The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, August 30, 1872, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text'2 ! Oregon Ktatr Trarhor'n Institute. Tlx; Oregon Stiib! reader's iiltnte agency of the R'veral to.mty Trelimr-1 Hugh Kearns, an old citizen of , erection of a new edifice at Ger metat the Babti-t Chinch, in JKngenc er. for various reasons commends It-j Oreffoii Gitv was found dead in vais 1 :.. .... m i.,.. i .i-i iw?o . . i rnn.lilenition Hie Institute ailjourneil to meet at",1,, I'. M. kVKMV. SKSSIOX. - The Institute met piir-uant to ad- jfiMrnment. in ,,, , , . .1 Hie committee, appointed nl the last annual ineollnir, dtarnxl with the only ol Irainingllie irocet nttne oin- mon Seliool Law, reported by lis Chairman,-!'. (juinu Thornton. The ii'poi f was anvptcd and tlie eominittrc disclwrged i iinil tlie oroJiH't Of la rceoinineuded l.y said commit- lw, for eonsideintion and adoption by ihi- lntitn!e. was niferrwl to a xkI(I 1 Minmittce consisting of Ucv. ('. II. W'allacP. Juo. '- Arnold and HcV. T. M. Martin, wlih lustructlons torepoit at 10 a. m. to-inonoiv. The l'ie iilent having given an Invi tation for remark-', by any ptroi pres ent wlm might feel Interestetl in ro innlinjr tin- call of public Ins! ruction. Bev T. I.. KIHot, of I'ortlaul, County nnerbiti'iidcnf t-f Comnioii Miools, Rev. ('- ll.-Vi'ailaee. Rev. K. I'- Hen- ilerson, Rev. T. M. Martin, teacher at Eugene, Hon. .!. H. I- Henderson, and otliers, resjioiided by making ap propriate remarks upon various sub ject, engaging the attention of the In Hitute. Adjourned lo meet at 10 A. l. to morrow. HORMKti SffS10K. WediicstHiy, Anyu-t 1 1. -The Insti tute met pursuant to adjournment. The special committee, appointed on yesterday, reported that fully Im- pressed with a sene of the magnitude j a-d great importame of the -ul jeel. r,fil mi,..-, ol'.i Law oro i hiL' lor I a general system of Public Instruction In OrSgtin. they had carefully con-id-1 red, iu all it- details, the Hill referred lo them, from the coiumiit' e appoint ed by the State Teaclier". Institute of last year, and tliey recouuueiul linn, it , ho ml ipted by llii. hotly ; and further, that Hon, J. Q. Tliorntou he clwrgetl with the duty of bringing it to tie no- j tice of the next Legislative Assembly ; forenaciinent. Mr. Ellol here moved su.peinlon ; of the rule., which motion bcingiidopt- j ed, he offered the following resolu- J lion. : Rttiofrtfl, That In the iiulginent of I (lie Oregon State Teacher s hi.tliiite, j in view of tlie present sfcic of public i opinion, it i not expedlenl lo ask for j a new school law. wlucli win en.isiy all the te.itures of iiubllc ilistrilctloii, but that the l.egi.latun of the Nate Is ol,; awvi g ! i ' ,1 . A i .- . . . . . , . h "mt,h5 ' ln" ",f .S"lK:r- I l , , VII I .-,'HIOil, .1 1111 1 F, l?l.i ill " .... 'i n r. 11 f 1 1 1 in ! t That the mate Hoard, who by the his shop on Monday of last week, iu o cioek a.m. Con.lllnfion ,m' the cu-t.sllans of the ' -i i,. nmllt . !..,; . , Preside.., -r. Oj.inn Thornton, call- fll(. si,,,,,!,) mUteed to lust! : 1 ll? "'"P1 10 "HP"' -ad Hie Institute-to order, 'file Seero-i upon monthly reixatslVomsaWTrea- ley ai.d Frown Club at Hill-horo tary being ah ent Join. C. Arnold was IuHImm-. that lli'j lH'aiiili.r- was C()mi,1(lk, fair(.. ' bled to employ sumcieul help, of Clerk. f 1 timed . ecretary pro tetn. i Awounteiita, to conduct the great-j The penitentiary at Salem came There I cing no business ready fur ly incrowcl .w.v.pnn,leucv. ami to 1 ,H,ir burnine on Wednesday of last InteiHlei.t ol I'lihhc lu.lruclioii l.e , ,. i c , ,..,,,....1 ,,,, PV prOVld.il for by law. defining