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V mm OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OFFiettL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY CorvaJlis, March 7, 1879. W'. B. CARTER, FROM THE CAPITAL Salem, March 3, 1879. Editob Gazette : And now comes on the time apace when sentimental ist indite their odes to Spring and woo the musts yearning for mystic power and seeking fame by publish ing to the World their sickly effusions as poetry or song. Their attacks are annual, as are the calendar mouths, and each returning Marcfi'bot brines on the dease anew, increasing only in intensity. We might, were we only so inclined, or rather gifted; in dite a prosaic ode to Spring, and were we but writing an essay for a society jonrnfS, the subject would be an appropriate one and the hearers might gently doze the bouts" away while it was being read by the school boy editor. JIw oft have we in our school days listened expectantly for i the theme of the lair younggirl, who, Ion Friday afternoon was called upon to read her composition. the had perhaps found favor in our siht, and may, indeed, have caused our yZaaW fill heart to go pit-a-pat against our waistcoat, and we naturally expected something unusually fine as a jro dnclion from ore who, tb our minds, was the very pink of perfection. We can see her now as she modestly steps upon the platform and faces the au dience, with features radiant with tell tale blushes. Timidly she clears her throat atnd we lean anxiously for ward to catch the subject. Uer ruby lips arc parted and a sound escapes which reaches our seal, and hopes and anticipations which but a mo' ment since raised to the highest pitch are dashed to the ground as the hack neyed theme of "Spring,'' accompa nied by a tremendous lisp reaches our boyish ear. Our interest'in'lhc essay ceases then and there, and we com mence looking around praying that Satan may indeed find some mischief for idle hands to do. She has disap pointed us cruelly, and we are thus early taught to believe this world is all delusion. With the return of Spring' comes the season of Lent, which the Church studiously- observes. and for a period of forty days at least, her followers endeavor as best thev TH E CH INESE RESTRICT ION BILL. In another column we give the fall text of the Chinese restriction lull, as passed by Congress and vetoed by President Hayes. In our rtext'we will give the veto message, which is a lengthy, but not otherwise rfemarkable document. Senator Booth raid'He thought it " very much like an'orcHnary eastern newspaper article abont what he expected." Senator Jones said "it seemed to him that the President simply wanted to-barter our civilization for supposed commercial advantages and for sup posed opportunities for missionary efforts in China. He was not sur: prised at anything weak, mild or wa terish when it proceeded from such a source." Senator Mitchell said "he hardly dared trust himself to speak of Mr. Hayes, for fear he might employ lan niflse which would not be decorous. He considered the President's utter ances hypocritical and inconsistent, and the veto an outrage." The veto message, when returned tb the house, in which it originated, at 9 v. sr., laid upon the Speaker's table two ho'urs before being read, lis reading was attentively listened to, but no oii3 seemed disposed to discuss it, and the Speaker therefore immediately put the question requir ed by the constitution, " Shall this bill pass, the objections of the Presi dent to the contiary notwithstand ing?" There was a slim attendance of members, as it was known to be hopeless to "attempt to obtain a pas sage of thebill over the veto. The vote stood, yeas 109; nays 95; where-j LliMll kilt; micftn MinvHuw 4 wimi niv. , . - ..... . I of Eoslana so bill having tailed to receive the nec-1 essary two-thirds vote was rejected. I . . ' can to behave themselves half wav from the Kepublican side ot the house, although quite a number also came from the Democratic side. The following are the Republicans who Voted in the affirmative: Bayne, Brentano, Butler, Cole, Davis of Cal ifornia, Deering, Errctt, Evans of In diana, Fort, Foster, Dale, Ilarmer, Hayes, Hazleton, lliibbell, Jorgen een, Majors, Marsh, Neal, Page, Shellabarger and Williams of Ore gon; and the following are the Dem ocrats who voted in the negative: decent. Fortunately too, perhaps, a majority of them succeed in doing so, and by close attention to fasting prayer and the practice of more or less self-denial, they may, in a meas ure, atone for the failures and delin quencies of the remaining two kin dred and twenty-five when direct moral and religious restriction are partially removed. Amusements will be poorly attended during the season of Lenf, both here and elsewhere. Bliss, Chandler, HardenbnrglClIarris! T,,e SPrcme Coun continues to griuu uui us icgai lore in uoses small of Virginia, Harris of Georgia, Hewitt of New York, Landers, Morse, Phelps, Pridemore, Waddell, Warner, Williams of Delaware, and Willis of New York. The defeat of this bill, at this time, carries the matter over to the next Congress, when the united voice