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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, I860- V. S. Official Paper for Oreg-on. turn mmigration. The tide of immigra te this State is setting in strongly this winter, and the probabilities are that the number will be greatly increased. To the people of the East, Oregon and California presents a facination not pos sessed by the States and Territories east of the Kocky Mountains. People when ' they start westward are not willing to stop until they have seen the Pacific ocean. ' Every steamer from San Fran cisco brings to Portland a number of eastern men who either come to make this State their permanent home, or who are out here on a tour of inspection, with ' a view of investing money. A case in point, is that of Judge Beeson, of Ohio, a retired lawyer, who came up on the last steamer to take a look at the country and make his report, which, if favorable, will bring three hundred young men out as permanent citizens. These young men are either farmers or mechanics, and besides soma money bring muscle school ed, to labor, and wills to driveahead. Judge B. is not very favorably impressed with California, but has a better opinion of the portion of Oregon which he has seen. He has not yet been np in the Willamette Valley, and we think that when he does visit our broad prairies and learns the cheapness of land, that he will at once decide to recommend this country to his young friends in the East. This is only one example of the many, and we are firmly of the opinion that the influx of strangers hero next year will be greater than for many years heretofore. "Where He Learned It. Many Democratic journals have attempted to connect President Grant and Corbin together in the recent gold speculations in Wall street, New York, and through them to arraign the whole Republican party under the charge of corruption and dishonesty. This attempt is throwing another boomerang that injures alone t those who use it ; for, besides failing to prove General Grant's complicity, they have made the fact more notorious that when a dishonest Republican is found, it turns out that he has had years of ' training in the Democratic party ! From the following paragraph published in the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, a Dem ocratic sheet, it will be seen that Corbin ,i learned his "honesty" as a Democratic 'office-holder and lobbyist. Prentice says : . Old Corbin, who has been a Washing ton lobbvite many times these five and twenty years, married into the Grant family on speculation. Jiefore the war he was a Democrat and managed to com mend himself to Letcher and George W. Jones and George Houston, who made him clerk of the Committee on Ways and Means, and considered him a most ' pious and philanthropic gentleman. So he was to all who happened to bring any axes to be ground ; and he picked up many a rotund and oleaginous fee in a sly way by introducing a word here and there into the construction of public and . private bills as they passed in review be fore his important committee. The Railroad. One of the attachees of the Register was on hand at Port land on Thursday morning, the 11th, ' to see the locomotive move off. She had a ado two trips the day before, and on that morning she went to the front with koa for the track. The engine is a ; good one, and by judges it is considered lauDerior to the " Bradford." of which the O. S. N. Co. has so many commend atory words. , The road, for a new one, . - 3 At- cr gives it as his opinion that the soil of ahi valley is peculiarly adapted to rail - Boatf building. When our reporter was on the road, the track was laid a distance ,-f four miles above Portland; but by this' time- it is far above Milwaukee, and by the- 1st of December it will be to Or egon CTty. Two new locomotives are now being brought over-land, and by the first of next month, or soon thereafter, passenger trains will b running from Oregons City to Portland. Ben Holladay jiao mxt.mr'j vj -wm , u nines of railroad iron, seventeen of which is : now in Portland. Our reporter is under obligations to Col. J.R. Moores, President of the Company, and Mr. Kidder, the Duperintenaent ui . cuutuiuiuua, . ior courtesies extended. - To the. Celestial Kingdom. On Monday last the ship Ua)tie V. Besse,W. H. Jieese; Piaster, satiea iron .rorciana, Oregon, direct for Hong Kong, China. "The- Chines- firm of Wa Kee & Co., TWV nh n nff Ac Ho.J Portland. nuu. awu - o w j ha vet chartered her for the round trip,, paying- $20,00O goldv The vessel k loaded with wheat, flcur and general pro duce.! , She' also, came back 225 China passeogeiB. ,a.u '""..""