the du- Said the Greeley man: '-Lei m i Week before Iftst eau.etl mucn ex lies Of (lie same ; and that one l-echo,-: NaVp lnds across the bloody cluism. (.i(0,ne,,t. en to till the olllce until the next gen-; The South acknowledges the error ot (1.Dm!W -IdriU h : their ways, and amid the Im.ks ol I At Tram Matioii,thiiU-uem,lcs J, That a Male Board of Education ' a. ... i. ... . . ai Siipsrintenileiit III adopting a uniform n-.tem or examinations of teachers. tJoixj BOOK.anu leiiHsnow a -pun m 'X Tluit the artendamf. as far ns I compassion as did the dither lo the possible, of children pf proper age, nt errlt one. ' some scliool. for at lea.l three mouths I Sahl the Grant man : '-Yes, I re in each year, ba reunlrwl bv law. I men.IxT the story very well ; bow the 4, That the Slate School Tax be not ' latin ! 1,111 ) ' errb.goiie. less than four mill, on thedollar. I (Pve him a suit ol clothe., and a A very .pnite. ill.cil-.lon ol Ilie-Je : 11 resolution, followeil, in which MossM iiLii.uiiii . iii.iiiIu.ii 1,'lli.t ....,,.1..,,',. and the p'reident iiartlelpab-d. Pen- ding llii. iii.ciH.ion tlie project of '. school law. as repoiied. was onlei'ed , to be read by the Secretary, and Its I merit, were' poiut.d out. These were admitted by ihoso snpportins Mr. i Eliot's resolution., but it was asserted that the Oregon Leglslailve Acmbly had, hitherto, nianile-ted a reluctanct. to pa., a law embracing the .sAoenh Jeet of public Instruction, a. a tyattm. To (lib it was replied that while such .flight be true of the pat. there were many reasons for believing that the Legislative Assembly, to meet in the milling Autumn, would readily ! vhii iuwh hib piojcci oi inn .in- t., to a valil:i!j!o eoii.iusinp. tie). un der consideration, since, upon it had to hihHIsiii, and for that reason lircii umiiwra nioi e cai ni-.i 1,1001. o, practical Oregon educators than I, id. probably, been given to any exbting Llt.lte In tliis Slate. The Institute then adjouncd to meet at one v. it, AITKUXOON SKSSIOX'. The Institute met pursuant to ad journ me.it. The vote on Mr. Eliot's resolutions being now taken they were adopted. On motion of Dr. 'Atkinson It was nwnlveil that tbn tu-oircl nf 1-iu tic ri'- ported hv the eommlttw, amwiinb-d i fa.tyear. and also the ainemWl project ot law. n-porled bv the sMvial .iniiitiiln-c a.iooinfiil mi viwi.'iit-iv i aeenmnnuy Mr. Eliot's resolutions and with them Ik. submitted together losoineanproprlatccoin.nllteeof the : next Legislative Assemble as contain- SjKffSate TairiK ' iMnliadiinilerconslderatlon.and Klildi ted.hi.ble. j Dr. Atkinson, ol the committee on . Hchwl Lands and School Funds, ap- j feW r aughl. ! Pln,"l s MveeKMigo, w in uistr. c- had been no meeting of said commit meeting of said commit- it. Chairman Mr. Hare. ei-tfoZ" ilvei so.ne tobV,r to the matter Z I ibmlt the ciMiclusions. to tee calico l.y it. t l.ai be laid, nevertlielf thomrbl mill IiiIhii- In tuiiriri'il uiilimU tlu, ivuinliiiiliiia In ; Lte7wJ& i (ion; 10. I Itntolreti 1, TlmttlM! present mode of .niYi.ln.r !.. nn i.i Ui-liuil fiitnl In- t ... sc r 10 our iicine oi. MIP " sia.c oi mc imm von-j stai.tlv U'ltirt' them, and thus enable llii'in n make tlie;iiimial dbtnhution HI I III" ill I I III U Mill IC-t lllllll III! llllll reuitiredby law. i That while we approve the pre - cut mode ut appraisal anil sine hi Hie MmK)) lmlJYi, wmM I.,..(,1,11,., Id.-ir H. I'om.tv S.,rrii.ttideiils be i t-n.-il tiili-rcif u-l.luo Iht-thiii- iejiur. .... saie at tltceSrn'nseirf Uie itpplk'iuit. I. That in our judgement any n- ev illcfilh' loaned, or withdrawn to c.ailioa: .ciiooi i.iini nil j ffom the school filial, ahenld he rector- wl by tin State. 