of the people of the Pacific coast, wilh out regard to party lines, will de mand relief. Sentimentality and fine spun theories, no matter by whom promulgated, can not take the place of stubborn facts. The people of this coast are the greatest sufferers by the thrcr.g of pagans, who are defying our government, spreading disease of the direst kinds, and a moral leprosy, a thousand fold worse, in San Francisco and Portland they hold their secret tribunals and inflict the death penalty with impunity. Instead of being Christianized, they bring their pagan rites and establish and maintin their Joss houses, and perform their midnight orgies with out1 regard to our laws. In every town-arid hamlet where they estab lish their wash houses, they also carry their opium smoking dens, into which the youth, of both sexes of our land, are lured to destruction. Could Pres ident Hayes, and some of his senti mental advisers, be placed in one of the Chinese hells with which our large cities abound, for twenty-four hours, they would view this Chinese question in its true light, and act very different. It does seem that the representatioirof the Senators, Repre sentatives, and delegations from this ooast, where the evil is seen in' all its hideous formsr should have had some weight with the President. But they were of no avail. What the effect will be, time, alone, can develop. PRiimsa Expert. The Portland Bee of the 3d last, says : " We are pleased to an nounce that our friend, Mr. George Himes, the gentleman of the big fist, has just re ceived the appointment of State- Printing Expert. Mr. Himes is a thorough printer, who understands the business in all its branches, and will discharge the duty hon estly and conscientiously. " David Cams, of Waterloo precinct, Linn county, aged 88 years, last week led to the altar Mrs. Susan A. Pickernell, of Browns ville, aged 55. but powerful, and attorneys watch the proceedings; with gfea-51 Interest The IIolladay-Elliot suit, which has claimed its almost undivided atten tion for the past' two weeks, has been presented, argued and submitted, and the powers that be have taken the case under advisement. The Workmerf'-now engaged in put ting the sheet iron cornice on the State Capitol building, have the work well under way, and when completed it will prove a great addition'to the finished appearance of the building. Hexter & May, of Portland, have the contract for the work, which is being done under the general super vision of W. II. Moore, Esq., a first class mechanic who contracts in Port land and elsewhere, speak well for his mechanical ingenuity anil skill. This style of cornice is fast superceding all others in our large cities where safety against fires is a rule rather than an exception. It is warranted superior in every respect and We are glad- to note its more universal use, and are pleased to see it utilized on the capi tol building, the" commissioners hav ing evinced good judgment in its se lection. It is fast coming; into' gen eral use in Portland. As intimated isHoar last letter, we have had a- change of postmasters in j this city, H. M. Thatcher stepping down and out he having resigned and Capt. L. S. Scott, the old Repub lican wheel-horse, having been ap- pointed to fill ilie vacancy They are both good, and for our part we cannot see wherein we have gained or lost by the change. Success at ter.U'them both, say we. Tom. Jennings is married. Do you know Tom.? No? Well, Torn, is an, ex-sewing machine agent, and he can jnst talk a man stone blind quicker than any other man west of the rag ing Mississippi. He has traveled all through this valley, and we will wa ger a brick watch that he has the advantage, and knows you. Tom. tried to sell us a sewing machine once. He tackled us in at We stood him off like a little man and referred him to our better half, never supposing for a moment she would ever consent to having one in the house. He left us however with a wicked smile in one corner of his left eye, and we having occasion to go home about half an hour afterwards, were somewhat sur prised to find a $75 machine standing in the middle of the floor and Tom. waiting in the door with a blank note for us to sign. We expostulated, but it was no go, and the machine h still with us. Well, now, Tom. has gone and done it. He went over into Polk county and captured a widow's daughter and a good farm, while she has scooped in a good husband and one who will always- be' found in Earnest whenever duty calls. May he fif long and brosper. One of the pleasaDtest church so ciables of the season took place at the elegant residence ot George II. Jones, Esq., on Gaiety Hill, in this city, on Friday evening last, under the auspices of the Congregational Church, which netted a' handsome little sun for church purposes. The concert given at Reed's Opera House on Tuesday evening last was very largely attended and proved a very pleasing entertainment, netting Mr. Kinross about 3t)0. Dr. J. C. Hawthorne, of East Port land, has been awarded the contract for keeping the indigent insane and idiotic of tins' Slate for the ensuing six years at five dollars per week