." Oregon about the jsfc' of April, 1870. This is the fourth, vessel i that has been sent out by these firms. J. nese i;nina- men have exniDitea -more commercial xL. ntnnw nt tmr vhitfl tinainftBfl -V Presbyterian. The union of the Old 'and "; New; ' Sohool " Presbyterian chdrches was celebrated in C jjouis on flie evening of the 14th inst - . .- , The Capital Convention The Capital Convention which assem bled at St. Louis (Mo.), on the 2Uth of last month, was very fairly attended, and a hermonious and pleasant time wa had. Oregon was tully represented . in Convention. Appended are the resolu tions adopted : Whereas, The present site of the National Capital was selected as the most ceutral point, when the people of this republic, only a few mil lion in numbers, inhabited only a narrow strip of country along the Atlantie coast ; and. Wberbas, Xbe population of this republic has increased thirteen fold sinee then, and spread over a vast continent, of which the States in ex istence when the seat of government was located, form only the eastern edge, and, Wherkas, The present location of the national capital is notoriously inconvenient in times of peace, as the darkest pages of our national his tory demonstrate, in times of war or domestio turbulence is so dangerously exposed as to require vast armaments and untold millions of money fur its special defense, and Whereas, All the reasons which caused the location of the seat of government where it now is, have, by the enormous development of the country, and a corresponding ehange in the wants of the people, become utterly obsolete ; there fore, Resolved, That it is absurd to suppose that the handful of inhabitants of 1771, just emerging from colonial vassalage, before steamboats, rail ways, telegraphs, or power presses were dreamed of, or a mile of turnpike or canal , constructed, possessed the authority or desired to exercise the power of fixing the site of the capital forever, on the banks of the Potomac, against the will and interests of the hundreds of millions who might come after them. 2. Resolved, That the people hare endured the present illy-'.ocated capital for three-quarters of a century, patiently waiting for the Western territory of the Union to be peopled and organized into States, and until the center of population, area and wealth could be determined, when a permanent place of residence for the government could be selected. That time has now come. All sectional issues are now settled; all dangerous domestic variances disposed of ; a new era has boen entered upon , and a new departure taken. 3. It' rntlred. That in the language of James Madison, in the Congress of 1736. "an equal attention to the rights of the community is the basis of republics. If we consider the effects of legislative power on the aggregate community, we must feel equal inducement to look to the center in order to find the proper seat of government." This equal atteution has not been and cannot be given to the interests and rights of the people so long as the capital is located in an inconvenieut section of the Union. 4. Resolved, That the vast and fertile region known as the Mississippi Valley, must for all time be the seat of empire of this continent, and exert the controlling influence in the nation, be cau'e it is homogeneous in its interests and too powerful even to permit the out-laying States to sever their connection with the Union. This vast plain will always be the surplus food and fiber producing portion of the continent and the great market for the fine fabrics and tropical pro ductions of tho other sections of the republic. This immense basin must have numerous outlets and channels of cheap and swift communication by water and rail with the seaboard for the egress of its products and the ingress of its exchanges. Therefore, whatever policy tha government may pursue that tends to multiply, improve or enlarge those arteries of commerce, must result in com mon advantage to the whole Union to the sea board States equally with those of the center. 5. Resolred, That the natural, convenient, and inevitable place for the capital of the republic is in the heart of this valley, where the center of population, wealth and power is irresistibly grav itating ; where the government, surrounded by numerous millions of brave and Union-loving citizens, would be forever safe against foreign foes or sectional seditions, and where it would need neither arinamentlor standing armies for its protection. 6. Retired, That while advocating the re-, movel of the seat of government to tho Mississip pi Valley, we do not mean to serve tho interests of any particular locality, but that we urge Con gress to appoint a commission for the purpose of selecting a convenient site for the national capital in this great valley of the Mississippi, pledging ourselves to be satisfied with and abide by the decision to be arrived at by the national legisla ture. . 