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WEEKLY MUUft W OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY Gorvallis, Feb. 21, 1879. FOULWATHERHARBCR SURVEY. Upon the fourth pace of the Ga zette we puWish, -in full, the reports of Col. JhO. M. Wilson, Major Corps of Engineers, -l S. A., and 11. A Habersham, assistant engineer. It is one of the most important, as well as interesting documents, that we ever had the pleasure of lairtg before our leaders, and is taken from a grand speech on the commerce of the North Pacific Coast, by Hon. J. H. Mitchell in the Senate of the United States, January 10, 1879. Senator M., asks tie question : " Shall we have a ma rine asylum for ships ?'' and handles the subject in Ihs qwn happy and masterly style. The entire speech, of 36 pages, tine type,-is filled w ith unanswerable arguments in favor of such an asylum, and the reports re ferred to clearly indicate that Cape Poulweather is the most practicable point for such harbor of refuge. Ac cording to estimates given, an outlay of little more than half a million of dollars at Cape Foulweather will complete a breakwater that would be worth millions of dollars-to com merce, " the benefit of which would be felt by every vessel navigating the Pacific oeean between San Fran cisco and the Strait of Fuca." The necessity for a harbor of re ftlge on this coast, is too apparent to every intelligent citizen to need any further argument by us. To show this necessity. Senator Mitchell com piles a tabular statement ot mari time disasters north of San Franciseo from January 1,-1661 to December 31,- 1639, making 13 pages. The name of every vessel, date, place arid amount of loss, are given. It is an appalling list. With a harbor of refuge at Capo Foulweather, but few of these losses would have occurred. Senator Mitchell also gives the report of Col. Wilson upon the examina tion of Port Orford harbor the low FROM THE CAPITAL. Salem, Feb. 16, 1879. Editor Gazette: The clock of life has marked another week upon the dial of time since I wrote you last, although its course has not been- signalized with any strange or strik ing event in this the city of churches. It has been stormy, disagreeable weatber, with an occasional streak of sunshine to dispel the irloom of over hanging eland Rainbows have made their appearance two consecu tive mornings, which, you know an old saw bids sailors take warning. Whetber or no it has any reference to land lubbers I am uable to say, but positive Iain that same very unpleas ant weather hasr succeeded those of Wednesday and Thursday last. The Supreme Court has been grind1 ing all the week on that old railroad case of Haliaday vs. Elliott ct al, and it will probably take the greater por tion of this week to finish reading the testimony, and several days more will be required in arguing' Che case, some of the best legal talent of the State being employed on eithei side. Messrs. J. N. Dolph, Esq., and E. C. Bronongh; Esq., representing the plaintiff', and W. II.EfBnger, Esq., the defense. The case was carried up from the Marion county court and involves quite a sura of money. No decision has been announced on the Burch mandamus question involving the issuance of warrant by the Sec retary of State on tlib deficiency fund appropriated by the last legislature a question in which a great rramoer-of claimants throughout the Stale feet a deep interest. A decision will prob ably be arrived at during the ensuing week. The Supreme Court is now at work on the docket from this, the third, district, leaving the fourth and fifth districts yet to dispose of, with but few cases in the last named juris diction. Speaking of matters of public im portance, it is astonishing what a deep interest is manifested in tJie Chinese immigration bill now pending- in the Senate of the United States. And still it is not to be won dered at, after all, as the matter is one that is of vital interest to this coast, which is being literally overrun by these representatives of cheap !aJ bor and the passage of the present act. nrohrbitinsr the master of anv est estimated cost of a breakwater at i 0:k" f.., u-;n.;n that place, however, is $3,427,000. We intend, next week, to give this to this country to exceed fifteen Chi nese passengers, will, we feer conn- report, also. As before remarked,! provea biessnig t0 the entire we desire a full and fair investigation j pa(;ific B,ope It is to be h&pe(i the of all the facts relative to the com- ... . & . f ... ! l n n i petmg points ior a naroor cr reiuge. and then let the work be constructed at the most available place-. It would not be good policy on the part of govemnient, however, to spend mil lions of doHars upon a public work at one plaee, when the same benefits could be derived by expending halt a million at another place. Lvt there be no' partiality in this matter. We are willing that Cape Foulweather shall stand or fall upon its own mer its. But we are satisfied that every unprejudiced person will say, upon a careful study of the reports- thai the bay north of Cape Foulweather is just the place for a harbor of refuge. Again, we urae a careful perusal of the reports upon Foul weather harbor,' on' our fourth page. MCMINNVILLEAHff THE R. R. The enterprising little town of in pears in print. By the way, howev er, is them not a loop hole through British Columbia which it would be well to spike. What is there to pre-' vent t) eir landing at Victoria, by the ship load, and thence crossing into Washington Territory scattering far and near at their leisure? This emer gency may have been provided for, but if so, we are not a ware of the fact. The young folks or this city gave an entertainment at the Opera House on- Wednesday1 evening last for the benefit of the Congregational Church, which was largely attended and gave very general satisfaction; Prof. Dia mond's orchestra tarnished the music for the occasion, and C. B.