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S ATtJKDAlrTA tIG UST 7, 1869. LnPIAJT' RAtD.--Speciala of the 3d announce an Indian raid on Sheridan, the - western terminus of the "Kansas Pacific Railroad. . t: . Retained. Hon. A. B. Meacham has been retained Superintendant of In dian Affairs, and will soon be in receipt of funds from headquarters. The arents at Grande Ronde and Siletz hare also been retained. With these exceptions, the Indian agencies on this coast hare been tfansfered to the military. Insane. "Dr. A. C. Loring, formerly member of the Legislature from "Baker county, was placed in the Insane Asylnm at East Portland on Saturday last. The Doctor once resided in Salem, but has been mining on Powder river for several years past. Name CnASom S. A. Clarke. Esq., the new editor of the Unvmitt at Salem, has changed the ninie of the papor from American Unionist to Oregon Unionist. We observe considerable improvement mechanically in the number before State Teachers Association. The Oregon State Teachers Associa tion closed its session at Salem on Friday, the 80th ultimo. From a brief note from the Secretary, we learn that the session was interesting, instructive' and well attended! j , The Secretary" says : " The address of Hon. J. Quinn Thorn ton, on Ancient Literature and Modern Science, considered as means of mental culture, and the 'lecture of Dr. Rounds, President of the Wallamet University) on the union of Religious with Scientific Instruction, were masterly and conclu sive." The officers for the ensuing year are: Hon. J. Quinn Thornton, Presi dent ; Prof. TV M. Gatch, C. II. Mat toon, Esq., and Prof. E. P. Henderson, Vice Presidents ; Prof. Clark Smith, Secretary; C. II. Mattoon, Esq., Treas urer; Professors O. S. Frambes, T. II. Crawford and Clark Smith, Executive Committee. The next meeting will be held at Portland, during the holidays that is, between Christmas and New Year's day. - - - : r An American Atlautic Cable. Ockoco Valley. The Dalles Maun taineer learns that new settlers are con stantly arriving in this valley ; that the entire length of the valley for twenty miles is already claimed ; that Crooked river and its tributaries, for a distance of thirty miles from its mouth, is filled with settlers ; and that two thousand head of cattle, and several thousand head , of sheep, are now gTasing in that vicinity. Clownish.- The daily morning pa pers of Portland pitch into the Coroner of Multnomah county rough shod be cause of his exclusion of their reporters from the inquest held over the body of A. D. Miller. The Oregonian quotes Hamlet onto him, and says : "We are not prepared to say that the Coroner de rived his legal ideas from Shakspear's "first clown," but we are quite well satis fied filar ll A AtA nnf crof YtTa anflirtrttv -t. - " o"- -". "j thus conducting a legal proceeding, quasi judicial in character, from the Oregon statutes." V " ' McMinnvillb. A letter from Mc minnville informs us that only about four miles of the big ditch will be completed the present year, leaving fourteen miles to complete before it will be available for any purpose. The same letter states that iimM t.h0 .ffiii n ri ah im provements are indefinitely postponed waiting the completion of the West-Side road to that place, which, the writer says, "may run here in ten years, and possibly never." They sadly need a railway on that side of the river, and we aro still hoping that it will be built. Distinguished Visitors. Among other distinguished visitors from the East who have arrived in Portland during the week, we notice the' name of Hon. Nathan Cole, Mayor of St. Louis, Hon. J. C Orick, Speaker -of the Missouri House of Representatives, B. S.' Pardee, correspondent of the New York Time, and several otber merchant, etc., from the Eastern States, who are here on pleasure excursions, and to see and learn the character and resources of the Pacific ' .,.. coast. They are welcome. Hon. J. H. Mitchell. The Wash ington Territory journals "peak, in high commendation of the speech delivered by Hon. J. H. Mitchell, at Olvmnia. on - ' " ft the 4th of July. The speech, differing from all efforts of this character, portrays in truthful language the inducements heldut by-Washington, Territory and the whole, northwest coast , to settlement and commerce. The