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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY Corvallis, Feb. 28, 1879. W. B. CARTER, THE RESTRICTION BILL. At last accounts, the Chinese re striction bill ot Congress was still in the hands of the President, and in consequence of certain amendments it is feared that President Hayes will Withhold his signature, and thus de feat the bill. William Lloyd Garri son through the New York Tribune, is one of the strongest opponents of the bill, while Senator Blaine meets him in a bold and masterly manner, and calmly and forcibly reviews the subject, assigning the most potent and unansw erable reasons why Chi nese immigration should be restrict ed extracts from which we will give Our readers in next Gazette. Senator Blaine takes the position tbat the Chinese do not come volun tarilv. as immigrants from other Countries, but are here under contract, which is simply a species of coolie trade, highly detrimental to this Country, and in direct violation of the Burlingame treaty. His points are Well taken, and will find a hearty indorsement throughout the Pacific Coast, where the evils of the present system of Chinese importation are most felt. Mr. Blaine asserts that "the Chinese question is intimately and inseparably connected with the labor question. That the present mode of filling our country with the lowest grades of an inferior race, Contrary to the best interests of tile laboring class, is a most dangerous experiment in a Republic where the man who works carries a ballot in his hands: It will not do for capital ized wealth to legislate for cheap la DOi; We do not want cheap labor; We'do not want dear labor; we want labor at fair rates, at rates that will give the laborer his fair share and the capitalist his fair share.'' Senator Blaine has given this ques tion much thought and study, and takes a broad, statesmanlike view of the whole subject ; and his views fulljr. accord with those of all well informed persons upon this coast, who understand the evils of Chinese immigration, and are the immediate suflerers therefrom. Suppose a body of Methodist ministers, in New York city, should protest against any con gressional action in this matter and advise tb'e President to veto the bill, what does it amount to? They are totally ignorant of the real questions at issue, or the untold evils that fol low the present system of so-called Chinese immigration. Their beauti ful, fine-spun theories cn this subject, arelike the fanciful writings about "the noble red-man," and the "love ly maidens of the forest," while our frontier farms are laid in ashes and innocent women and children, by the hundreds, are mercilessly butch ered by savage hordes. It is not the part of philanthropy, or religion, to make war upon our own "flesh and blood;" for wrongs which exist only m the imagination of fertile brains, and uphold pagan savages in their Work of demoralization and ruin. "Self-preservation" is the first law of nature, and upon this theory are the people of this coast acting in their Opposition to the present unlawful system of so called Chinese immigra tion. Would it not be the part of philanthropy and love of country, to Withdraw the missionaries, now in China, if such a step should become actually necessary, rather than deluge our own fair laud with millions of a pagan race which have no sentiments Hi common with us, and who never can become citizens ? Those Metho dist ministers of New York, take a ery narrow contracted view of this subject, and for this reason their pinionsshould carry but little weight. Frozen to Death. A party of five men, consisting, of Thomas Par ker, Whose family resides near Oregon City, James Johnson, Welch, Carson, and and another man, whose name is not ascertained, says the Portland Bee, started sometime since for Was co cetftity. Arriving, at The Dalles, they started on foot for their destin ation, but being overtaken by a blind ing snow 8tprm, took shelter in a barn on the road. Welch had his feet badly frozen, and Parker sucenmed and froze to death before assistance could reach him. A. C. Edmonds, the Orefton mechanic, Was stricken with paralysis recently while peaking at a public meeting in Woodland, Yolo county, California. His left side is entirely useless ; he has lost the nse of his left eye, and is suffering great agony at his residence in Portland. Indian Steve, of Jackson county, has been acquitted of the murder of Eri Sibring. A MOST HORRID MURDER. The Portland Standard of Sunday and Oregonian of Monday, contain the sickening details of one of the most cruel and horrid murders that was ever pepetrated in our State. The victim was Mrs. Barbara Hagar, a German lady, aged 55 years. The whole affair