeaonunaad)
WI1LAKETT2 I!CAstf aTIHT, K. t. 1 0 0 1
J r r T OX THE rlltsr AND TIIIHD
TIIIHD f
.th, .1 V
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livilrs) to
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Ktidav Kv-mniri of earh smmi
a ., rl..rk, in Ib-ir Hall. In rlotsaan
Hrethrea iu govd staaditaf are uiv
a'"4 A. L. KriNmN,C V-
OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9; 1865,
vl lELKliKAI'HlC 111SPATC1IKS. ,
Shrovenort, La., Sept, 15. Provost Mnr-
slml of the Freedmen arreitetl the Jntitfe,
SlierilT. Distriot Attorney, and Jarj of the 10th
Jmlioiitl District fur trring negrous nn tbe
ohrg of large. Tho Superintendent of Freed
men says jurisdiction over negroes during the
existing oondition of the oitil law belongs ex
clusively to hie bureau. iThe Judge gave no
tice of an appeal. ,
New Orloiiin, Sept. 21.--I ho Timet1 Mont
gomery dispatoh aaj : The Convention pass
ud au onliuanoo abolishing slavery by a vote
of 80 to 3. Tbe amendment to the Constitu
tion altera all provioui reltitiiini to slaves pro
tecting tbora in freedom and personal property
and provide! lor guarding the- Statu ogititist
the evils arising Iron aniiuen emancipation.
New Orleans, Bent. Mi. Dispatches dated
Montiromerr. Sept. 21st. say : The convention
to-day pasted an ordinance ratifying all laws
passed oy tne legislature utiriiig tue war, nut
inconsistent with the Constitution of the United
States and tbo ordinances of the present con
tention, exoept that concerning the isanauoe of
Treasury notes and bonds.
New Orleans, Sept. aa. Wov. Well I proc
lamation culling for the eleotion of Congress
men and state olhoeri on tne Drst Monuuy in
November waa issued to-day.
Gun, Osterhani assumed command of tbe
Department of. the Mississippi, Gen. Slocuin
going North.
Waktiitiffton, 8eptmbep 23. The U. S.
Consul at Constantinople, ornler datn of Aug.
reports an abatement of the cholera sines
his Inst. 1 he number of deaths, August iilut,
was 1G3. lleretofore it it exceeded 4.000 iu a
single day.
I Tbe President granted fifteen pardons to
daynine to Virgiuiane, including the wife uf
Wen. Longslreot.
The U. S. steamer Florida, stwen guns.snil
ed from port for A spin wall . yesterday, with
300 men for the 1'acilio sqnadrnn.
1 lie JMuw lork. which arrived Here irom
Aspinwnll, this uiorning. made the trip in six
d nys eleven hours, and twenty minutes : the
quickest trip on record. Over $500 wus raised
among the passengers to purchase silver plate
for C'aptuiu Tinklepaugh, and $150 more for
llio oual-passers. .
Another great Fenian demonstration Is ad
vertised for Wednesday evening next evening,
at Cooper's Institute, Delegates from neigh
boring cities are to attend.
Iticlimoud letters tn . the Herald aay Gen,
Howard, of the Freeduien's bureau, acoutii
panied by Moj. Gen. Terry and Col. 0. Brown
had a long conference with Gov. Pierpont in
relation to the condition uf the negroes. Their
opinions were freely interchanged, the result nf
tvnicn will De considerable amelioration ol the
oondition of tbe Freedmen during the approach
ing winter.
New York, Sept. 25. Dr. John K. Woods,
f Alhermarle county, has withdrawn from the
Congressional canvass, alleging that lie cannot
take tbe oath. The remaining contestants are
A. II. H. Stewart, who cannot take the oath,
and J. F. Luwis, who can. Southall has with
drawn in the Prince Edward's district, beonute
he could not swallow the oath. 1!. Johnson
will continue in the fit-Id. Uo announces thut
he can take the prescribed olii;ation. Politi
cal gatherings onnttnue to be held throughout
the State. Tbe people manifest rho greatest
luterest in pttlilio nllnirs.
New York. Sent. 25. The World lias ml
vices from Chihuahua, dated July 31st, that the
Juarez uuusu is dead. If Juarez was able to
gather into one camp all the troops that ac
knowledge tha authority, he would not have
more than 10,000 men, and could not select
from all that no in lie r two thoroughly nrguniteil
regiments. All the wealth and intelligence of
Mexico are enlisted upon the side of Maximil
ian. There is do portion of Ibe country which
the Imperialists might not sulely and success
fully enter.