each. The cost for keeping them for the quarter ending February 28th, amounted to the snug little sum of 15,402.00. The institute for the blind will be closed probably at an early day, there being but four pupils in attendance at the present time, a number insufficient to justify the Board of Education in keeping it open. Some of the re strictions imposed by the laW govern ing the same arc embarrassing, to say the least, to the Board and pupils as well. Mr. and Mrs: W. II. Martin enter tained their friends one eveninu last week in a regal manner at their little home in this city. The telegraph operators sUf this point and Tacorna, W. T., have changed places, which sends Miss Le na Williams thence and brings Billie Demar here. Youii special will visit Portland this wek, and my next letter may contain some metropolitan dashes. Ned. ANTI-CHINESE JJEMCNSTRATION. An immense anti-Chinese mass meeting was held at the oonrt house, in Portland, last Saturday evening, in which all classes of citizens were represented;' T4ie meeting was called to order by Chief Justice Kelly and Gov. Thayer was invited to preside. Jas. A. Smith, Esq., was chosen sec retary, and members of the press assistant secretaries. The meeting was the most enthusiastic one held in that city for years. Judges Kelly and McArthur, J. F. Caples, Esq., Mr. James A. Smith, Dr. Brenan Mr. T. Br McDevitt, Hon. Jos. Acton and others; delivered stirring and effec tive addresses. A committee on resolutions, con sisting of Messrs. Sidney Dell, R. E. Vestal, J. B. Congle, C. L. Kuhn and Thomas "Mountain, reported the fol lowing, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, Tliatit is the universal sentiment ot the people as the State of Oregon, with out regard to party afiiliations, that the im migration of Chinese to this coast is- inimi cal tb every interest of our people and dan gerous to the Well-being of our common wealth. Resolved', That the Chinese are now, have always been, and will ever remain, alien to every principle of American civili zation, ioes to the interests of our industrial population, who have not assimilated- and can never assimilate with our citizens, who bring with them all the debasing vices of their ellete social life, who contribute noth ing to the wealth of our country, and who serve as a constant drain upon our prosperi ty, sending away to China all-' the wealth th y can hoard by living in hovels. Resolved, Thnfc'it is not a question be tween capital and labor, properly consider ed, but it rises far' higher and becomes a question of race supremac y a social prob lem of the' greatest national importance, wherein, if such inimigr.i: ion is fostered or permitted, the Chinamen 'will have all the advantage over the laboring classes that the grasshopper has over the unresisting farmer. Resolved, That while we recognize the principle that free Ameriea is and always shall be the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, we are unalterably opposed to the application of that principle to a foreign race which is hostile to every principle that makes us free and renders that freedom per manent. Resolved, That we believe this is a ques tion that belongs peculiarly to the people of the Pacific Coast, and if their unanimous wishes shall be disregarded, a War of races may be precipitated upon tits. We there fore respectfnliy demand, in behalf of our people, that this bill shall be approved by the President. Resolvtt, That the chairman of this meeting be requested to telegraph these res olutions and the action of this meeting at once to the President of the United States for his consideration. Good Sale. The Portland Bee, of the 21st inst. 1 1 has the fo.lowing item, Tthich shows that Major Bruce, formerly of this county, has an eye to business. Come back, Major, and make another start, in Benton : Major Bruce has sold his place, known as the Monroe farm, near Centerville, con taining 855 acres, to a Mr. Reid from CaL, at $37 per acre, amounting to $24,235.' Mr. Bruce will clear by this opperation about $8,000 in eighteen "months' time. Capt. L. S. Scott has been appoionted postmaster at Salem, vice H. M. Thatcher, resigned. NOTES FROM COLFAX. Mrs. Johnson, formerly employed as typo on the Gazette, and who, with her hus band like an illustrious member of the John son family, has been " swinging 'round the circle," writes Us a private letter from Col fax, W! T. , itnder date of Feb. 10th. Guess the letter got "snowed in" on the route. We take liberty of making a few extracts, as follows : Yea, verily, we are kicking around here some have to do so to keep from freezing. Do not admire this climate as much as that of Santa Barbara nor as much as that of ' Webfoot," either. We afe glad to get the GA-ZETNS-althouidi it is not received very regularly. We take a great interest in' Benton comity, and are glad that her prospects are so blight. May her star never wane; Mr. Johnson's health is excellent never better. This rigorous climate does not agree with me, however. 