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Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORNING, .... BY.. W. X5. CARTKR EDITOR AND PROPRISTOR. ..a so .. 1 50 . 1 00 TEKM, (Coin.) Per Year Rlx Months Three Moulin .... Invariably m nJvaoce. All notices and advertisements intended for publication should be handed In by noon on Wednesday. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. M. 8. WOODCOCK. Attorney and Counselor at Law, OFF CE OX FIRST STREET, OPPOSITE Woodoook A Baldwin's Hardware btore. Snecial attention aixen to Collections, Foredo lure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probate and Koau mailers. Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm Lauds, on reasonable terms. March 20, 187S. 16:12yl J. K. WEBBER. Mai ii Street. Corvolli, Or. DIALER IN Stoves, Ranges, FORCE AND LIFT PUMPS, HOUSE FURNISHING HUD WARE. Const -tly on band, the NEW RICHMOND RANGE, Best in market. THE BONANZA COOK STOVE, Something New. And the New VECTA PARLOR STOVE. Jan. 1, 1880. . Wsltf J. R. BRYSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. All business will receive prompt attention. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY Corvallis, July M, 179, is :2tf FRANKLIN C AUTHOR N, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Corvallia, Orgaa, gpeetal attention given to surgery and diseases of the eye. Can be found at his office, in rear of Graham, Hamilton A Co.'s drug store, up stairs, day or night. June 3, 1879. 16-23t W. G. CRAWruBI, -D'AI.KK IX- WATC El CLOCKS J KWKIJRT. gnSCTXCL&S, BlLVgH WAitg, v etc A!., Mtrolmat in tni in nix V Jt I'-iiriiiL' limit, Ht lh3 muni Hwanitlli raU-s, and a!I work waursilSjai Corvallis, Die. 13, IS77. 14:5011 UKU1A1. i! V.WiLTh . & CO., tOHVAM.'' ... i KKI.U DEALK1W IX Drug, l-iliit.ss, M EDI CINES, CHEMICALS !K MtKhS, OILS, cuss AMD PUT'Y. PURf WINES AND IQJ3B8 FOR MKIiICINAL USE. And also the the very best assortment of Lamps and Wall Paper ever brought tn this idaoa. AGENTS FOR THE AYiRIU 11101 PIMT, 8UPER1UK TO ANY OTHER S Plilfli.i' I CrinllilHf 1 JOB PKIMTI&G, THE- Gazette Job Printing House IS NOW PREPARED TO DO Plain and Ornamental Printing. Aa neat and Clup as it -ai. be me by any mi! .1... I' t fell! lie ! L trr Heivl ' l'ldi. f -nr-i! ti. f v-num Ball Tlrh'S ill Hllli irrMar. l.unlur hhI basW'Sj in ill lt.-r-.. It kSttpiR Hw'l,, . t . I' ti le'.. tr im mmtttt Corvallis Gazette. VOL.. XVII. CORVAIJL.IS, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1880. NO. 50. 1 Inch 2 Inch 3 Inch 4 Inch Column it Column Column 10 W) 1 Column 15 00 KATES 1 W. $ ou 2 00 3 00 4 CO 8 00 7 80 OF ADVERTISING. 1 x. S3 00 . 5 IK) 00 7 00 9-00 12 00 15 00 30 00 3M. 15 00 7 U 10 00 13 00 15 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 6 H. t 8 00 12 ft) 16 00 18 00 20 CO 85 00 40 00 60 00 1 YE 112 00 18 00 22 00 25 00 85 00 48 00 . 80 00 100 00 CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. Corvallis I.olt Ho, la, r. 4t A. H. Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on or proceeding each lull moon. Brethren in good standing cordially invited to attend. By older. W. M. Barnaul Lod re Ho. 7. 1. O. o. F. Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in their ball, in Fisher's brick, second story. Members ot the order in good standing invited to attend By order of N. G. T. A. CBKKOWKTH. F. X. JOHNSON. CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, COKVAILIS OREGOI, September 4. 1870. lf.:36tf ULE1 & WOODWARD, Druggists and Apothecaries, P. O. BUILDING. COHVALLIS, OHEGOX. Have a complete stock of OBI OS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OIL, SUSS, 1T?., tTC. School I'oolcs -tationeny, Ac We bay for Cash, and have cnoiee of the FRESHEST and PUREST Drairs and Medic-ne? the market affords. JE& Prescriptions aoouratsly prepared at ball the usual rates. 