New York, Sept. 20. Charleston dates are
the 2,'i.
Gov. Perry had issued h proclamation order
ing commanders of sub-districts and nil nlliuers
rving within the military district of Charles
ton, to assist in the organixalion of the militia
forces as a home institution to act under the
orders ot the orders of the district and stih-iiis-
rict commanders of tha United States troops,
for tbe preservation of order and the arrest of
lawless characters. Each member of this mil
itia force is required tu take the oath of allegi
ance to the United Stalei aud shall bear a goud
character.
The South Carolina Convention has refuted
to allow the neerovt to Inrm a ltart uf Ibe basis
of representation.
WHsliincton, Sent. 25 The receipts f In
ternal Revenue to day, were (1,000.120 UH.
A speciul to the Tnbune tayt Hint combina
tions for the Speakership are already funning.
Coif ix lends, while Ashley, of Ohio has many
friends. Green Clay Smith of Kentucky, is
urged wilb influential pertinacity, while the
advocates of Henry J. Mnymoud are tbe most
tealous, as tbey boast of their ability to twal
low tbe lrster candidates. .
Governor Lyon nf Idaho, who hat been de-
ained here to receive instructions iu regard to
Indian nffuirs, bat been instructed tn make a
treaty with lbs Indians of his superintendence
d leaves lor bit teat of bit government to
morrow.
Montgomery, Sent. 25. An ordinance de
claring tbe act of secession null and void was
unanimously adopted by tbe Alabama Stale
convention, titer having been debated on an
entire day.
asbingloi, Sept. 2(5. A special to the
Chronicle, dated. Montgomery, 25th. says tin
vote bat been taken concerning tbe subject of
the Male debt. The subject bus been referred
to a Committee who will report oil it in a day
or two. Lveiytlnng it going nn very tatislao
tortly fur tbe rause of the I nion.
A special ! 'patch dated Washington, 25th.
says tbe rush if pardon seekers In day wot not
was Dot as grrnt as usual. Among those who
have for weeks daily sought a personal audi
enoe with the president, ia L. I'o -i Walker,
first Secretary of War of the Confederacy. a lio
sent the lamooi order from Montgomery to
Gen. lieaurrgard at Charleston to open fire nn
r art humtrr. He is still waiting, and Is likely
to coutibue to do so.
New York. Sept, 23. Captain Charles M.
SI art hull, one ol our wealthiest and mott re
tpeclalilo merchants, died yesterday
.New York. Sept. 1H. I be Ilrrald't Wash
ington dispatch says tbe Attorney (jenernl de
cided not te consider applications of pardon in
lull trom ludivi malt who have domiciled ent
side tbe territorial limits of the United Slalrt.
The persons mast first return aud submit them
selves in good faith to the action of the govern
ment. 1 ke practical working of the rule will
be to favor Ibe examination uf many promt
oent rebels and refugees.
Tbe irifcuns i letter from Kaletgb. 21st,
snvs the eleottoa of delegates to the State con
vention to day. at lar at heard from, it nnuta
ally quiet. Throughout the State, under or
den of Gen. lingers, no soldiers are permitted
to leave ramp or com Dear the polls during
tlie day wilhoat special permission, and sam
applied to oBioers. Kaleisb has been at quiet
at oa a sabbath, r.'erjitntig bat gone oue
way. All tbe candidates elected in Nak,
Guilford and Granville counties went before
the people and avowed tbcmselvef optosed to
negro tullrsge. and except one were pledged
against even leaving Ilia bisoK man the ngli
hi testify iu tha courts. Tba election it uo
duolttedly a triumph of prufrtaed conserva
tism.
Louisville. 2fiih. The latotj Preil an
minutes announce the ludictnient of Maj
Gen. Paluer and Mai. Gen. Iiritsbto for sb
ducting slave aod otherwise Interfering with
the slave lawt of Kentucky. It Mgftsu that
If Hi rreetdrnt opiumism generals heshnali
by all means he Indicted by on of our tnlight
euro am! pln'me jrsei jijriea.