1 have deserted print ing offices altogether. I think my house hold work quite enough 'for nle now, al though printers' wages are very good in this part of the conntry. We have had nearly two months of snow, which bus lain on the ground from two to six feet deep and in some places, gulches, as much a3 15 feet deep. Ugh ! The outlook for stockmen is distressing, especially new-comers, who put all their money in stock " to feed on the nice, .:risp bimcli-grass, an winter, as the papers say, and who were not told that just such a winter was sure to come every four years. Thosands of sheep have died and the cattle, what will become of them ? A few days ago we had a bit of a thaw, and people began to look cheerful but this morning there was more snow, and every body blue. Capt. Wmant ought to be up here, ami he would be almost wild for some of that beautiful weather, which seems so monotonous to him, in California. 1 have not seen Mr. Martzall's folks since October. Mrs. M. was sick all last summer, with the ague. I am told that a good many Oregonians will be back to Webfoot in the spring. As the wheel of Tiniejrevolves we might again drop off somewhere in Webfoot also. However bad this country may be. there are worse places, and if people would only prepare properly there need be no suf fering here. A better wheat growing region could not be found. Dr. CaL M. Boswell 13 here practising medicine is doing well, and well liked. Doctor Plyley and family are also here, and doing well. Old Mr. Head, (father of I!. G. Head) wife and daughter, (Mrs. Mo ses, ) are living in Colfax. The old gentle man is justice of the peace. Mr. D. King, of 'Philomath, lives near us he gets my GAZETTE to read but says he must renew his subscription soon. He pre fers Benton county to tiiis country. Snow fell lhsfc night and to-day is coming down like fury. What floods there will be in this country and that right soon. You may even read of Colfax being washed out. Snowballing and sleigh-riding are the order of the day with us. CHIEFJflOSES. GRANTED A THIRTY DA Yd' FURLOUGH V.Y FA THER WILBUR THE OFFICERS AXD CITI ZENS SEEKING HIS SCALP INDICTED AS AC CESSORY TO THE MURDER OF PERKINS IN DIGNATION AT HIS RELEASE MEETING OF CITIZEN'S A TRUCE FOR TWELVE DAYS AND THEN WAR ALMOST INEVITABLE, SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIAN. A few days ago Kather Wilbur, the super intendent of the Yakima Indian reservation, rjceived orders to have Chief Moses in read iness to go, with other prominent chiefs, fronvthe Umatilla reservation to Washing ton. This information was imparted to Mo ses a day or two afrerward, but the chief tain looked upon the matter with considera ble suspicion and betrayed considerable un willingness to accede to the proposition, tthinking it a device to get him to the Indian territory. In order to relieve Moses' mind from any suspicion, Father Wilbur gave him a-furlough of 30 days to go and visit his people, under a promise that at the end of that time he would return to the reservation. On Thursday last Moses left the reservation, Where he had been held a prisoner, for 'the purpose of taking a furlough. He had been absent but about three hours when a crowd df citizens from Yakima City arrived at Fort S'kncoe, the agency headquarters, headed by an officer and armed with a warrant of mi-rest for Moses. The grand jury of that county had found an indictment against him as accessory to the Perkins murders. The posse of citizens were astonished at the ac tion of the agent and strongly expressed their indignation at the proceeding. A meeting of citizens was held to take steps to rearrest Moses. Father Wilbur Was present at the meeting and promised the citizens that if they would remain quiet he would deliver Moses to them within twelve days. Moses has gone directly to his vamp beyond Priest's Rapids, and is doubtless aware of the intent of the people ami will prepare himself accordingly. He, if pursued, will look upon the matter as a violation of his parole, and surmising treach ery from the first, he will be loth to return now, and any precipitated attempt, at the expiration of the twelve days of grace, will involve the entire country in a bloody and relentless war. The situation is one of great peril, and it is now looked upon as al most certain that war with Moses and other tribes is inevitable. The above is from the Oregmian of the 4th inst., and seems to indicate the renewal of Indian troubles, at an early day. What the end will be no one can foretell. SENAT0RMI7CHEIL. The North East (Md.) liecord. Democrat ic, pays Senator Mitchell the following com pliment : " Among tha senators who retire from that body on the 4th of March, there is no one whose absence will be felt more sensibly than that of I. EL Mitchell, of Or egon. In Pennsylvania, his native state, in Oregon, whose growing interests he has so ably and so faithfully represented, as well as in all portions of the country, his course ha3 been marked with peculiar interest. Just in the prime of life, with all the vigor and compass of rare natural endowments, trained by culture and experience, he has devoted himself to his high position with the energy, fidelity and power that marked the statesmen of the olden time. He has m ule