is shrouded in the deepest mystery, although suspicions rest up on two parties, and District Attorney Caples immediately repaired to the scene of the fearful tragedy, and will spare no labor, pains or expense, in bringing the fiendish perpetrators to the bar of justice. The particulars, in brief, are as follows : Six years since a Mr. Hagar, wile andtWo'daugh ters and a son arrived in Portland from Wisconsin. One daughter and the son reside in Portland, while the old people and the remaining daugh ter live on the McNary farm, some three and a half miles above Milwau kie, in Clackamas county. Last Fri day the old gentleman went to Port land, on business. After dinner the daughter Mary, aged 25 years, went to Oregon City, on' business, return ing home about 5 o'clock P. M. Af ter putting her horse away, she trip ped into the house as usual but no 1 i i c . i: pen can aescnoe ner iceimgs, pi in duced by the terrible scene of blood and carnage that met her gaze. Her dear mother, whonf she had so affec tionately kissed a good by, only a few hours previous, now lay a man gled, mutilated, bleeding corpse upon the floor, her head almost literally severed from the body, besides vari ous marks of violence, evidently in dieted by some fiend incarnate, armed with a hatchet, which lay upon a block near the door . ot the bouse. The girl fell senseless upon the man gled form of that affectionate mother How long she remained in this condi tion she does not know but as soon as consciousness returned, she hasten ed to a neighbor's and gave the alarm and friends rapidly gathered around. The scene beggars all de scription the floors, doors and furni ture were besmeared and spattered with blood, everything indicating a most desperate struggle. A linen collar, evidently torn from the neck of the iiund, by the struggling wo man, was found upon the kitchen floor, when the horrid butchery was perpetrated. Fiom all appearances the old lady was assaulted while washing the dinner dishes, and a ter rible struggle ensued-. The object, no. doubt, was money, as the old people had sometime since, received quite a sum of money from the States, but had loaned it to their son, who was in business in Portland. The doors, trunks, drawers, &c, about the house, were smeared with marks of bloody hands, showing that the house had been thoroughly ransacked after the murder had been committed. About S30 in money, a gold chain, and some keepsakes,' were the only valuables found. Hanging is too good for such a wretch. FROM THE CAPITAL. Salem, Feb. 24, 1879. Editor Gazette : "Temp us fu git," and the calendar warns us that publication day draws near, and as yet we have not served out the pabu lum from this section of the country, a dose which were your readers to omit swallowing weekly would per haps result disastrously Methinks, however, wewill be compelledto draw it very mild this week, taking it for granted your readers, as our patients, are convalesce!, and reduce the dose accordingly. Won may, perhaps, im agine Corvallis a- nice, quiet little spot where, as an inland town, you have little or nothing to excite or in terest the public mind but after all, we just believe, as Salemites, we can discount you and give you a dozen on the string. Why, bless your soul, a real good dog fight, where the con testing canines exhibit anything like pluck and tenacity would prove a god-send to us all, and' we would close our stores and offices and flock thitherward to see the fun ; and as for a "knock down and- drag out" among the brutes of the higher order, why bless you, the recital of the inci dents attending it would be tid bits of the rarest, raciest quality, such as we would roll beneath our tongues in ecstatic glee before permitting it to escape from us. And oh I for a scandal a rich racy scandal, with the inevitable woman in the case. Something, that although trifling in actual detail, might be peddled out in small quantities and whispered in one's ear as the greatest secret extant. One that can be dwelt on, talked over, considered under, and added to. One that will bear exaggeration, if not investigation. Let Mrs, Tombs tell Mrs. Smith that Mrs. Jones said Mrs. Johnson remarked in the hear ing of Mrs. Thompson that she had heard that Mrs. Simkins insinuated to Mrs. Survill that Mrs. Downs' cous in's Wife's sister was detected kissing her young man over the front gate the other evening after prayer meet ing. Let the thing be ever so trivial, at first, by the time it passes through the unmerciless routine of public comment the innocent maid who so unwisely permitted her young man to give her a chaste salute over the front gale will perhaps be the mother to a half dozen fatherless boys and girls. But what matters a young