The Herald'i special tays it is currently re
ported that Gen. Ortega, who will be the con
stitutional successor to President Junrei, iu a
few months, hat tucceeded in raising" a very
largo Itmrf for the Republican government of
Mexioo, based sir the security of confiscated
property. It it wall known that in San Fran
cisco several hundred thousand dollars have
been recently subscribed (1). It it thought
here that if the loan were properly put before
the people it would gain very largely id amount.
Sinoe the rebel loan wat negotiated oponly
both in Parit and London, neither the French
nnr the British Government oould object to the
Mexican loan heme taken in tho Upl'ed btatet
Tbe Republicans want money, rather than
men. .... i -,, , l .,.
New York. Sent. 28. The Timet' Wash
ington special tayt Mr. Dudley, our, consul at
Liverpool hiffl an interview with the Secretary
of of the Treasury, whom he nrged to recom
mend tn Congress an export duty on oottnn.
lie taid foreigo importation! would thit season
be enormous, ' . . 5 ,
St. Louis, Sept. 2G. Incomplete returns
from Colorado Territory indicate the adntitinn
of the State constitution by a very large ma
jority, i he olauao advocating negro tuttrage
is defeated. , , - ,
Worcester, Mass., Sent. 28. The Demo
cratic State convention to-day nominated Gen,
D. N. Couch, of Boston, for Governor. ' - "
. 'JIM IAXJlEE A8 A FICnTKR. ,
Tbe Uniled Service Magazine, for July, nat
a clever nrticlo from the pen of Col. James F.
Kittling, A. tj. M.. on " The Yankee at a
Fighter." It is pleasantly written, and will
delicht all who love "Yankee Doodle."
Said the traitor Mason. 11 1 owe nn fealtv to
the Union ! My allegiance is dne alone to Vir
ginia !" ' Said the swa-b-nnckler. wigtall,
"The Star ol the Wett, flying your Mug, swag
gered into Charleston Harbor, Sooth Carolina,
struck betweon the eyes, and she staggered
hack. And now what are yon going tn no
about it T said the Senator from Oregon (alas,
for General Lane's ihamelessnesi '.) , "They
have. gone. They have seceded. And now
what does your gnvornment propose to do with
the' seceding Senators?'' Thank heaven I there
wat one man who had a filling antwer for euoh
baseness, and the nation will not forget hat
not lorgot to honor him lor his invincible
pluck then and' there. While republican Sen
ators, even, quailed and hesitated beforo such
unbridled audacity, tuch bold and deliant trea
son, he it remembered Andrew Johnson stern
ly thundered, "I will tell the Senator what I
will do with them. If I were President I would
arrest them instantly on the charge or high
treason. I would have them tried by a jury rf
their countrymen : and if convicted, by lite
hteriml God ! I wimld hang them.' now his
clarion words ring, trumpet tongued, even now,
though four years off.
The great and fundamental error of tha
South Iny in this, in (opposing that the man of
peace is always, anil necessarily for peace.
iliiliitunlly he is. But tn all men, and tn to
nations, nut raiKcally cravens, or essentially
slaves, there oilmen a time whon " endurance
ceitset to he a virtue, and then it Iu comet all
oppntert to stand from under. Yon may bait
a bear, or tease a tiger, If ynn don't ge loo fur
lint when you have mused bis blood, and hia
eyew flash infuriate, tako care how you bear
yourself. The Yankee, by both nature aod
education averso to brawls, nnd w ith a deep
substratum of prudence and self-respect in his
composition, wnt reluctant to eugnge in oivil
war, unless the national life and liberties corn
pulled it. He wat absorbed in trade. He
loved nmmifiictiire. He alleoted the humani
ties. By every instinct and aspiration of bit
nature, and hy air tbe lend 'itciet of bit nee.
he was committee) and pledged to peace, lilt
brain tended that way, and threw off iis tur
plus vitality in a timnsund peaceful inventions.
While the Southerner was following his hounds
or larnpping his slaves, the Yankee was read
lug Locke or discussing Bacon. While the
one was sipping bis uleps,orgnxzlinr hit cook
tails, the other was building ships or improving
locomotives. While tho aim wat craving
Cuba and haiik'eting after Mexico, the other
was giving to the world the telegraph nnd the
sewing machine. Everywhere, both North
and South, the Yankee baud an? brain weru
busily at work, forrine thnught, and then turn
ing thought into social comfort or national good
while the Southern, r, as a type, oared only
lor Urate Instinot nr barbaric power.
