THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1890.
AN APOLOGY.
The Gazettk appears this week
in a general thrown-together style
owiBg to the illness of its pro
prietors during the greater part of
the past week. It is hoped that
the subscribers will overlook all
mistakes and lack of news items,
for nothing oould be done only to
take quinine and see the visions of
a large doctor's bill occasionally
appear, while wrestling with
grippe.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
How's your wood pile?
R. M. Davisson is Lome from his
California trip.
Sleighing was indulged in on Mon
day last in this city.
County court met this week in regu
lar session for January.
Shows are coming as thick as snow
flakes on the mountains. "
Two incandescent lights now illumi
nate the inside of the Corvallis post
oflice after sunset.
With so much snov boating on the
Willamette will continue longer in the
coming summer than last year.
Travel is very lively now on all
trains in and out of Corvallis, con.
sidering the disagreeable weather.
Postmistress F. A. Helm gave a
social to a few of her friends on last
Monday evening at her residence in
South Corvallis.
The sbop "Rowena" of Tillamook
that was reported lost some time ago,
has been heard from at San Francisco,
all safe and sound.
Louis Wilson intends to have a
brick and tile machine in running
order by next summer. Tlie demand
for brick this year will be gieat in
Corvallis.
J. E. McCoy, the man who con
structed nearly all of Salem's street
car line, was up last Saturday and
Monday looking over the proposed
route for the line here.
The Oregon Pacific's steamer N. &
Bentley successfully passed her annual
inspection Monday and was granted
a new license by United States In
spectors Edwards and McDermoit.
The installation ceremonies of the
new officers of Ellsworth Post, G. A
R, No. 19, and W. R. C. 7, were con
ducted in the presence of a large num
ber of invited guests last Friday even
ing. Mark Lewis, under the influence ot
bug essence, tried to create a dis
turbance in Assell's chop-house on
Monday last, but Deputy Sheriff
Osbom soon cooled him down by or
dering him out.
The. West Shore has concluded to
branch out by establishing an office
of joint publication at Spokane Falls,
and that enterprising weekly magazine
will be published in Portland and
Spokane Falls simultaneously.
The heating apparatus in the new
school building is not sufficiently large
enough to warm the different rooms
and the schools aie compelled to con
tinue the vacation for a week yet,
until the trouble can be remedied by
adding another boiler of larger demeu.
sions.
The first runaway in Corvallis for
90 occurred on Monday morning.
The team, which was standing near
the foot of Monroe street, liecame
frightened at the noine of .the Hoag's
whistle and ran up the street until
near the court house when they were
caught. No damage done.
Under the new census laws the state
of Oregon is divided into two districts.
The first district comprises the counties
of Benton Clackamas, Clatsop, Col
umbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson,
Josephine, Lane, Linn, Marion, Mult
nomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington,
and, Yamhill. Second district: Baker,
Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Klam
ath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla,
Union, Wallows, and Wasco counties.
Rumor has it that the parties who
intend to build new brick bnildings
between the post office and Roso's
cigar factory next season, may con
clude to. have the upper story fitted up
for an opera house. This would be a
grand improvement. If there is any
thing that Corvallis needs right bad
just, uow it is a comfortable building
for amusement purposes. The present
opera house wouldn't make a decent
livery stable in any other city When
a room is so cold that . the manager
ia compelled to carry a bucket of coals
around among the audience for them to
warm by, and the persons on the stage j
shiver themselves hoarse, then the
reader may know how cool things are
such was the case during the play
last Thursday night.
It is too often the case in small
towns that there is a class of per
sons who busy themselves with other
people's business. These gossipers
keep a careful watchout to observe the
company you keep; if you go into a
saloon, they make a note of it; and if
you ever engage in any business trans
action, they set their heads to acquire
the particulars. The worst phase of
the matter is that they draw on their
imaginations to supply the particulars
that they are not able to obtain. And,
in doing this, they always magnify
your faults and overlook your good
traits. In a place where everybody
knows every body else this evil gets
to be very annoying. We do not fof a
moment hold that vice should be
screened, and it should be exposed,
though in so doing some consideration
should be given for the truth.