for himself a record i 1 the senate alike honorable to himself and the nation. It cannot be that' a discriminating pe ude will permit one so useful to retire permanently. The nation cannot afford to dispense with the services of a representative like him. His ability, his eloquence, his industry, hi? fidelity and his patriotism beloug not only to Oregon, but to the people of the whole country, and these qualities in these latter days are much needed in the councils of the nation. Whatever his individual preference may be. we hope ere long to see him return to public life. THE LATE T. HARRISON. The Oregon Citj Enterprise in alluding to the death of Hon. T. R. Harrison,' says : Several reports having been1 published in the daily press concerning the manner and place of the death, neither of - which are cor rect, our readers will find the following ac count'true, as it happened within our lot to be beside the deceased gentlemen when he was taken sick. Meeting Mr. Harrison in the morning we inquired of his health, and he complained of a tightness of the chest and a difficulty in breathing. We parted then, promising to be at his office at 12 o'clock to receive some papers for publication. At five minutes to 12 we called upon the honorable gentleman and found him very sick, in a bat h of perspiration. Hastening to inform his family, we returned in company with his son and daughter, and found life's ebb fast draw ing to a close. Dr. Norris was summoned, who used all the means within reach to re lieve the sufferer. But too late ; no earthly skill or help could call back the fleeting spirit. Mr. Harrison was much respected in the city where he resided for the past four years; and has held during that time the position of receiver at the. land office. A strange fact : Mr. Harrison had only re ceived a few haurs before his death his reap pointment as receiver from the present, his time expiring on the 27th inst. Mr. Harri son was 63 years old, having been born on the 5th of November, 1815, at Leichfie d, Herkimer county, New York. He came to Oregon in 1852, and settled near Amity, Yamhill county," where he taught school for a good many years. He was abo a member of the legislature in 1872. His remains were taken to Amity, Yamhill county, by boat on Tuesday morning, escorted by a large number of warm friends. In all his relations in life he was an honorable man and a use ful citizen. He leaves a family and a large circle of acquaintances to mourn his loss. PACIFIC COAST. Oregon. Three thousand dollars have been sub scribed at Jacksonville toward a fund for building a Fresbyterian church. The prisoners in the Linn county jail at tempted to escape last weak by digging a hole through the brick wall of the building. A meeting will be held at Albany on Mon day evening to consider a proposition to pur chase a block and build a new suhool house. Cornelius has 33 families; 1 blacksmith shop, 1 wagou shop, 1 harness shop, 3 stores, 1 w irehouse, 1 saloon, 1 drug store, 1 livery stable. Mr. L. Hadaway, a practical printer, has pui chased the interest of Mr. H. C. Wood, in the Oregon City Enterprise, The latter gentleman retiring from the conduct of that paper. Curtis Manning, a young man engaged in mining on upper Grave creek, had both bones of his left leg broken, rejently, by the caving of a bank under which he was work ing. The Israelites of Albany and vicinity have been granted a charier, and will soon institute a lodge of Independent Order of B'nai Brith, to be called Albany Lodge 1. O. B. B. E. 0. Stanwood is clearing away the de bris and preparing to build a new saw mill on the site at B-jllville, Washington county, where the oi l one was burned 0:1 tho night of January 22d. Polk county River Side: The engineers of the westsicle railroad have been in Inde pendence surveying this week. They run a line from near F. S. Powell's house' to the Luckiainute, by w-ay of the Stoats' pass, where the railroad will lc located in the future. Mr. Solomon Tethvow, of Polk county, a pioneer and leader of one of the large com panies of immigrants which came to Oregon from Missouri in 1845, died at his home on the 15th inst. He was aged 79 and was the father of ten sons and daughters, all now of mature age. He was buried at Monmouth. Re'.iable '"arties have informed the Salem Statesman that the recent rains have washed out the dirt from underneath the ties of the narrow gauge railroad for a distance of about four miles south of Perrydale. The track cannot be used until the present rains cease and the dirt be again tilled in. TELEGRAPHIC. COMPILED FROM THE DAILY 0BE60NIAH. WashisGton, Feb. 28. Authentic infor mation that the president has definitely de termined to veto the Chinese 'bill, reached the eapitol to-day a few minutes after the close of the cabinet session, and at once ex cited throughout the Pacific coast delegation a feeling of deep regret, not unmixed with indignation. The semi-official announce ment that the cause ofjthe forthcoming veto is the incorporation in the bill of the clause fornHly abrogating two treaty articles, is denounced by all friends of the bill as a mere pretext