WEEKLY MMUS GAZETTE
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY
Corvallis, June 6, 1879.
W. B. CARTER,
HARBOR GFREFUGE.
The people of the Willamette val
ley are now awaking to the. impor
tance of Cape Foulweather as a har
nor ot refuge. 1 he otticial surveys
have demonstrated its adaptability
as the best, cheapest, and most avail
able point surveyed for this purpose.
The Hoard ot U. b. H-ngineers to
whom is entrusted the responsible
duty of making a selection for such
work, under act of Congress is now
in session, at San Francisco, as wil
be seen by the following notice :
Office Bojbd Engineers for the pacific Coast,
533 KHesv St., San Frasi isco, Cal .
May 23d. 1879. j
On and after the fifth day of June, 1879, public
suasions of the Hoard, or ol a committee o( the
same, will be held at this office. The object of these
is to hear the views and opinions of all persons m
tcrested in tne location ot a Harbor ol Kctuge on
the Pacific ocean, between San Francisco, and the
Straits of Puca.
Ship.nasters familiar with the navigation of the
Pacific coast, and all other persons possessed of in
formation on the subject, are invited to communicate
witn tne lioard., BB person or Dy letter.
C. SEAFORTH STEWART,
Lt. Col. of Engs., Senior Member.
This board commenced its sittings
yesterday but how long it will re
main in session, is not announced
The first intimation we had of the
time and place of meeting reached
this city last Friday afternoon and
on Saturday morning the committee
on the harbor of refuge question, of
this city, was called together, by its
president, Hon. John Burnett. After
short consultation, it was decided to
telegraph to Eugene City, Junction,
Salem and Albany, for the purpose
ol calling committees from the
eral counties ot this valley to meet
at Albany, (being the most central
point) on Monday, for decisive and
united action in this matter. Polk
eounty could not be reached by tele
graph. Pursuant to call, delegations
from Eugene, Junction, Salem, Cor
vallis and Albany, met, and decided
to send representatives to represent
the valley counties before the board
and present the claims of Cape Foul
weather for the breakwater. For
proceedings, see another column.
The act of Congress expressly says
that the board, in the selection ot a
harbor of refuge, shall take into con
sideration the "local and general
interests of commerce," as well as
that of a harbor of refuge.
Cape Foulweather has pre-eminent
advantage, in this respect, being lo
cated at the natural outlet of the
Willamette valley, the great grain
producing belt of Oregon, compris
ing the counties of Yamhill, Polk,
Marion, Linn, Lane, Benton, and we
might, very properly, include a por
tion of Douglas. Corvallis, as its
name indicates, is the " Heart of the
Valley," within sixty miles of Foul-
weather. A railroad between these
points is now in coursa of construe.
tion, and were the harbor of refuse
located there, would be completed
within twelve months from this time
giving an outlet to the commerce of
this State which could not be esti
. i i
matea in dollars and cents sq vast
are the interests involved.
In view of these facts, which
patent to the most casual observer,
bo wonder that the people of this
valley are so deeply interested in this
matter. In presenting this subject
to our readers we have never sought
to undervalue, or misrepresent the
merits of other places, and only de
eire that the selection be made at the
most available point, all things con
eiuereu. tv e nave iuit conndence in
the integrity and honesty of the
board and believe them to be well
qualified for the discharge of the
portant duty entrusted to them, and
have no fears that they will be influ
enced, in their decision, except by
facts and figures and a desire to do
the best thing for the government
and the maritime and commercial
interests of this entire coast. We
could wish, however, that inasmuch
as Mr. Habersham's examinations at
Cape Foulweather were necessarily
somewhat hurried, that a personal ex
amination could be made, by the
board, of the various points compet
ing for the location of this grand
public work.
DECORATION DAY.
Last Friday the clouds parted, the
sun shined out in midsummer splen
dor, and all nature seemed to wel
come Decoration Day, in Portland,
which was observed in appropriate
manner. The gathering was large,
the floral offerings beautiful and
grand, and the ceremonies, through
out, interesting and impressive. We
exceedingly regret our inability to be
present, but read, with deep interest,
the various addresses delivered
uie occasion. Unr limited space,
this week, will prevent us from giv-
eph Nooker, and seriously burning five oth
ers. Bishop Carrigan, of New York, declined
to allow the Ancient Order of Hibernians to
participate in the parade of the German
Catholic society. He says the Hibernians
are not recognized as a church society.
General James Shields, U. S. senator from
Missouri, died suddenly at Ottumwa, dbwa,
on the evening of the 2d. He rendered dis
tinguished service in the Mexican war, and
also served in the war for the union. He
has been a senator from three different
states, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri.
In 1848 he was appointed governor of Ore
gon, but declined.
FOREIGN-
The eruption of Mount jEtna increases in
force. Wednesday night a number of bril
liant balls of fire were thrown to a great
height and burst aloft like rockets emitting
a fierv shnwer. Tlnrintr t.hfi whole of WW'-
ing place to any Ot them, but in our nesday loud reports like the rolling of artil
m-Vl IdQUO II' n intmwl irk nraoAnt Any 1 lry Were IlCaru.