girl's rep utation. It's a mere drop in the bucket compared with the necessity of having something to talk about, for you know people must talk, and young ladies, for that matter, needn't -have any reputation. Well, we have had Oiir annual at tack of masquerade and are just re covering from its effects. It broke out bad On Friday evening last and culminated in an experience meeting at Reed's Opera House, where young and old alike dropped in and beneath the friendly mak made love and talked sweet nothings to others of the opposite sex. Flirtations such as would not be countenanced elsewhere were indulged in, the participants meanwhile acknowledging that while 'twas nice 'twas naughty. Several prizes were given, the only one we competed for being the one won by J. W. Graves, who, to our infinite surprise and dire disappointment, was voted the ugliest dancer in the hall. The Supreme Court having decided it the duty of the Secretary of State to issue his warrants on the deficiency fund appropriated by the last Iegisla ture, his office has recently been be seiged by claimants. And now comes another rub. The Investigating Com mittee have, in their report, taken issue with the former administration for allowing sheriffs mileage in con veying convicts to the penitentiary or insane persons to the asylum and urges the Governor to commence suit for the recovery of the funds so squandered. Desirous of testing the law on the question, and foronce and all settling the vexed controversy, Secretary Earhart has after due delib eration and a careful review . of the case concluded to hereafter disallow mileage, permitting those interested to seek redress through the courts. A test case will be made at once and the question finally and irrevocably disposed of. The parties having the contract for putting the cornice on the capitol building are now at work on the same. It is quit an undertaking but when once completed will add materially to the appearance of the outside of the building. Speaking of the capitol building reminds me of the corner stone and that in turn reminds me of a little in cident. There has been considerable said and written about Tom. Cann's religious belief which it is said is sealed in the very heart of that stone. Tom., since the investigation,-has con descended to give to his intimate friends the true "inwardness" of that affair. He says he inclosed in a tin box a list of prices current clipped from some newspaper together with a history of several church organiza tions written by some one, perhaps himself, for the press of the day When he handed it in Hon. It. P. Earhart and B. F. Brown, Esq., who had charge of the articles deposited, asked him what the sardine box con tained. Tom. mumbled off' some thing about churches and Setretary Earhart entered it on the list as "Col. T. H. Cann's religious belief," and as such it has created no little comment in secular and religious circles. Tom. says the boys put up a job on him and he has never heard the last of it. The following executive appoint ments have been made since I wrote you last: Notaries Public M. S. Wocock, Corvallis; George H. Jones and Alonzo Gesner, Salem ; H. Bryant, Albany; A. N. Harvey, Rockville; James T. Townsend, Per rydale; Thomas R. Blair, Elkhon-.; and B. F. Goodwin, Portland. Com missioner of Deeds E. B. Nast, N. Y. City. Right Rev. Bishop Morris officiated at the Episcopal church in this city on Sunday last. The ladies of this society held a sociable on Thursday evening last, which proved a very pleasant affair throughout. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smith lost one of their twin daughters on Thursday last, alter an illness of but a few hours' duration. Mr. Smith, one of one tonsorial artists, was last evening married to Miss Minnie Scott. The report of the Investigating Committee has been published and sent by mail to all whom the law provided for. The State Printer is now deliver ing the journals of the last session. The boaid to audit the Indian war claims of '77 and '78 are now in ses sion with T. B. Odeneal, Esq., as clerk. A very pleasant party was given at the residence of M. Meyer on Wednesday last in honor of Miss Carrie Harris, of your city, who was here visiting. Some twenty couple were present, and mirth ruled the hour supreme. We regret 50 learn that F. S. Matthews, proprietor of the Chemek- eta Hotel, is confined to his room by a severe attack of the inflammatory rheumatism. "Ned." SUODEN DEATH. HOST. t. K. HARRISON, OF OREGON C1TT, DROPS g DEAD IN THE STREET, OF HEART DISEASE. The Oregonian ' of Tuesday, Feb. 25th, contains the following very sad r.eWs: "The painfully startling news reached this city yesterday afternoon that Hon. T. R. Harrison, of Oregon