2Maylb:lStf AUGUST KNIGHT, Cabinet Maker. aU i Hen ly ma-! .ily n"1 hrl' iiuial.o.l. UNDERTAKER, p Cor. Second and Monroe Sts., MKT1UM, Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of FURNITURE COFFINS & CASKETS. Work done to order on short notice and at reas onable rates. Corvallii, Jsn. 1, 1877. MOtf J W AY3Ur, ATTORNEY AT LAW, i OHV tl.l.lM. I ohi mm. OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and 'iliird. Efl-Stecial attention iiiveu to the Collection of Notes and Aocounta Itf-ltf J tVUS A. YAMTI8, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OKVU..1V - " D8IO IS. tyiLl. PUAtTlCK IN ALL THE COURTS at the Stale. Spe- ial atbntion given to UiKiiir- in Piobu'.e. t4i!leutiUM will receive Bniiipt and coiviul attculioii. Otlice in the Court ..ue. 16:ltf. DR F. A. V NCENT, D E IN 'V I S rJ? . CXBV 1L1-H KEfiOW. rkKFICK ,N PWHER'S BRICK OVER " Mux. Prk ndfec's X. w SU-n-. All Uie latest itupnivi'iiiiiiii. Evurvtli ug new and complete. All wo k wknuutcl. I lea give me a call. 15:311 C. H FARRA, M. O, pit v ia kh mmx CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. (l-H'E--VKIt UKAIIAM A HAMILTON'S Drug Stoic, ( orvnllis. Oreoq. U-2Utf Woodcock & Baldwin (Sucoeagors to J. H ILij lt-y & ',) 47EEP CONSTANTLY ON H MHO AT Till old stami a large and eoiMpfcitw sttn-k of Heavy and Mi' ti lla dwair, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVE, RAC 8, ETC Manufactured and Hume Made Tin n.nl C ii 1- AVji-, Punii lips Etc. A good Tiniii r tiuiBtiUillv on band, nmi all Job Work neatly :.nI rpiM-kty rlolr. Alo aytenU for Kjiiijip. Buin-ll & Co., for the sale of the best and latest im proved h" A. RTMT M AOII I rv ETIY. of all kindti, toRi-tbcr wiili a full assort ment of Agricultural Implements. Sole Ayents for the celebrated ST. L UU CHT R 0KS 0VS the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the NorniHii Ritnge, and many other patterns, 111 all mzi'S an'! atyles. BQI'iirtituliir attention paid to Furmers' waiHH, and die supply ing extras for Farm Machinery, and all information as to such articles, inrnisiiea cneei-miiy, on appuca tion. No paiiiM w ill be spared io furnish our coetouuTtt ai.ii the best goods in market, in our hne.Hnii at the lowest prices. Our motto chall lis, pn-mpt and fair dealing with alL Call and examine our stock. lffire eoitii! elsewhere. Satisfac tion guaranteed. WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN. Corvallis, May, 12, 17. U:4il LANDi ! FARMS I HOMES ! I HAVE FARMS, (IMPROVED OR UNIM- proved) Stores and Mill Property , ery desirable FOR SALE These lands are cheap. Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale. Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under the Soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made final proof on less than 160 acres, can dispose of the balance to me. Write (with stamps to prepay postage). R. A. BENSELL, Newport, Benton county, Oregon. 6l:2tf. H "E. HARRIS, One door South of Chatham A Hamilton's, C'OKVAKI.IN, . OBKM0M. GROCERIES PRO VISIONS, AND Dry Goods. Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. l:lvl DRAKE & GRANT, MERCHANT TAILORS, C'-KVAi - - OXKUV1. T,TE HAVE JUST RECErVED A LARGE and wrll selccicd stuek ot Cluth, vie: W-i of .'vriini'l ltroad 4 IoIIim. rsnrts ' asslmros, u:eb Twcods, und hi i-It'iv n nit in if - . Which we wil! make up to order in the most appiovrd and 1h.mIi ouahle styles. No Miins will ! urcd u protlaeiug giHKi rittiug garments. Parties whdting to purchase cloths and have thua cut out, will do wi'll to cull and examine irurst.Kjk. BRAKE A GRANT. Corvallis, April I7.H7K. Ir:ltftf Boarding: and Lodging. GKOU( K III SOU IXEtiPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV- iding pu!)!i- dial rtt'W iHr prepared and in readibr to keep audi boarders as may choonu to ive him a call, iitlior by the S.HC EML L AY. OH WEFK. Is xlsn prepared to fu 11 si, bunw feeil. Lilxtral 'ban' ol publ'c )atroiiHgr KHcitrt. Give va a .ill. OmUtiK KISOR. Philomalli. Ajij . lMjl. lH:18tf CORVALLIS Livery, Feed ... AND... SALE STABLE. Main Mt., Co vul Is, Oroiron. SOL. KING, - Porpr. 