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r .Russian grain crops are said to be suffer
readers the able, eloquent, patriotic incr from the ravages of a small insect which
and brilliant address of Rev. J. A
Cruzan, on that occasion. It touches
1 .1. .
cnoras mat win vi orate in every
American heart. It portrays, in vivid
colors, tne true condition ot our
country, North and South, and yet
it is free, we think, from any " bloody
shirt" charge. The actions of the
present Congress, and the insolent
expressions of Southern leaders, and
the tone of their press, indicate their
real animus which is, that, in their
opinion, the " war of the Rebellion
was a failure."
it is 111211 time that an who love
our Union and venerate the "old
flag," North and South, should stand
firm and take their reckonings for
the future. Terribly momentous ques
tions are bcinw thrust upon us, and
upon their decision hangs the destiny
of our nation. We are no alarmist.
and deprecate everything that would
..,:, ,.,.i,;ji ,i, ..: :.: ma. Among her passengers were 17 Chi
... a..v .o-, w.c -''i.' neSe lepers, who have been inmates of the
and stir up the slumbering prejudices county pest house for several months, now
of the nast but silenci- at this timp snipped to Uma, by oiaer ot tne supervis
1 ' ' ors
might be misconstrued into indif
ference, a sin, which no journalist
could be pardoned lor the commis
sion 01 when such momentous issues
are involved. The politician, states
man, and patriot at the ballot-box,
may well inquire, " v atchman, what
ot the nisiht r
propagates very rapidly. One-third of the
entire wheat crop of southern Russia is now
threatened. Very little is yet known of the
habits or customs ot the insect
The council of state of the canton of Uri
Switzerland, has submitted to the great
council a law visiting willful murder and
incendiarism resulting in loss of life, with
punishment of death, executions to be pri
vate.
The North German Gazette says that
nothing is known in well informed circles
! concerning the alleged intention of the gov
eminent to abandon the gold standard
A heavy shock ot earthquake was tele in
Bermuda May 28th. No loss of life.
PACIFIC COAST-
Troy Dye and his confederate Anderson
were hanged at Sacremento on May 29th
The autopsy on Dye disclosed a healthy con
dition ot the brain.
The entire sophomore class of the state
university of California was expelled for re
fusing to divulge the n;mes of members of
the class guilty of issuing obscene bogu
junior examination programmes.
the summer suits tor the city police of
V ictoria were placed in the hands ot a Ohi
nese tailor to be made ; but the city council
passsd a resolution condemning the transac
tion and the order was canceled
The steamer China sailed from San Fran.
Cisco, June 1st, tor Hongkong via Yokaha
the
iy
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Among the documents recently
received by us from our Senators and
T . .
representative in on'ress, are tne
"minutes of a conference between
the committee on coinage, weights
and measuies of the House of Rep
resentatives, and the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Director of the
mint," recommitted to the commit
tee on Coinage, Weights and Meas
ures and ordered to be printed, May
1st, 1879.
1 his document goes down to the
very bottom of the " silver craze
and exhibits its folly fetter than any
thing that has come to our notice
The colloquy between John Sherman, alone as the standard is
Secretary of the U. S. Treasury and
it
"MONEY OF THE WCRLD."
Mr. Editor : We hear much about
"money of the world." It is claimed
hard money men that gold and silver money
is the "money of the world" when, really
there is no such thing, never was nor never
will be. Money is only money when it is a
legal tender for every possible purpose for
which money can be used. This being the
result of " law," and the law of one country
or nation, having no torce in another nation.
it ioiiows cieany, that tne money ot one
nation cannot be money in another. Money
a creature ot law, it follows that
nothing is money of the world, unless
lejeives the legal recognition of all the law
m iking powers of the world. If there
s:ich a thing as a "money of the world
please inform me whit is it? Don't all
speak at once. I pause for an answer. Not
gold or silver, for neither are money until
they are coined and receive the sovereign
stamp. Eagles, half eagles, and dollars are
not money outside the boundaries of the
United States. Pounds, shillings and pence
are money only within the jurisdiction of
the British Empire. Francs are not money
outside of France. So the money of the
world does not consist of any particular
coinage. What then? the bullionists ail
swer that gold is the recognized standard of
the world. this is not the fact. The po
ulation of those countries that use go
isu.uoo.uuu in
round numbers. The population of those
countries that use silver and not gold
:kl
tne committee, clearly shows that he 877,030,000 population of those countries
has given the matter deep thought. ,cb,have th? dub e standard is 133,000,-
in mc civuizeu worm goici, silver and
As no particular coinage
has ever been adopted, if there is a "mon
ey of the world," it must consist of the
material of which money is made, and not
are
. Temperance in Astoria. Under
date of May 25th, "Uncle Davy"
New-some writes us from Astoria, as
follows: " The Doctor (Watts) has
set this town on fire that is, fired
them up on temperance. The B. R.
C. numbered 147 members, and they
expected to increase the same to 2-50
before leaving. Forty-two whisky
mills here. Bay smooth as glass to
'lay. The wreck of the Republic
isible,"
",V"SU1 (Mi
and proclaims him one of the shrewd- paper are used.
est financiers of this nation.
The financial problem is one of
the grandest questions that
claims the attention of the American
people, because upon its proper solu
the coin, ihe bullionists will answer yes
and claim that gold and silver are the ma
terials universally adopted. But is it not
also a fact that paper is just as universally
used ? Shall we settle the question by
tion depends the weal or woe of the quantity, and crown that material with the
Republic, and this is no time for
tine writing ' and school-boy rhet
oric on this subject. Our gold, silver
and greenback dollar, to-day, are in
terchangeable, at par, for purposes of
commerce, but with an unlimited
coinage of silver dollars, worth only
84 or So cents in gold, how lonor
honor of the "money of the world" that is
most extensively used ?