City, dropped dead while walking along the streets of that place. So far as is known .Mr. Harrison had been in good health. After falling, Mr. Harrison died almost instantly He had been a resident of Yamhil for many years', having come to thi State in 1S53. For the past four years Mr. Harrison has" been receiver of the land office at Oregon City. A few days ago he was renominated by the President and confirmed by Congress. Decedent was a member of the State Legislature in 1872. He was a native of New York City. In all the relations of life he was an honorable man and nseful citizen. He leaves a family and a large circle of friends to mourn his sudden de parture from the walks of men. THE HARBGRGF REFUGE. Ed. Gazette : In reports and speeches upon the important question of a harbor of refuge, there seems to be one very important point that has been entirely overlooked, and that is, how in the ordinary .course a vessel, caught in a southwest gale, can enter Port Orford harbor ? It is shown by all the reports that the storms that do the most damage, and de stroy the most shipping, are southwest gales. Now, when we consider that a ves sel leaving San Francisco for Puget Sound, or the mouth of the Columbia, must beat westward some 500 miles to get the trade winds, she would be driven too far north, by a gale, before it would be possible for her to make Port Orford ; and if she was abreast of that point, or north of it, of course it would be impossible for her to reach that point, so that a harbor of refuge at Port Orford would be of no practical ben efit to the shipping of this coast ; and if one were constructed there, at a cost of mil lions to the government, not one vessel a yer.r would ever enter there, to seek protec tion from a sou-wester. On the other hand, Cape FouUveather presents the only availa ble point on the whole coast, from the Gold en Gate to the Strait of Fuca, for a harbor of refuge, for the simple reason that it is the only place, far enough north, at which a harbor of refuge could be constructed that would be of any benefit to the shipping on this coast, whatever. If there was a suitable point for said har bor a hundred miles further north it would be stiil better ; but as it is, there is no point at which such a harbor can be constructed where it can be done as cheap, or be of as much benefit to the shipping interests, as at Cape Foulweather. Col. Wilson, in his report, says : After a careful examination of this subject I beg leave to report that, in my opinion, Port Orford is a very available point for a harbor of refuge ; " and then oes on to give, as a reason, that it is nearly midway between San Francisco and the Strait of Fuca ; he also says: "The gales most dreaded by mariners are from the southwest, and are, at times, fearful ifi their severity. On the whole of this northwest coast, between San Francisco and the Strait of Fuca, a dis tance of 750 miles, there is no harbor that a sailing vessel would attempt to enter during a heavy southwest gale. xsow, suppose that sailing vessels could navigate along near the coast between San lurancisco and the Strait of Fuca, it will be seen, at a glance, that a harbor so near San Francisco as Port Orford could not, in the ordinary course of events, be any value to one-tourth of the vessels that would seek safety from a southwest gale ; for more than one-half of them' would be abreast or north of that poiut when caught in the gale and of course could never make that point. But when we consider how tar a vessel must necessarily run to make the coast, it will be seen, at once, of how little practical value a harbor of refuse at Port Orford would be. On the question of the expense of con structing a harbor of refnge, the report shows that it will cost nine million four hundred and four thousand dollars to build a harbor at Port Orford, and that to build a sea wall, that would be of any benefit what ever, would cost three million four hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars, while according to the report of Assistant Engin eer Robert Habersham, a harbor of refuge can be constructed on the north side of Cape f oulweather for six hundred and fifty-six thousand, two hundred and fifty-one dollars; about one-sixth of the cost of a part of a sea wall at Port Orford. Mr. Habersham, in his admirable report of the survey of this point, says : " It is a natural harbor of con siderable extent, even without improvement. I am informed that during southwest gales the whole of the area inside of. the reef is comparatively smooth, and the southeast portion entirely so. " Again he says, speak ing of the harbor north of the Cape : " This would enclose an area of about 100 acres un der the lee of the Cape, with good