speech is an able and interesting one, and does Mr. , Mitchell great credit. It would be i first-class document to send East. ' Should bb Changed. A month ago it was asserted that the public debt statement which appeared on the 1st of the present month, would probably show ' no redaction of the debt for July. But when the statement is published it is found that the debt is reduced some sev en or eight millions of dollars no mfean sum, indeed. The disbursements dur ing the month of July were unusually heavy. It is a cause of no little gratifica tion that so considerable a redaction was made when none was expected. It is Jartner stated that a still larger reduc tion may be looked for next month The Oregonian. remarking upon this state of facts, says : "The old maxim should he made to read hereafter Republican honesty is the best policy. The telegraph cables at present con necting the two hemispheres across the Atlantic ocean, are wholly in foreign hands-f-their termini being on foreign territory, says the Oregonian. It is stated by Eastern journals that an American Cable Company is now in ex istence, composed of a number of wealthy financiers of this country, who have been engaged in working up a programme for a cable, to proceed direct" from New York City to Europe. ' For prudential reasons the European ' terminus is with held from the public for the present. All the necessary financial arrangements have been made, and it is expected that the project will be advanced toward com pletion during the present year. This line, as we learn from the paper above quoted, will be worked with what are known in telegraphic circles as "sounder instruments that is, the alphabet is indicated by' the galvanometer reflector system, as now used on cables, and can be operated three or four times as rap idly as can possibly -be done, by the present system. Two sets of these in struments were manufactured for this Company some time since, and have been thoroughly tested, both in America and Europe in Europe through a cir cuit of 3,000 miles of insulated- wire, and with the most perfect success. They are constructed on entirely new princi ples, and are so far , wholly unknown to the public. It is expected that, by con structing a direct linefrom New York city, and working it on these improved plans, the Company will be enabled to do business at rates scarcely, if at all, in advance of the .present rates on the American land lines. Xtter From Olympla. Oltmpia, July 24, 1869. I stated in my last letter that John and I had concluded to try one more place before giving it up as a bad job, and I think now we have found a hole that fits us exactly. The place is Turn water, two miles back of Olympia. It has a splendid water power the only ne on the Sound. There is already in operation a flouring mill, tub factory and tannery, and these concerns don't begin to use all the power, even in this dry time. We have announced to all that we intend to erect' a sash and door fac tory, in connection with cabinet business, and that we aregoing to pitch in by hand, just to start the ball. We have rented a large wagon shop, owned -by the son if the proprietor of Tumwater, at $8 per month cheap enough. However, the young man would not feel it were he to give us the rent. His father-is very wealthy he gave, over a .dozen years ago, $30,000 for the town site. The old gentleman hasn't an inch of land to sell to speculators, but is very reasonable in his "prices to those who come here to settle. He and all the settlers think we can do well here. ' John gets a lot 60x120 feet for $50, on which he intends erect ing a house for his brother's folks. We are bound to have a good lot for a shop, as I am sure we can never get it cheaper than now. 'If we had a "sticker" to get out sash, door stuff and moldings, we would be 'made. ' Moldings such Wright & Althouae get up would sell well here, and Rogers tells me they would sell rapidly at Seattle. Tinker, the painter, is here, runs a shop and has all the work he ' can do.