THE BENTON DEMOCRAT. OFFICIAL PAPER FCHsVAENTOiT COUNTY. SATURDAY, : : : FEBRUARY 22 . - The Steamer Japan, on her last trip from China, brought the small-pox to San Francisco. Washington's Bikthday.-T1h8 is the one hundred and forty -first anniver sary of the Immortal Washington. Humiliating. It is a sad commen tary on the American Republic (hat its Vice President is Endeavoring to clear himself of an established charge of bribery. Abating. The smallpox epidemic is abating in Boston. It is said that it has been more difficult to prevent the spread of the disease during this visita tion than at any preceding one. -Capitol Commissioner. Samuel Brown, Esq., recently appointed Capitol Commissioner,; resigned last Wednes day, and Gov. Grover appointed Samuel Allen, Esq., of Salem, to the position. Large Enough. The Klamath Reservation contains 768,000 acres of land. This is certainly large enough for two small bands of Indians, without the proposed donation to the Modocs of 3,000 more on Lost river. A Good Move- A subscription is being raised in Portland to print a pamphlet, devoted to giving informa tion of Oregon, for circulation in the East. Hon. W. L. Adams is the gentle man selected to write it. Rather Contradictory. At the beginning of the Modoc war, the Califor nia press asserted that it was gotten up by the Applegates. It now turns out that these gentlemen are the authors of the Peace Commission. A Good Law. A bill is to be intro duced into the New York Legislature providing that when a murderer is ac quitted under the plea of insanity, he shall be imprisoned in an asylum not less than twenty nor more than thirty years. . t Farmers' Meeting. The regular meeting of the farmers of Benton coun ty, for the purpose of forming a Farm ers' Club, will be held at the Court House, next Saturday, Maich 1st, at 11 o'clock a m. Let there be a full at tendance. Can Make a " Piece." It is sug gested by a Southern Oregon paper that if the Modoc Peace Commssioners cannot make peace with Captain' Jack they can make a " piece " by seizing that $900 which the Captain is said to Lave in a Yreka bank. Things Reversed. At the letting ont of the paupers, a few days since at Trenton, Mrs. Lucy Locky, a very re spectable white lady, was bid off by a negro. One of the beauties of Abe Lincoln's unconstitutional performances, and the practical working of the " mis sion "of the Radical party. Refused to Contribute. The Portland Herald says the proprietors of "Xuie, of the large job printing establish ments in that city refused to contribute a cent or even one pound of old type metal to the Greeley Monumment Fund. This ungenerous action should not be forgotten by those who respect the memory of a fellow craftsman. Sam. Clarke has a card in the Ore- gonian, saying that he did not go East "lecturing," but to gain the strength he possessed before Bill. Watkinds at tempted te shut off his Wind. He in formed a gentleman of this city that he was going East to bring himself into no tice as a poet. Somebody has prevari cated, and we euess it's " Samivel." The electoral vote, as counted by Congress, stood as follows : For Presi dent U. S. Grant, 286 ; B. Grata Brown, 18, ; Thomas J. Hendricks, 42 ; T. J, Jenks, 2 ; David Davis, 1. The vote for Vice-President was as follows .Henry Wilson, 286 ; B. Gratz Brown, , 47 : N. P. Banks, 1 ; G. VV. Julian, 5 ; 'j. M. Palmer, 3 ; E. Bramlette, 3 ; W. S. Groesbeck, 1 ; A.' H. Colquitt, 5 ; W. Blanchen, 1. I English Parliament, In the Eu "glish'Parliament the following bills have lately been introduced : A bill for the purchase of the railroads by the Gov ernment ; to remove the political disa bilities of woman ; for the abolition of 'capital1 punishment ; providing that all treaties between Great Britain and foreign powers must receive ratification "by Parliament ; legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister ; and look ing to the- establishment of a protecto rate over the Fiji Islands. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Our attention has been called to the fact that but twenty-eight Agricultural students are at present in attendance at the College. The State is allowed forty -four each Senator having power to appoint two ; but, from some cause, sixteen vacancies at present exist. In some instances, parents have addressed letters to Senators, in districts where vacancies have occurred, asking the ap pointment of their sons, but have failed to receive even a reply to their epistles. By a law passed in 1868, a Board was created, with power to fill all vacancies occurring in any Senatorial District, and we would call the attention of the College Faculty to this matter, that ap plications may be made to this Board, for appointments from districts in which Senators have neglected 60 important a duty. There are in this State hundreds of promising young men who would gladly avail themselves of this excel lent opportunity for acquiring an educa tion, and every exertion should be made to keep all the appointments filled. The College now has a full corps of instruct ors, prepared to conduct every depart ment in the nrost efficient manner. A Military Department .. has already been organized, in charge of President Ar nold, a thorough tactician. In the Ag ricultural Department a practical farm er has been employed, and as soon as spring opens students will be inducted into a practical, knowledge of the sci ence and details of cultivating the soil. Landscape gardening, fruit growing, and horticulture in all its branches, will be taught both theoretically and practi cally, by competent instructors. The services of an expert surveyor have also been secured, and practical instruc tions will be given in this department. In fact, every department of the Col lege will be in charge of compete"! pro fessors, and student taught practice as well as theory in every branch of study. A fine chemical apparatus was long ago procured, and has recently been sup plied with chemicals, retorts, blow-pipes, etc., for analyzing soils and other sub stances. . Work in the laboratory will receive especial attention. The present building can accommodate three hun dred, as well as fifty pupils, and it is the imperative duty of those having the authority to see to it that each Sen atorial District is fully represented. In addition to receiving instruction free of tuition, the students, during the greater portion of the term, are allowed a com pensation for their labor on the farm, while receiving practical instruction, thus enabling them to earn sufficient, by a few hours' labor each day, to pay their incidental expenses. An energetic, industrious young man may in this manner receive a thorough education, embracing any course of study he may elect, virtually for nothing. Let the full quota of State students at once be permitted to enjoy these unequaled ia cilities for acquiring learning. , ' Utah Affairs. The tribulation of the Mormon leaders, in view of decisive Congressional action against-cheir peep liar institution, ia becoming daily more manifest. Already removal from Utah is being discussed. One of their organs to-day says the strong arm of power is to be invoked to make them move on, but where shall they go . Where is it desired they shall next pitch their tents 1 Before, however, they figure closely on starting, how much, asks the Herald, will the Government give for the proper ty they have gathered around them for the last quarter of a century? The priesthood are understood to be serious ly contemplating the possible necessity of another pioneer expedition, but it is not generally believed that the Saints, as a body, can ever be induced to aban don their present homes. ; There is no doubt that Brigham is endeavoring to secure a new country for his kingdom, and it is intimated that negotiations have been renewed , for the exclusive possession of one of the Sandwich Islands. . i . ; Indian Insolence. The Jackson ville Times says that a number of men who own stock in the Modoc country have lost thousands of .dollars every year in the. killing of their'cattle by Indians, besides buying their good will in leasing the land they had no legal right to. claim. , Louis Land, after tak ing up a. ranch., on the Government domain, had to pay the Indians horses, provisions, , etck, to a considerable amount, before they would permit him to bnild a cabin. Other aettlora oTun had to make similar compromises in set- inng oa puduc iana anywhere around Tule Lake. -' -:-': The land on the line of the North Pacific. Railroad between Red river and Missouri river is susceptible of the highest state of cultivation. AN EARNEST PROTEST. A special dispatch from Washington to the New York Times, dated Febru ary 5th, gives the instructions of the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Modoc Peace Commissioners. In these instructions, the Commissioner says, from the best information in Its possession, the Department thinks it ad visable to locate the Modocs upon either the Siletz or Grande Ronde Reserva tions. Where the Department obtained its " best intormation " we are at a total loss to conjecture, unless it came from the same brilliant intellects whence sprang the idea of making a treaty with, instead of hanging, Captain Jack and his band. Instead of being advis able, the location of the Modocs upon either of the Coast Reservations would be an unparalleled, high-handed out rage upon the citizens of the west side counties, and place an incubus upon the wealthiest and most populous section of our fair State. 