anchorage, in from 4 to 8 fathoms of water, having a free entrance from the west 1200 feet wide. Such a harbor would satisfy the present ne cessities, not only as a refuge, bnt also as a port of entry. " And he might have truth fully added, that it would not only answer the present necessities, but those of the next generation. There are three courses open to congress on this subject : 1. To squander millions upon a point of no practical benefit. ' 2. To make no appropriation, and let the destruction of valuable lives and property continue. . - 3. To make a reasonable appropriation to construct a harbor where it can be of some benefit. Which will it take ? Mariner. S. H. Clanghton, who has been Lebanon's postmaster for 14 years, has resigned, and his son-in-law, Sam Paul, is the new incumbent. OUR RAILROADPROSPECTS. Ed. Gazette : The 21st was celebrated at Oneatta by a ball, under management of Mr. Allen Parker. The affair was highly creditable, and enjoyed with patriotic zest. The launch Eureka rendered good service in carrying parties to and from the dance. The music and supper would have been ap preciated by George Washington, or " any other man," equally gifted with truthful ness. Mr. Surman notes an increase of rainfall since my last report of nearly 9 inches, and still "coming down " in the most approved Oregon style. The report of Mr. Habersham shows that a fine port of entry can be obtained opposite the center of Oregon's "garden spot" where the largest foreign vessels can come and go without the dangers of a bar, or the delay of tides ; without expensive pilotage or towage, or high rates of insurance - for the small sum of 650,000. Senator J. P. Jones spent twice that sum in making a ter minus to his Santa Monica R. R. property, by building a sea wall straight out to sea, where there is no natural protection ; and if the government, at this time, selects some other poiut, private enterprise will develop this harbor, and make it the terminus of the best paying R. K. in the state, and the first one to reach eastern Oregon and connect with a railroad from the Central Pacific. This is a prophecy of your humble corres pondent. Just as soon as the C. P. finishes, or joins hands with Tom Scott, that corpor ation will commence a railroad to eastern Oregon, to forstall competition in that direc tion, if possible. The Yaquina Bay R. R., (or Philomath and Corvallis R. R., as Sei retary Ried has it) reaching to Canyon City, on a direct line from the coast, will be the first connection with the East, via Browns ville, Halsey and Corvallis. This, one year ago, would have been impracticable, for want of the natural harbor discovered last spring by R. A. Habersham. The N. P. R. R. is 6 or 8 years off, and are crying for that immense land grant, a subsidy against which, in common with all other subsidies, both the Democratic and Republichn platforms of this state have specially inveighed for the last eight years ; and I might add, truthfully, that the people who made these declarations against further subsidies to railroads, defeated the only man we ever had in the U. S. senate with sufficient courage to raise his voice in behalf of the settler upon public lands. I am in hopes our new members will be careful, and not allow any corporation to have control of half a continent, to the exclusion of pre emptors and homesteaders. The N. P. Co. is rich and abundantly able to do, through a fine agricultural country, what the C. P. Co. is doing through a desert. Hon. . Lewis, a gentleman who represented that company, in the capacity of lobbyist, in the last legislature, told me the company didn't build on bonds sold. If they built more road than there was bond and land sales to pay for, the individual stockholders, Biliinc's & Co., mn.de it up, each frequently giving two or three hundred thousand apiece. Such a company, I imagine, des not require the leading paper of Oregon to champion its cause, or the people of this state to relin quish a worthy principle on charitable grounds. Rtalto. Newport, Feb. 23, 1870. . FROM KINGS VALLEY. Fd. Gazette : Pain, muddy roads and high water are the order of the day in this valley. . Smith & Co. have nearly reached the mouth of the Luckiamute with a large lot of logs. Turnidge & Co. are jast starting down the Luckiamute with the finest lot of logs I ever saw. Last Sunday Mr. John Seaborn came near being- drowned, by falling off a log into the the creek. Mr. John Caton, well-known in Corvallis, also took a cold bath, passing un der two logs, but upon coming to the surface, swam ashore, with the remark that he "did not believe in working on Sunday," and went home a wetter, if not a wiser man, having re ceived several bad bruises about the head. Farmers