0 WNING BOTH BARNS I AM PUEPA RET to oiler superior accouiiiiodutious in the Liv- ry line. Always ready for a drive, 001 At IO W 1 1 H 1 K. My stables are first-class in every respxet. and competent and obliging hnsllvrs always ready to serve the ublic. RE4S N.ULK CUAKUK- FOR I 'E PrirnlaraUi"H-H l.l I an bo i!Ik: EliWlXNT I1EKSE, CVRUIAGE8 N1 HA' K. FOU PUXatitALn Corvallis, Jan. 3, 187V. lfl:lvl Rf.es Hami.ix. Esimett F. VTbkkk. DRAYACE ! DRAY ACE! Hamlin Sc Wreun, Propr'a. AVING JUST RETURNED FROM Salem with a new truck, and having 'leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg lin, we are now prepa ed to do all kinds of . L RAYING A m D HAULING, either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. Can be found al the obi truck staud. A share rf the public patronage respectfully solic ited. Corvaiiis, Dec. 27. 187S. 15:5Jtf J C. MC DELANO, (city attorhjsy.) ATrORiEY AT LVW. .raSTUlS, BBI03I. Rupture from a Merchant. Daytow, W. T., Feb 10, 1879. ISEW. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss Co., 70Z Market street, Ban Francisco Sir: The Truss I purchased of you about one year ago has proved a miracle to me. I nave been ruptured forty years, and worn dozens of different Kinds of trusses, all ol which have ruined my health, as they were injurious to my back and spine. Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and is worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords me so-much pleasure. 1 can and do advise all, both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme diately. I neyer expect to be cured, but am sat isfied and happy with the comfort it gives me to wear it. It was the best $10 I ever invested in my life. You can refer any one to me. and I will be glad to answer any letters on its merits. I remain, yours respectiully, f. B. BUNNELL. Latest Medical Endorsements. Martinez, Cal., Feb. 17, 1879. W. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss Co, 702 Market street, S. F. Sir : In re gard to your California Elastic Truss, I would say that I have carefully studied its mechanism, ap plied it in practice and do not hesitate to say that for all purposes tor which Trusses are worn it is the best Truss ever offered to the public. Yours truly, J. H. CAROTHERS, M. D. Endoiaed by a Prominent Medical Insti tute. Saw Fbakcisco, March 6, 187fy W. J. Home. Em. Sin You ask my opinion of the relative merits of your Patent Elastic Truss as compared with othei kinds that have been ested under my observaion, and in reply I frank ly state that from the time my attention was first called to their simple, though highly me chanical and philosophical construction, together with easy adjustability to persons of all sizes, ages and forms. I add this testimony with spe cial pleasure, that the several persons who have appiieo. to me loraiu in men especiiii eee 01 1 u fu ture, and whom I have advised to use yours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction, and consid er themse ve highly favored by the possession of one of the improved Elastic Truss. lours truly, hakijUvv j. BJuun, m.. v. Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute, 635 California street, San Francisco A REMARKABLE CURE. Sab Fbakcisco, Oct. 26, 1879. W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic Truss, 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir: I am truly grateful to you for the wonderful CURE your valuable truss has effected on my little boy. The double truas 1 purchaset irom you nas rii.it FEC 1LY CURED him of his painful rupture on both sides in a little over six months. ine steei truss he had before I bought yours caused him cruel torture, and it wa3 a happy day for us all whe be laid it aside lar the California elas tic Truss. I am sure that all will be thankful who rre providentially led to give your truss a trial. You may refer any one to me on this sub ject. 7ours truly, WM. PERU, boo Sacramento street. This is to certify that I have examimed the son of Wm. Peru, and find him PERFECTLY CURED o hernia on both sides. L. DEXTER LYFOKD, M. D., Surgeon and Physician. Trusses forwarded io til parts of the United States at our expense 011 receipt of tie price. UxhtJa PTAtEST C03vitKTE FIRE-PROOF SAFES: Have been tested by the most disastrous confla grations in the country. Ihey are thoroughly nre-prori. They are free from dampness. Their superiority-is beyond question. Although about" 