'im. r.. .ii... ll .....l i ii.i.i.f ..i y," 'JJ" ' kvkmv;m-:smon. ineiiiiiiune iuci iiiui-suiiiii i iui - jonrnmelit. The cxeivl.'S of the evening were niieiii-il wild in-avi-r he lev. I)r. - kliisou, 'J'hc President then introduced Key. T 1.. KHiit. m Mil' iniilli oeM w ho oio- eeeiKd lo deliver an address njy i in- ..inject ol Wl.at ilicCmui!hool i ! , i ,i . ,t Vin.ru I, V i l '( ll 1 1 1 I., l i il. Alter Mr. Knot sitliaoiirs' kcv. Dr. Atkinson, Uev. Mr. ramphell. and other., addressed the In.litu'e. Alter the addresses. Or. Atkinson nM'crcd the following rowllltlonsw nicll Wil-I UVimwc. A need of aiithorltv exists ,-00lll : to protect, vagrant children, jen(dreil, 1 li.it such authority ought in he given to any city or county. I 'flail we herehy recominei.il I Hie legislature to provide a V agrant Lull- dren's Home or Itefonu Ischool of the state. Prof. CiunpWsl! then offered the lol ! lowing resolution which was adopted : i wrerf, That tliis liistitutv look. : wiih favor nnon the etfoit of Prof. I'. iS. Sinllli. of filleni. toe.lahli.li a. .cIkkiI ' ' for the deaf, anil heartily recommend an Increase ot appropriation to sustain tlie sail a i motion, made by Riv. Mr- Eliot, the committee having iu charge the l""jl"' '" "I""'. "V (,.IV( ,a, t t,e institute for in. m i- imik Wl, i ki- i' '!' : .ii ii' . it. earnest labor.. On motion ot Ir. Atkm-on the tbanks of tlie Institute were teialcred to the people ofEugeuc ity for their Iwspltable entertainuieut of the uieiu bcra in attendance. On motion it was resolved that the ofileers of this Institute bold over lo the next year, and they hereafter tix upon the time and place of tlie next annual meeting. On motion the Institute adjourned sine die. J. iras Tiiouxtox, President. JoiikC, Auxoi.n, ttoetary pro turn. IN.I.I I U'Ali. One Southern Democrat paper, the OeorL'ia ' 'uHntltiiUumttitil, is able to nick out from it. exchange li-t one him- j dred iHidfotiiteeu Zte VV lilerm.pr..tlheconstftu y 1 t i.it mil- uppor .ii-eeicv uiiaiiiinoii-. ' ..r Hi,'-.' l! no .how for lib o Velio,.. their plantations, in .U'proieiitaiieo. t',,r Mfiriv lit 9 Kl'tlll'M 11 Vr In- pmble ol the Prodlfd Son, in .he, tllill lull 1.11 .1.1.1' !1IH III, ll ' '" V" '"V " i nop in Die evening; oui . non i re- i nicnilM'i' ol reailini'tliat tlie old I'eni.'e- Jk,!l1 W' lk eiuirge of tlie 'ann. "Phelbn O'l'laherty," who writes poetry hi the Celtic vernacular for a Cleveland paper, dashes oil' glowing line, like the annexed : What mane, this rant, Tills whine and cant To .beaWJbieral (Irani ? Just lave his enemies Kail! and rant ; Iteat Grant they can't They can't beat Grant. Senat ir Tipton had three brothers-in- ttuu tried to have another son appoint-. law, ami a son appointed toollie will not vote (ortirant. A political meeting of some shade was held iu nearly every ward in San Kmncbco, on Saturday evening last. Ex-Cotigressumii Benjamin (1. Har ris of Maryland, openly and emphat ically reni.diates (ircclcv, and .mbli.h- e. a vigorou. letter advising his fellow Dem.Hi-at. to attend Klantou I nincan s straight out Convention at Louisville. At Morri.town, X. .1.. a few days since, 120 Democrats came forward "IKI the Central (iraut C! ibcyBt0teJbliKd bynumin In!.. roil. w' w 1 wml rors. Old lior- Democrats in Illinois are becoming 1 dtamtMitxl with their bargain and sain arrangement, and are cutting loo i from tlx. Liberals, and In several conn- " xbe Kepublican W'bwam in San Francisco was dedicater with music. 