employ every dry day in plow ing. Grain is looking well and gras3 is growing beautifully, over here. Rambler. Kings Valley, Feb. 20, 1879. MARBIE ID : At the ressiience of the bride, by Rev. N. M. Skipworth, Mr. H. C. Rowe, to Mrs. Julia A. Matney, all of Independence, Ore gon. Mr. Rowe was formerly of Philomath. As an indication that the happy couple are not of "tender age," it is stated that both have grand children. DIED. In this city, Feb. 22, 1879, Mr. George F. Denuick, aged 38 years. Mr. Dennick was born in- Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1840. He served four years in the Union army, where he received three wounds, which have caused him much misery since, and in the greatest degree augmented his sufferings in his last illness. He died at peace with' God and in frill assurance of acceptance with the Lord, through the merits of Jesus. He lea;es a wife and three children mourning his loss, yet as such who have a glorious hope of a blessed re-union. W. C. K. In this city, Feb. 15. 1879. Miss Ida D., daughter of J. C. and Irene M. Hunter, aged 14 years and 4 months. Ida was born in Benton county, Oregon, September 16, 1864. She was a student of Corvallis College Her sickness was of a fatal type from the first, disease typhoid" pneumonia; it did its dreadful work in one short week. Her sufferings were severe, but she bore them with wonderful patience" and resignation. All was done' that skilled physicians- and loving hearts could do to ar rest the disease and restore the sufferer, 'but all in vain. Early on Saturday morning her delirium passed away and she awaked to full consciousness. She called her parents and grand parents to her bedside, and asked them to forgive her wherein she had ever done wrong, folded her hands across her breast and earnestly prayed to her Heavenly Father for forgiveness and then sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. She was an obedient child, a kind sister and a dutiful student. Her re mains were conveyed to the Locke graveyard on Sunday, 16th, followed' by a large con course of mourning friends and laid awav in the tomb, there to await the resurrection of the dead. Dear friends, mav this heavy affliction be sanctified bv vour Heavenly Father, to your spiritual and eternal welfare. corvallis, Feb, 25, j; JS. TELEGRAPHIC. COMPILED FROM THE DAILY OREGONIAN. New York, Feb. 21. The Tribune of this morning says : In whatever direction one may look now an experienced observer may see the 'signs of sure recuperation of business prosperity of the country. Among the symptoms'of improvement is the increas ing consumption of iron, always one of the surest signs of large emigration. Berlin, Feb. 21. At a sitting of the Medical society Dr. Virchou delivered a lec ture on the plague, declaring that the epi demic prevaling in Astrachan is the eastern plague. He said that the measures adopted by the German. government were of too gen eral a character. Attention should be prin cipally directed to the necessity of placing the Russian army, returning from Turkey, under medical inspection. London, Feb. 21. A private letter from Sir Garnet Wolsely, governor of Cyprus, has been received. The famous British gen eral says that he has much anxiety as to the future of the Zulu difficulty. England is involved in a life and death struggle. This race is the most warlike in South Africa. It numbers 200.000, and can bring 40,000 well armed, well drilled and admirably dis ciplined warriors into the field, and it will require a large foree of regular troops to subdue them. The struggle will be severe. A friend of Sir Garnet Wolsely eays that the reinforcements being sent out are crue'ly inadequate. The ministers are evidently thinking of the expense as well as the safety of the Cape and the honor of the country. Should the Zulu natives settled in Natal and and the native forces rise, they are sufficient to sweep the British soldiers and wfiites into the sea. Reinforcements are sailing daily amidst enthusiastic demonstrations, the queen giving audiences to the general offi cers. When last heard from the Zulus were preparing a grand combined attack with all their forces. There was thrilling anxiety throughout the colony, especially as the Zu lu king was sending emissaries to other na tive powers urging them not to lose this op portunity to slaughter every white man in South Africa. The colonists are armed to a man, and are prepared, in the last emergen cy, to defend their homes under direction of the military authorities. There is no doubt here about the final victory, but grave fears are still entertained of what may happen before the reinforcements arrive. Washington, Feb. 22. The sundry civil apropriation bill as completed by the com