Afler lecouiitine inaoursory manner, the
battles both east aud west, down lo the close
if Iwi.'). occurs this passage :
All these, runtime through well nigh three
years, pointed to nnd were most signilioant of
military growth among our soldiery and were
hut the ntittirnl and lit precursera nf the march
nn Atlanta, the promenade through Georgia,
the swing through the Cnrolinus. Jfonntvlnle,
Grant had rone East, Inlused hit own daunt
est spirit into the Army nf Ibe Pntoiuac, and
Iril it by a sea of blood, through that terrible
campaign of tho Wilderness, whicli, more than
all else previous In the war, taught r.urope to
res pert ns, and compelled her at last tn admit
the great qualities of tbe I ankee at a soldier.
Before that, European nations, all of them,
more or lest, had been inclined to belittle our
successes, and tn tnale light nf nnr battles at
extended skirmishes. But when they taw the
same army, day after day, unrelieved and
without reserves, yet pounding ttiibbnrnly oo,
to-dny worsted, to morrow storming formida
ble earthworks and captnring a division with
artillery complete, the next day barely holding
its own. Intrenching under fir with bayonet
and tiu onp. fighting lit antagonist for weekt,
at tcarcely a ilone t tlnow, with Its head rtent
to the hurtling tlnrrn with the impastivenrsi of
Inlu, resolved to conquer or perish In the at
tempt, and thus pushing Its way from tha lUp
paiiaunock to the James, leaving nearly ll not
quite one half its numbers kort Uu combat in
ita bloody tracks, yet lit mind made up fully to
ligut It not nn this line, if it lakes an turn
mer." w sny, when r.umne law this deter
mined eourage, tint heroio bravery, tint nbstl-
unte bravery, worthy af the best men of the
race in any ace, the oeated her haughty dens.
ion, and found in inch gntty warfare, food for
grave, if not anxious thought. ;
. Fnnr years of persistent warfare, with all
nnr short comings, have at least converted the
trallioking Yankee into the threwd, determined
and well-disciplined soldier, and there he ttandt
to-day under Grant, and Thomas, Sherman
and Sheridan, a match lor any man in nutlorro
for march nr fight, the wide world over. Of
oourse the warrior wat in him from the outlet
It rrqulrrd only tbe sharp demands of war to
tiring if oat.
lier prop I were a patient, plodding, reso
lute race, averts to autooratio rule, bet sub
missive Is general law, believing only in the
ballot-box, aud the divine right nf majorities i
nnnsed tn arms, but fertile To resources, and
with a brain to think, a hand to work, nnd an
undying lovs of oonslitutional liberty, down
deep In their Anilo-Sainn heart. W knew,
we frit it In our bones, that ws were going to
bs whipped at Brtt.aod perhaps badly whipped
at that, for ws wers pitiably ignorant of all
that toe lo niak ap war, and inotiini oeinnu
the South in urenanur for ths stroerle. Hut
we knew that th North bad a natotal Incline
Don to "keen neriinf away," cbo ones sh
started t and the war having besn forced sunn
o against onr wills, our minds were soon made
fully op tn fight it through successfully, at all
baiards. and whatever oost if It took a een
torr. Thit wa th key note nf the North, In
lbs euteel of Ui war, and in ber darkest hours
iocs she be never serioatly declared fos any.
thing less than ibis, no matter how gloomy tit
oot-look."
Ileoo. It wa lint long bfor the Yanke
tolaolren began la fancy lbs limit af powder,
and to thow a potts and steailioet aader Ore,
that wert mr than a uuuli for Southern met
tle. And In lb cud there wa produced
enema the.a that aueliakealiU setisrs, that
WHOLE NO. 760;
invincible valor that "bated no jot of heart or
hope." as itep by etep we swung rnnnd through
the Wilileruest; that stormed the linos and
erushed Hood before Nashville that laughed
8avannah and Charleston to tnrreniler t that
assaulted Fort Fielier and oarrled it with the
bayonet after absolute failure iu , the first at
tack v that after being driven routed from
Fort Stsadman, tnrned again, lfk'n a Hon at
nay, fiercely upon tha pursuer, charged them
home, routed then, retook tha fort, and in
turn swept the rebel lines with dcnlh and de
struction. Tbe final grand and glnrlnoi remit of our
military struggle il described In tbe following'
jubilaui language (i s ;i - ) :U. v l
How , liki a thunderbolt Grant afterwards
struck Lerbefnre Kiohmonil, shivered bis oho
len lines, milieu! hit veteran legions, and
orowned himself nnd the nation With irfrpr-rlth.