1 bon - lires, speeches, etc., on the even-; j,, 0f the 17th Inst. JJ - " - I , Madison. Wisconsin, a force ! , . . , , cello had his left le i.iht above1. Wrf'S ... Thirteen inemlars of the class oft " , . J, , , - whom voted the I einib Ik-an tcket IsilofYale College, lately met , ! the ankle so badly crushed m his ' ' gettwr st New Haven. Aiiexprw.hu. , saw mi 1 last wwk, ah to compel its ; ' electw,b fimr a part for President of the United states was amputation below the knee. j of it. The rest are all Femoerats. for President of the I'uite.1 States was i , r.M'It-11' 'OAT SEW. week A chandelier containing ;. iul,ri. i,c i!ii,i .;.fc ,1 ,.;i P I ' i I fell, and the Haines ii.stant'y til ed j t)0 building. The prisoners smooth- i ' ered the Haines with their blankets. 'in.- tv-.i.: 'i'..--:... I I" , IM I UU I IB .1111 IH-ll- I , . j itent'ary contains eleveu prisoners. j . ,r,.cat quai.tity of timber is be- . - ' - . ing destroyed by the hrcs at I uget Sound. . It was rumored at Steilacoom, a i few davs ano. that the final ternii - ( .. , i ... 1 lirt ot tic Northern I acilm rail- road would soon Ik) located in the : vicinity ot Tacoma Kx-fi'overivr J. Xcalv Johnson, j of I "tali, ill fir a month past, was mpjdly ilii.ig at Salt Lake City I J . on tlie 'Jod Eight dwellings were destroyed bv fire at Virginia Citv, Nevada, on i , o.) j,1(St At Elko, Nevada, on the L"2d jI)Bt a lrnul.u ,;;,,, from Tattle ; j Mountain IU attempting to get oil ( j , j , jj tj( f l B ' bclwecu the cars and w as instantly killed, one arm being cut oH' and his head partially severed from his body. no Pacific Ilailroad em p ployes rcruscd to remove the lO'l ami the freight train the next day run over it, tearing it to atoms. Extensive coal beds are reported lo lave Ikvii disc oveasl within twei.lv-two miks of Cornelius. The women of San Francisco ! vania, was presented with a gold have incorporated a Pirate Treasure lwktl enne by citizens of San ! Company, to send out an expedition Francisco on the '23d'inst. I to Cocos Is'ai.ds, to recover the Denver, Colorado, has one saloon pirate treasure there. j to every seven inhabitants. In San Fiwcisco, on the 22d, a The Mojav and Colorado deserts gr. ccr by the name of Godfrey at j having been described as "hell with ; tacked his wile and cut her throat ; the fires put out," a corrosondont with a ki.iie, stabbing her several j who has ventured across themdur- times in different parts of the body, ing the summer montlis writes that j and then cut his own tl,roat,sovcr- j the description is unnecessarily long, ing the windpi6. He then rushed and would be more correct if abbre I out into the street with the blood viatcd. pouring from his wounds, and ran until he fell down exhausted. It is thought the woman will recover, but his case is api.a.vntlv hornless, j Jealousy was the cause A case ol small pox at St. Helens ol Fugeuc, ai d eighteen , miles north ol Oakland, two stoi-cs lavebccn establisl.ed. Mr. . I. V. Kiewson, of Krowson & Drain, merchants there, is Postmaster. A grist-mill, heretofore situated i.ear , Seottsburg. will lie removed shortly ... v ..,,l.i; l.,.i'.i; w ioik .-union, n pum for a M'hool, public meetings, or other purposes, is being erected, and other improvements are con stantly being made, i Oneida county, Idaho, in which : the lamed Soda Springs arc situated, has a population of four thousand j seven hundred and seventy-five, j An insane man named Lazarus made his escaK? from the Asylum at Steiiacoom a few days ago, There are now 33 inmates in the Asylum. In the Weisor Fiver Valley, Idaho, there are bands of Indians numbering from one thousand to 01.0 thousand five hundred, all armed with rillcs ami revolvers. Thev belong on (iilterent rcserva- tions and are a terror to the whites. A follow named Henry Andrews shot a watihman, John