- An drews, the stone cutter, is here, and many others I have seen elsewhere, all waiting to se the cars but at Tumwater they don't expect the "terminus," and -that is tho place for me. Yours, STATE ITEMS. non A. J3. Meacham furuifbea the Willamette Fai hui Wlt'lxalhe following items-from" Eastern Oregon J In Grand Ronde Valley the crops will fall short at least one-half on former years. The farmers will be fortunate if they get enough to tetfd' on-during winteruind seed ucxt spring. At the Umatilla agency the crops are a tauure, and the Indians are nsuing, hunting, and sratherinj' roots for winter. The Indians' predict a very severe winter. " In Walla Walla valley (W. T.) crops are very short and the vegetation is dry ing up. The fruit crop east of the mountains will be abundaut. The 'Burnt River Ditch Company has placed one hundred Chinamen at work to complete their ditch to Shasta . creek mines. - ; . The people in Eastern Oregon are organizing tyr the purpose - or going belore the next Congress and asking; for a branch railroad from Promontory Point to the Columbia river. : Chicjijo . iunners are in Boise. .City offering goods for greenbacks at 'Port land com rates. John Haley's etae line is now making four-day time from Umatilla to Indian creek, on the C. P. R. R. The last number of the Oregon City En terprise informs us of the retiracy of D. C. Ireland as editor and proprietor. The Oregonian is informed that Mr. D. M. McKinney will assume control of the paper, and thatts politics will be Dem ocratic. The Eugene Journal states that Hon. J. II. D. Henderson has growing in his garden several fine young fig trees, upon which there are quite a number of figs. The trees are about four years old, and seem .to be in a flourishing condition. The Jacksonville JTews says : Last week flour advanced from two dollars per hundred its ruling price for years to three dollars per hundred, and will probably go up to tour dollars. 1 he short crop of wheat, and a lack of water to run the nrlls, has caused the rise. The 'Wasco County Fair will com mence on the 15th of September, and continue four days. The first two days will be devoted to the exhibition of articles of produce, manufacture, stock, etc., and the last two days to " agricul tural trots" trials of speed and bottom. 1 he Uorvallis Gazette says there are over thirty farmers in Alsca Valley. The fall .crops in the valley are reported cood. sprine crops Haht. The fiwt thresher had just been taken into -the valley by Russell & Holgate. The editor of the Polk County Time speaks of being at a camp meeting of the M. E. Chuich, near Ellendale, last Sunday evening, and denounces the dis graceful conduct or a parcel ot young men, from seventeen to twenty-five years of ace, who made night hideous with their profanity, obscenity, blasphemy, and lawlessness, such as would have dis graced a prize fight. " Card playing was carried on duriug service under the pulpit and alongside the enclosure that surrounds the altar. ; ; Wrestling and gymnastic4 exercises were kept up inces santly within fifty feet in front of the pulpit, and other shameful performances that we don't care to mention, and all during the progress of divine service,' and " when the meeting broke up, the scene of demoniac recklessness and bias phemous shouts that ensued, were ac tually appalling." If the editor has hot overdrawn the picture, that quarter of Polk county is fast approaching bar barism. .. ?. The, Portland Commercial, an evening paper, now employs two reporters, Char ley Skidm ore being the new quill-driver. Bully for Charley. ; From the Oregonian we learn that on last Sunday a man named Claiborne Morris, the" man" who shot Cull Jless some few weeks since was ' waylaid and killed while riding on horseback in Che haleni valley, Yamhill county! The shot came from the bushes , at some distance from the road. - No clue to the shootist. Adolph Miller a drayman of Portland, died very "suddenly on the 2nd. ' He had, a few hours previous to his death, an altercation with Col. Gibson, and it is said the Col. administered two or three blows on the neck of deceased, A cor oner's jury found that Miller came to his death from a disordered condition of the aorta, a large artery near; the; heart, which would eventually have terminated in death, even without externaIviolence. Miller was insured in the New England Lite Company lor $5,000. j. The catalogue for, the Portland Acad emy and Female Seminary, for the year 1869, is at hand. The Institution during the cast year has been f under the fol lowing corps of teachers : T. M. Gatch, Principal, Teacher