- Moores, Esq;, delivered the address, taking for his subject, "The Drama.'" Charlie, we had always supposed, was "a Methodist born and bred," but Ins McAlinnville, m iamhill county, J remarks on this occasion proved only don't propose to be lett "out in the ! too tl-uly the falsity of our surmises, cold" when the west side road is com- j we are SHnrised to note the ra pleted from Portland up the valley. Ljdity with which he has degenerated. The Yamhill BeKrter, in speaking of Why wou(1 yo,r believe it? he had the prospects of that place, says The object in Mr. Koehler's visit to this piace last week was to submit a proposition to the people of McMinville relative to the building of the westside road through this place on its extension up the valley. His proposition was this : that the citizens of this town and vicinity secure and donate to the company the right of way from St. Jo seph to a point somewhere in the neighbor hood of W. J. Garrison's farm, about half way-between this place and Amity ; and also donate to them a strip of ground about 200x1400 feet in dimensions for depot grounds in the town of McMinnville. To tafce action m regard to this proposition a meeting was called at Mohawk hall at one o'clock yesterday. The hall was tilled with an enthusiastic audience, among whom were the representative men of the town and vicinity,- and who proceeded to business by selecting Hon. H. Warren for president, and L: A. Newby, Esq., as secretary of the meeting. Discussions and a general confer ence followed, -which developed the iuforma. tion that the claims for damages by different parties along the line, and in this place, amounted to about $4,000. Some of these claims were considered by the assembly as exorbitant, and after some further discus sion a committee was selected to consult with the parties claiming damages, with the object of persuading thenv-to modify their claims ; to examine into the matter of dam ages themselves, and report the result of their labors at the next meeting, to be held on Wednesday next, the' 12th inst., at Mo hawk hall. A subscription paper was passed around 'and about $1, 1.30 subscribed to 'pay on damages, and a committee was appointed to circulate the paper throughout the com munity for further contribution. The amount already raised will be largely swelled in a lew clays, and tne sum necessary to se cure the road will, we are confident, be ob tained with little or no difficulty. The mother of Archie Brown, the convict ed murderer has telegraphed she will come to Psrtlanii!, immediately, from San Fran t 'm&q. , Jin. Btown is 70 years of age. - 1 the audacity, in the face of all his early moral training, to uphold the legitimate drama ami bring for" ward-argument after 'argument in de fense of his theme. H said 1 he ex pected to make some one mad by an nouncing his views, but he did it fearlessly, nevertheless, and his ad dress was exeellerrt" throughout. Then followed the production of that charm ing littledi amma, "Among the Break ers," with the following well known ladies and gentlemen in the cast: F. M. Bewley, M. N. Chapman, Geo. W. Belt, George Gray, Samuel W. Church, Charles M. Johns, Miss My ra Belt, Miss Georgia Carpenter and Miss Ella Breyman. It was carried through quite successfully although we are safe in our predictions- that one or more of the amateurs will nev er become successful professionals. The programme, however, gave gen eral satisfaction, -and the net proceeds amounted to nearly one hundred' doi lars The controversy among the faith ful continues, and the battle cry with Galoway now is, "The conflict deep ens." "On ye braves, who rash to glory or the grave;" whHe Wat kinds and bis crew respond in sten torian tones, "Lay on Macduff and damned be he who cries hold, enough," while outsiders lay back and watch the sport with infinite de. light. Ever and anon some enthusi astic admirer of either of the chief combatants "chips inland adminis ters a side wiper1, and gracefully retires from the field. Even Qnincy A. Brooks, that sanctified little swamp angel, rises to explain, and boldly defies investigation. Verily, Quincy has good cause to chirp. He can make all the fuss he wants to, as he alone has reaped the benefit of about S29,000 spent by the adrhinis t ration in approving (?) the title to swamp lands. It cost that amount to approve about 4,600 acres, and the unterrified "Quincy A." succeeded in gobbling up the entire tract. It cost the State a little over $6.50 an acre, Quincy, the little hero, gets it for $1.00 per acre; 20 per Cent, of which he charges for selecting it in the first place. Fire, and fall back Quincy. Others have the name, while you have the game. You can Well afford to be magnarfimous and give others a chance to spread themselves" before the public. Since writing you last, tits Excel lency the Governor, has made the following appointments: - Notary's Public Hetfekiah Caples, Columbia City; Stephen V. Knor, Weston; W. EL Holmes, Salem; N. B. Humphreys, Albany: B. F. Sargent, Malhuer City; T. J. Stites, Salem; A. Noltner, Port land; and J. W. Kayburu, of your city. Articles of incorporation filed : Witdie Lodge No. 65 I. O.