Scigman, at Olvmnia a few nights ago. An- drews was on a noi-y drunk, and when the watchman went to arrosi 'number will soon !k doubled, t-liv,i .,-;,, derrlncer the! Thev hud a fi'ri horse race at MW 118 nrC(1 wnn 8 "wnnger, sue iney nail a c-0 norw race at ball striking the watchman iinme-1 Baker City last week. ll !eft c "(, -' Tl f ,ng 01,1 0,1 t',e K'tU' alnnit an inch ; KMs, has gono on a surveying tour from wi,ore it entercil. The wound in Nehalem valley. Will bo al- .. , ... was not fatal. j sent all summer, probably. that M, Isaac IL Smith, of Monti From the Owitmum we Uam nmn.itftt.ion hob open Sep. 2d. fhe Catholics have liegiin the The County Clerk of Marion issued nine marriage licenses last niontli, butup to last Saturday had issued but two, which he considers a poor exhibit, fays the Stiitmntoii. A State prisoner last week cele brated his liberation from a three : years st nice, bv irottinir drunk in . " i , , , . , . . i j b$,m, for which he was put m the j ealaln ose. ,, . ,, , . . I I oys in Portland have become ho I tiitoiiintmi tiv ni1liMT AUnn nnvnlii 'x "r.T .....v ii"mi. . as to steal them A lttmlicr team of two horses, iu Portland the other day, took fright and ran down Trout street, destroy. Mug alhiut one hundred dollars ! worth of toys that stood lieforo the i i i door at one place, injured a cook- j mg-stovc at another, tore down several awning posts, and finished ! by knocking down a large lamp post iii front of the St. Charles Ho tel, and breaking the lamp. Cabinet maker were in demand in Portland last week. " A boot-black has opened an office in CorvalHs. A lire at Helena, Montana, on the U3d hist, destroyed buildings and property to the amount of70, 000. Mining sales in Salt Lake last, week amuiinted to 300,000. There are heavy tiros in the mountains around Salt Lake. Spanish Americans of San Fran- i Cisco were to hold ftmoral rtviccs j iu honor ot Juarez 'ast Thursday. j Soda Springs, Utah, ie growing I into a Saratiga. Hon, W. U. Kclley, of Peiinsyl- H. if, Strove retires from the editorial triHJ of the Vancouver Ittffinter. The land pirates ofPugtt Sound, shepley awl Frown, were at Free port last week. Over 100 lodges of Ftc Indians arc camping on (he Fig Logan, I' tali, levying conti ibutions offbod. etc., on the settlers. There arecight sawmills in C larke county, Washington Territory, ami yet Portland sends lumbtr over there almost every day. (Jrading on the Xortb Pacific Pailroad is now fi'.ibhed to Hodg- .1...... uciin Another one of an a'leginl band Uf horse thieves infesting Southern Oregon, has been arrested by the Sheriff of Jackson coiintv. His name is Crickett. The telegraph wire took tho stage driver's hat oil" and came near tak ing his head with it as he was lim ing rapidly in the dark between Winchester and Hosebiirg, one nitrht last week. Had the wire been a little lower, off would have come the driver's head. An immense crowd gathered at the Court House in Portland last Satunlay evening for the purpose of organizing a Grant and Wilson Club. Jacob Stitzel was elected Chairman and a long list of Vice Presidents cliosen. Hon. J. IL Mitchell addressed the audience in auab'e speech ami was followed l.y telling speeches by ()'Jcara,Ciibbs ami Hi I. Much enthusiasm pre vailed. About five hundred names were obtained on the ( Irani and -n pledge. It is thought that A Greeloy.Hrown Club at Ku- gene numbers 3 1 members, one of a dispatch cor r that a party of engineers has been ' fitted out to locate the I'tali, Idaho and Montana kaifrbif batw-wn Manon cooM'y, bavc recently ew- Corinne and Helena. I llnd furnished a fine MIL A wl.alc about thirty feet hng Ife new