able fame by tlie capture at latt of PeUrebarg
aud tlie fall, at length, pf ranch rotitting ttioli
niond. , ' i
Lee fsll hurriedly back towanli Lynchburg,
with the fragments of hit broken' eolomnt,
whilo Meade, and Sheridan thundered at hit
heels. The rcnublio had got Jeffdoin finally
under Sit avenging foot.and the hour har struck
tn announce to the world, "Babylon has failed
to rite no more !" The Seoretnry liut uttered
the voice of tha nation, at he telegraphed ill
Lieutenant General."Tliaiikt to Almighty God
for the great victory with which this day bnt
crowned you, and th gallant army, under four
command.'' L,et ut snout, reverently, our
G(ra ta uceltii. Forever live tho Kepnhllo!
Yet. after all. considering- lier tnarse pallia
tion aud meagre resources in general, the South
bat certainly exhibited sume pluck 1 and it it
not ton much to lay that when we get safely
out of thit war, and the two seotioni coins
together again, was betid any foreign power
that attacks the Republic !( , lin European na
tion that hat of late measured, swords with an
antagonist oould stand fur1 a tingle campaign
against tho desperate vulor and. Heroulean ef
forts l hat both sides have constaull)' put forth
lu this war, and continued them now for over
four years. ' How long, think you, would the
average nf foreign conscripts stand before tuck
terrible pounding at Lee,gavs Grant in th
Wilder nuii, latt tiimnrrrt or inch masteijy
maneuvering and brilliant fighting at Sherman
allowed Joe Johnston and 11 nod in the cam
paign against Atlanta? 1 Either army wehnva
produced, whether Union or rebel, w dtmbt
unt, would soon worry to death a , European
iirtny', by our long range rifles nnd extempor
ized earthy, arks, or else flank and crush it to
pieces by au antlaoinut n-arch nnd fnriout at
tack, and regard the business' at bnt petty war
fare, alter all, compared with th fearful strug
gles, tremendous Titanic battle, that both
have wnged unremittingly for the latt 'four
years. - 1 "
But as a nation ws hate no threats to maks
and no revenge to gratify, r. W are about lo
triumph, in spito ol our onrmic, and there
fore, can altortr tn he niagiianliniiui, notwith
standing the indignities of the period of our
reverses..- Hut while we torgiv. w cannot
forgot, though content for the present to det
pise tlie onwards who would " strike ui when
down." The war for the Union is over and
we merely suggest, for the benefit of titter na
tionl oil either side of th ocean, that the Yan
ken hot meanwhile learned Well how lo do it at
a fighter, and livreultcr will be found abund
nntly hide to take care of himself. Ths war
has certainly found nt a warlike people, bnt
not military one, because without th expert
once of oampuigns and battles. It will, leave
us a nation ol soldiers, a hail million strong
when necessary, hot lurparted by Unman or
Carthagenian i nnd fur Caesar and Hannibal,
Napoleon and Wellington, tbe Yankee tender
to hiilury Grant and Sherman. Tboinas and
Sheridan, and history, at the reoordt the mag-
nitndo of their operations, aud grandeur of
their achievements, will welcome mem to lin
mortality, at worthy comrades nf htr most
Hlustrioiii captain. In coiiliiienue, In person
al putiir, in elevation of character, and recti
tude of private life, history, among" all her
great generals, will find few if any parallel!.
Wc.l ma v toiiis future I'lutaroli oninincnd tbstn
to posterity n uiodcli tn mankind.
Thu Trail op Jefp. Tbs New York Pott
of August 15tb, tays i 1 ' '"'
A well informed correspondent nt Washing
ton writ nt that Jtffertns Davis will be tried
before a civil oourt, aud probably at Uichmoml
before the United States Circuit Court tbers.