7. Resolred, That in urging the removal of the national capital from its present inconvenient out-of-the-way and exposed location in the far East, we are in earnest, and that wo shall not cease in our efforts until that end is accomplish ed, firmly Believing that the absolute necessity for the removal will become more apparent every day, and the majority of tho American people will not long permit their interests and convenience to be disregarded. 8. Resolved, That the removal of the national eapital being only a question of time, we em phatically oppose and condemn all expenditures of money for enlargement of government build ings, and the erection of new ones at the present eat of the national government, as a useless and wanton waste cf the property of the people. The Burmester-Morfoed Trage dy. The Boise Statesman of the 9th has an account of the killing of R. B. Morford by Theodore Burmester, on the 7th inst. We condense a portion of the account: The parties met by accident, Judge Scaniker being with Burmester, and a Mr. D wight with Morford; they passed each other about twenty paces. Burmester' 8 account ot the affair is, that observing Morford to have his hand on his pistol at the moment of passing, he turned after they had passed, and said, " Morl'ord, what do you mean by such actions ?" To which Morford replied, " I mean that you are a a n ot a b h," and fired the first shot. We understand that Dwight testifies that he did not see the parties when the first shot took place, but had turned to run away. It is also stated that there is some evidence to 'Con tradict the statement of Burmester that Morford fired the first shot. Be that as it may, three shots were fired by each, and at the third round Morford was pierced in the right temple by a bullet from Burmester's pistol. Burmester was unhurt. This is merely the current report of the tragedy. Morford lingered unconscious until yesterday morning, and expired at three o'clock. The cause of the difficulty grew out of a divorce suit brought on by 3Ira. Morford, and in which Burmester was one of the attorneys. Both parties, it is said, exeected a battle, and both went armed. There are also reports concerning un pleasant relations existing between Mr. and Mrs. Morford, and about threats of Morford toward Burmester; also that Burmester,. expecting a difficuly, intend ed to make a will on Saturday night. Mrs. Morford had been separated from her husband some weeks, and was at Sil ver City when the killing took place., She came over and was present at the funeraL Mr.: Morford was a native of Lawrence county, Ohio, about - thirty seven years old- We learn through a private source that Burmester was held to answer in 84,000. Dr. G., of Sycamore, Illinois, is a capi tal hand at a joke. Biding ia the coun try one day, he saw a sign upon a gate-, post 1 reading thus r "Thw farm for Sail." Stepping his horse, he hailed a little old woman who stood on tip too hanging out cloths. u I say, madam, when is this farm going to tail f" "Just as soon, sir, replied the old lady, placing her thumb to her nose, " as anybody comes along) who can raise the wind!" The Doctor drove thoughtfully off. Dead- .John. Butteifield died in Utica. N. Y;, on the 11th. , - - J Telegraphic Summary. The Russian Consul at San Francisco, Cal., has been ordered by his government to have thanksgiving service in the Rus sian chapel on the 18th inst. This is the first time that any foreign nation has participated in our thanksgiving service. The Cuban Junta claims to have lost 8200,000. coin, by the detention of the Hornet. The money was intended to pay the rebel officers and soldiers. Capt. Hisgins, of the Hornet, is censured by the Junta for putting in at Wilmington. The Times has information Jrjni Wash ington which delares that the annual report of Secretary Boutwell will contain his opinion relative to resuming specie payment in July next. It is understood that the President considers the present condition of our finances as most favorable to a speedy return to specie payment. In his forth coming message he will urge such meas ures upon Congress as will ensure it. He is opposed to all tinkering with currency, and believes that if the present Internal Revenue law be permitted toremain in tact another year, such a tangible reduc tion of the public debt will then have been effected as will enable the govern ment safely to materially modify taxes of all kinds. A resumption of specie payments, the President argues, will pre vent fluctuations in gold, break up the influence of gold gambling and will save the people from a ruinous axcess of irre deemable currency. The expenses of the Charleston Navy Yard are being reduced. 