church bell at Kalama lias takeu up his ipiartere iu ih J is gt.hifto work wonders AcWml lay war J'ort Townwnd, and in iug to th l&Kon "It will educate IKiiuently scei diaportitig himself i l' whole commmiity to a chasten- in the wnlors near luwo. Jlr. 1'eaiN, living on I'ugetSouud, has killed 7 iianthei-s near his place this summer. V new KpVo.pa! church ot ft 1 1 dimensions is being built at Helena, Montana. The Pt.got Sound Dinpntrfi (Hem.) says the Fcmocmtic 7hrri- torial Committee will not call a Convention to make a party nomi nation for Polcgatc to Congress, but that Ju igo McFaddeu will run as an independent candidate. Prof. Powell, of Vancouver, has declared for Woodliull for Presi dent. The officers at Fozemau City lately made a raid on a lnnd of hone thieves and brought in three dead ones and two living. Those killed were Thus. Harlow, Win. Marsh and John Connor. Those captured were Cits. Callahan ai d U erge ( lark alias Tint. Jack. 'J he fir.-t case ot sunstroke ever known in San Francisco occurred last Monday. Another bushel of diamonds from Arizona is exacted in San Francisco very toon, per Captain Buckley, who has taken up 040 acres of land adjoining the claim of the original company. The I. 0. ll. M. of California have Incorporated a Society for the care of the widows and orphans of deceased members. Three ichocks of an earthquake occurred at Kanale, Ftah Terri tory, the other day. Houses in Salem are all occupied. The .Savage expedition which went from Salt Luke iu search of precious gems has written from Piano Flai.co, 'cw Mexico, Aug. 17th, sending about a quart of ru bies, emeralds, garnets, opals and bright stones 8iipKsed to bo dia monds. Samples arc to be lent to lapidaries in New York. Polk county is proud over a uat nral bridge on the Hickreal. "Two damp," was tho reason why the threshers didn't work in IV k county latt week. The Flathead Indians, of Mon tana, arc bitterly opposed to being removed from their present location to tlie new reservation in the Yocko Valley, and threaten hostilities iu case the removal is attempted. H-l , ... White settlers are alarmed at the menacing attitude which the Flat heads have assumed, and va tor the establishment of a military post at some point in the Missoula coun try. 'I he Ikilrock Democrat says: "The Gem .Mine, at Gem City, is keeping up its 'lick,' with tho im provement of a Strike' occasionally. We learn that last week a nice ocket was found, and our inform ant says he saw a piece measuring nearly one cubic foot that was rather tho richest thing of the kind he ever saw. The vein is fully two feet in thickness and all very good paying rock." A meeting of the citizens of Lelianon is called for the 5lh of September, at 1 o'clock P. M., for I the nurnose of tflli.i.r ibn nr i i - - - j ste to secure a branch or switch ol the Oregon & California Rail road to Lebanon. Two Montanians who left Hele na a few months ago Hat broke, for the Ftah silver mines, have made $90,000 and have good prospects ahead. The Legislative hall at Salem has been ro-careted. The Chen.eketa Hotel at Salem will be opened next Monday. About $700 in premiums will lie distributed at the Jackson county Fair in October. Ten thousand dollars in premiums will bo offered at the State Fair this year. Fast horses will take the large purses. Forty thousand acres ot swamp laud have beeu selected iu the Klamath Ijike country by J. N.T. Miller. A Jacksonville Siwash lately killed an eagle which measured 8 feet from tip to tip of his wwgs. f ITie Od.l FefloWaof Snvii m I ''" "" " ' l.igic impressions that exier:ci:ee from medieval times to the pres- scut show to have their origin