We have reason lo believe, further, that the
trial of Davit will not lit begun nn t ll thai nf I
Went it concluded. Tlit friends af Wrtl.
hope, It is taid, to dear him. by proving tbst
no wat acting under the authority and orders
of Darlt and the rebel Seoretnry of War. If
they can produce satisfactory, proof of thit, nf J
oourse Uiat would lurnub Important testimony
for us upon tlie trial of Davis. Tbit and
other oirou instances likely to potput th trial
ni lint is lor suiue mouths. It Is prnuanls
that the rebel archives, captured after tha sur
render u juauslou, and now under Dr. Lien
or's charge at Washington, will Im thoroughly
examined fur documentary evidence, before
the trial Is begun. Of oourse ll Davis is Inert
iu Kiohmond, a new Indictment will har to
he drawn and found by the Grand Jtry of thai
district. At present he bat hero mulcted only
lu the District of Columbia. The new indict
ment will probably arraign him on oilier counts
than levying war i It will perhapt contain
a count charging nun sun ths slow and dcltfi-
erate murder of prisoners of war.
Itnss op tiik Itr.nKi.unx. A Virginia pa
per speakt of lbs fatality which tint overtaken
thus who wers the political rriliellinai leaders
of that Stale. At the beginning of icoessinu
Virginia bad nn Cabinet Minister who was
rteueisititilst, the Secretary uf War, John B.
r lovd. He is dead, nits had two lorelgn
Ministers who wers Heorssinniilr, K. K. Meads
and John M. Daniel. Both nr dead. Her
two Senator, Hunter tnd Mason. Wrrs Scoe
sionists one U s prisoner, ths other an exile,
Mer oldest and most persistent, and among her
most influential eillteut who supported stroe
lion, and the man who fired the first gun nt
Sumler, wa Kdmnnd Kufhn. lie Is dead.
The recoguiied leaden f the Secessionist In
the State Convention wera uerwre w. nn
dolph and i 1'rendrnt Tyler. Randolph is
djing abroad l Tyler it dead. She had thres
newspaperi conspicuously drvnted toseoettian.
the Kiclimnnil t.zaminir, tlie iitonuinnd t.n
oulrfTttid the Itichinnnd Arrvt. Th lonm
altar all extinct, and tha leading tpirits of
all Wis. Daniel and l.ainli are dead. Ia
brief, w are told, there "ars not Ira men of
cumpicuou prominence in the teoession tiiuv-
nent ol Jannary, Irtii, who remain to exer
one 11 Ihey powu-s ih oeatre' ihelr Inflo
enee lo thwart Ibe movement nf lb people to
ward loyally and reunion,"
This it a very tragical exhibit, asturtdlr.
Wt can only hop that Virginia will hereafter
bar for political representative wiser men
inn llitwe narrow-minded, hot headed leaders
wb dragged ber into rib lima and ruin.
llit.iiKKTii. Tita IIiiitokiam- Richard Hil-
dretb, Ibe historian, died in Kloreno oa th
1 1 th of July. In ths filly-eiglitb year of bt
sge, He I well known a th author of nu
merous uiiMialhsiKoui naik. bitlory si tbs
United Stale, aud of a iraat number uf magi-
line aod newspaper trtu lri. For a Urn b
aas rotini-etrd with III Nw York Tribune,
and left that position lo accept lb Consulship
at Trieste, iu th Austrian dominions, whsub
pott b iillsd at th tmi bis oaia.
Tkuurapu to Bouii Basim. Tb Amtr
icso and U. H. Telegrsph Company tJTrtts
for telreranh polei for telegraph lias eon
seating Sussuville, Ctlilotui. with Idaho City,
lluit C ity. nud Ruby City. IJnho, f
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" FOURTH AKJilHl 6IAT8 FAIIl.
.The Fair opened on Tuesday last with fins
weather, bat not a very large attendance."!
jThe entry teeretnrlet wers promptly at wort.
land were th principal mean of starting t)bn 1
botinesi in tomethlng Ilk sbip-ihap. Thsr)w
was nat anything den on this day of not.-
The refreshment men, circular swings,' tan' '
earns,, double-headed oalf wonders, never for
getting tbe " megio oil man," , were, as nioaU ij
prompt with an sy to business, and ready to
oblige and instruot., ( W predict they will nnl
1 make at muob msney at latt year, .:.!
1 W mote the following entries t u(! ,
i yoni" tTX"'1'
i W, C. Myer, Ashland Mills, Poborg itailtVrii,,
and 5 colts. i.,i. .,,,..,.!,,,
Dram 4c Martin, Jacksonville, sorrel stalUsn,
Sampson,
S.H. Miller,' Solo, a 2-year-old stallioq, Jo
Hooker. ; .! 1 1 ', ,
Bigham I Wsloh,1 Portland, chetlrllt',
itaHion. ht Mnhomet. " , .- - -.,. .m.i.