mittee on appropriations and reported to the house to-day contains the following distinct ive Pacific coast items: For continuing work on the Mare Island stone dock, 375,000; for continuing the survey of the Pacific coast, including the Columbia and other rivers to the head of their tidal influence or ship nav igation, 1SO,000 ; for establishing a light house and fog bell to mark the entrance to Oakland harbor, 85,000 ; to pay the amount of the decree of the circuit court, attorney's fees and costs in the case of the United States'vs. Hopkins and others suit institut ed for the purpose of obtaining a condemna tion of land for a lighthouse site at Point Arenas, 6,000 ; for establishing a depot for buoys and supplies in the 12th district, $10, 000 ; for completing a lighthouse and, fog signal to be established at Point Wilson, Puget Sound, .312.000. The anti-Chinese bill passed the house, with all the senate amendments intact, by a vote ot 140 to 95. dent. It will be engrossed Monday. The president and secretary of state are extremely reticent on the Chinese question ; but it is believed by many here that the bill would iiave been signed but for the senate amendment requiring the president to give notice to the Chinese government of the ab rogation of articles 5 and 6 of the treaty. It is held that by this notice we would surren der all rights of protection for .Americans traveling or trading in China, and release her from any treaty obligation, even not to enslave our citizens. New York, Feb. 22. A St. . Petersburg letter says of the plague in Russia : It has spread in the southern provinces at a rapid rate. Thousands upon thousands have died with it within the last five days,, The vic tims, when taken, live only about two hours and turn as black all over as a negro. All physicians ordered to the care of the sick have died, within twentyfour hours after their arrival. The copses are burned, and so are the houses in vhich the people die. Whole towns have been laid -waste during the past few days. The government has placed a cordon of soldiers around the in fected provinces so that the people cannot get out and spread the disease. Any who attempt to break through the cordon are shot dead on the spot. People are begin ning to feel uneasy ail over the empire. The government of course does not allow the news to get out, and all reports are sup pressed, but the worst of all is, that nobody can get out of the empire. The Austrian and German governments have placed a dou ble cordon of soldiers along the frontier, preventing all persons from entering their territory from Russia. All arriving by rail road are stopped at the frontier anil detained twenty days in quarantine, their baggage and clothing disinfected, and if they prove all right after a lapse of twenty days they are permitted to cross the border. During 20 days the quarantined people are housed in large sheds and barns without any ac commodations or comforts. Of course, knowledge of this fact keeps many people from traveling. The government is doing all in its power to prevent the disease from spreading. JSTOTICE. U. S. Land Office, Oregon City, Or., ) February 6, 1879. . ) Complaint having been entered at this of fice bv Oswald Kaeten against Frederick VV. Godfrey for abandoning his Homestead En try No. 3373, dated August 25, 1878, up on the E of the S E J, 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 March, 1879. at 10 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment. v L. T. BARIN, Register, T. R. HARRISON, Receiver. - r 14febl6:7w6. Summons. TN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE I State of Oregon for Benton County. Luesa A. Johnson, l riainnn, vs. Newton C. Johnson, ) Defendant. To 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. 1879. And you are hereby 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 February. A. D. 1879. F. A. CHENOWETH, 21febl6:8w6. PrfFs-Attorney. Order to Show Cause on Ap plication for License to Sell Ileal Estate of Minors. In the matter of the Guardianship and 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) guardian of said minor heirs, Wayman St. Clnir, Inez I. at. Clair and Arthur St. Clair, and by her petition duly verified by her own oath, and filed 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 : The undivided 3-o (thrce-mths) (each ot said mingrs own ing a fifth) of the north of the Donation Land Claim of Wayman St. Clair and M. J. St. Clair, his wife, it .being claim No. 47 in Township 12, S. R. 6 west, "Will. Mer." in Benton county, State of Oregon, containing 320 acres. Also the undivided 3-5 (three-fifths) of i. , ' ' ! 60 acres of land off of the north side of the; li HOW IMJCS LO LUC UIC3J- , , , . A- T i r.1 - XT - e - ...... fV, J. .