According to rawcett the amount of gold
coin in the civilized world in 1875, amount
ed to l,972,5O0,0CO
Amount of silver 1.800,000.000
Total coin 3,772,500,000
Amount of paper money 3,8S6, 000,000
Excess ot paper money over both gold and
silver. SllS-fiOnOOO 'Vnw Tirsiv toll
would they be thus interchangeable? what is the " money of the world ?" " Fact3
Spf-r,.taru Sl.ormor, are stubborn things." W.A.Wells,
J VIJtlllJMIIj HI I 1 ( J .7 IT I I tU
interrogatories by Mr. De La Matyr,
thus strikes at the Very root of the
much vexed, and not well under
stood, silver question :
T ..- .1 ..1,1 .. A .1 I .
xu "tiivi escciu to me maL aitpr wo imum
brought our paper, our bonds, and our silver
up to tne gold basis, the better way is to
adhere to it rather than to take advantage
ot tne depreciation of silver to pay in a coin
ot less market value than was received for
our bonds.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
ANOTHER SAD WARN INC.
The vile compounds now dealt out across
bars, and in the the low dens, called saloons,
throughout this land, are literally liquid
damnation. We heard an eminent physi
cian remark, recently, that we no longer
have " drunken" men they drink and in
stead of being drunk they are crazy
poisoned. While in Albany, last Monday,
a physician informed us that on the previous
evening he was called to see a young man.
of respectable family, and found him "crazy
as a bed-bug," as the Doctor expressed it
literally poisoned. During Sunday he had
been indulging, not very freely, in liquors
kinds, but the result was
EASTERN
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imports irom an principal cities show a of different
general observance ot decoration day, with alarming
aav woiviailV lluLC W I P f I 1 1 V 7P!tTTiroa A .1 1.1 S i
if ikj B.j v ' ., aiiuuowcames ine saa news, tnat on
TTlLZ1"" last week, James D. Fay,
1 h Pi .wml;? poisoned tne formerly of this county, a lawyer of some
water so that a.l drinking therefrom have note, well known throughout this State
of wh,Ur ,E evenen have died, having been a member of the Oregon
of wnom five belonged to John Alrlrinh !.,. .-a a 1 -t il. c, 3? i. ,
his entire family. Mrs. Aldrich is insane.
congressman r oster has been nominated
ror governor ot Uhio by the Republicans.
On May 30th a devastating cyclone passed
oer portions ot Missouri, Nebraska and
ivansas. At r ranktort. Atchison and 1Unn
lature, and (speaker of the Senate, had
committed suicide, by shooting himself
through the head, while on a drunken de
bauch, at Empire City, Southern Oregon.
For some years Mr. Fay has resided in San
Francisco, and was attending court at Em
pire City, at the time. The fatal shot was
S'? i- latter t&L , 61 h,uses were fired in a 8alo"n. laboring under tempo
destroyed, 3o persons killed, and fi w,.nd. . : :t ' j uES . "c,"l'"
ed and missing. At Lee's Summit and Irv
ing, Missouri, 26 were killed, and over 50
wounded, most of the latter severelv. and
many of them will die. At Concordia lR
aeaa Domes were brought in from two
square miles ot territory. At Blue Spring,
the house of Mr. Harris was totally de
stroyed. Mams and his wife and children
were carried up into the air clear out of
sight, and drooDed in different nlaos a..d
uuetuum ironi tne site ot the house they
occupied, and varying in distance from one
to two nnnured yards. Mrs. Harris and
one child were killed outright. Harris diod
several hours alter. His
rary insanity, caused by drinking the pois
onous decoctions dealt out under the protec
tion of a license. The following is the ver-
diet of the coroner's inquest, and particu
lars, as far as known :
Address of Hon. J radge Boise.
Gentlemen- of tub Gradcatino Class Ladies and Genti.emen-
When we graduate at college, and go forth into the world, on
whose broad arena we must act a part, we have bat acquired the
art of learning and are only at the threshhold of the great temple
of knowledge, whose treasures it will be the business of our lives to
explore. And we will be fortunate, iudeed, if we are so far skilled
and equipped that we shall be able to make onr way without the
aid of a professor to still show us the path. We must still continue
to learn lessons, trusting to our experience for instructions, and
carefully criticise our productions, le3st they anoear crude and ill
favored to the eye of a discerning public whose favor is eminently
essential to our success and comfort. Do not understand that in
trinsic merit should ever be neglected in what we undertake, for the
sake of securing popular approval. But all that we do, of a public
nature, is so interwoven with the affairs of others that their wishes
and tastes must be carefully regarded, and the general approval of
our fellow-men is worthy of being earnestly sought for, in all our
enterprises.
x ou nave now nnished a course ot study, and acquired some
knowledge, which should serve you, as a foundation on which to
build. This foundation is the design and bears the finish of your pro-
lessors and yourselves, but the superstructure will be youi s alone.
You have, during the pleasant years spent here, been gathering
materials from the great storehouses of knowledge and training
your hands and faculties for your work. And as its columns, arches,
capital and dome shall go up, they will exhibit to a criticising
world your skin ; and as your work shall be well or ill done, so will
be your fortune and tame.
As you are about to euter on the stage ot lite without a large
experience, and among scenes that are new, permit me to assume
the privilege that belongs to age, to suggest some errors into which
young persons sometimes fall, and which you will do well to avoid.
And first, avoid all degrading appetites ; be temperate in all things.
Some eminent men have been addicted to these vices, but they have
been the bane of their lives, hanging to them like a prisoners
shackle, impeding their progress, and lessening their usefulness.