for a decision which is realty prompted by a fear of the eastern public sen timent, manifested by leading newspapers of both parties, and by resolutions of such bodies as the New York chamber of com merce, and by the utterances of metropoli tan pulpits. The Pacific delegation are unanimously of the opinion that the pro- fsed abrogation of the 5th and 6th articles the Burlingame treaty is fully warranted by the fact as stated by Crover and his Democratic colleagues in their interview with the president on Wednesday, as well as by the Republican members of the delega tion previously, that these articles have been nullified by China from the beginning, and are utterly worthless so far as our citi zens and commerce are concerned, and are not needed for the protection of the Chinese in this country. The senate committee on commerce, rec ognizing the importance of establishing a breakwater and harbor of refuge on the Pa cific coast, the point to be selected by the board of engineers, have determined to rec ommend commencement of the work, and have fixed the amount for such commence ment at $150,000. They have also amended the river and harbor bill by adding 50,000 to the house item for the canal at the Col umbia river-cascades, thus making the total amount in the bill as reported to the senate 6100,000, anil by adding $20,000 to the house appropriation of 40,000 for improve ment at Coos Bay. Chicago, Feb. 28. deputy U. S. Mar sh 1 Roe, vesterdav afternoon arrested, at Pekin and Peoria, some fifty persons. 111: indictment at Sprinsfield for complicity in the whisky frauds. Soma of them are prominent and wealthy citizens. San Francisco, Feb. 28. In anticipation of the veto of the ;:nti-Chinese bill to-morrow and the probabi.ity of a disturbance ensuing, Gen. McCoomb, acting under in structions of the governor, has placed a guard over all the armories of the militia. It is not known that in doing this he is in fluenced by knowledge of any proposed movement of a riotous nature. It is proba bly purely a precautionary measure. There is good ground for belief that at the present juncture in political affairs in this state, the leaders of the workingnien and their follow ers would be among the first to oppose any violent action. In some quarters it is con sidered possible that the criminal element might seek to make it : n excuse for cre ating a disturbance with a view to plunder. Jiut any HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY. Capital - - $l,0Ov0. GENERAL OFFICES AND MANUFACTORY, CINCINNATI, OHIO. ... Pacific Branch, . " No. 210 Sansome St.S.F., Cat Agency for Oregon and W. Terrritory with HAWLEY, DODD & CO., Portland. HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE FIRE -PROOF SAFES Have been tested by the most disatrous con flagrations in the country. They are thoroughly fire-proof. Tkey are free from dampness. Their superiority is beyond question. Although about 150,000 of these safes are now in use, and hundreds have been tested by some of the most disastrous conflagrations in the country, there is not a single instanco on record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its contents perfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED, TENON AND GROOVE BURGLAR-PROOF SAFSS Have never been broken open and robbed by burglars or robbers. Hall's burglar work is protected by letters patent, and his work cannot be equaled law-, fully. His patent bolt work is superior to any in use. j! His patent locks cannot be picked by the most skillful experts or burglars'. By one of the greatest improvemen's known, the Gloss Automatic Movement, ov.r under ! locks arc operated without any arbor or spin- die passing tlirougli the door and into the Lock. Our Locks cannot be picked or opened by ! burglars or experts, (as in case of other I Locks.) and we will put from 81,000 to10,- uuu uenina tnem at any time against an equal amount. The most skillful workmen only are em ployed. Their work cannot be excelled. Hall's Safes and Locks can be relied at all times. They are carefully and thoroughly con structed. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America, or any other country. CNE THOUSAND DOLLARS To any person who can prove that one of Hall's patent burglar-proof safes has ever leinonstration from that quarter j been broken open and robbed by burglars, would be summarily squelched. At police f up to the present time. THE VETOED EfU. FULL TEXT OF THE MEASURE AS. PASSED BY TUB TWO HOUSES AND VETOED BY THE PRESIDENT. i Be it enacted, etc. That no master of any vessel owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the United States, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel at any port or place within the Chi nese empire, or at any other foreign port or place whatever, any number exceeding fif teen Chinese passengers, whether male or female, with the intent to bring such passen gers to the United States, and leave such port or place and bring such passengers to any number exceeding fifteen 011 one voyage within the jurisdiction of the United States. Scc.2. That wheneverthe master or other person in charge ot any such