For a short time only. Lots in Scheuck's
addition to Astoria. Terms easy. Buy
now of Hartless & Diiyisson.
Lots in Schenck's addition to Astoria can
be had only at Hartless & Davisson's office.
Time is limited. Call early if you waut a
good thing.
The Presbyterian church will be re-opened
next Sabbath morning. Services both
morning and evening as usual. Sabbath
school at ten a. m.
The old Chamber's house on corner of
Eighth and Jackson streets is beginning to
show the effects of the hammer and saw
upon it. Dave Osborn is its new owner.
Prof. J. D. Letcher reports a very cordia
welcome by the Eugene people to the farm
ers' institute which occurred there last
week. Several excellent papers were read.
Evangelical Church. Preaching at Ever
green, Saturday evening; at Beulah Sunday
10:30 ft. m., and heie at Corvallis at 7 p. in.
Subject for the evening: "Future Glory."
J. M. Dick.
Bishop Becker is a tine ventriloqaest.
He will both amuse and interest his audi
ence at the Presbyterian church next Tues
day evening. No one should miss the
marvelous lecture.
Letters. Advertised for January 10,
1890: Wm. Berry, Albert Galwick, Ellon
Humphrey, ' Pastor Baptist Church, H.
Rideuer, Will Simpson, E. Tibbotts, James
Wilson. F. A. Helm, P. M.
If you want a sure thing, invest now ia
Schenck's addition to Astoria, and double
your money in less than twelve mouths.
Only one hundred lots on sale. Positively
withdrawn the lirat of February. See the
plat at Hartless & Davissou's ofiioe.
The teachers' institute for the third judi
cial district, comprising the counties of
Marion, Polk, Linn, Yamhill and Tillamook,
is dee this year in Linn county, and State
Superintendent McElroy has decided to hold
it at Albany during the . second week in
March, at which time a large attendance is
expected and an interesting session.
S. T. Kichardson, Hon. E. B. McElroy
and another gentleman, of Salem, were in
Corvallis yesterday, and with several of the
leading men here engaged in forming a land
and investment company. The principal
otfice is to be located in this city with one
ia Portland and Salem also. The capital
stock is placed at $50,000, in shares of $50
each.
State Tax Levy Made. The state execu.
tive board, consisting . of Gov. Penooyer,
Secretary of state McBride, and Treasurer
Webb, met in the office of the latter yester
day, and made a levy of taxes for state
purposes for the year 1890 as follows: For
general expense fund, five and twenty-three-thirty
fifths mills; university tax,
one-seventh mill, military tax one-fifth
mill, making six mills in all. The net
valuation of the state is $101,586,472, a six
mill tax upon vhich will raise a revenue of
5609,518.83, or f 574,689. 19 for general ex
penses, $14,512.35 for university and $20,
317.29 for military. Statesman, 7th.
IN ME.VIOUIAM.
Resolutions of respect for Otto Stone.
Whereas, It has pleased God in His good
providence to remove from among us our
much esteemed frieud and brother Otto
Stone, and
. Whereas, He was one of the few whose
characters are such as to gain the highest
respect of all. therefore, bo it
Resolved, 1st, That the Y. P. S. f C. E.
of Oak villa has lost oue of its most loyal
and beloved members, and that the society
has sustained a very great loss.
Resolved, 2nd, That the' cause of Christ
has lost one of its best and ablest workers.
Resolved. 3rd, That we extend to the
parents ana relatives ot tue deceased our
heartfelt sympathy in their great sorrow.
Resolved, 4th, That the society hall be
draped in mourning and that , all members
of the society wear a badge of mourning for
a period of ninety days; and
Resolved, 5th, That a copy of these rasn.
lotions be sent to the Corvallis Gazette and
each of the Albany papers for publication,
and that a copy of the same be presented to
the parents of the deceased.