-O. F., of Halsey; Lewisville Lodge No 44 I. 0. O. F., and Oohoco Lodge No. 46 1. O. O. F., Prineville. Many ot our young folks are mak ing active preparations for the mas querade ball announced to take place at Reed'sr Opera House on Friday evening next. It being the first public affair of the season, all but insures its success. A number of the elite of the city congregated at the Chemeketa Hotel, on Friday evening last; and enjoyed the pleasures of a private ball and supper, the latter be ing provided by Mathews, who, as a landlord, is the highest trump in the deck. It was a very pleasant affair and thoroughly enjoyed by all pres ent. The Salem Musical Society, under the leadership of Prof. Kinross'; will give a grand conceit here on the ev ening of the 26th inst., in which he will be assisted by several well known Portland vocalists. Mrs. N. H. Looney, nee Hattie Clark,- has recently presented her liege lord with a bouncing boy baby, and congratulations are in order. The last form of the report of the Legislative Investigating Comrriittee was worked off at the Stale printing office yesterday. It will be in greater demand during the next few weeks than any book ever published on the Pacific Coast. Waile has them for sale, and contemplates purchasing the entire Pacific Railway with the pro ceeds. Ex. Gov. Chadwick has just re turned to the city after a lengthy so journ in Eastern Oregon Benton county lias paid up her entire State tax $12,329.52 W. J. Herroo, a well known stock dealer, in this city, has about 800 head of beef cattle up near Hepner, in Umatilla county, where, report says, the snow is five feet deep. He feais the loss of the entire band, and would today, dis pose of his interest therein at greatly reduced rates. .. .It. II. Price, mail contractor between here and Sheridan had a valuable horse drowned yester day, while endeavoring to ford a stream near Bethel It. is rumored that II. M. Thatcher, our efficientand courteous postmaster, has resigned his office with a view to moving to Eastern Oregon, and that Capt. L. S. Scott will probably be appointed to till the vaeancy. . . . W. li. Dunbar, the well known temperance lecturer, was, at last accounts, snowed in at Weston, Umatilla county Ed. D. and Harry Ed. C rand all, of this city, were passengers on the last steamer r . .. o T.- :. -Ti.-r. THE WESTSIDE ROAD. The location party of the Oregon Central railroad (westside), were, several days since, within a few miles of our city, and before this reaches our readers, will, in all proba bility, be locating the line of road through our streets. So mote it he. The steel rails for the extension of the road from the pres ent terminus to Corvallis have been pur chased, and are probably on the way hith er. The grading will be pushed forward with great rapidity from St. Joseph to this place, the country being level, and but little timber to be cleared, and but few bridges to be built. The Oi egonian of the Kith inst., has the following cheering announcement : The 0. C. B. R. Co. have recently con tracted for another' lot of steel rails at the Philadelphia rolling mills, making with the amount secured by former contract, 4,200 tons, amply enough to'track the road from St. Joe to Corvallis. Two thousand two hundred tons have already been rolled, and the first ship's cargo is neariy completed, and will soon be on the way to this city. Others will follow with quick dispatch. The company has also contracted in the east for three locomotives, three passenger coach es and two baggage cars, and for the axles and wheels necessary in the construction of 80 box cars, which, with the rolling stock and motive power already on the road, will put it in ready trim for the work of remov ing next sea.-ions's grain crop. Contracts have also been made with Fisher Steel, of Bevverton, and T. R. Cornelius, ot Corne lius, for 183.000 ties, all necessary for the distance of the proposed extension. The lo cating party is still in the (ield and have al ready definitely located the line to a point sonic miles south of Amity. The company is now acquiring the right of way, and as soon as this matter is settled will commence grading, probably about the 1st of March. The railroad company is dealing honestly with the people in this matter, and there can be no doubt but that its representations are true and that the plans announced will be fully curried out. POOR CHAOWtCK. Editor Gazette : So lately-vas this man clothed with official royalty. lint now, stripped of authority, and his official acts weighed in the balance and found wanting, and classed with "Gobble," Kelh', Patrick & Co., there is none so low as to do him revergflce. In crowds, on the cars any where and nearly everywhere, he hears cutting taunts and bitter invectives from the