8. G. Morgan, Dayton, colt. -
M. Liinor, Albany, running horse, 4 yrt. sld.
; P & A. Moor, Biwwntyille, ranning Itarsb.
' W, R. Claypnol, Lebanon, ana gelding, -I t in
George Belahaw, Eugene City, sweepttakss
; mare, wilhoat reference to blood. . .- -ul
Calvin N'eal, Condit, sweepttaket mare,
' without reference Is blood. . , , ,
G. J. Basket. Etna. 4 yf old bay mtre, ' 0
Daniel Dcnnison, Salem, bay stallion, Lln .
Ouk Genrg. '
James F. Bybes, Portland, rnnnlng bor,''.
, Portland. "' ' 1 .' .
J.O. Van Bergen, Portland, trotting ttallion
Emigrant, , ,
Sherlock tc Bacon, Portland, trotting mars,
sweepstakes. ' .
William Chnso, Independence, running stall-'
ion, Butter Creek. - . t - ,-i
, William Davidson, Independence, ranning '
borte, Black Legs. '
CHarker, Amity, best gelding for nils btl.
U.W. Smoud. Albany, black mare, yearling
and tucking colt. ' ' .
, N. P. Newton, Corvallis, 2-year old ttallUt,
, Gen. Sigel, ' 1 ' '
Jatnet Mv Cottrell, Soio, 2-year old ttallion, '
sweepstakes. ' , ' , ' ' ',
J ili n LuugUlin.N'nrth Yamhill, tweepitakes
tallion.' , . ' " ."
Colburn Bnrrell, Portland, 3 yrsjrf ttallion.
'. (i. ltenwiilnsv.
W.G. Brownlow.
G.J. Biukett. Etna, ttallion and family ot,
ooltt.. . , ' .,
8. Ac I. Dnrbin, Salem, stallion and family.
Of Colli. . , - it
11. lluudy, Starr's Point, sweentttke mare, .
and oulii. , , ,
T, G. Naylor. Forest Grove, 2-yr old ttallion.
A. H. i rnier. Salem, tweepitakeittallioa,
J. B, Orme, Salem, sweepstakes stallion., ;,Mil
M. II. Wallace, Peoria, Comet ttallion. , ',"
' ltohert Henderson, Muddy, swoepstakes. 'il;n
A. W. Lucas, Monmouth, mars 4 yrt old. ' '
Frank Wulab, Siutelaw, thoroughbred uiares
Maggie aud Kate. ' ,, ,
Culhurn Burrell, Portland, bay mars. ' ' ,'
A. D. Tufts, MoMinvills, sullion, Bnlwsr,
Jobn Blanton, Salem, thoroughbred mar. '
w. f. MTsr, Ashland Hills, csberc'i noils.
Look oat, Richmond. Pea Ridge, Ball's BloflV
James a. Kays. Salem, K-rr old mare. -. j
P dc A Moors, Brownsville, 4-yr old mars.'
unas Stewart, uregon Ulty, x maret4yr obi.i
n neia, urowittvtiie. roadster colt. -' i
Edward Jelfreyt, St. Loolt, roaditer stallion.
l Calvin Nssl, Condit, roaditer mars.
D C Stewart, North Yamhill, best mars.
I Isaac Coalson. Binsslaw, tws lUlllnm. .
8 H Barnard. Corvallis, 2-rr old filly, -i '
M H Wallaoe, Peoria, ttallion roadster.' !' -I
11 li Hadley, Eugrn City, 4-yr old ttallisa.
Daniel O Clark, Amity, 2-yr old sullion. '
Thus Tuokr Eugen City, yearling stallion.
' i HOR8E9 FOR SPEED. ' '" ' '
John Downing, Sublimity, walking bores.
S dc I Durbin, Salem. do. ,'.
Jack Waihburn. Portland, 1 1 do. ' -Win
Nixon, Htarr'l Point, do.
Eli Vaughn. Salem, ' do. " ,
WMilk ilillsboro, ' do. ' "
- W 0 Walksr. Hakna, for mils beau,' 2 In 3.'
Fly-by.Nighistnllioo. . - ;
W ui ttird, Albany, I gelding, 4 qrs 6t npwd.
W C Myr, Ashltud, I brown de 1 bay eoll.
(i A Cornwall, McMlnvllle, I sullion Syr.