of Latin and Natura Seienccs ; Thomas H. Crawford, Princi pal of Commercial Department, and Teacher of Mathematics ; Emily J. York. Preceptress, Teacher of English Gram mar, and" French J Carrie E. Jcffers, Primary "Department: Jos. B. Sedlak, Teacher of Instrumental Music. Since the year 1859 there has been 29 persons graduated. The average number of scholars enrolled is, males 142 ; females, 111 total 2iK. Telegraphic Summary. Washington, July 29. The Presi dent inquired when the Conservative Re publicans would nominate their candi dates in Mississippi, and when he was informed it would probably be about the first of September, he replied that he would see what kind of a ticket they would put in the field. His action would be, influenced more or less by subsequent events and the course of affairs in the South. He added that -he desired the payment of tho public debt to be insured, and the integrity and honor of the nation to be rendered inviolate. When this is accomplished he. will be satisfied. beveral prominent members of Con-; gress recently iu Washington, have ex.' pressed themselves in favor of collecting the income tax on Government bonds held in Europe, to be deducted orr pre sentation of the coupons at the Treasury Department. I hey assert that it would be just to holders who now pay a tax which foreigners thus far have escaped. A bill is Already prepared for this pur pose, and will be introduced immediately alter the meeting of the next session. A special says there is semi-official au thority for stating that the rumored re moval of Gen. Canby to Mississippi and his supcrccdencVy McDowell, is untrue. In relation to the administration of the test oth, it is understood Canby will be guided by instructions from General Sherman, who has the entire reconstruc tion of affairs under his control bv law. New York, August 2. The Herald enya it has been rumprei at Washington that belligerent Tights will be accorded to Cuba by our Government in ten days. Bets to that effect are offered. The ru mor, however, has no Joundation. I he Cuban question lias been before the Cab inet at least three weeks. Havana, August 2. Tt is reported that two slavers landed their cargoes on Wednesday last. Five thousand negro insurgents at tacked Puerto Principe, making a gen eral raid through the city. The Spanish to the number of four thousand attacked them. A severe struggle ensued, in which the ground was contested inch by inch. The insurgents retreated in per fect order, having achieved the object for which they .made the raid. They captured and destroyed provisions valued at fifty thousand dollars, and made good their escape. The Spaniards do not give any estimate ot the patriot loss. , Their own was tour wounded. lhey. were taken to the barracks. -There is great dearth ot provisions and consequently great misery in Santiago. . A patriot band, which had been attacking planta tions for some time past, defeated Spanish reinforcements that were sent to meet them. Col.- Commos, commanding -the Spanish forces, was wounded. It is stated that as soon as preparations are completed, tho patriots j will positively attack Santiago The negro militia that made the raid on Puerto Principe enabled a number of families to escape from the Spanish. The investment of Puerto Principe is now expected. Sales of confiscated property take place at auction. It is suggested that the police make a requi sition of the slaves of disloyal masters. More troops are demanded from the interior. The insurgents are increasing in numbers and activity. . Washington, August 2. The pub lic debt statement shows a reduction of indebtedness' for the month of July of $7,435,744 ; coin in Treasury, $66,645, 770 ; coin certificates, $3,672,584 ; cur rency in Treasury, $23,391,654 ; sinking fund, $11,932,147. The reduction is less than was indicated some days ago, for the reason that there had been ad vanced to the Pacific Railroad Company the interest .on bonds, amounting to $636,861, making the total reduction over nine millions. In addition to this there was an excessive amount of 'war rants paid on Saturday, amounting to upwards of two and a half millions The statement shows the total debt less cash and sinking fund in the Treasury, and purchased bonds, to be $2,431,565, 738 29. v St. Lotjis. ; August 