135 men weie discharged on the 12th. The Erie railroad troubles continue. The brakemen recently made a strike. The British frigate Auguste, sunk in the Delaware river in 1777,92 years ago, has been raised. She is in a good state of preservation. Secretary Robeson has ordered the commander of the Mediterranean squad ron to detail a war vessel to convoy the remains of the late George Peabody from England to the United States. The death of three notable men has transpired within a few days, that of Hon. Amos Kendall, Robt. J. Walker, and Gen. John E. Wool. Philadelphia, Nov. 13. A class of 39 ladies, together with 104 gentlemen, have entered the Pennsylvania Medical College. The Mississippians complain "of carpet baggers, who have been imported into that State for the purpose, it is charged, of manipulating the elections. The Washington government is appealed to for aid. The Old and New Presbyterian churches have united, says a telegram dated Pittsburg, Nov. 12th. Dispatches from Chicago to the 14th say that a searching investigation shows the Sub-Treasury books of New. York to be correct iu every particular. The internal Revenu Bureau decides that farmers who go to the market and sell produce are to be considered brokers and must pay a special tax. Those who sell at the place of production are ex empt from paying a special tax.' New York, Nov. 14. A Havana let ter intimates that many members ot the Spanish club in this city dispair of the condition of affairs, and tfiat Spain favors the idea of Cuba looking after her own affairs. (" The expedition against Ceragna de Capard, it is feared, will prove anything but a success, owing to the nature of the "country, which 500 insurgents could hold against the entire Spanish army. The Captain General has relieved the officers in command at Cincovillas for incompetency and .want of energy. It is reported that 400 Spanish troops at Cin covallis have joined the insurgents. Six hundred troops from Porto Rico arrived at Havana on the 7th of November. Caicago Nov. 13. The sensation stories about an expedition to San Do mingo are based upon the fact that Gen. Babcock has gone thither alone. Nego tiations for obtaining possession of San Domingo commenced last winter, Baez being anxious to get under the flag of the United States, would even accept a Protectorate. Mr. Seward's term ex pired before anything was accomplished. Gen. Babcock has gone to obtain inform ation to lay before Congress regarding the resources and debt of San Domingo, character of the people, etc. Paris letters state that Napoleon will not live six months longer. San Francisco, Nov. 14. A fright, ful railroad collision occurred near Ala meda, on the Western Pacific road. Both locomotives are a total wreck, and several passenger cars were smashed np in a terrible manner; fourteen persons were killed outright, and thirteen were wounded. It is hot' known certainly how the accident occurred. The morn ing was very foggy, and both trains being behind time were running at great speed, which caused the collision to be more disastrous than it might otherwise have been."";' ---..- -j San Francisco, Fov. 15. Another railroad accident accurred near Oakland Point Station yesterday evening, in which one man was injured, and two cars damaged slightly. ''"'! New York gold quotations, 426 J 127. Wheat, choice lots, 81.451.56. Liverpool wheat, 9s lOd. Oats, 1.351.40. Flour, extra quality, $5 205.50. The picturesque 'way tho ladies now have of wearing their shawls is very notable, says a New York letter writer. What was once commonly a very ugly garment has, by an adroit change in the mode of wearing it, become as striking in effect as are the costumes of the Ori entals. And he might have added that at no period of our history have the ladies dressed altogether with so much good taste and picturesque effect as of late years. j Tho Salem Statesman gives' currency to a rumor that a joint stock company is being formed in that eity for the purpose of building a large brick hotel, on the corner of Commercial and Ferry streets, opposite the building used as the State House. . .. . ' Jennie Boise Poisoning Case. We take the following Salem correspond ence from the Oregonian, of November 13th, relative to the Jennie Bois poison ing case : " Your readers will remember concerning this case that Miss Jennie Boise, of Polk county, was found dead some months ago, under circumstances calculated to awaken suspicions that poi son had been administered. Certain phy sicians having pretended