50,1)00 of these safes are now in use, and hundreds have been tested by some of the most disastrous csinflurji'ons in tho country, there is not a single inta.ee 01: record wherein one ol them ever laiieu 'o preserve iw contents perfectly. HAUL'S PATENT DOVETAILED TKNON AND MHOOVB BURGLM Have never been broken 0eu and roblied bt burglars or rob'Wrs. Hall's burglar work is protected by Icttnrr patent, and bis work cam.ot be equaled lawfully His patent bolt is superior to any in ue. His patent locks cannot be picked by the most skillful experts or burglars. By oue of the greatest improvements known, the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks art operated without any arbor or spindle passing through the door and into the lock. Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur glars or experts, fas in case of other locks), and w will put from $Lflf4 o $10,00 behind them ain time a?aiust an eaual amount. tend Stamps for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. Giving full information and rules for measuring. California Elastic Trass Co. 702 Market Street, S. F. OFFICEMonastes' Brick, First street, between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf THE STAR BAKERY, In Street, l orvallle. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. Faiiiily Supply Store ! Groceries, Brel. Cobea, Pies, Camdiea, Toy. Etc., Always en Hand. Owvallw, Jan. 1.177. Utf IHALL'S SAFE AND LOCK CO. CAP.T1L 91,000.000. General Office and Manufactory, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Pacific Branch 211 and 213 California St., San Francisco CHAM. If. DOOA CO., rOBTLAaD, Agents for Oregon and Washington Tor. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America or any other country. One Thousand Dollars To any person who can prove that one of Hall's Patent Burglar-froot Bales nas ever oeen bioken open and robbed by burglars up to the , present lime. C. W. POOL, TKANELING AGENT. Office with C. H. Dodri A Co.. Portland, Oregon J. . PARI ELLS. Manager, a. F. $300 A MOr rtJ guaranteed Twelve Idol a. a a day made at home by the iudus'i ions. Capital not re nnirtvi: we will start vou. iicn.wo- M.n knvi anil irirla make monev faster at work for us than at anything else. The work is light mr.A nH ciich aa an v one can CO rfaht at. Those who are wise who see this notice will end us their addresses at once an- see for them selves. Costly outfit and terms ii. Now is the time. Those already at work are laying np large 'sums of money. Address TRD. A CO Augusta, Maine. THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIS. THE STOBY OF THREE VOYAGES IN SEARCH OP THE MISSING WHALERS AND THE JEANNETTE. Captain C. L. Hooper, of tho United States revenue steamer Corwin, has just submitted to the Secretary of the Treas ury a report ot the cruise made by the Corwin in Behring sea and the Arctio ocean, in obedience to department or ders of May 15th last. The vessel made three trips into the Arctic regions, and its course covered the whole of the Arctio ocean from Point Barrow on the Ameri can coast to a point within 25 miles of Wrangel land. Captain Hooper was within three or four miles of Herald island, and cruised on three sides of it. He was convinced that there was no hu man life on the island. He neither saw nor heard anything about the missing whalers. , The following is a synopsis of the re port: The vessel sailed from San r ranoisco May 22d and arrivedat Onalaska June 3d. Alter giving in detail tee movements of the vessel and the trouble occasioned by the heavy ice, the report refers to get ting under way from St. Michael's June Ai, with the hope of working; north in side of the ice on the Aisiatic side, and says that a stop was made at Lawrence Island for the purpose of investigating the reports of the deaths of the natives by starvation, which were fully con firmed. Captain Hooper estimates that more than fonr hundred natives died of starva tion and he attributes it to the continued cold and stormy weather and the im provident habits of the natives. The (Jorwm started north irom St. Michael's July 10, and on July 26 was in