2. The excite ment at Pekin, Illinois, in regard to -the killing of a Deputy Sheriff last fall while he. was attempting to arrest two horse thieves, culminated yesterday, when a crowd from. the country burst into the jail and took the leader, Gammon, and hung him to a tree. He some way gained possession of a clasp knife and cut several of the lynching party, one so badly that he will not recover. It was thought some more of the - gang would be hung. ' - y - Twenty Years. Colored rioters, who interfered to prevent consevrative negroes from voting at the recent elections at Washington, have been sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Destroy ed. Lately, a town on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, named Dayton, was destroyed by a storm, leaving the people houseless. - -The Prince of Wales is the President of the Association' which proposes a mon ument to Faraday. The Big Ox. The big ox, named ! by his owner "Mt. Hood," on account of ! his color and size, is at present oh exhi bition in this city. He is a whopper, and no mistake, probably the largest ox on the continent to-day. He stands sev enteen 4 hands three incVes in highth, girths nine feet one inch, weighs about 3,000 pounds, and is seven "years old. It is thought by good judges that his weight could easily be brought up to 4,000 pounds. He is an immense beast, Well proportioned, and shows what Oregon can do in the way of huge cattle when she lets herself out. He was raised in Umatilla county, and is part Durham and part Maury stock the latter ''blood" originating in this State. The cost of admission to see this fine animal is but a trifle, and none should lose the opportu nity. Mr. Hood was raised by bis ex hibitor, 31 r. F. M. Morris, who proposes to devote the proceeds of his exhibition to taking him to New York and ; other Eastern cities, to give the Yanks a' sight at a genuine Oregon production. Go and see Mt. Hood to-day. Grain Receipts. Wheat has been coming in rather slowly during the week. Our report is up to Thursday night, and is as follows : J, H. Foster & Co.. about 6,000 bushels; Beach & Monteith, 4,041 bushels and 58 pounds ; R. Cheadle, 250 bushels; S. S. 3Iark ham & Son, 1,190 bushels ; A. Cowan & Co., 3,500 bushels making a grand total of 14,981 bushels, and 58 pound. It EMOVAii. - Messrs. P. C. Harper & Cot have removed their elegant stock of dry goods, etc., to the fire-proof brick on First street, formerly occupied by Messrs. Mansfield & Co., where they invite ""old and new customers to call and price their goods. " They are very reasonable boys to trade with. ; v NEW" TO-DAY. Personai iiro. Carter, of the Cor vallis Gazette;, -dropped in , on us on Jlonday. Tony Noltner, Esq., of the Portland Herald, visited us on Wednesday. Tony is on' the " recreate." Mr. Tompkins, who has been traveling through the Eastern States for the past eighteen months, an old resident of A I" bany, returned to his old home on last Thursday. - . . The Eclipse. The total eclipse of the sun is advertised for to-day."; Look out for a dark time. It will transpire about several o'clock, and continue until,. the show is over, Admittance free. To commence at 1.27 and end at 3.40 this PL M. Get your " smoked glass "... ready. ; ... - . Dreadfci. Accident. The Atlantic Cable brings news dated Dresden, Au gust 3d, of a dreadful accident that hap pened on the 2d at Dresden. Over three hundred persons were killed outright in a coal mine. The accident is attributed to stormy weather. ' Kentucky Election. The returns indicate the success of the Democratic candidates for the Legislature, with the exception of fifteen or twenty. A good deal of fighting occurred in Louisville, firearms being freely used, but no lives lost. ' The verdict of the jury, in the case of Adolph Miller, at Portland, acquits Colonel Gibson of all blame in the former's "death. ' AND THE CORVALL1S . FIRE t ConvALLia, Oregon," July 23, 1809, , To II e tt a K KT lilliD, Ebq., Adjuster Phoenix Ins. Co., Hurt ford : Pear Mir: Allow me to x-knowjedee th receipt, in V. 8. Cold Coin, of lit mount of my loss by the fire of tbe 2 1st instant- The payment of claim ou tbe secoud day aftef the tire, is proof tbut the. confidence placed by the people of Oregon in the business-like prompt ness aud good faith