Always ba able to govern yourselves ; this done, and one long stride
is made towards being able to influence others, and make your way
in the world pleasant and profitable. Also avoid extravagance.
This has ruined many young men, who started in life with fair
prospects. Nothing in the way of credit will ever be gained by
spending all vou earn : and to spend more, is certain ruin. He who
is saving part of his annual income ia considered thrifty, and as
coming up in the world, has influence, and is consulted in private
and public affairs. He is the coming man, and will be honored
while a spendthrift soon sinks from all respectability and i3 despised
even among those who have been his companions in lolly, xse,
therefore, always frugal, and then you will be able to be generous,
and give liberally to pomote worthy obi ects. Avoid also the assump
tion of false colors the trying to appear to be what you know you
are not. This thing was known to be ridiculous centuries ago,
when Esop wrote the fable of the ass in the lion s skin, stul it
practiced vet.
Assumption and pretence ill becomes the scholar, whose sharp
ened intellect should be able to penetrate and detect disguises ; for
to him the book of nature is opsned, and all he sees on its instruc
tive page3 is real. There he can read the record of infinite wisdom
but it is adorned with charming simplicity. There he may learn
of that power which racks the ocean and draws down the crushing
avalanch : of the coral insects that, guided by an unchanging in-
of this college to foster and promote. This is a propitious time to
begin the journey of manhood, and an inviting field for discovery is
spread before you. The natural sciences are yet to be developed
among U3. Mere the science of geology is yet in its intancy ; tnis
is a held tor the student as ample and grand as these valleys aud
mountains. Who of you will enter and explore it ? The invitation
is pressed by many considerations of honor and profit. The useful,
as well as precious minerals, are to be found and developed. Who
knows but that around us are mines of marble, coal, petroleum and
other valuable substances, that would add immense wealth and
power to the state ? Here, too, the science of botany is to be yet
developed : this is, indeed, an inviting field for all the lovers of na
ture. Do not these young ladies, as well as gentlemen, desire to
enter here ? Was ever a hand too fair to pluck a flower from the
wayside and the glen ? Such would be tit employ for the hands of
angels. Mow loveiy, now enchanting tins pursuit r now it must
lift the soul from earth to heaven to see unfolded in every plant and
flower that delicate perfection of floral colors which no art can copy,
and trace in their structure the silent working of a perfect mechan
ism, that with equal care builds the lofty tree, and guides the tiny
shuttle that weaves the delicate texture of the leaves that tremble
on its boughs ? And would it not add many a charm to life to be
able to know and name every flower that gems your native land, and
tend to drive away loneliness and melancholy, and be a source of
happiness beyond the control of fickle fortune. The real student
ever possesses in himself an unfailing source of happiness ; his soul
i3 full of the wonders of nature, and he knows that in every
passing breeze are the elements which give vitality to animal life,
cause the vegetable kingdom to flourish, and make the world pleas
ant with fertile fields.
Thers is also the science of chemistry, by . which our soils can be
analyzed and the farmer taught how to make the earth yield more
bounteous harvests, and preserve the fertility of his lands from ex
haustion. Such knowledge is of the first importance to us, for all
staides of export come directly from the soil ; and on the products
of agriculture rests almost the entire prosperity and progress of the
country. Whatever exhausts our sou robs us ot our capital, and
tends to diminish our annual income, prostrate business, and embar
rass every industry ; for agriculture is here the one great pursuit,
and more important than all others combined : and to its develop
ment and protection should be directed all the knowledge and skill
of the government and people.
Our climate, also, should be studied, and its peculiarities noted
and classified. Meteorology has, for some years, attracted the at
tention of scientific men, and many interesting discoveries made.
Yet here this held ot learning is comparatively new and should be
entered upon, with zeal, by our professors and scholars : for out of
it may arise discoveries which will not only add something new to
human Knowledge, but greatly aid our agricultural and commercial
industries.
This institution, from which you to-day receive degrees of honor.
has beenjounded to develop these natural sciences, in order that it
may perlect and teach the art of agriculture, so that our farmers
may learn through it, and you, the elements ot wealth our lands
possess, their resources and capabilities, and how they may get the
best returns for their labor. Here the business of agriculture
should be specially exalted, and its votaries fitted to hold that rank
in society to which the intrinsic merits of their great calling entitle
them. There is no class in society who operate the great industries
of the world, who more need diversified scientific knowledge, and
general book learning, than farmers. They are called on to build,
to measure angles and curves, calculate areas, construct roads, man-
fuanuiiK in- i. . "j i it. j. .i i - . .i.-
tinct, have in the course of ages, by unceasing labor, raised the coral ,t7c, f , ..- .. . .- , ' J o"
1 J e , - j i . c i i ii - a m n t ttica ui awns ami iu'.-n i la n ill n m aj UOCMVIUAF crops : to Keel) POST
shniia from tne deep bosom of ocean, which the rain and the sun- , . ,r. 1 . i ' "r r""
rr ...... .... fid as in nricfts in T.nft markets, manacrp qphnn s .t.rw chnwliM
tact, to conduct all public affairs. And though many have been de
i, i .i i c . i l-ci. , i i i . . i iiuiciiu, ctixii abuumicii KtiL ill iiiiiuriiiiutj. It noes BUS Drove OUT TIiaT,
through t.hs deen caverns of our sphere, have lifted the continents I, ' ,..,. .vri,"OT" ! "
above waters, and piled these gigantic mountains to the skies; of 'earning useiui m this great calling as in any other. And
-"Mt r oo ... . thpro i no danofpr that, r.hta nr anu nf hpr uictitiitinn nf laqrninrr w,ll
the millions of worlds that are in the infinite space above and , rrr . f- , , , T 6-
around us guided and controlled by a power that is infinite,
It becomes the butterfly to show its ephemeral beauties, and the
peacock to spread his dazzling plumage in the sun, and strut in un
thinking pride, tor thsy own the gaudy grandeur they display.