latitude 70 dog. 50 min. north, only thirty-five miles from Herald Island, where a solid pack was encountered and no further progress could be made. Polar bears and two walrus were seen north of latitude 70 deg. The vessel re turned to Cape Thompson to pick up Lieutenant Burks, and at that time the supply of coal being lew, it was decided to return to Plover Bay. This determi nation was abandoned, however, when it was found that coal could be obtained from a coal mine on the American side, heretofore unknown, from which a sup ply was taken. Jtieturnmg nortn, Herald lsiana was sighted August 4, thirty-five miles, distant. After working through the ice the distance was decreased to twenty miles. No signs of the missing whalers or of life were visible, and the weather becoming unfavorable, the. vessel was obliged to turn southward again, arriv ing at Plover Bay August 10. On the 16th she returned to thirty miles east 01 and on the 17th was within seven miles of Herald Island. On the 20th the ves sel get within three or four miles of the island, when she was stopped by ice from twelve to forty feet high. A close examination of the islitnd was marie with a class while the Corwin lav so near, and Captain Hooper- says he was sure there were no human in habitants on it. He states if; as his opin ion that the ice around Herald Island was old, that for two and three years at a time it does not leave Herald Island free, and that the ice rarely breaks up between Herald Island and -.Wrahgel Land. August 25th the Corwin reached Point Barrow, which is the most north ern point of Alaska and lacks only twenty -five miles of being the most northern point of the continent. "On the 11th of September," the report con tinues, "we saw the high hills of Wran gel Land bearing "W. E. (true.) We ran in toward it until we came 10 me solid pack, the ice having the same ap pearance as that in the vivinity of Herald Island. We judged the land to be about twenty-five miles away. The highest hills, which seemed to be more distant, were covered with snow, otners were partly covered, and still lower ones were almost entirely bare. The Bight of this land repaid us to a certain extent lor our disappointment in not finding Herald clear of ice, as we had hoped to do, in order that we might run lines of sound in ars and make a plan of the island. That nart ol wrangeu Xjana wnicn we . ... i : saw coverea an arc 01 tue iioiriz.uu ui 50 dee-rees from NW., N. to W., S. (true) and was distant irom twenty miles on the former bearing to thirty -five or -forty miles on the latter. On the south were three mountains, probably three thousand feet high, entirely cov ered with snow, the central one present ing a conical appearance, and the others showing rounded tops. To the north ward of these mountains was a chain of rounded hills, those near the sea being lower and nearly free from snow, while the back hills, which prooaoiy reacn an elevation of two thousand feet, were nnite white. To the north of the north ern bearing given the land ends entirely or becomes very low. The atmosphere was very clear, "and we could easily have aeen anv land above the horizon within a distance of sixty or seventy miles, but none could be seen from the masthead Thnrn is a reuort that Sergent Andrejw, a Cossack, reached this land in 1762 by crossing over from the mainland on the ice with dog teams, and that he fonnd it ts w inhabited bv a race of nomads called Krahayo. This report, however, in nrobablv without foundation. Admiral W ran eel 1. who was the first to report the existence of this land, says: "We endeavored to collect from the in habitants (of Nishne-Kloymsk) all the information they could give in relation to the countrv and everything that was remembered among them respecting early travelers having any bearing on the subject. They knew a great deal about three oflUcers who' were in 1767, . but could tell us very little about Sergeant Andrejew, who was here only a few years before i. e., m ioa. xney uau wmucu nara1W that ha had been to the Ind)- Kirk and afterwards to the Bear Islands but were ignorant 01 ma sujijiuoou