taxpayers of Oregon, and how money has been filched from thein by base, unprinci pled State officials. Even Democrats ( not Gen. M. V. Brown, Noltner, nor the Merctay man) are lavish of their curses on him and his co-workers in frauds on the State Treas ury. The ex-Governor was returning lately from Roseburg, upon the cars, and several men sat forward of him on the seats. One man was pouring out some rather harsh lan guage upon the State officials, when Chad wick bristled up and peremptorily demand ed what they were talking about. The chief speaker was a very stout, resolute man, and his eye indicated fight. He, however, re plied with great sang froid, "we sre talking about that hundred thousand dollars which you State officers stole from the State Treas ury of Oregon." Poor Chad's feathers fell, and he retired to the farthest part of the car and sat down a sadder man but said no more. fjJiMji'A. for San Francisco. Good Movb. The Chinese restric tion bill has passed the U. 8.' Senate and became a law. The vote upon its final passage, stood yeas, 3& nays, 27. The bill-was supported by the entire Pacific coast delegation, ably assisted by Blaine and Thurman. Conkling failed to control strength to defeat the bill, although he did his best in thaC direction. A lady writes asking for a -poetical name for a pictoresqne, tumble-down, antique looking farm--'" Call it Lalla Rookhery. You couldn't get a moore antiqe or romantic name than that. One of the most delicate bits of humor in the Bible is Hosea's descrip tion of Ephraim as "a cake not turned." The prophet didn't want to hurt Ephraim's feelings by calling him "half-baked. . America is exporting lager to Germany. After that almost anything may be ' expect ed. Does the gentleman who presides over the place which Bob Ingersoll says doen't exist, want to buy some brimstone ? LIFE FOR LIFE. EXECUTION OF JAMES COOK YESTERDAY AT THE DALLES HE DIED AS HE LIVED, AN ENIGMA TO ALL. Special Dispatch to tlic Oreonian. The Dalles, Feb. 7, 1870. James Cook was executed here to-day at 1 o'clock. lie ate a hearty breakfast this morning, and talked freely to everybody that came to see him. He slept well last night, and acted like a boy let loose from a long term of school. A guard of ten armed men was posted around the jail at 12:30. rather Gauden, the Catholic priest, went to Cook's cell at 12:35 and remained there un til 1 o'clock, when they walked to the scaf fold, the priest first, followed by Cook, then the sheriff aud deputies,. Cook walked with affirm stey, bareheaded, and was neatly dressed. On reaching the scaffold Cook and the priest sat down on the bench and Sheriff Crssen read the death warrant, after read ing which, he turned to Cook and asked him if he had anything to say why the warrant should not be executed. Cook answered, "I have nothing to say." Crossen told him to step on the trap, which he did, and his ankles were strapped. Cook then took leave of Sherilf Crossen, Father Gauden, Sheriffs Xorden and Schuster and Deputy ShcrifF tiaines. At 15 r"inute3 past 1 the noose was adjust ed on his neck, Cook moving his head for ward to assist the sheriff. He looked up at the sky with a calm smile and the sheriff drew the black cap over his face, while he stood Uke a statue. At 17 minutes past 1 o'clock the trap was sprung and Cook fell three teet, dying without a struggle. His neck was not broken but the vertebra were (Uslocated. At 12 minutes the pulse ceased to beat and in 22 minutes the attending phy sicians, Morrison, Logan and Richardson, pronounced life extinct. Hi.s body was then cut down and given to his friends. Quite a number of spectators, includicg a dozen wo men, witnessed the appalling spectacle. Good order was maintained during the exe cution. Cook died as he lived, an enigma and his real name will never be known. A Fatal Surgical Operation. Afflict ed with tumors in the stomach for seeral years Mrs. Timmons, wife of Mr. Grossman Timmons of Astoria, came to Portland a few weeks since for medical treatment. Several physicians of the city hearing of the case, discussed it in ail its bearings, and finally con cluded to perform a very difficult and dan gerous operation to remove the tumors, sup posing that but two existed. The patient professed her willingness to the operation. So that on Monday last all preliminaries ar ranged she was placed under the influence of chloroform, the necessary incision made in the region of the stomach aud an examina tion followed, disclosing five large tumors, which the surgeon's knife soon removed. The fearful strain she was subjected was too much for- the woman's weak system, as she survived the terrible ordeal but 30 hours. Thehushand when he learned of the fearful result of the operation was very much excit ed, and regretted having permitted his wife to undergo so fatal a trial. The remains will be taken to Vancouver for burial, where the deased had several relations residing. Port land Bee, Feb. 12th. A Bold Robbery. Last Thursday night some burglarious scoundrel entered the resi dence of Mr. Hibbard and managed to get away wfth a vest which contained a very valuable gold watch and chain. Mrs. Hib bard awoke, and seeing the burglar sneak ing along the bedside;' screamed, which awoke her husband in time to see the fel low glide