to make a chem ical examination of the stomach and contents, and having declared that no" trace of poison could be found, suspicion was therefore naturally allayed ; but it now transpires that Dr. Veatch, who is a good practical chemist, had also receiv ed a portion of the contents of the stom ach, in a sealed phial, for analysis, and he found poison in sufficient quantity to destroy life. Under these circumstances a renewed interest in the case is felt among the people. , A Disinfectant. The Aha gives the following as the best known to mod ern science by which a reliable disinfect ant can be manufactured and used with perfect safety. Mix in a wooden or earthen vessel one part each of common salt, black oxide of manganese and wa ter, and two parts of sulphuric acid. The disinfectant eliminated from this mixture was used with great success in the city during the prevalence of the small pox last year, and the recipe is so simple as to be well worth a trial in any case where a disinfectant is required. Gen. Wool's property is valued at 600,000. It will be divided principally between his nephews and nieces. Among the benefactions is $14,000 to the Rens. salaer Polotechnic, and S3,000 to the Troy Episcopal Orphan Assylum. Jle added a codicil a few hours before his death, setting aside 50,000 for a monu ment to his wife and himself. Grateful. The defeat of Andy Johnson in the Tennessee Senatorial contest laving been attributed by the Democrat and Guard to the overshadow ing spirit of Mrs. Suratt, the McMinn ville Blade remarks, "wo will never cease feeling- grateful to the blighting influence possessed by that person's spirit." i A statement is published that the services of 7,000 Swedes have been se cured, who will commence work early in the spring on the eastern end of the Northern Pacific Railroad, while at the same time an equal number of Chinese will be set to work at the western end probably at Wallula. This is good news an,d we devoutly hope it may prove true. If it should, wouldn't corner lots go up to a nice figure at Wallula ! Dr. Hall has a borealis theory which is a roarer, truly. He thinks the North ern Lights are the reflected rays of the sun, thrown back and forth by the ice and snow of the Arctic regions and the clouds surrounding the pole. A Rev. Mr. Smith, of Illinois, came home without his wife, some time ago, and with tears told his friends that she had " fallen into a brook and drowned. Since that time it has been found that the water is not deep enough to drown a per son, and the bereaved husband is in jail. The Jacksonville Sentinel says that some unknown person entered the cellar of John Walters, on Oregon treet in that city,' and took from a cigar box some four hundred dollars, on Thursday night ot last week. Gaslight at Salem. A gentleman came up on the Ajax last week, from California, to start gas-works at Salem, if he shall meet with sufficient encourage ment from the business men of that city. Suicide. J. B. Ball, Cashier of the Second National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, shot himself through the heart on the morning of the 13th. Supposed cause mental depression from losses during the recent panic. The pork packers of Oregon are com plaining of the warm, wet weather' that we have had for ten days past. They say it is much, more difficult to properly cure meats than if the weather was dry and cold. Wisconsin, with a population of about a million, has but 172 convicts in her penitentiary; while California, with less than half a million population, has 732 State prison criminals '. San Domingo. Dates to the 16th from New York, state that Gen. Babcock had sailed on the steamship Albany, with final papers in relation to the annex ation of San. Domingo. A Swap. A man in Michigan swap ped his wife for a horse. The paper don't say what was the matter of the horse that the owner should fool it away. Pendleton's vote in Ohio was smaller by more than ten thousand, than the vote for Seymour last year. This shows what Ohio thinks ot repudiators. Illness of the Treasurer.