vessel takes on board the same at any foreign port or place any greater number of Chinese passengers than is prescribed in the first section of this act, with intent to bring such passengers to the United States, and leave such port or place, and bring such passengers to- any number exceeding fifteen on one voyage, within the jurisdiction of the United States, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, for each pitss.aiger so taken on board and brought within the jurisdiction of the United States, exceeding the number of fifteen, be lined S100, and may also be im prisoned for not exceeding six months. . Sec. 3. That tije master of any vessel ar riving in the United States, or any of the territories thereof, from any foreign port whatever, at the same time tiiat he delivers a manifest of tho cargo, and if there be 110 cargo, then at the same time of making re port or entry of the vessel, pursuant to law, shall, in addition to other matters required to be reported by law, deliver and report to the collector of tiie district in which such vessel shall arrive, a separate list of all Chi nese passengers taken 011 board the vessel at any loreigu port or place, and of all such passengers 011 board the vessel at that time. .Such lists shall l)C sworn to by the mastef in the same manner a3 directed by law 111 rela tion to the manifest of cargo, and refusal or neglect of the master to comply with the provisions of this section shall receive the same penalties, disabilities and forfeitures as are provide 1 for a refusal or neglect to report anil debvtr a manifest of the cargo. Sec. 4. '1 hat the amount of the several penalties imposed by the foregoing provis ions shall be liens ou the vessel violating these provisions, and such vessels shall be libelled therefor in any circuit or district court of the United States where such ves sels shall arrive. Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall be held to repeal or modify any law forbidding the importation of coolies, or of fema:es tor immoral purposes, into the Unit ed States; provided that no consul or com mercial agent ci the United States, residing at any port from which any vessel taking Chinese passengers may take her departure, shall grant the certificate provide ! for in section 2,1(2 of the revised statutes for more than fifteen Chinese passengers on any one vessel. Sec. 6. That this act shall not apply to persons officially connected with the Chinese government, or any embassy thereof, or to persons rescued from shipwrecks during the voyae of ami by the vessel seeking a harbor in stress of weather nthin the jurisdiction of the United States, or to persons who may only seek a temporary residence for educa tioual purposes, and who shall have a cer tificate from the XJhinese government for that purpose. Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of July, 1879, and the President of the United States shall immediately on the approval of this act give notice to the government of China of the abrogation .of articles five and six of the additional articles of the treaty of June 18, 1868, between the United States and China, proclaimed February 5, 1870, commonly called the Burlingame treaty. DIEI. In this county, March 1st, 1879, Sophia, daughter of K. A. and Sophia Hurlburt, aged 1 year and 6 months. headquarters not a ripple ot excitement is discernible, and all knowledge of anything afoot tending to a breach of the peace is ut- j terly disclaimed. Washincton, March 2. The probability oi an extra session lias heen little, 11 111 any degree, diminished by this afternoon's work in the senate or the efforts of committees of conference to agree upon the pen ling bills in-controversy. It is still almost universal ly lielieved that several of the indispensable appropriation bills will fail, and that the forty-sixth congress will 1 convened to meet in April or first of May. The committee in charge of the bill have recommended the insertion in the sundry civil appropriation bill of an item of 5.000 for the continuation of boring an artesian well at Benicia, and 820,000 for the protec. tion of government interests in Alaska, and S20.000 for the improvement of the military wagon road between Scottsburg and Camp Stewart, Oregon. St. Loins, March 1. A letter carrier who stole a registered letter here last December, was arrested this morning, confessed, plead ed guilty, and was sentenced to three years ki the penitentiary, all within two hours. Galveston, March 2. A dispatch from Gauz says that Deputy Sheriff Carleton, with a posse, went after a party of Mexicans who fired on a citizen. He overtook them near Milano, ami the leader refused to sur render and was killed. The Mexicans then opened fire at 1 the posse deserted Carleton, who fought until rescued unhurt by a party from Milano. The Mexicans have been ar rested. ReNO, March 2. At about a quarter to G this morning a tire commenced in some wooden buildings at the west end of the business street oack of Masonic block. A gale was blowing from the west, and befe water could be got on the fire it was beyond control. The flames leaped from house to boose