Signed ia behalf of the Y. P. S. of C. E.
E. K. McDamel,
' ( : i . W. B. Hamilton',
A. Y, Smith,
; . ..' "" ; -; f '. t. Committee.
luoore oc oiewarfc, mo doss Darners, od-.
posite the brick livery stable: shaving 15
cents; haircuttiag 25 costs.
WEATH Eft KE PORT.
During Dec. 1889, there were 16 days on
which rain fell, and 5.26 in. .)f water; there
were 4 clear, 3 fair, 19 cloudy and 5 foggy
days. The highest temp, for the mouth
was 51 deg. ou the 5th and 7th.
Lowest temp, for the month wan 23 deg.
on the 26th.
Mean teinp. for the month, 36.2 deg.
Monthly lange of temp., 33 deg.
Greatest daily range of temp., 17 dag. on
the 5th, 23rd and 30th.
Least daily range of temp., 5 deg. on the
24th.
Mean daily range of temp., 10 8 31 deg.
The average mean temp, for Dec. in 20
years is 38.9 deg. ; that for Dec this year
is below normal by' 2.7 deg. Excess since
Jan. 1st, 10 2 deg. The average precipita
tion for Dec, same time, is 6.03 in ; that
for Dec. the year is below normal by .82 in.;
.deficiency since Jan. 1st, 9.11 in. On the
12th and 13th very light, soft snow fell,
melting on reaching the ground, until 4
p. m., when it began to lay on, and on the
high hills and sheltered places it lay until
the 30th, when it disappeared. There were
frosts on the 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20. to
the close of the month.
During Dec. 1883, there were 10 days on
which rain fell, and 2.95 in. of water; there
were 6 clear, 3 fair, 20 cloudy and 2 toggy
days.
Highest temp, for the month, 57 deg. on
the 2nd.
Lowest temp, for the month, 27 deg. on
the 28th.
Mean temp, for the month 42.6 deg.
Thomas Peakce.
Kola, Jan. 1, 1890.
THE PLANTER'S WIFE.
A Red Bluff, Cal., paper contains the
following: "Judging from the iuitial play
at the opera bouse last night by the Elles-ford-Brophy
dramatic company we can war
rant our theatre going people a very enjoy
able week of dramatic representation. This
company is composed of persons in their
profession who can make acceptable the
poorest of plays, and as their repertory in
cludes some of the very best of modern
dramas, you can imagine the treat which
is in store for those who attend. The
house last night was comfortably filled; to
night every seat will probably be occupied,
as it should. Mr. Brodhy as Col. Graham,
in "The Planter's Wife," showed the best
dramatic work we haye seen in Red Bluff.
He is a fiuf actor, has fine stage appearance,
a good voice, and is a full entertainment in
himself. His support ia Miss Lottie Beu-
mont, as Cdith, the planter s wite, , was
grand; it would be very hard to improve
upon these two persouations. Hur costumes
are many and elegant. Miss Jessie Norton,
as Annie Gordon, aided by Albert Lando, as
Simeon Siiucee, furnished the spice to the
play, and the two created a grin whenever
thvy appeared in the play. Miss Alta
Sherman and Harry Armstrong completed
the cast of the drama, and carried out their
parts in good shape. The afterpart, "Turn
ing the Tables," was exeeediugly funny,
Mr. Ellesfordaud Miss Norton being th
life of the faree. Sparks of fine comedy
acting Here flashed in the piece, showing
these two artists to be very clever comedi
ans. Mr. Ellesford is exceedingly good in
Irish representations."
NOTICE.
As there has been considerable talk about
my broken and bruised arm. and a few have
been inclined to think with the good old
lady who laconically remarked, "It wa'nt
sot right," I desire, in justice to Dr. Farra.
to say that two eminent sur 'eons in Port-
laud whom I consulted approve his treat
ment of it, aud declare all the bones to be
in place, and express a strong hope of the
restoration of the member. In the mean
time the left is doing all the work which
its fellow can not d W. N. Hull.