- Unit ed States Treasurer, Gen. Spinner, was quite ill, being confined to his bed, on the 15th. The first rail rolled, on the Pacific coast was for the Oregon Central Rail road by a San Francisco mill. Polk County. The Times affords the following : The office of J udge Collins was entered by burglars last week. The object seem ed, to be to obtain some papers as nothing else was touched. As the same thing had been tried on the J udge about a year since, he took the warning and placed the papers in a safe place. Wm. Dixon, eirploycd at Lewis' saw mill, on Luckiainute, while greasing a large circular saw in motion, fell with his knee against it and received a dan gerous wound, the saw cutting through the knee joint to the depth of several inches. The cap of the knee was cut in two. A surgeon extracted several bones. His recovery may necessitate the loss of the limb. Wolves have been preying upon the stock of Drury Davis, near Dallas. A large panther attacked and killed a tame deer at the residence of Mr. Blake, on the upper Luckiamute, recently. The deer when attacked sought refuge on the perch of the house, where the struggle was heard by the inmates, but too late to succor the unfortunate pet. Panther tracks five inches in breadth have been seen in the neighborhood. Vanderpool's hotel, at Empire City, was burned down last week. The Petrified Giant. Following are the dimensions of the petrified giant lately discovered in Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York: Length from head to chin 21 inches; length of nose from brow, 6 inches ; length of mouth 4 inches width of shoulders from point to point; 3 feet ; length of middle finger, 8 inches ; from the point of hip to knee-joint, 3 feet ; diameter through the leg at the thigh, 13 inches ; diameter through the calf of leg, 91 inches; height, 10 feet 3 inches; his foot measures 19 i inches; width across the palm of the hand, 7 inches; diameter through the wrist, 5 inches; diameter across the nostrils 3 inches. It is a great curiosity, and thous ands are going from Syracuse to see the monster. An Original Method. A traveler in Texas writes that Austin is a very beautiful place, and though lacking the ordinary means for illuminating the streets, has hit upon a very original method. lie says: So soon as the sun goes down, yon see a red haired girl come out and place herself on each corner of the street. We then turn loose the light ning bugs, and the two make it as light as day. I have been arrested twice by the authorities for hugging the lamp posts and fined heavily. a l Aged Minister. Rev. Peter Cart- wright, of Illinois, is now 85 years of age, has been Co years in the ministry, and 50 years a presiding elder. He now re tires from active ser.ice in the ' ministry. No man is more entitled to be placed on the ' " retired ,list" than Peter Cart-wright. A repulsive looking hermit, a sort of Middle Age ascetic, lives in a log hut at the head of Atean l'ond on Moose River, Main, six miles from his nearest neighbor, an Irishman. He is an Englishman, named Lockyere, 87 years old, and has lived in this seclusion nineteen years, cultivating a little patch of ground, and catching fish and game. His only com panions are six cats, with whom he lives on terms of intimacy like Alexander Selkirk. Some disappointment seems to have sent him here, but he makes a confident of no one, but says he is pos sessed of an immense estate in England, and has made his will, which will astpnish the world when opened. He is now very feeble and an object of pity ; but to some one who asked him if he was not lonely he said, " No man is alone except God hated him, and he pitied such a person." He is clothed in filthy rags, and, not having bathed in years, his person is encrusted in dirt. John Hafield, who has just died in England at the age of 102, was a soldier in the time of William and Mary. He was tried and condemned to death for sleeping on his post on the terrace of Windsor. Ho absolutely denied the charge and solemnly declared that, in stead ot sleeping on his post, he dis tinctly heard the clock of StPaul's strike thirteen at midnight. The truth of this was much doubted by the Court, because of the great distance of St. Paul's from the post where he was stationed. While under sentence of death affidavit was made .that the clock of St. Paul's did ac tually strike 13 instead of 12 upon that night. Whict) circumstance saved his life, and he was pardoned by His Majesty- - ti le Madison (Ind.) Courier of the 12th says: " Mr. Johnson Brown, Milton Township, this county, died on Sunday, the 10th instant, at the remarkable age of one hundred and nine years and (en days. He had always enjoyed good health up to within a few days of his death. His wife died about a year ago, at a good old age. Mr. Johnson was the father of nine children. The deith of this centenarian leaves our venerable Scotch fellow-citizen, 3Ir. Abram Dick son, who is now in his ninety-sixth year, the oldest man in the county, ' His Choice. "Now s'posin' you was to be turned into an animal," said Jim, " what would you like to be, Bill ?" "O, I'd like to be a lion," replied Bill, "be cause he's so" "O, no, don't be a lion, Bill," interupted Tom, who has had some recent painful experience at school ; "be a wasp, and then you1 can sting the school master." Trifles. A