AnuriA. which were included in our most recent charts, and when we spoke fa land north of the Bear Islands and tnuaa f ft nomad race in that direction, they treated it as a fable. Some of their own people had accompanied Andrejew on that journey; how then could the ex istence of a large inhabited land have been either unknown or forgotten among them? I mention this not to prove that Wrangell Land is not inhabited, but to show that if the Arctic-exploring steamer Jeannette has been fortunate hnough to reach that country, she is the first vessel to do so, and her brave officers and crew should have the credit of it. Admiral Wrangell himself did not even see this land. Captain Kellett, Boyal Navy, while cruising in the Arctic Ocean in 1845, claims to have seen Wrangell Land on August 16, but under such circumstances as he himself admits, that a mistake could hardly be made. There are nu merous reports of whalers having seen this land and having sailed along its shore with no ice in sight, and their tracks and positions are laid down on the American Hydrographic Chart, their ex act-position for each day beinsc shown. The fact that tho whalers keep no reckon ing and taku uo observaticES while whal ing will show how utterly unreliable these tracks must be. Although it is possible that there are times when the shores of Wrangell Land are free from ice, it is still very doubtful. It certain ly must be but seldom. I believe that it is possible at times for a strong vessel, properly equipped and fitted, to work ner way in snore iar enough to reach a safe harbor among the grounded ice within easy traveling distance of the land, where she could remain in safety and exploring parties be sent out to ex amine the land. I am of the opinion that Wrangell Land is a large island , possi bly one of the chain that passes entirely through the polar regions to (jreenland. That there is other land to the northward there can be no doubt. Captain Keenan, then commanding the bark James Allen, reports having seen land to the northward of Harrison's Bay, a few degrees east of Point Barrow. He was boiling out, and stood north under easy sail during thick weather eighty or ninely miles. When the fog lifted high land was visible to the northward, a long distance away but perfectly distinct. Large numbers of geese and other aquatic birds pass Point Barrow, going north, in the spring and return in August or Sep tember with their young. As it is well known that these birds breed only cn land, this fact alone must be regarded as proof positive of the existence of land m in the north. Another reason lor sup posing that there is either a continent or a chain of islands passing through the polar regions is the fact that notwith standing the vast amount of heat dif fused by the warm current passing through Behring Straits, the icy barrier is from 6 to 8 degrees further south on this side than on the Ureenland side of the Arctic Ocean, where the tempera ture is much lower. The Tehuckeliies have a number of legends in regard to some of those people having left the mainland and crossed over the ice to a great land" further north, and also of herds of reindeer having crossed over from tho north. Thero may or may not be foundation for these legends. We worked out into claar water and headed to the easfcwajjh .IdaTing visited everv part of the Arctic that it was pos sible" for u vessel to reach, penetrating the icy regions fifty to one hundred miles further than any vessel succeeded in do ing last year without being able to hncl the slightest trace or gain the least tidings of the missing whalers, we were forced to the conclusion that they had been crushed and carried north in the pack and that their crews had perished In regard to the exploring steamer Jeannette we were able to learn nothing. Such a variety of reports were in circu lation concerning her that I was at first in doubt as to her safety. One report to the effect that she had been seen ly the whalers entering a "pocket" in the northern pack, to the northeast of-Herald island, which shortly alter cioseu ana shut her in, was calculated to give