SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, I860-
V. S. Official Paper for Oreg-on.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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-
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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