well-meaning gentleman in this city the other day, in trying to offer something soothing to the feelings of a lady who had lost her husband, 'said, somewhat tenderly, fcMy dear friend, we all have troubles -pray don't let trifles disturb you." , Concluded from lost week. issues are settled and all dangerous do mestio variances are disposed of. From Wednesday to Saturday of last week, 2 75-100 inches of rain fell in Salem. Oregon Patents. The Milling and Scientific Press of October 30th contains notices of the issue of the following pa tents to Oregon inventors : Boat detaining apparatus Daniel Brown, Astoria ; Gang Plow vvm Funk, Portland. Insured. The late H. C. Coulson, had his life insured in the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for $10,000 payable to his wife. A wag, seeing a lady at a party with a very low-necked dress and arms, express ed his profound admiration by saying that she outstripped the entire company. A Dutchman went into a cooper shop and asked for an empty barrel of flour, to make his deg a hen-coop. Miscellaneous. Georgia has an ed itor who advertises bagging, guano and mackerel ior sale at his office. Conundrum for Mariners. Would pigs be in their element in the trough of the sea. Strange. How strange we should bate anything that annoys, and yet love an oy-ster. . f , Kid-nappers Young goats sleeping. NEW TO-DAY. A. COWAK. A. W. BTAKABD. A. COWAN & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IX STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS NEW TO-DAY. $13 GOOD AS GOLD. BUY THE ONLY GENUINE IMPROVED OROIDE GOLD WATCHES, MANUFACTURED BY 1 THE OROIDE WATCH CO. They are all the best make, Hunting cases; finely chased ; look and wear like jine gold, and are equal in appearance to the best gold watches U3nally costing $150. full Jeweled Xei'er,Gent's and Ladies' sizes, nt $15 each. Onr Double Extra Refined Solid Oroide Gold Hunting Cases, Full Jeweled Levers, art equal to $208 Gold Watches ; Kegulated and Guaranteed to keep correct time, and wear and not tarnish, Extra Fine Case; at $20 each. No money is required In advance. We send by ixpress anywhere within the United. States, payable to agent on delivery, with the privilege to open and examine before paid for. and if not satisfactory returned, by paying the Express charges. Goods trill be tent by mail as Registered Packages, prepaid, by sending cash in advance. An Arfent mending for six watches get an Extra WA TOH FREE, mating seren $15 Watches far $90. or seren $20 Watches for $120. Also, Eleg-ant Oroide Gold Chains, of latest and most costly styles, for Ladies and Gentlemen, from 10 to 40 inches long, at $2, $4, $6, and $S each , sent with watches at lowent wholesale prices. State kind and size of watch rei)uired,and to avoid hogu concerns, order only from OROIDE WATCH CO., 13to 148, Fulton Street, New York. WAR WITH SPAIN ! CUBA TAKEN ! OUR MINISTER WITHDRAWN I NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THIS P. C. HARPER & CO. Hare just received from San Francisco, a very large and well selected stock of . GENERAL MERCHANDISE ! WHICH 18 OFFERED At Prices to Suit tie Times ! ! Their stock consists, in part, as follows :' A large supply .of HEAVY CASSIMERES AND FLANNELS! Denims, Hickory Stripes, Checks, Sheeting: Bleached and Unbleached ! AND French Cottonades, Canton Flannels, AKD Heavy 33Xci.xxls.e-ts A Spendid assortment of LADIES' DRESS GOODS! SVCH AS Silks, I'oplins, Brocades, Empress Clotlis, Merinos, frints, f Delaines, Moluiir, Fancy Patterns, Shawls, Balmorals and . - Fancy Notions, Trimmings, &c. Ladies and Missos Hoods, Hats, Nubias, Ac. A good Assortment of MEN AND BOYS' CLOTHING I GE-NT'8 FURNISH1SO GOODS, tC. A complete assortment of Men's and Boy's KIP AND CALF BOOTS AND SHOES, TOBACCO AND CIGARS. Also the latest style and quality of Ladies, Misses and Children's Shoes. A splendid assortment of Croceries, Quoensware and Olasaware ! Hardware, Pocket & Table Cutlery, Window Shades, Lace and Muslin Cur tains, Carpeting. MEN'S, BOYS AND CHILDREN'S HATS 1 WOOD AND WILLOW WARE. In fact, almost evervthino- mm all hnf ;n tail store. Having bought our goods on the best terms the market will afford, and r -v w. ....ill. mtiu creat care, we feet warrantxt in " . ... ..j wib nu can offer as great inducement to customers as J iu me iraae, ana Hope, by strict at tention to business and the wants of customers, to ment a liberal patronage from the publio. Remember the place. The house for merly occupied by D. Mansfield A Bro. P. C, HARPER & CO. Albany Oct. SO, 1869.