the impression that sue, too, nari gone norm in the pack. I investigated this report, however, and it proveu to oe wrwroui foundation. Several of the ships saw, during a partial clearing of the fog. what some supposed to oe ine smone oi a steamer, buL what others are equauy positive was frost smoke. Captain Barnes, of the whaling bark Sea Breeze, reports having seen the Jeannette on the 2d of September, eighty miles south of Herald Island. This was only five days subsequent to the date of her arrival at Cape Leidze, from which point Captain Do Long wrote that he should attempt to reach the southern end f Wrangel Land via Kollutcnin Bay. This being his intention he would not be likely to go in an entirely different direction and put his ship into the pack as early as September 2. His most natural course would be to keep to the westward, and, by taking advantage of every lead, work in and try to reach some point cn the southern end of Wrangel Land, keeping his vessel out of this pack as long as possible in order to profit by a favorable break in the ice and gain even a few miles in the direction in which he wished to go. Failing to get sufficiently Notices la Local Column, 20 cents per line,, each insertion. Transient Advertisements, per square of 12 lines, Nonpareil measure, $; 50 for first, and tl for each subsequent Insertion In advahos. Legal advertisements chained aa transient, and must be paid, for upou expiration. No charge lor publi hers affidavit of publication. Yearly advertisement on liberal terms. Pro fgasloiiHl Car' s (li-quare) 112 per annum. else within the Arctio oirole does the ice remain permanently so far south as be tween Wrangell Land and Point Barrow. I have no fears for the safety of the offi cers and crew of the Jeannette. The fact that they have not been heard from seems to indicate that the vessel is safe, and that they consider themselves able to remain another year at least. Should they be compelled to abandon the vessel and cross over to the mainland during the winter they would find no difficulty in reaching Plover or St. Lawrence Bay, where they would be well cared for by the Tchuktchis, as in fact would be the case at any place on either the Asiatic or Alaskan coast." The balance of the report is devoted to the voyage from St. Michael's to San Francisco, and a detailed description of the habits of the natives, etc. FAMITO I.ASf'.M. We very frequently receive letters from various sources asking to know something of our valleys and their ex tent. In order to answer them all at one time, we will publish the following, which does not include many small tracts that have not been honored with a name: .. Josephine, 25 miles long, 4 wide; pop ulation 400. Klamath. 50 long, 15 wide; people 800. John Day, 50 long, 10 wide; people 400. Willow Creek, 30 long, 8 wide; people 150. Birch Creek, 20 long, 6 wide; people 125. Umatilla, 20 long, 35 wide; people 500. Pine Creek, 10 long, 15 wide; people 60. Walla Walla, 30 long, 18 wide; 13,000. Grande Rondo, 20 long, 16 wide; 1750. Powder River, 10 long, 5 wide; 135. Jordan River, 25 long, 5 wide; 150. Willow Creek, 10 long, 5 wide; 135. Burnt River, 8 long, 5 wide; . Touchet (Too-she), 40 long, 5 wide; 2000. Columbia Basin, 26 long, 10 wide; 2350. The foregoing are situated in Oregon, while the following are in Washington Territory (eastern portion) : Tuckannon, 20 miles long, 5 miles wide; population, 200. Alpona, 15 long, 3 wide; population, 35. Palouse, 100 long, 25 wide, 2700. Columbia Basin, 100- long, 80 wide; 6000. Yakima, 100 long, 10 wide; 500. Spokane, 15 long, 10 wide; 380. Chehalis, 50 long, 15 wide; 200. These lands are, with the necessary population, capable of producing 500,000 tons of wheat annually. The twelve counties of eastern Oregon and Wash ington that must be considered tributary to tho waters of the Columbia and Snake rivers contain 1414 surveyed townships, or 23,576,000 acres. In tue-earlier.aettle-ment of eastern Oregoiff, preference was given to strictly vaUe'y lands. Experi ence habojvjiJjQwover, that most ei- . ax crops of cereals are sure upon the table and hillside