FOR SALE.
Two good heating stoves and a cook stove,
for sale cheap, also a new safe. Enquire of
W. J. Higgens. It.
Tee New York Evening News says,
in its annual report of railway con
struction, that only 5,000 miles of
railroad were constructed in the
United States in 1889, the smallest
construction in any year since 1885.
l ue reeom ot the intervening yearn
was: 1886, 8,471 miles; 1S87, 12,688
miles; 1888, 7.235 miles.
THE GRAVE GfcTS TIRED YAWNIXG,
Seemingly, for certain wretched invalids
who toddle feebly along, though always
looking as if they were going to die, bat
omitting to do it. They dry up, wither,
dwindle away finally, but in the meantime
never having robust health, know nothing
of the physical enjoyment, the zest of that
existence to which they ciing with such re
markable tenacity. They are always to be
found trjing to mend by tinkering at them
selves with some trashy remedy, tonic, or
"pick me up" to give a fillip to digestion,
or "help the live-." If f.uch iniuuided
folks would resort and adhere to Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters it would be well with
tl'eni. This superb invigoraut supplies the
stamina that the feeble require, by perma
nently reinforcing digestion and assimila
tion. It .overcomes nervousness, insomnia,
malaria, kidney complaint, biliousness,
constipation, rheumatism and neuralgia. '
"V Send is Your Orders. I have a few
more pairs, or trios, of those Brown Leg
horns for sale. These are a different straiu
to those I formerly owned. Also a few
nice Silver Spangled Hamburg; have also
several Hue Rose Comb Brown Leghorns.
These are all beauties, and are quite an im
provement .in the high combs. . Write for
what j on want to C. B. Wells, Philomath,
Oregon.
Tor Sale. A recorded short-
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ilorn OUfll "" J"re years Old.
( Murray k Buagett, ijorvauis, Ur..
TO KILL THE GRAIN WEEVIL.
In view of the present prevalent an
ncyance and pecuniary outlay caused
grain merchants and others by the
above insect, we deem it not out of
place to puhlish what is known of this
pest and the remedies therefor, hoping
that the information may reach every
one interested, and prove of some as
sistance, and with the further hope
that it will elicit discussion and more
information from grain dealers.
NATURAL HISTORY.
The grain weevil belongs to the
sub order or beetles characterized, by
its members being provided with n
beak or snout which is used to
puncture fruit, or grain, or flower buds
(the plant attacked differing with the
kind of weevil), thereby forming a re.
ceptacle for the egg.
The grain weevil is reddish brown
in color and about one eighth of an
inch long. A siugle egg is laid by the
female who punctures a kernel of whe..t
for that purpose.
The larva, or worm, produced from
the egg lives upon the farinaceous part
of the kernel, leaving only the hull.
When full grown it is nearly one line
in length and changes into a puim
within the hull in which it hsis lived,
It remains .in the pupa state about
nine days when the perfect beetle ap
)ears and gnaws its way out of the
kernel.
It devours the inside parts of the
grain, not only in the larval, but also in
the perfect, state.
It is said that a single pair will pro
duce 6,000 in five months. It is also
said that from the time the egg is de
posited until the perfect insect appears
is about forty-five days.
It is claimed that at a temperature
of less than 45 deg. Fahrenheit these
insects are incapable of reproducing,
and in order to escape the cold hide
themselves in the cracks of the floors,
etc., remaining there until warmer
weather.
It is not by examining the surface of
the grain heaps that the presence of the
weevil can be detected, but by examin
ing the grain at a depth of four
or more inches below the sur
face. If some of the grain be put in water
the infected kernels or those which the
larva or perfect insect have eaten out,
will float
It is probable that the weevil lays its
eggs in the grain or ia some of it while
in the field.
' The above is taken largely from the
work of Matthew ' Cooke who spent
some time in studying this insect in
California; so are, also, . the following
remedies which tally so closely with
the result of observations of many
grain men throughout the Willauette
valley, that they are especially valu
able.