J M Cottrell, Soio, 1 2-yr old mar. ' ' '
J M Wnllnus. McMiovill; 1 4-yr old nil-,
0 J Coffey, Condit, 1 mars and eoll. ' 1
Isaac Cuulaon, Siutelaw, 1 2 yr sld colt. '""
H Field, Browntf ille, I lucking coll.
W M Smith, Lebanon, 1 ipan bay horess.
W J llvrren. Saltrln, 1 brood mars and eslt
G W llnuck, Corvallis, 1 4 yr old ttallisn.
Wui Talent, 1 8-yr "
Robt Henderson, Muddy, 1 tt-yrsld gelding.
Jacob liansport, Asrora, 1 yeailiug oolU , ,
. J B Kenoin, Halem, I locking colt.
' 0 W Elliotu Scio, 1 3 yr old fllly, aod mm
2-yr old filly.
T G Naylor, Forest Urov. I L'yr old itallloo.
John Lemon, Salem, 1 3-yr , " "
ThotCKIiaw, 1 4-yr " "
Jatnet Welsh. Siuselaw. 1 4-yr w
II Swouk. Hrownsvill. 1 4-yr " " -
J J Kelly. Scio. 1 bay gelding. ., '
It 11 Pollard. Scio, 1 3 yr old mars,
Geo Belehaw, Eugene, 1 4 yr sld mars, nod
1 looking colt. r
i, T n i . s 1.1 ..-11!
I A u I rater, oaiem, on t-yr uiu saauiMti.,
Henry Hill, ludepeudeno. 1 4yr old "
John ll Keitur. Salem, 1 2rr old mars.
, Jas f Uybee, Portland, 1 4yr " " ,
' T U Burbank, Independence, oo 4-yr old
Uillrinau lUllion, , ,
IIOHHES MATCHES.
D B Crawford. MuMiutille, pair matched
carriage horse. i , , l '
11 U Hsdltiy. tugen. psir earnags Dorsss.
P P Henderson. Albany, pair mbdrosdstsrt.
M H Wallac. Pcsria. , do do i
II Kudd, 1 pair trotting rsadsters.
ill- ,-
ADULR nOHtH.
A R Wilooxsoo, Corvallis, bay taddls kons.
T Q Naylor, Forest Grots, 1 brsed aws,
nod 1 buggy horse, ,. ...'i
A It r raavr, Salem, I saddle-hort. - , , ;
M H W'sJIaos, l'eoria, on aaddl boraa.
U Rudd, , , ' tiugls boggy bores.
. , tiRAiKs. aaaua, dee. ; i 1
Chat. Steward, Oregon City. ! wheat '
'. Wo. Kllintt, Needy, brows oorn. ' '
Wot. P. 1'ugb, Salem. wiolr ry, and flu
teed. - ' :i
Uorg Beltbaw, Esgens CHy. whits Dt
strsil wb4. ' !,A
J. 11. BsllingM, JefJrrsoa. bUck rys, sasa,
parley ooro. d sorn, timothy Md. .
Wm. J. llerreo, Hal.m. wbit whsnt, Isdtj
sals, and barley. '
D. D. I'rsltyman, Salem, barley, F.arly Al
bany euro, Uraetby rstrd, flax Mod. Prisos Al
berl and pracb blew potatoss, baUtr. u
John Oillnssr. Salm, 4 oorn anaasR.
John Duwoing, Sublimity, peach. blow
lost, and liosr potaloe (now variety), i t
tlilinn Criawold, Portland, potatoes and ta)f
nip cabbage1.
Jabs K alter, Salem, cabbage and turnip.
A. J. Dufur, Portland, ch and batter.
(1. W. Hunt, gibbosity, bailor. '
John VtlliaiMsn, Lalayvtu, whits wbat
flour. .) -,. .. . .- - ... .... i
Sal Mills, whits wheal sour.
Wnt. N lion, burr's Point, whit wbsaa. .
Melh Luelltng, Milwankis, piok-sys petal.
cahnrd paurrs, rrrdli-work, dec ,
Mrs. Jobn Ford. Salem. 87 Mtris. rmJibs,
jelli, irsres, jam, dee.. A.
Mn. Eliaaheth oagi SJm, fancy tr 'X.
Mrs. . E. Slater, Salem, jumble and oaa
ned blacklverrlj. - ... ,
Mn Columbia Jons. Salem, card n-v.i4
and tntting work. , ( , , , "'