'Already the few Indians now upon these Coast Reservations have been found insuborninate ; they have, quite recently, lighted the brand of in cendiarism, and threatened extermina tion to the settlers npon Yaquina Bay ; the pioneer has been compelled to take his wife and little ones, at the dead of night, in mid-winter, and flee for pro tection against these poor, down-trodden wards of the Indian Department ; and, while settlers are building blockhouses , and organizing militia companies, for mutual protection, the dignified Indian Department thousands of miles away, and as ignorant of the true condition of affairs as a Digger Indian is of Latin " deems it advisabble " to locate in their midst one of the most desperate band3 of savages that ever wielded a toma hawk or drew a scalping-knife, which has been preying upon the settlers of Southern Oregon for more than twenty years, and whose hands are already imbrued with the blood of nearly two hundred innocent white men. This proposed disposition of this intractible band of savages would virtually depop ulate the western extremities of Oregon, and against frequent raids nothing but a strong guard of soldiery could protect the settlers along the west bank of the Willamette river. ,We call upon our cotemporaries on this Bide of the Wil lammette, as well as throughout West ern Oregon, to solemnly protest against the consummation of this outrage. On the War-Path. When the news of the Modoc war first reached Camp Harney the Snake Indians in that vicinity raised a red flag, and de spite efforts of the officer commanding the post, kept it up for several days. Finally the red rascals were informed that unless it was taken down their chief would be hung, and they took it down. Much fear is felt in that section that should the difficulty with the Mo docs not be settled before April, the Snake Indians will give the people of lirant county serious trouble. . The In dians at Cainp'Hafney have already re fused their rations, and there are not enough troops there now to protect the Government property should the In dians see fit to commence hostilities. Camp Warner is in no better condition. It is positively stated that there is not a single warrior among the Snakes' who has not either a Spencer or a Henry rifle. - ' Shocking, i& Trce. The Salt Lake Mining Journal reports a lecture deliv ered in that city by a Mr. Wandell, who, in speaking of a little girl who was reecued from death at the Mountain Meadow massacre, . but whose mother was ' killed in that fearful slaughter, said : - " She had recognized her moth er's dress on a Mormon woman at Cedar City. The child was at once suspected of knowing too much to be permitted live. A council of the Priesthood was at once called, who took her to a con venient place, and after considering her case, doomed her to die. A priest, who had received his ' endowments,' was or dered then and there to execute the sen tence. He seized her, dashed her npon the ground, planted his knee upon her abdomen, with his left hand seized her by the hair, and with the other hand drew his knife and cut her throat." ' The California Mutual Life Insur ance Co., of San Francisco, has ceased business, in consequence of" a law of that State requiring the payment of $12,500 annually into the. Guarantee Fund, rendering it's busiuess unprofit able." v ' - :- f --, : -Portland has twenty-one places of public worship; twelve Masonic Lodges; seven Odd; Fellows' Lodges j three Groves of Druids ; two Tribes of Red Men : nine Benevolent Societies, - and eleven library and literary societies. WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION, f The Oregon State Woman Suffrage Convention, which assembled at Port laud last Friday, adjourned on Saturday evening, after a varied and rambling performance of two days. It adopted a platform, the first plank of which adopts the Declaration - of Independ ence and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments as the creed of the party. It resolved to cling hopefully