out of the rooni: Taking in the situation, he sprang to the floor, seized a pistol and gave chase.' He fired two shots after the thief, but failed to bring him down or recover his property. It has been said that an organization of thieves exist and work between this point and San Francisco, and if Mr. H. ever recovers his watch, he -will find it at the Bay. Portland Standard. PACIFIC COAST. Oregon. All the streams in Yamhill county are overflowed. Jackson county farmers are putting in spring grain. James Cochran, Esq. , hate captain of the Steamboat McCtilly, will henceforth reside in Oregon City. A protracted meeting under the guidance of Pev. Sails is in progress at Buena Vista and is meeting with good success. The Indians on the Klamath reservation have lost about 40 head of horses and cattle by breaking through the ice in the tules. The Albany Democrat learns that fall sown wheat in Linn and a ljacent counties was not injured by the recent cold weather. Albany has held a meeting to conside: the matter of inducing the proposed Spring field narrow gauge road to pass through that city. A United Presbyterian church building costing between S3,000 and 4,000 has just been completed in Orleans precinct in Linn county. Roseburg boasts two dailies the Plain dealer and M ! Both small but spicy pa pers. 'Rah for Roseburg. Both papers re ceived. Thanks. Several horses in the vicinity of Sublimi ty are sick from the eifects of an epidemic now going through that region. !No case has as yet proved fatal. The season for fish and dgg- diet is near at hand. Lent will bj twelve days later this year than in 1878, Ash Wednesday oc curring oh the 2Gth inst. Mr. H. Fisher, of Roseburg, has been bilked by a New York firm, who sent him a box of worthless stone, marked " C. O. D.," ; the charges for transportation being S2 50 more. The Ashland academy building was sold on the 8th mst. by the sheriff by virtue of a decree of the. circuit court foreclosing a mortgage held by W. C. Myer. Mr. Myer was the purchaser at S3, 700. The sale will not interfere with the present term of school. The suow on the summit of the moun tains over the McKenzie road is one of the 'Heaviest that has fallen for many years. It is said to be between 30 and 40 miles across, and from five to fifteen feet in depth. The mail carrier has to use snow shots to cross with the mail to Ochoco. Several dwelling houses at Salem have been robbed during the past two weeks. The boarding house of Mr. Ashenfelter, on the corner of Liberty and High streets, was entered last Wednesday night and a trunk containing about S200 worth of clothing taken away. H.s,hoio Independent : S. G. Reed raised on his farm in this county a Berkshire hog, which he sent to the Portland market, whose gross weight was 1,040 pounds, net weight 870 pounds. It was a thoroughbred Berkshire, descended from thoroughbreds imported into this State several years ago. A cAe was before an Albany justice last Wednesday in which a man named- Arm strong, 6'0 years of age, was convicted of assaulting a man named Humphrey, 75 years of age. He was fined 15 aud costs, in all amounting to about 50. The assault was committed ly throwing brickbats. A correspondent writing from Tnlalatin says: The diphtheria is still raging here. A little son of W. C. Hicklin died last weak with it, and the rest of tho family are all down with it except the oldest son. The oldest son of W. A. Lewis also died last week with the same disease, and his second son is also dangerously iil with it. A meeting to consider the matter of build ing a narrow gauge railroad from Oregon City to Mo'aila was held last week at the former place. Several addresses favoring the enterprise were made and a petition for subscriptions drawn up. Maj. Thomas Charman and Hon. J. ' Myers headed the list with the handsome sum of $1,000 each. A number of other subscriptions were taken amounting to nearly ", 009. Mrs. R. Cohen, of Harrisburg, was put ting some camphor on her tooth when some of it dropped in the flame of a caudle and the bottle exploded, setting fire to Mrs. Co hen's clothes. She undressed very hurriedly, bat not quickly enough to escape severe burns on her limbs, between the knees -and ankles. Her husband's hands were also badly hurt. Of the Piutes taken to the Yakima reser vation, the Olympia Transcript gays : It costs 700 a day to feed these vagabonds and their ponies, and as much more to take care of them. They burn fifteen cords of wood a day to cook their muckamuok and toast their shim. They have a thousand ponies to feed, for which the Goldendale mill has just ground two thousand bushels of grain. Indian Dave, son of Wapato Dave, is now in jail at Grande Ronde, charged with the murder of another Indian. A short time since these Indians went out hunting, and a couple of days afterward the dead body of Dave's companion was found in the forest. Dave, when arrested, said the other Indian shot himself, but circumstances indicate a premeditated murder, and he will be held for trial. Gone to Dayton. Capt. W. J. Johnson, who ha3 been a resident of Corvallis for sev eral year past, started for Dayton, W. T., last Saturday. Captain Johnson enlisted, as a, private soldier, in answer to the first call in the war of the Rebellion, and was in ac tive service