of. the Phoenix ; Insurance Company of Hartford, and its representatires, is well merited j and I take this opportunity of as suring you of my go d will towards tbe Company, and wisning them tne same success In the future that has, so far, attended their business in this State. Yours, truly. ' WILLIAM PLIEDJIEa, Corvallis Oawtttc, July 24, 18A9-47 FARMERS, RSAO ! Wo will store and ship r - and sell and charge bat Two Cents Storage ! Also, Tecefve up freight FREE. ' Down freight twenty-five cents tier ton. S. 8. MARKIIAM & SOX. Albany, July 31, '69-47 . OR PALE A Tt-ry fair No. S cook store. Inquire at the Kegistkb office. -. .' ; EXCHANGE RESTAURANT, , IfEXT DOOK TO HAUCK a MEYERS BILLIARD SALOOJC, ALBAH7T, OREGON. THIS establishment has betfn thoroughly re' furnished, and is now ready to ruceiv boarder.. Board per week, Single meals, lodgings, l f : : $5 00 ! : : 50 ; t ' i " i0 E. C. HOLDEN, Propr. 30.00 II 1J.Y NOT BUYING BOOTS AND SHOES KAST & CAH ALUM'S Philadelphia Boot Store, No. 112 Front Street, x ' Opposite McCorraick's Book Storey Jati 9-69-18 ' " Portland, Oregon. Dissolution. - THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between Charles Mealey aud William Plymp ton,! under the firm name of C. Sf caley A Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All mouej due tho firm most, be paid to C. Mealey. Ali debts contracted by the firm will bo paid upon presentation to the undersigned, who will continue in the furniture business at the old stand, corner of Broadalbin and i'irst streets.? - CHARLES MEALEY, WILLIAM PLYMPTON, Albany, Jane 16, 'C9-41 XXiac Charco ! A LL persons knowing themselves indebted te jfL tho lato firm of C. Mealey A Co., are re quested to come forward and make nmmediate payment to the undersigned. "A word to. the wise,' Ac. C. MEALEY. June 13, '69. CEO. F. SETTLEMIER, D R U G CS--I S T (Successor to D. W. Wakefield,) Parrlsh's Mew Building-, First Street ' ALBANY, OREGON, ; Bio Elk. Our clever cotemporary, the Vancouver Register, says that an elk weighing eight hundred pounds aud measuring sixteen and a half hands in hight, was killed recently a short distance north-east of that city. NEWS PARAGRAPHS Vallandigham, of Ohio, has donned his "fighting clothes" and is screeching against Kosecrans throughout the State. Rev. C. Gibson, for ten jers a mis sionary in China, lectured recently in Portland on the subject of-'tJhinese at Home, and why they are here." His lectures are Baid to be very instructive and entertaining. R. W. Raymond, U. S. Commissioner of Mines, now in California, is expected to visit this State shortly, to return East via Idaho. The census of Wyoming Territory foots up a total population of 8,800. The grain crop in Boise valley is re ported the most abundant ever harves ted. ' . .j A New Orleans widow of fifty years has eloped with a youth of two and twen ty. A family of two married daughters and a Bon objected to the match. Illinois has 92 cities, varying in size from the mighty Chicago to the petty vil lage wnose poll list contains but 10 names. ' . . " DEALER IX ? Drugs and Medicines, " CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, ETC. All article warranted par and of the best quality. l'bysictana Prescriptions carefully compounded. Albany, Oct. 17V 188-6tf . " " K. F. RUSSELL, aYTORMRT AT La -I. JAMES ELKIN8. ' HOTABT FHUC. RUGSCLL & ELItirJG. (Offioo in Parrish Co.'s block, First street,) Albany, Oregon. HAVING TAKEN INTO CO-PAKTNEE-SHIP James Ei.Kiiia, Esq., ex-Clerk of Linn eonnty, we are enabled to add to our crao- tioo of Law and Collections, superior facilities for Conveyancing, Examining Records, wad attending to Probate business. Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgage care fully drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption ' Paper made, and claims aeeored. ' Sales of Real Estate negotiated, and loans effected on collateral securities on reasonable rates. .. All business entrusted to them faithfully and promptly executed. RUSSELL A Albany, Oct. 10, 8-6y ELKINS. For Sale. HOUSE AK3 FOwIl LOTS 1 - IN this city, a good new dwelling wita 11 tce neeessary outbuildings, and four lots, about twenty minutes walk from the steamboat landing. For particulars inquire at the office of the P. T. Company, of - J. B. MONTEITH. Albany, January SO, 1869-