But for thinking man. made in the image ot his (jod, to don a gar
ment not his own, and flaunt a borrowed plumage, is unbecoming his
high de3tmy, and will receive, as it deserves, the jeer and ridicule
of all sensible men.
I would say to you, show yourselves to be true men and women.
Strive to be all you pretend. Cultivate simplicity of manners,
truth, gentleness, charity, and earnestness of purpose, and you will
not laek that true dignity ot demeanor which inspires respect and
esteem.
There is another error into which students, in this now country
are liable to fall, and that is, change of profession or business. You
should each choose some profession or calling, and stick to it, as
the business of life ; if you change often you can never be eminent
in any thing. No man is an universal genius, who can turn his
inexperienced hand to new work, and execute it with a master's
skill. He is best able to perform what he has learned to do by
much practice. He is the creature of habit ; and the habits formed
in early life becomes a part of his moral and physical being ; and
acquired knowledge, long used and applied, becomes, as it were
intuitive, and constitutes practical skill if not genius itself. And
whatever may be the bouuteous gifts kind nature has bestowed on
any individual, there never was a genius of renown, who was not
also a student and a hard worker in his craft.
Thi3 was strikingly illustrated during our late civil war. In
Europe collossal standing armies, with experienced officers, are
kept in constant readiness for war ; but in this country both sides
had to gather their armies from those who had been in the peaceful
pursuits of industry. And nearly all the otfuers, who proved
themselves competent to command great armies in tne neid, were
men thoroughly educated in early life, in military tactics. Men of
the highest order of intellect and genius, and eminently successful
in civil life, entered the army at the opening of the war : but their
general intelligence and genius did not supply their want of early
training, and the habits of military thought and action ; and most
of them failed to achieve any distinguished success. The educated
and trained military commander wields his columns to make a
charge, or repel an attack with the same ease that a sailor turns
his ship to meet the charging billows. He is generally a man of
deeds, not words. Napoleon and Nelson were such men, who
could say to polished orators and learned state3men, of England
and France, as Cassins Marius said to the Romau senators, I come
not to you with eloquent words ; you speak well of great actions
but I have done the deeds which so exalt the Roman name.
It is by much practice that we gain the confidence and ability
that is necessary to great actions ; and he who follows one calling
and acquires the most ample experience in it, will be most likely to
achieve the greatest success. I know it is difheult, in this country,
to ho d young men constantly to one pursuit. This arises from the
excitements necessarially prevalent in a mining community, or one
so near to mines of the precious metals, that golden dreams, and
visions of sudden wealth, will flit across the youthful imagina
tion as bright and dazzling in their glowing prospects as the fairy
fables of the Arabian JNights, and about as illusory, these bright
phantoms no student must follow, if he desires eminence in learning
You who desire to prosper in the path3 ot knowledge must urge
on, never sulfenng your leet to stray or your zeal to falter. When
you leave this college, you have not reached the end of your jour
ney, or obtained the acme of your ambition. Your way to the
delectable mountains of knowledge must be followed right on, with
careful steps; and though the ascent is easy and pleasant to one
who loves the journey, you will never reach the summit, and enjoy
the dehghtlul prospect, if you loiter by the way. Here lie the
fields of knowledge, ever opening new treasures before the searcher
of truth. Here are collected the discoveries of all ages. Mere are
the productions of Homer, Horace, Cicero and Virgil, celebrating
and transmitting to us the grandeur of ancient civilization. Here
are gathered the splendors of the ancient Orient, covered with
the mvsterv and mist of thirty centuries. Here also the present
with its prospects of new discoveries and clad in the habiliments of the new and useful enterprises that open up and make easy the way
youth meets the hoary past. Mere rise the fountains ot knowedge, ot progress. JNever tear that some new machine, that saves labor,
which flow forth to fertilize the human mind, carrying the bless- will deprive you of employ, for where labor is saved, production is
nigs ot civilization through the earth. Up this mountain wind increased, and the necessanes ot lite made more abundant, and la
many paths, all plea3ant, but requiring constant exertion to make the bor better remunerated. You can always have some useful
ascent. These paths are separated from the bottom to the top, so work, if you are able and willing to do it. Whatever increases
that no one, in making the journey, can go from one to the other, knowledge increases power, and the capacity for the increase of hap
To change the waj he must go to the bottom and begin the ascent mess among mankind. Add something, therefore, if you can, to
anew. So, it you, in the journey of life aud pursuit ot knowledge, the accumulating stock ot knowledge. Attend promptly to the de-
nrst try one patu ana then another, you will never reacn tne sum- tans oi business, ana never neglect tne little duties ;- lor they, when
mit of your hopes and realize the grand achievments you now an- unrtea, make the great sum of life's work. If ever called to public
ticipate, but will find old age upon you, with all your bright antici- trusts, where your acts will affect the general wellfare, be just to
pations unrealized, and dissipated like the visions of a dream, and all, and especially remember the wants ol the great agricultural
overburden its patrons with too much knowledge.