until its close, having received promotions for gallant conduct. His health having become impaired, from wounds and exposure during the war, has not been good for several months, and it is in hope of find ing a more congenial climate that he makes the present change. We trust that his health may be so much improved as to ena able him to return to our city, at an early period, and that during hi3 absence he may meet with the consideration, at the hands of strangers, that his worth demands. School Tax. At the annual meeting of the School Directors of the North District School, it was decided to recommend a tax to be levied by the annual school meeting in March, for the purpose of reseating and oth erwise repairing the building. This is a move in the right direction, as the desks now used are old and many of them unfit for use, and no repairs of any kind have been made on the building for a number of years. - The tax will be, but small. In Business. As will be seen by our ad vertising columns under " new this week," Mr. C. IT. Barlow, who has been with Sheppard & Jay cox for several months past, has been received as a partner in the busi ness. Mr. B. is a gentleman of courteous manners and address, and we bespeak for him a prosperous future in the connection just formed with this justly popular firm. Uncle Tom's Cabin. This drama was performed m this city, on Wednesday even ing, by the Wilton Troiipe, to a very good audience. The parts of " Eva,'-' by little Lolla, "Topsy," by Mrs. Wilton, and "Un cle Tom," by Frank Wilton, were unusually well sustained. Taken altogether the per formance was good, and could not have been better under the circumstances. TELEGEAPHia COMPILED FBOIf THE DAILY OREGONIAH. Washington, Feb. 14. The president has nominated Horatio C. Burchard, of Illi nois, director of the mints, vice Linderman. Burchard is a member of the present con gress. He has made the subject of coinage and currency a special study for years. Ottawa, Canada, Feb. 14. The Govern or General, in an address to parliament, says that he will press for the most vigor ous prosecution of the Canadian Pacific rail way. Thermometer 31 below zero. The cold est weather of the season prevails in the valley. At several points mercury is fro zen. Panama, Fob. 6. Peruvian advices state that Arequipa was visited on January 9th, at midnight, with the severest earthquake since that which destroyed the city August (ith. The inhabitants ran frantically through the streets. No lives lost. Other shocks are feared. The Lost account states tliat the earthquake was severely felt on the 12th at I quique. Liverpool, Feb. 14. At a meeting of the Liverpool health committee yesterday the town clerk stated that the recent order of the privy council would entirely prevent shipments of live stock from tiie United States to Liverpool, because Liverpool is registered under the act as a foreign animals' wharf only. Paris, Feb 14. The Official Journal says that the latest reports of the plague are re assuring. It has not increased and ener getic meas have been adopted for its sup pression. The French government has dis patched a physician to investigate the dis ease. Reports that it has appeared in Tur key are unfounded. There is no ground for panic and no danger for the present from ar rivals from the Black S'M or Sea of Azof. Nevertheless the minister of commerce has' ordered a quarantine of two days at French ports on the Mediterranean and in Algeria, including arrivals from the Black Sea and Sea of Azof, even when provided with clean bills of health. London, Feb. 14. Italian advices seem to show that Italy is more panic-striekcri by the reports of the plague than are the countries nearer Russia. Tire itubattiito line of steamers between Italy and Egypt have been discontinued and the importation of Egyptian cattle prohibited. At Palermo a Greek corn-laden vessel, attempting to en ter the port, was warned off by cannon shot. Tae lower Hcye3' cotton mill at Maccles field, employing a thousand hand:-; has given noticethat it will close indefinitely in con sequence of depression in trade. Rome, Feb. 14. A decision has just been reached at the Vatican to create certain new dioceses in the United States in conse quence of the growth of the church in that country, Washington, Feb. 15. Minister Kasson, writing from V lenna, says that the liussian plague excites great alarm in Germany, Austria and Hungary ; that nearly all the patients have died and six army surgeons and nearly all who came in contact with the dead had died, although disinfectants were freely used. Mortaility among the -sick in some places was evual to 100 per cent. The president to-day approved the act to allow women to practice before the supreme court, and also the naval appropriation bill. In the house to-day amendments provid ing additonal clerical force to make opera tive the pensions arrearage bill, were with drawn on assurances that the appropriation committee would report on Monday or Tuesday a bill for the payment of these arrearages, and giving the necessary clerical force. Sub3riptiona to the 4 per cent, loan, since yesterday's report, 5(52,200. Thns. O. Cummings was nominated to day to be postmaster at Watsouville, Cali fornia. Washington, Feb. 16. Delegate Jacobs, of Washington