lands. For both fruit raising and general agriculture, many now give hillside lands the preference. Sixty Miles a Minute In a Tin Pan. Arthur Fitzpatrick, who returned from Colorado, a short time ago, gives the following account of an ocourenoe in the mining districts, of whieh he was an eyewitness: "A miner and some com panions were crossing the Continental Divide when it was covered with snow. Three miles below them, down a decline of forty five degrees, deeply covered with frozen snow, lay a spot they de sired to reach, while to go around by rail was fifteen miles. Th miner took a tin pan used for washing gold, spread his blanket over it, got in himself in a squatting position on his haunches, tucked the blanket around, held his rifle and other traps over his head and got one of his comnanions to give him a push. He informed me he went down at the speed of sixty miles a minutes, and shot far out into the valley at the foot of the mountain. When he stopped he found the soldering of the pan melted from friction, and his blanket on fire, and was his impression that had he gone much further he would have been burned up, together with all his traps." Pittsburg Telegraph. In 1811 Sir Humphrey Davy visited the Jttidgewortns in xreiaua. iue i ine remarai oi uio uuom, ties, which at the present time are especially the seat of disturbance, have rniaMutfc: "Aa a Tjhvsical'v Rifted raoa tho people of Mayo aA CraTway handsomer and more Ybbtiafc than tl of anv other Dart of Ireland. Ine softness and beauty, There jU(la uiuvvuj. u -y r agriculture; little or no law among who are lor tne most landlords, who are rdClilrtllt. Out of the country. There nenr wrnne'ei Lanu w niiu siuc muici n,, v one titace in uonnauxui wjibj o j- o quarters he might push on and endeavor an improving tenantry possessing indus- tn reach the JNew HlDenan isianua, which, although some degrees further north, are often accessible, owing to their more favorable location. Unlike the whalers, the Jeannette is a strong vessel, well fitted for encounter ing ice, and her crew were thoroughly equipped for traveling over the ice if necessary.so that even though she should become embayed in the ice and her crew compelled to leave her there would be no difficulty in reaching the mainland, or if in the vicinity of Wrangell Land in crossing over the ice in boats, which they have properly, fitted for travel, and reach ing the whaling fleet. This, however, would not likely be done until the com pletion of explorations, wh'ch I am con vinced will have to be made in dog sleds, judging from what I have seen of the ice. To attain a high latitute with a ves sel in this part of the Arctic is impossi ble. The whalers follow the ice-pack iok lmtMsri Herald T si and and T0iJ i. -rrf noor S dTgreetS as yet, andomplains of bad seasons and poor sxJtrsiaS1. ; wV above hi. i. aa iar uwui ,v m?w.. . try, regular habits and civility without fawning; this was at Balijna. Ton will, I dare say, guess the reason there are four or five great and liberal proprietors residing among them, and setting an example of cultivation and good man ners." . The Ylenrs ot an Old Farmer. A successful old farmer once said that "one acre of land well prepared and cul tivated will produce more than two which received only the same amount of labor used on one." . "One cow, horse, mule, sheep or hog, well cared for is more profitable than two fed on the amount that will keep one weil" xt . "One acre of grass is worth more than two of cotton where no grass is raised." "It is the farmer who never reads the mtiprs anrl sneers at book farTUIf!3tnd" improvements generally that has a leaky StOCK. DrOKSa OWU icuuw, land seas, on the contrary, it is no un common thing for whalers to reach the 78th degree or even higher. Frem what I can learn from the ac counts of those who have traveled in other parte of the Arctic, and from my own observation, I believe that nowhere Bt it. to others to manage, in due seoson has no business to attend to," Next in importance to freedom and jus tice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be per manently maintained.