the cultivation ot a refined literature is absolutely essential to the
happiness ot a well ordered community. This college is in the held,
with others, to cultivate and advance the department of letters in
Oregon. Few, probably, who graduate, will ever be distinguished
as authors, but all can read and store their minds with useful
knowledge, which will make them intelligent and skillful in busi
ness, and add refinement, and give them influence in society. In a
new country the held of literature is liable to be neglected, and
only becomes productive and yields its golden sheaves when the
fields of adventure have been exhausted, and society, refined and
polished by age, has settled down to steady industries, and reason,
succe ling impulse, spreads her silver mantle over a land made sta
ble by precedent. There was but little American literature before
the revolution, and scholars of the mother country then predicted :
" That liberty aud letters would not flourish together." But free
dom's soil has proved congenial to their growth, and there soon
arose Irving, Prescott, Bryant, and many other American authors,
whose brilliant writings have redeemed our common country from
this false prediction, and raised our national literature till it com
mands the respect and admiration of foreign scholars.
And sha 1 not this college produce an Irving, who will preserve.
for the amusement of posterity, the early eccentricities of our pio
neers ? A Cooper, who will clothe, in enchanting romance, the
wild legends of our colonial period ? And a Bryant, who will cele
brate in immortal numbers, the enchanting beauties of this country,
where " rolls the Oregon," among those bold, grand mountains, that
bear on their brows the frown of eternal winter, casting their Ion"
shadows over valleys as lovely and fair as where Arcadian plains
extend, or the fervid Hyderpes flows ?
the time will come when every crystal stream, and snow capped
mountain in our land, will be honored by the songs of native bards ;
for, like Scotland, this land of sequestered glens and rugged high
lands will be a land of poets. It is the business of this generation
to write the history of our pioneer life ; and it is the proudest emi
nence any one of us can attain, to leave a record worthy to be the
guide of future generations.
1 he age ot tradition is passed. This is an age of books. Thev
govern in Christendom, and it is through them that we must speak
to future generations. Thev are the great moral center around
which the social world revolves : they penetrate to every enlight
ened family in the land, and speak to the people by ten thousand
tongues. They speak when all is calm; when passion is hushed and
prejudice unawakened. iheir control over the minds of this gener
ation is almost supreme, for they furnish ideas for, and guide, tl.ose
who mold and lead society. If any of us are to leave endurinir
footprints on the sands of time, they must be made with ink ; all
others will be as ephemeral as the track of the Bedouin on the des
ert. The name that is worthy to be stereotyped will endure when
the Crystal Palace and Smithsonian Institute shall have crumbled
to ruins, as the names of Demosthenes and Cicero have outlived the
physical monuments of Grecian and Roman grandeur.
There is another essential element of true greatness, too often
overlooked and neglected ; if you would be truly great, vou must
be good, and cultivate not only the intellect, but the feelings and
sentiments also. Clear, cool reason and philosophy, without the ge
nial warmth of kind sympathies, may have polish, but it is like the
polish of the iceberg whose beauty gleams in the sunshine only to
chill the summer breezes that are wafted past it, freighting them
with destructive frosts to blight the land on which they breathe.
It is the feelings and passions which warm up the deep spmpathies
of the human soul, and stir it to generous action and magnetize it,
so that others are attracted to it, and warmed and animated by it.
lt is this that causes to grow along the paths of life those social iovs
that ease its burdens, and fertilze the human heart, making it pro
ductive of those genial sympathies that spring up around us, like
flowers along the course of a fertilizing river. So, also, the flash of
wit and the fervor ot eloquence, are the emanations of those minds
only that are stimulated by warm and generous blood.
Go out into the fields of your labor, therefore, and work. Never
be laggards by the way join in the great throng that moves the
business of the country. Be ever ready to do vour part, and aid
Notice to Donation Claimants
THtfonTf OP CLAIMANTS TO DONA-
tftives is th,e'r fees and legal represen-
3 of the a2 r y to that part of section
entitled Ac.tnofiC?ifre3s approved July I7th, 1854,
tr2ZL&- r-PP.ved Sep'-
to creaf-P tho rtffi V a " "unureu ana nity.
le r"....the u"eyor Oeneral, or other
clainreras 'such dJJS
" ,1nJnVeSste? a to do by such officV?:Tr!d
S all rightand .KS 8h
Now, therefore, the undersigned, being such "oth
er duly authorized officer' do hereby rive noS
to each and every person, his or her assign! and FSSf
repfesentat.ves, claimants of donations onan w tWn.
the district of lands subject to sale at thP TTniV
States District Land Office at Rosebn, Oregon nndef
said Acts of Congress : that each and every one of
them within thirty days from the
19th Day of July, 1879,
te5th? daV.f-the e5Piratin of six weeks publi
cation), give notice to the Register and Receiver of
said Land Office at RosebnrgToregon, of mmS.
S'iT sa "ens; and faiCg
ants shall forfeit all right anddaim'hereto Clalm
,elry peTSOD Maiming the benefits of
said act of September 27, 1350. and the legislation
supplemental thereto will within rfjr Shi
after the expiration of the aforesaid six weeks pub
lication cause to bellied in the U. S. District Land
Office at Roseburg Oregon, the proofs as required by
aw, to complete their claim to a donation of land
under said acts, and failing so to do, such claims will
bo held for cancellation.
In witness whereof the Register and Receiver or
tne said U S. District Land Office, at Roseburg, Ore
gon, have hereto subscribed their names, this 24th
16:22w6
WM. T. BENJAMIN, Register.