territory, has introduced in the house of representatives a joint resolu tion which provides that unless the North ern Pacific railroad company shall complete j one hundred miles ot railroad on its main line, twenty-five of which shall be west of I tho Rocky mountains, and also twenty I mi'es on its branch in Washington territory within one year from the passage of this res olution, the land heretofore granted, both for branch and main line, then unearned, shall be declared forfeited and restored to the public lands of the United States. New York, Feb. 15. A Pari3 correspon dent states that MacMahon's refusal to ac cept the result of the elections and remove objectionable civil and military oincers was not due to personal friendship and other mo tives publicly assigned, but fear of being in cluded in the threatened impeachment of the ministry, and particularly to the influ ence of the bishop of Angers, an active poli tician of the church ; also, that the scene in the concil chamber when MacMahcn resign ed was very stormy, he being in a furious rage, interrupting Dufaure with foulest oatiis, and leaving the chamber abruptly in a towel ing passion. Under the second decision of the supreme court against polygamy a formidable move ment has begun agairi3t the Onieda Com munity of tiiis state. Bishop Huntington, of tin: Episcopal church, was the originator. At a conference of leading clergymen, of different denominations, held at the Syra cuse university yesterday, a committee was appointed to examine and report a prac ticable method of proceeding against the community, which numbers five hundred persons, and owns several millions of prop erty. G3CVER, CHADVtfiGK AND CANN. Though Mr. Chadwick didn't explain any thing and studiously framed his answers to avoid the questions directly put by the com mittee, he succeded in showing with suffi cient clearness that the affairs with which he had to do were shamefully mismanaged. His testimony, so-called, is a much more complete exposure of official delinquency than might at first appear on the mere race of his equivocations. It is apparent that in all the matters of business in relation to which he wa3 catechised there was no fidel ity whatever on the part of the officials to the State. In land matters speculators had it all their own way. They got leave to file their applications and received certificates of payment thereon without paying a cent ; and Chadwick, when forced into a corner was obliged to admit that tins was done up on a rule or order made by the board. Yet Mr. Grover, who was a me-Aberof the board, rises in the Senate to an explanation, in the course of which he avers that the land busi ness had all been properly conducted, to the highest benefit of the State. He can now make a supplementary explanation based on Chadwick's statement that when persons came before the board with promises to pay, such promises were regarded as equivalent to cash, and that even the Walker promise, on which receipt was given; was '-regarded pa a payment." Where was Grover when the " order " was made under which such things were done? Again, Grover m his speech declares that no member of the board was interested, directly or indirectly, inland transactions. But the committee succeeded in getting it out of Cann, though it was ob taining a confession by torture, that members of the board, and Gilfry also, were interested in certain filings. In his explanation in the Senate, Grover took the high ground that everything had been conducted by the board for the highest good of the State. Those who have read the testimony of Chadwick and Cann are now prepared to estimate Gro-ver-s declaration at its true worth. A more scandalous administration would be impossi ble, Oregonian, 7th inst. Five residences of Albany were robbed last week. NOTICE, U. S. Land Office, OregoK City, Or., February 6, 1879. ) Complaint having been entered at this of fice by Oswald Kaeten against Frederick W. Godfrey for abandoning his Homestead En try No. 3373, dated August 2o, 1878, up on the E i of the S E i, Section 2, Town ship 12 south, Range 7 west in Benton county, Oregon, with a view to' cancellation of said entry : the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at the office of B.' W. Wilson, County Clerk, Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon, on the 21st day of Maich, 1879. at 10 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment. L. T. BARIN, Register, T. R. HARRISON, Receiver.' " 14febl 6:7 w6. Summons. ( 1 . N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE State of Oregon for Benton County. Luesa A. Johnson, 1 Plaintiff, I Newton C. Johnson, ) Defendant. ifo Newton C. Johnson, the above named Defendant : In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby summoned and re quired to appear and answer the complaint of said Plaintiff in the above entitled suit now on file in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before the next term of said Circuit Court to be holden at Corvallis, in said county, on the second Monday of April, A. D. 1S79. And you are heieby notified that if you fail to answer said Complaint as herein required, the Plaintiff will apply to said court for the relief demanded in the complaint. The object of said suit is a di vorce from the bonds of matrimony now ex isting betweenplaintiff and defendant. Pub lished by order of Hon. J. F. Watson, Judge, at chambers, on the 8th day of October, 1878. Dated this 6th day of Februarv. A. Di 1879. F. A. CHENOVyETH, 21febl6;8w6. Pi'lPs Attorney.