to the famous splinter inserted among the planks of the Republican platform by the dominant party of the voting sex, in which the demands of women for " additional rights " are guaranteed "respectful consideration." It demanded o Congress an act enabling women to perform certain things which they can not do withoutCongressional enactment. Susan Anthony was commended. The Convention offered its hand and heart in holy marriage to the Oregon State Temperance Alliance ; but whether the Alliance is just ready to taKe sucn a heavy contract in matrimony has not yet transpired. . It is young, and should not bo imposed upon by these manly women. ''Mrs.' Beauty,' a colored female of "strong" proclivities, made a speech, commencing 3,000 years ago, and put the entire audience to sleep be fore she got down to the present age. As the last announcement on the pro gramme, Mrs. A. J. Duniway was in troduced and proceeded to address the large assemblage on the subject of "Freedom," in which she advocated in the strongest terms the granting to wo men everywhere equality before the law, which she urged they were de prived of at present. The speaker made the prediction that within the present Administration the Republican party would, finding that their power was waning, grant to woman the right of suffrage. This would be done to en able them to secure a fresh lease of power. She expected to ratify this an nouncement within three years. After taking up the usual collection, the Con vention adjourned sine die. LEGISLATION FOR UTAH. Following is a synopsis of the bill introduced by Merritt, of Idaho, tor reg ulating polilcal and social affairs Utah: ., First The United.States Marshal is to- serve .all, process of the United States Courts. Second The District Attorney . is directed to prosecute all offenses against the laws ot the United btates, as well as the Territory. . , Third Grand and petit jurors are to be drawn by the United States Judge, Marshal and .District Attorney. Fourth In prosecutions for polyga my proof of cohabitation, declaration or acknowledgment of more than one wife is sumcent. Fifth Mormon Courts to be restric ted -in their jurisdiction. Sixth The election law to be amend- ed, so as to give free expression to the ballot and allow only male citizens to vote. Seventh No polygamist to be allow ed to be naturalized. Eighth Inspectors of Election, Jus tices of the Peace, Notaries, etc., to be appointed by the Governor. id . . u Ninth All land grants made by the Mormon Legislature to be annulled. : TenthAll acts of Mormon Legisla tion in contravention of the organic law of the Territory to be disapproved by Congress. ' This proposed, action by Congress has created quite a breeze in Mormon dom. Efforts are being made, by the Priesthood to stave off legislation, until better arrangements are made to defeat the efforts of the Government in execu ting the laws. Special dispatches have been sent to the. papers East, over the Deseret jLine, deprecating, the Presi dent's policy. It is positively asserted that these; dispatches are made ;up by parties interested in Mormonism, and are far from expresing the sentiment of the people. -' The Public Debt. The entire pub lic debt of the United States, exclusive of Pacific Railway bonds, is $2,260, 943,639 69. Cash in the Treasury, $98, 285,058 39. Of this debt $1,756,016, 000 00 bears interest in coin; $16,608, 000 00 bears interest in currency; $488, 319,649 96 bears no interest. The amount of outstanding bonds issued to the "Pacific Railway, $64,623,512,00. Interest due and .unpaid on Railway bonds, $323,117 56. Interest paid on these bonds by the Government, $18, 509,280 90. Interest repaid by the Rail ways by transportation of mails, &c, $4,118,432 75. ! ,-.,- -K- .. A Bulletiin corespondent gives a par tial list of murders committed by the Modoc.-Indians since 1850, numbering 150, arid says he could add scores, if space permitted.. ; . r. After all obligations are paid, Horace Greeley's' two daughters will each re ceive $100,000. PACIFIC SLOPERS? A statue of Col E. D. Baker ia "to be erected in Washington. . , sv Travel on th TTnnor rinliimtiia will be resumed next Monday. . '--'' - Two more steam fire engines .are to be purchased for Portland. " y . Union town ia the newly elected county-seat of Union county. Heavy rains have fallen arround Jacksonville, and miners are busy. . When a man dies in Helena, Montana, they advertise for sealed proposals to bury him. Sailing vessels average ten trips a year, each between "fioos Bay and Sau Francisco. Joseph Coxon, charged with the murder of Hasbrouck, is in the Yamhill county jail. A new telegraph office has been estab lished at Rock Point, 13 miles north of Jacksonville. The M. E. Church South contemplate the building of a church at Harrisburg next summer. V" S. G. Reed recently sold two of his Short-horn calves for $2,200. Raising fine stock pays. - Oregon papers are requested to notice the death of Amos A. . Stoddard at East Cleveland, Ohio, January 24th. FLASHES OF LIGHTNING. Caldwell, Senator from Kansas, will resign. Disastrous floods have occurred in Pennsylvania. The Goat Island bill exhibits signs of aproaching death. Cuba has given her adhesion to the new bpanish Republic. Gen. Grant will start on his Southern tour March 20 th. Nearly all the Cabi net will accompany him. The French Government will not permit Pardonet, the Kansas Emigra tion Agent, to lecture in Franc3. The Poland Credit Mobilier Commit tee has reported. They censured none but (Jakes Ames, and recommended his expulsion. Judge Board man denied the applica tion for a new trial of Stokes ; but Judge Davis granted him a hearing be fore a full Bench. It is said that existing corruptibility of Congressmen, and Brigham Young's money-bags, may prevent any definite action on Utah anairs this session. MARRIED: At the residence of the bride's father, noni "Vn-vllis nil the Id Ml inst.. bV Rev. Joseph Emeryy Mr. George W. Biddle, of Uorvanis, to .miss JUinDie oinson. Compliments of the happy couple re ceived. Accept the printer's blessing, and prayer for a life of unalloyed happiness. DIED: Iu King's Valley, Benton county, Ore gon, February 11th, 1873, Mrs. Mary Wat son, aged ui years, z montns anaz uays. Jfacijie uhristian Advocate please copy. Mrs. Watson was a member of the M. E. Church, a native of Kentucky, and em igrated from Illinois to Oregon In 1847. NEW THIS WEEK. D E 1ST TIS THY DR. E. O. SMITH, .,...,,. . OF ALBANY, - "WU1 Pay a Ylslt to CorvaHls on MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1873. rarties desiring First Class Dental work, should give him a can. ROOMS AT- THE CITY HOTEL. - : 2-44tf EES T-A1TT HirST T ! A. NEW IDEA! FRESH YAQUINA BAY OYSTERS HOT LUNCH AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, SERVED IN THE BEST OF STYLE, A L LP H I N'S RESTAURANT, MAIN ST., COBVALLIS. " : 2-44tf - - Summons. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the county of Benton. J. C. Avery, Plaintiff ; vs. E. E. Taylor, De fendant. Motion lor leave to issue an execu tion npon the judgment in said cause. To E. E. TAYLOR, the above named Defend ant : tn the name of the State of Oresron. vou are I hn.bv summoned and reauired to apnearJ ana answer xne utunuu vl tut, uuuuiiiu, uuw on file with the Clerk of said Court, in the above entitled proceeding, on or before the first dayot the next regular term of said Court following the publication of this summons for six weeks, to wit: on the second Monday, the 14th day of April, 1873. And if you fail to an swer the motion of plaintiff as herein required, hewiU apply to the Court for leave to issue an execution against you for the sum of $396 and also $181 70, costs and disbursements, on a udgment, rendered and entered in saia jourj against you, said E. E. Taylor, defendant, on the 19th day of April, 1861, for $275 and $181 70, costs and disbursements, and upon whicb there is now due said sum of $596. besides said $18170, costs and disbursements thereon, a pe riod of five years having elapsed since an exe n iavor oi bhiu j. j. Avery, uroiuiiiii, nuu cution was issued thereon, and plamtin wm ask for costs and disbursements oi w pro ceeding against you. Published by order of Hon. A. J. Thayer, Judge of said Court, said order bearing date of February 19, 1873. - Q. By John Burnett, Assignee. 44w6 Ir"L ADYLil antstrSjiorJi.- VrtTsS in Vi oariftvirlveK t1T'f tli3"underak AX .'ed BitfWcn appointed" j.luiinlstrator.v ne estate or-aonn me,.-eceasea. m pereon ed to present the' mii Willi tha propel1,. vonclier&akto mis at- ifayiHca in Korvauwj Benton :5Conty, , fcftbn, -within six months frem, tliA ilntf rtf fhift. M.inA ' ThnaA indebted!- to the estate are notified to make prompt). payment. February 15,1873. 7 - , Administrator. " 43w4 ' ,. - : - , " :. W --' Sheriff's Sale. ; TY VTHTTJE of two decrees and executions?. XJ t Hereon, issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Benton county, to mer directed and delivered, against Joseph Hunt, Anna Hunt, W. H. McFarland, John Hunt,'' Bernard Hunt, and Henry Tolls, and in favor of Jehiel S. Kendall, wherein I auv commanded to sell certain premises, to wit : Lot seven 7, In block six 6, in the city -of .Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon, together Vith the? Brewery, and all the fixtures used thereon and connected therewith, for the purpose of brewing, for gold coin, and, out of the pro-' ceeds of such sale. First To pay John Hunt the sum of two hundred and eight, and seventy-nine hun-" dredths dollars 208 79, with interest at ten' per cent, per annum from the fifteenth day of January, A. D. 1873; - . . - v - , Second To pay Bernard Hunt the sum of one hundred and eighty-one, and fifty-three hundredths dollars $181 633, with interest at ten per cent. I er annum from the fifteenth' day of January, A. D. 1873; , ft Third To pay Jehiel 8. Kendall one thou-l sand three hundred dollars ($1,300) in United . States gold coin, with interest at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum from the fifteenth ' day of January, A. D. 1873; Fourth To pay to Henry Tolle the sum of.:, one hundred and seventy, and eighty-nine hundredths dollars C$170 8, with' interest at ten per cent, per annnm from the fifteenth day of January, A. J. 1873; 4, Fifth The remainder, if any, to pay to YT.y H. McFarland ; Together with the costs and disbursements ., of this suit, I have levied upon the above de-' . scribed real estate, and on Tuesday, the 11th Day of March, 18J3,- I will sell the same at public auction, to the' highest bidder, for gold coin tn hand, to satis-' fy said several amounts, as by said decrees are ordered and directed. Sale win take place in front of the Court House door, in the city of Corvallis, in said county and State, between' the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and fonr o'clock p. m., of said day, that is to say, at two o'clock p. m. J. 8, PALMER, Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon. February 7, A. D. 1873. 2:w4 Administratrix' Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the undersigned has been appointecf , Administratrix of the estate of John B. Henderson. All persons having claims against said estate are requestedto present them, with the proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned, at her residence, about eight miles west of Blodgett's Valley, In1 Benton county. Persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt pay- ment. SUSAN HENDEKSON, Administratrix ot the Estate of JHn & Henderson, deceased. Corvallis, Oregon, February 81 1'873. 2:42w4 V. Estray Notice. TAKEN UP BY THE SUBSCRIBER, living two miles north of Corvallis, in Bnton county, Oregon, on the 28th day of January, 1873, one sorrel mare, with white face, right hind foot white, about fifteen hands high, and about six years old. No other marks or brands perceiva ble. Appraised at $40. JEHIAL STEWART. Corvallis, Oregon, February 7-, 1873. 2:42v4 ' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dissolution Notice. " THE PARTNERSHIP HERETO-; fore existing between E. Q. McCand l;sh and J. A. lianna is tiiis day dissolved by mutual consent. Those indebted to the late firm will please make payment to J. A. Hanna immediately, as all the busi ness must be closed, he assuming all lia bilities. E. Q. MoCANDLLISH, J. A. HAaJNA .CorvaHis, Jan. 15, 1873. . 2:41ml J. A. . H -A. 1ST !N!A.'' SEALER III V ' , SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, PIPES, ECT. ETC. FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY. LEGAL TENDERS BOUOB AND SOLD, A Beal Estate Agency, For the Sale and Lease of Property. J. A. HANNA. Post Offlce, Corvallis, Oregon. v2n42yl, Now is the Time! P. P. GREFFOZ. TWO DOORS SOUTH OF THE CITY HOTEL, CORVALLIS, OREGON. . Has Inst received a line assortment of Clocks. Watches, Jewelry, which he offers for sale at low prices, - ----.. - SOLE AGENT FOR CRESCENT SPECTACLES "Piu-H.'nlRi- Attention civen to renairincr Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, &c. at reason-- able prices, aatisiacnon guaranieeu. x no. XL Inly 6 tf. ' : ."' ; ' ' . '.. I NEW j - BAEBEE SHOPE HALE BACKENSTO, s Proprietor. MAIN STREET. : Shaving, Shampooing, Hair Cutting,. Dyeing, Etor ... . . . In the Highest Style of tha Profession... ' - T the Ladles t ' ' Particular attention paid to Ladies' Hair Cutting, Dressing and Curling. Corvallis, July 16,1872. ftUtf-' rrj O H N D U N GAILz SADDLES & HARNESS. Carriages trimmed and Job Work done up on short notice and at reasonable rates. JIMS STBEET, COBVAUtia, Oregon-, y