J. C. FULLKRTON, Receiver.
ftiEW BUSINESS!
LISTEN FOR THE BELLI
THE UNDESIGNED PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A
milk i.:
For the purpose of supplying the citizens of Corvai
hs with Pure Fresh Aliik at the very reasonable rate of
9fo Cents per Grallon,
He intends starting a Deliver' Wagon on or before
the 1st day of June next, when he will be glad to
supply all demands for Pure, Fresh Milk, t the above
rates. Patronage is respectfully solicited.
3"Listen for the Bell. A. G. MULKEY
Corvallis, May 20, 1879. 16 21ml,
HOUSE
MOVING
LORD & TRIMBLE, Propr's.
BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS,
Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to
Raise, Move, put under New Sil!s and level
up your barns, and Buildings of any kind,,
on short notice.
TERMS REASONABLE.
LORD. & TRIMBLE..
Corvallis, May 1, 1879. 16:21tf
I
FOE BALE.
HEREBY OFFER FOR SALE
undivided half interest in the
MY
Oneatta Mill Property
Situated on Yaquina Bay, consisting of
Steam Saw Mill, in good running order,
with a capacity of 20 thousand feet per day.
Also, GOOD HOTEL, FOUR GOOL
DWELLINGS, and ONE STORE HOUSE,
aud 53 acres of land, together with my
stock of merchandise. For further particu
lars, apply to the undersigned,
SAMUEL CASE.
Oneatta, May 5, 1879. 16:19w6
Sheriff's Sale.
B1
Y VIRTUE OF A DECREE AND EXECUTION
issued out of and under the seal of the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for the county of Ben
ton, to me directed and delivered, for the sum one
hundred and seventy-two (8172 61-100) dollars and
sixty-one cents in II. y. gold coin with interest there
on at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the
28th day of April. 1879, together with costs and dis
bursements, in lavor ol w. vv. ihayer, fcJovemor of
the State of Oregon. R. P. Earhai-f, Secretary of the
State of Oregon, Ed. Hirsch, Treasurer of the State of
Oregon, constituting the Board of Commissioners for
the bale of School and Universitv lands, and the man
agement of the Common School Fund, plaintiffs : and
against Meleena Bight, John B. Right. Mary A. Right,
O. F. Right, Harriet A. Bight, Chas. W. Right, Joseph
Bight, Ida L. Bight, and Martha Right, defendants;
and commanding me to sell the real property herein
after described to satisfy said sum of money hereinbe
fore mentioned and interest and costs thereon, I have
levied ujKjn the following described real property, to
wit : Lots one, (1) two, (2) and three, (3) in Block:
number (13) thirteen, in the City of Corvallis, (form
erly original town of Marysville.) in Benton county,
State of Oregon, together with the tenements, heredi
taments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining, and on
Wednesday, tub 11th dat op June, 1879,
I will sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, all the right, title, interest and estate of
the defendants in said execution in and to the above
described real estate to satisfy said execution, costs,
and expenses of sale.
Sale will take place at the hour of one o'clock p. H.
of said day, at the Court House door in the City of
Corvallis in said county and State.
Dated April 29, 1879. ' SOL. KINO,
16:18w6. j Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon.
your name unwritten on that scroll which bears the names of the
aeat aud good, who have passed from, earth to heaven, leaving
behind them an honorable record worthy of being preserved. You
may not, by the most systematic and energetic industry, be able to
accomplish all that you may desire, but that respectability and high
honor which pertains to a well spent life is within the reach ot
you all. ihe eagle that floats on the air, with such graceful ease,
but a few months ago,- halt fledged, hopped from crag to crag along
his native cliffs, till plumed andi strengthened for a bolder flight, he
rises undaunted above the clouds and rides the storm.
class to which you belong, and for the promotion of whose interests
this institution is founded. While some other occupations are
maintaining monopolies which weigh heavily on the interests of far
mers, they pursue a calling which tends to injure no one. Their
mission is to produce bread for the hungry. They seek their in
crease from the soil and the elements of nature, and invoke the aid
of the kind seasons for the just rewards of their labor. They have
no interest in depressing other industries. And all profes
sions, trades, and even monopolies, which seek to control the high
ways of commerce and every tramp and idle bummer in the land,
James Hardison's farm near Monmouth
'as sold a few days ago for $20 per acre.
" We, the jury summoned to inouire intn
the cause of the death of Jas. D. Fay do
hnd that deceased came to his death hv
wound inflicted by a pistol shot fired from a
pi.-ioi neiu in nis own nanos.
ihe facts developed bv the testimnnir
given before the jury was that the night
previous he had retired with L. F. Lane
about lli o clock. After that time he took
XL. J 1 1 i . .
other ehilH w, "r tuIOT u.us' Dnl snmcient, as
found in a pool of water 50 vards frnm , Mr- ane testified to produce delirium tre-
honse with a large bunch of wet straw and 5 Tt. TQ eft hlm,' and. r-
grass wrapped so tightly around his head t u I 3S axra, ana was sitting
and shoulders that it could only be removed f&S w IrS! aTT''
with great difficulty. Coinmitteea with , ., . "Pragne and A. W. Sprague, his
funds and provisions are supplying the Tivu' saloon went out
wants of the Offerers. The SS&S SJfSJ itS TAY ,hortl?
is immense. .i. u, 9 H13H) ana
r , . . . . , ran oacK to me saioon, wnere they found
On the 2d mst.. at Pottsville. Pa., an at. mv c.v f;ii .,t.,i ;n iu ij.
plosion ot fire damp occurred in Glendin hA Kent. tho ma t i
colliery, instantly killing a boy named Jos- from bis head and his pistol lying in his laD.