-.f Co..! TVin(iMI T.nTiil I 1mm No 47, inT. 12, S. R. 6 west " WilL Mer." in Benton county, Oregon, the said 60 acres being and lying along and being off of the nqrth side of said south of claim No. 47, in a strip of equal width along the whole north side of the south half of said claim. The undivided 3-5 of lots II and 12 in block 14, Dixon's Addition to the City ef Corvallis. And the undivided 3-5 of lot S in block 3 in Dixon's Addition to the City of Corvallis. And also the undivided 3-5 of the undivided 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 Marysville, and the undivided 3-5 of the undivided J of the south of a certain piece or parcel of land lying east of said block one (1), being bounded on the north by Van Bnren street, on the west by First or Water street, on the south by Jackson street, on the east by the Willamette river, saving, excepting and reserving the right of way for a public road over the N. W. corner of said last described parcel of land to the ferry on the said Willamette river, saving and execpting from the last above described" lands the improvements and buildings there on. All the above described lots being sit uated in Corvallis, Benton county, State of Oregon, which petition sets forth the con dition of the estate of said wards and the facts and circumstances under whi 'di it is founded, tending to show the necessity or expediency of such a sale, amd is duly veri fied by the oath of the petitioner! It appearing to the Court from such peti tion that it is necessary and would be bene ficial to the wards that snch real estate should be sold. It is ordered by the Court that Joseph D. Johnson be and is hereby appointed guardi an ad litem of Wayman St. Clair, Inez I. St. Clair md Arthur St. Clair, minor heirs"' of Wayman St. Clair, deceased, to repre sent heir 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 Brysoh, Inez I. St. Clair, Arthur St. Clair, Wayman St. Clair and Laura O. Fuller ; and also the following interested persons in S3id 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 be and appear before the County Court of the State of Oregon for the Coun ty of Benton, in the Court room thereof, in' the Court House, at the City of Corvallis, Benton county, State of Oregon, on Satur day, the (8) eighth day of March, A P., 1879, at 10 o'clock, A. u. of said day, to show cause why a license should not be' granted for the sale of such estate. And that a copy of this order be published in the ' Corvallis Gazette, a newspaper pubiished and circulating in the County of Benton, Oregon, for three consecutive weeks. ' Witness, Hon. W. S. McFadden, Jndge of said County Court, with the seal of said County affixed, this 12th day of February, 1879. B. W. WILSON, 16:7-w3 Clerk. MQNRGEJTEMS. Ed. Gazette: What an effect a little Sunshine has on people? Every body appears cheerful' and happy, and the past few days the usual re mark, about muddy roads, hihj water and nasty weather, has p;iven place to "Oh! what lovely weather!" Farm ers are busy plowinp;, the grass is growing, and stock will soon be do ing well. Phin. Gilbert returned, last week, from a trip to the Siuslaw valley. He is not favorably impressed, with the country. Yesterday the vounarest child of Mr. Charles Banton was buried. Dunne ihe past few weeks the family of Geo. Pdmer has been sorely afflicted with what the physician calls "Break-bone fever' Five or six members of the family have been Tiown with it. On last Wednesday Mrs. Palmer died, leaving six chit dren. One boy is still veiy low the Others are imnrovinsr. Mr. Jesse Hawley has lost three of hTs best horses, by what appeared to be lung fever. The'Methodists had quarterly meet in" at Simpson's chapel last Saturday and Sunday. As the presiding elder didn't come, on account of the revi val meeting in Corvallis, the preacher in eharge conducted the services and had a good meeting. I learn that the following trustees were elected by the quarterly conference for Alsea valley : J. H. Mason, D. Hawley and Peter HooVer, and that the lumber is partly sawed for a church, 24x36 feet. I also learn .that the time for the an nual campmeeting on BelfouDtaine campground is fixed for lltb of Jane. Monroe, Feb. 24. X. Y. Bees Hamlin. MAYAGrE Kmmktt F. Wrens. ! BEAYAGE ! ! Hamlin" & WrennT Propr'Sr HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM SA LF.M WITBT a new Truck, and having leased the bam for merly occupied by Mr. James Eglin, I am now pre pared to do all kinds of ORAYING 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. K. S. StlAlik.Cl.I'OBlJ. Corvallis, Dec. 27, 1878. 15:52tf. HOUSE MOVING- ALPHIN & LORD, Propr.'s. fiiTn HJIb TmT III 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. 16:6tf