-8 " FIRST STREET. ......ALBANY. They offer a large and well selected stock of STAPLE Y ' GOODS ! At Extraordinary Low Prices j ron : Cash or Produce I In addition to a very large stock, covering everything in the line of Cottons, we have a complete assortment of ' ! . ; FANCY DRESS GOODS! Latest styles of Boys' and Men's CLOTHING nil FURNISHING GOODS HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, 4c. - ' AlSO Carpet, Wall-Faper, Paper & . Uaea ; Blinds, &.C., &c. , , jMjravuu ji to u..w. IRON AND STEEL . AND GEHTRAL HARDWARE ! Which is the largest and most complete this sido of Portland. Yon are invited to call and examine onr goods and prices. x The highest market price in cash paid for Wool, Bacon and Lard ! by A. COWAN A CO. Oct. 30, T8C9-8 DIRECT IMPORTATION ! M'COHMICK.'S jWAJWMOTH STOCK TOYS, FANCY GOODS, YANKKE NOTIONS, GIFTS, PRESENTS, BOOKS, &C, &Cjr For the Holidays of I869-70,has arrived, Direct from Icir YorL, Aad i& now o Ehibitior at SANTA CUUS' HEADQUARTERS 105 FRONT 8TKEET, PORTLAND, tirt . sis c .1 i uuiv crcij uu uacci nut uuu TIte Zturgcsi Stock ! -The Greatest Variety ! ! The CJievpest Prices 1 1! This immense stock having- keen pur chased for currency in New York, will be scldto dealers and others in coin, at Less Prices Than Ever Before ! Strangers and citizens will find SANTA CLAUS' HEADQUARTERS a most interesting place to visit, as the gorgeous array of now nov elties, and the thousand comical toys therein, give the store the appearance of an Eastern MUSEUM OF CURIOSITIES! Some idea may bp arrived at as to th extent of the stock when it is known that of Dolls alone there nn one hundred amd fifiy-Jic avrieties! Making thafc Department a perfect BAZZAR OF BEAUTY ! Full Descriptive Catalogues now ready. Call early to secure choice gifts. S. J. M-CORMICK, Smfi Agent for Santa Claus. ! 3NTOTICE To the Taxpayers of Linn Co. I WILL BE PRESENT TO- RECEIVE Taxes levied for the current year, at the times and places as follows, to-wit : . Iu November: LebanonMonday, 22d ; Waterloo, Tuesday. 23d Nye's School House, Wednosday, 2-ith ; Brush Creek, Thursday,2oth j South Brownsville, Friday, 26th j North Brownsville, Saturday, 27th. In December: Ilarrisburgh, Tuesday, November 30th, and Wednesday, December 1st ; Peoria, Thursday, December 2d ; Orleans, Friday, 3d ; Albany, Sat urday, 4th ; Scio, Tuesday, 14th s Franklin Butte, Wednesday, 15th ; Santiara, Thursday. 16th : l" O-A J . !t . t . . . . ' ojrracuBe, oaturuay, join ; venter, OTODUay , Zlltn. As it will save time and trouble, I hope every tax-payer will be prepared to settle his tax at the times and places abovo named. ... R. A. IRVINE. October 23, 1869-7tf Tax Collector. AV altham Watches. Let every one who -wants a Watco, read this j carefully. . . Especially if in some remote out-of-the-way place. Now, that the railroad is open, wa propose to viniikuuilf US getting single genuine Waltham Watches at the m ne lowest wholesale New York Prices ' W(! sell mora Walth.m W. l. . .i - - " uo utu auy uwor establishment in the country, either wholesale or roiaii ; we senu great numbers to every section of the country by Mail and Express, carefully pack ed . and in nerfect runninir nrdo. nn i- this : - You want a Watch, and see onr iL.lv.ri W- ment ; now, we want you first to write ts us for our Descriptive and Illustrated Price List s wo will snnil it.. rmjit-riAiH. tv Mhm --t t. c I j awwuau uimi, X- plains all the different kinds, tells the weight and v .uv v.M-a, nun jirice. oi eacn , you then make a selection of the kind you prefer, and Hand I IN vnur nrilur W m will . . .t . t . Watch by Express, with the bill to collect oa de- ... v. j .iusi.ruDi.iuii. lo uie express company to allow vou to ooen the nsu;ksu m.nA examine the Watch ; if it suits, yon ean pay and take it ; if not, yon are nnder no obligations to receive it; and if it is taken, and afterward docs not prove satisfactory, we will exchange it, or REFUND THB MONET. As an indieation nf iIia iiriM, ... 11 one Watch of our list. Tho P. S. Babtlbtt. Lever Movement, with Extra Jewels, Chronome- all the other late improvements, in a Solid Coin Silver case, i $28 in Greenbacks, or about $20 ia Coin. au toe other kinds, both gold and silver. In the same proportion. Do not order a Watch till you have tent fur PriA T ; . . - - " . ranHHw m great deal of information regarding these Watches that. ouauie you to make an mtalligent Selection. Dont forget, when you write, to state that you saw this advertisement in the Albast .Resistor. and you need not put in stamps for return post age. Adre in full, HOWARD "A CO.. Jewelers and Silversmiths, 61S Broadway, ItT We refer, by permission," to "' " -Messrs. Wells, Faroo A co., N. Y. and San x rancisoo. j . - , I. W. IUmoTn, Esq., T. R. Bittleb, Esq., B. f ItnlBlBh IT . n Kun V.an.iiMl W. S. IloB-irtx, Virginia city, Nevada, T