I remember, when a boy, two young oaks that grew upon the rejoice at the prospect ot an abundant harvest. But alas! .loo
old homestead: one was taken to adorn t.hn lawn, and careful I v many ot these classes, like the squirrels and crows, are anxious to
nlanted and nurtured : hut its roots wr hrnfen and lacerated in live on the fruits of the farmers' industry ; and his greatest trou
transplanting, and for years it lost its lnxnri.m and Unbred with ble and anxiety is to keep them off. And, being a general benefac-
a sickle errowth. The other. rmainintT nndiat.nrhnd nnor. i at.i vn tor, his interests should receive the generous protection of the
hill, struck its roots deep into the parent soil, and spread in luxur- law8 and the sympathy and support of all good men.
iant pride, its broad branches to the nurturing breezes, and made a And now; as we are gathered here in this lovely place, in sight of
giant oak, tnat was able to defy the storms, and became a grateful ever waving fields ot gram, and unnumbered hocks that pasture
shelter to the weary traveler and a bower for the birds of heaven, these green hills, surrounded by the choicest bounties and beauties
So we, if we would prosper in business, must stick to and be dili- of kind nature, to witness the outgoing and incoming of classes of
gent in our calling, gathering wisdom from experience, as we travel young men and women, who come nere to learn the art of fanning
on, and not tnfle awUy life, in flitting from one field of action to and to elevate it, and to make it more attractive and honorable, we
another. Any useful occupation is honorable; and if we succeed may well nope and believe that at every succeeding anniversary in
in what we undertake we shall win the golden prize, which is success, the coming years, the votaries of agriculture will come up here to
YT7T .ot.. I . 1 il. ' : . -i. r. I - r . . 1 . i . i . 1 1 r ..!!..
iiucu juu ii.c ran ma iumuBon, your memories win oioen re- manliest tneir interest in tne growm ana progress oi uus iiit(jc,
cur to its buildings, the grounds, thQshaded walks, and the scenery And they should come and bring their offerings with them, and
that surrounds this charming vicinage, unsurpassed, and almost no- crown Ceres, Pomona and Flora, the good angels, and fabled pat
rivaled, in loveliness and grandeur. But these will not be its most ronesses of our art, with fresh garlands, gathered from their gardens
sacred recollections. Its chief honors are not to be in these rare and fields, and encourage with holiest hearts and strong hands those
physical beauties ; like Harvard and Yale, it must become great and who are building here an institution which, if properly aided and
honored in the distinguished lives of its professors and graduates ; endowed, will send forth from its walls streams of knowledge which,
and as you are an honor to the college, thereby it will be an honor like rivers of water, will fertilize their minds and fields. Let us,
to you.- y; therefore, take courage and hope, that with the spread of knowl-
This institution has but little history : it lacks the staid dignity edge and the associations and aids now employed in educating tne
of age. Those who were its founders are here in onr midst, and in farmers of this country they will soon be able to rank in practical
the prime of manhood. It still wears the bloom of earlv vouth. and knowledo-a with men of anv other eallinr? : and be able to so control
we may hope that as age shall come, the treasures of knowledge and and manage their affairs as to increase their profits and save their
wisdom will accum late, and that it shall increase in vigor and lands from being impoverished. And to assert and maintain for
usefulness, as this agricultural count v shall crow and expand in aor- themselves that rank and influence in society, and the state, to which
ricuitural and commercial wealth, which it is the especial province their numbers, wealth and character entitle them.
BOARD and LODGING.
Xeat Rooms and Splendid Table.
OUR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS
shown the Neatly Furnished Rooms
OF
MRS- JOSEPH POLLY.
At their residence, just opposite the residence of
Judge F. A. Chenoweth prepared and now in readiness
for such boarders as may choose to give her a call.
either by the single meal or by the week.
Mrs. Folly has a reputation as a cook, and gets a.
good a table as can be found in the State.
Solic't3 a share of patronare.
15:46tf.
Farm for Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
sale his splendid grain and stock farm,
four miles north of west of Corvallis, or
Oak creek containing 1200 acres over one
hundred acres in cultivation two fine bear
ing orchards, and well calculated for divid
ing into two or more snug farms Term
easy and title perfect. For particulars in
quire of E. Holgate, W. B. Carter, or
E. MARPLE,
on the premises.
Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1878. 16:ltf
Assignees Notice to Creditors
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN DULY
annointed assignee of all the estate of E. A..
Whitney, of Benton county, State of Oregon, for the
bsnelit of his creditors
Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of said
E. A. Whitney to present their claims under oatn, as
by law required, to me at my office, at the Court
House, in the City of Corvallis, Benton county. Ore
iron, within three months from this date.
6 W. S. McFADDEN,
Assignee.
Dated May 1, 1879. Md8w6.
ORLANDO C. TAYLOR,
Inrenter and Proprietor of Taylor
WONDERFUL
DITCHING MACHINE,
Proposes to cut a Ditch five feet wide at the
top, one and a half feet at the bottom and
two feet deep, throwing the dirt two feet
from ditch, for the small consideration of
Thirty-three and one-third Cents per Rod.
This he guarantees or no charges. He has
three machines now in operation. One each
in Linn, Benton and Lane counties.
Junction City, Oregon, Jan. 17, 1879.
16:3m6.
BILL HEADS, LETTER
statement- -neatly printe
HEADS, MONTHLY
at this office1