and from block to block. Panic stricken, half-clothe I people caught the most valuable articles and left all else to destruction. The firemen were helpless. The fierceness of the wind and the intensity of the heat rendered it impossible to get close enough to do any good. In three hours all of the business part of town was in ashes, the only house escaping being the Masonic building. Two or three Central Pacific trains, in cluding a lightning train, were destroyed. The condition of the track made it necessary to transfer the passengers to the Virginia i: Truckee train' across the jiver to go to Vir ginia. The loss, as near as can be calculat ed at this time, is about SI, 000,000, with only about $lov,UUU insurance, rive lives are known to be lost, a3 fellows : Mrs. John Beck, John Riley and three tramps. A number of persons received injuries, but at this writing it is impossible to get correct information. The gale carried blazing pieces of timber for miles. Several farm houses, situated two miles down the meadows, were burned After working until exhausted the whites forced the Chinese to work on the engines. Citizens are throwing open their doors to the homeless, ami are doing all they carf to relieve distress. The fire only stop ped when all was destroysd. Reno is now a suburb without a town, and irreat fears are entertained as to it3 ability to survive the lliock. 15. N. WILLIAMS. Agent for Oregon and W. T. Office with Hawley, Dodd & Co., Portland. 28feblG:0tf. sttm:m:ojs. In the Circuit Court of the State of Ore gon, for Benton county, Thomas Thrasher, I'laintiif, vs. Catharine '1 brasher, Defendant. Suit in equity for a divorce. TO CATHARINE THRASHER, THE above named defendant, in the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby sum moned and required 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 at, or before the next term of said Circuit Court, to be holdcn at Corvallis in said county, on the second Monday in April, 1870. And you are here by notified that if you fail to answer said complaint, as herein required, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for the want thereof and will .apply to the Court for tho relief demanded in the complaint, to-wit : A decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between you and the plaintiff, ami for costs and disbursements of this suit. This summons is published by order of Hon. J. P. Watson, Judge of said Court, bearing date Feb. 28. 1879. JOHN BURNETT, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dated Feb. 28, 1879. 16:9w6 Firemen's Election. ATOTI a Firemen's Election will be held at the hall of Young America Engine Company No. 1, on Madison, between Second and Third Streets on the 8th day of March, 1879, com mencing at 7 o'clock v. M. , and continuing until 9 o'clock P. M. of said day, at which, election there will be elected, by the quali fied voters of the Fire Department of the City of Corvallis, a Chief and Assistant En gineer, of the Corvallis Fire Department, to serve for one vear : that D. Garble. S. H. I Look ami G, W. Kennedy have been ap pointed judges of said election, and W. A. Wheeler and N. P. Briggs clerks of said election. By order of the Board of Dele gates, E. B. McELROY, Mver Harris, President. Secretary. Dated Feb. 18, 1879. 16:8w2. NOTICE. MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT- Kept at the State Agricultural College, for the mohth of February 1S79 : weather. thermometer. HIGHEST LOWEST Feb. 1 (Clear 39 26 " 2,Clear. .39 26 " 3 : Clear 39 29 " 4'Clear 39 25 " 5iClear. 40 30 " 6 Rain 38 32 " 7 Rain 38 3S " 8 Rain t41 34 " 9 Rain 38 34 " 10 Rain 42 35" " 11 Stormy.... 48 43 12 Clear 49 38 " 13 Rain 46 38 " 14 Rain 43 35 " 15 Rain... 41 35 " 16 Cloudy 40 37 " 17 Cloudy. 47 37 18 Rain .-. 47 37 " 19 Rain.... 51 49 ' 20 Rain 51 39' 21 Cloudy 44 33 " 22 Clear. 46 33 " 23 Rain 52 45 " 24 Clear. 49 37 25 Clear. 49 37 " 26 Rain. 50 49 27 Kain . 52 40 " 28 Clear. 52 32 Rainfall, 5.92 inches. U. S. Land Office, Oreoon 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 25. 1878, up on the E 4 of the S E , Section 2, Town ship 12 south, Range 7 west in Benton 1 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 Mareh, 1879. at 10 o'clock a. u., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment. Ii T. BARIN. Register, T. R. HARRISON, Receiver. 14febl6:7w6. Rees Hammx. Emmett F. Wrexv DKAYAGE ! I) 11 AY AGE ! i Hamlin & Wrenn; Propr's.. . HAVING JCST RETURNED FROM SALEM WITH a new Trick, and having leased the barn for merly occupied by Mr. James Eghn. I am new pre pared -to do aH kinds of DRAYING AND HAULING, either in rte city or country, at the lowest livine rates. Can - be found at the old Truck stand X share f the public patronage respectfully solicited. . K. S. SHACKELFORD. Corvallis, Dec. 27, 1878. 152tf. it in HOUSE MOVING, ALPHIN & LORD. Propr.'s. BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS, Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to Raise, Move, putander New Sills and level up your barns, and Buildings of any kind on short notice. TERMS REASONABLE. . ' ALPHIN & LORD. Corvallis, Jan. 31, 1879. 16 tf