- Qrder to Show Cause on Ap plication for License to Sell Real Estate of Minors. In the matter of the Guardianship arid Estate of Wayman St. Clair, Inez I. St. , Clair and Arthur St. Clair, minor heirs of Wayman St. Clair, deceased. Application for License to Sell the Real Estate of said Minors. AT THIS TIME COMES M. J. BRIGGS (formerly M. J. St. Clair) guardiafl of said minor heirs, Wayman St. Clair, Inez I: St. Clair and Arthur St. Clair, and by her petition duly verified by her own oath, and tiled in this Court, prays the Court for a license to sell the real property of said minors in said petition mentioned and de- ! scribed as follows, to-wit : 1 he undivided j 3-5 (three-fifths) (each of said minors own ! ing a lifth) of the n'orth of the Donation i Land Claim of Wayman St. Clair and M. J. St. Clair, his wite. it being claim JNo. 47 in Township 12, S. R. 6 west, " Will. Mer." in Benton county, State of Oregon, containing 1)20 acres. Also the undivided 3-5 (three-fifths) of (50 acres of land off of the north side of the ' south - tii said Donation Land Claim, No. 47, in T. 12, S. R. 6 west " Will. Mer." in' Benton county, Oregon, the said 60 acres being and lying along and being off of the north side of said south J of claim No. 471 in a strip of equal width along the whole north side of the south half of said claim. The undivided 15-5 of lots 11 and 12 in' block 14, Dixon's Addition to the' City of Corvallis. And the undivided 3-5 of lot 8' in block 3 in Dixon s Addition to the City of Corvallis. Awl also the undivided 3-5- of the andiVided of lot 12 in block 6 in Dixon's Addition to the City of Corvallis. Also the undivided 3-5 of the undivided A of lots Nos. 1 and 2 in block one (1) in', the City of Corvallis, Original Town of Marysvi'lle, aud the undivided 3-5 of the undivided A of the south J of a certain1 piece or parcel of land lying east of said Idock one (1), being bounded on the north' by Van iJuren street, on the west by Fjrst or Water street, on the south by Jackson ' street, on the east by tho' Willamette river; saving, excepting and reserving the right of way for a public roait over the N. W. corner of said last described parcel of land to the ferry on the said Willamette river, saving and excepting from the last above described lands the hnpro-vements and buildings there on. AIM lie above described lots being sit uated in Corvallis, Benton county, State of Oregon, which petition sets forth the con ditiouof the estate of said wards arid the facts and circumstances under whi -h it is founded, tending to show the necessity or expediency of such a sale, and is duly verb tied by the oath of the petitioner. It appearing to the Court from such peti tion that it is necessary and woufd be bene ficial to the wards that' such real estate should be abld. It is ordered by the Court that Joseph D. Johnson be and is hereby appointed guardi an ad Hum of Wayman St. Clair, Inez I. St. Clair and Arthur St. Clair, minor heirs of Wayman St. Clair, deceased, to repre sent their interest in this proceeding. It is therefore ordered by the Court that the next of kin of the said wards, to-wit : M. J. Briggs, Mary Bryson, Inez I. St. Clair, Arthur St. -Clair, Wayman St. Clair' and Laura O. Fuller ; and also the following interested jiersons in said, estate : Isaac Moore, M. J. Briggs, guardian of said mi nors, the Corvallis Warehouse Company and Joseph D. Johnson, the guardian ad litem of said minors, and all persons inter ested in the estate, be and they are hereby required to lie and appear before the County Court of the State of Oregon for the Coun ty of Benton, in the Court room thereof, hv the Court House, at the City of Corvallis, Benton county, State of Oregon, on Satur day, the (8) eighth day ot Marco, A. )., 1879, at 10 o'clock, a.' si. of said day, to show cause why a license should not be : granted for the sale of such estate. . Arid that a copy of this order be published in the'' Corvallis Gazette, a newspaper published and circulating irj the County of Benton, Oregon, for three consecutive weeks. Witness, Hon. W. S. McFadden, Judge of said County Court, with the seal of said County affixed, this 12th day of February, 1879. B. W. WILSON, !C:7-w3 Clerk. Rees Hamlix. Emhett F. Wssitir. J DEAYAGE ! DILIYAGE ! ! Hamlin & Wrenn, Propr's,; HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM SALEM Wlt& a'liew Truckt and having leased the barn for inerly occupied by Mr. James Eglm. I am now pre pared to do all kinds of DRAYING AND HAULING, either in the city or country, at the lowest living . rates. Can be found at the old Truck stand. A share of the public patronage respectfully solicited. R. S. SHACKELFORD. Corvallis, Dee. 27, 1878. 15:52U. HOUSE MOVING. in till ALPHIN & LORD, Propr.'s. BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS, Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to Raise, Move, put under New Sills and level up your barns, and Buildings of any kind, on short notice. TERMS REASONABLE. ALPHIN & LORD. Corvallis, Jan. 31, 1879; 16:5tf