in familiar sounds connected with .... i PIf . r 'i-i .. - i. .ii., ..I ... r.i I in- tinriii u-ii m ivi iu- dians who went to lew before a Justice of the Peaeo at Olympia, and upon the trial it came out that the plaintiff l ad sold a canoe to defendant tor 840 75, and defend ant was going to pay by giving his daughter to plaintiff in marriage ; but de'endaiits wife objected, whereupon suit was brought to re cover the value of the canoe hi money. Tl e court having heard the story on Mfi sides, advised thtf defendant to give plaiutilf a herso and dismissed the caM. 'I he prisoners in the Idaho Prni teutiary are employed in cutting cord wood at a profit to the Terri tory. ' . The Pert Townsend Arjti rav the town is awfullv crowded, and in some cases iiO persons occupy a shanty 10x12. Walla Walla county is twice as wealthy as any other comity iu Washington Territory. Henry V Pood, of Iowa, has been appointed Indian Agent lor the Fit Hall reservation. A Territorial School Teacl er's Convention will lie held ut Olym pia early next month. The StatetHkin says: If (iraut has so much affection for pups, wo really can't see why the little one who edits the fy(eryrie should so much dislike him. The Vermont State election will take place Tuesday, Sept. 3d, and the Main Slate election, Monday, Sept. 0th. t-OKEIUX NKWM. It having come to the ears of Governuie.it of Canada that cer tain persons were organizing a war like party to aid Cuba, the Gover nor General has issued a proclama tion warning persons of the eoi.se--quences of infringing on illten a tioi.nl obligations of neutrality. Loudon journals heartily approve tic verdict oi the Court ot Im peachment in the case of Farnard. The strike at Dub'in has ended, and (R'ace ai d order reign. The Prince of Wales has goi.e a yachting on the coast of France. The news from Mexico to lie loth iust., is that all the revolu t'oi.ary allies have accepted tie amnesty except Garcia de Cadei.a, who was captured. Fortiori Ilia is expected at the Capital next week. President I.crdo .tert$ii,s the kindest feelings toward him. and will probably appoint him to au iii,Kirt8l,l office. The Cabinet is still unchanged. Pueblo, Flaxat cala, Hidalgo, San Luis and Zaca tecas are restored to their St3te sovereignty. I.crdo has contracted a loan of hall a million. This is the first time in many years that the Government has enjoyed credit. Juan Jose ISoz is prominently men tioned as a Presidential candidate. The value of the projierty de stroyed by the mobs at Pellast, exceeds XT0,000. Returns from the Province' iii Sl,ai" hhwW ,,,ttl uf successful candidates to the .Corte are members of the Government party, and .hat Radicals supKrted the Government at the poll.. Il was reported on the 25th iust. that there had been a renewal of the ri"ts at Belfast. J'he report was discredited. The business of the Geneva Tri buna! is drawing to a close ami a decision is expected to ho reached, within two weeks. ' It Is .tated as one ol the sigt. of (he times that or tlie one hundred and nineteen editor, reporters, composit ors, pressmen, clerks. He, ot the New York H'orM. ninety-seven of them are for (limit aiidagaiiisttireoley (or Tres ident. A sturdy old Dpinnpnir faun tl... San iloarpjbl Valley who can't masti cate Oreeley was in Vallejo. AugiM 17th. Ilesays he can mount hU borst al his reskk-nec In tile valley h.hI in less than one hour ride to the dwell ings of 30 other of the .Hi-miltctx-d uc. won't .wallow Creelce Knih r .-on con sideration. Ileiiry M. Uliv. of Mium-soU. Dpi.s- ocratie t:..li StaU-s Senator from lh.it suite Iron, liai to lmtf, has .! dared hi. intention to support linttit and. Wlisou.