REMEDIES.
First Keep granaries clean and
dry within and well ventilated.
Second Whitewash the interior i.S
the spring of each year. , Before white
washing, however, anoint, with a brush
all cracks and crevices in floors and
walla with the following solution
Saturate chloride of iiiiie with all the
coal oil it will take tip, and then with
water until it can be used with
brush.
i una orain in storehouses or
granaries should be piled so is to allow
a free circulation of air around the
rows of sacks (supposing that sacks
were used, and their use seems de
sirable.) ' ' J f
' Fourth It ' is generally conceded
that the grain weevil cannot breed if
the tempeiature in the building or store
house is kept lower than 45 deg. Fah
renheit . . Hence.
. Fifth Thorough ventilation is im
poi tant, as we have reason to believe
that at least part of the wheat is in
fested before it reaches the granary;
and a maintenance of a low tempera
ture will keep eggs from hatching.
Sixth Grain kept in bulk should be
turned over occasionally by "shoveling''
to prevent its becoming heated.
Seventh Stored grain should be
kept free from damp, and kept perfectly
covered to prevent its becoming wet
from rains, eta, and a high temueia-
ture by every possible moans.
Some of the methods to be adopted
by grain men in the valley to secure
the above ends are as follows: When
storing wheat, one bin is . to be left
empty. This will allow' an opportu
nity to occasionally turn over the wheat
in all the other bins,' transferring from
one bia to another.
This aeetns to be an excellent plan.
The tost of-this process, including
services of engineer, fuel, etc, is esti-'
mated to be about one-tenth of a cent
per bushel.
Another idea to be put into execu
tion is to turn a V-shaped tunnel
covered with wire screening part way
through the bin, at the bottom, open
ing, to the exterior on the side of the
granary, and its inner end in the bin
terminating in a wooden flue bored full
ot two inch auger holes which are
covered with fine wire screening, this
flue to run up through the bin or bins,
affording, with the above mentioned
tunnel, a current of cool air through
the wheat. '
The opening of the tunnel on the
side of the granary may need a little
roof to prevent entrance of rain. j
This method of ventilating stored
wheat is already in use in some sec
tions, j
Another remedy, applicable to those I
who can afford it, and who are willing
to mend after the mice, U to atote grain
in sacks, so disposing them in the
storehouse that a free circulation of air
can play about them, and that cats
frequenting the granary can have means
of passing through the spaces interven
ing between sacks or rows f sacks.
The above remedies are so com
paratively simple that it is hardly neces
sary to mention two others, the first
of which has been found useful in
infested oats, and both of which are
sugge-ted as possible remedies in the
case of wheat. Bisulphide of carbon
is the first (and tins, we believe, is
recommended by Ston in his chemistry)
and gum camphor, the second referred
t . The idea is, in both instances, to
secure the spreading of thej pungei.t
vapor through the grain. ;
Miller, an excellent English authori
ty, syi bisulphide of carbon has proved
an effectual remedy, and says it should
be confined wich the grain in a tight
chamber for a short time, until the
vapor has had a chance to spread
through the mass. Hi further claims
it to be so volatile that, on opening, the
wheat is soon free from any traje of the
vapm. We are uot prepared to say whether
this remedy Would be practicable fcr this
section of the country, but hope to hear
what success or non-success others have
had with it or may have with it.
As for gum camphor, we would be loath
to risk a lar air.ount of grain in t'-sting it,
until we had thoroughly proved its efficiency
and harmlesxiiess.
Even supposing these last two remedies
impracticable, with the simpler methods
given bfore, one need uot feel at a tois-as to
how to hngin. Extomolooikt.
State Experiment Station, Corvallis College.
BURN.
In Corvallis, on Sunday, January 5th,
1890, to the wife of Samuel Kerr, twiu
buys.
MARRIED.
In Alsea, Or., nt the residence of A. J.
McMillan, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 1S90,
Beauregard Chord and Uuua V. Thirsell,
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THREE NIGHTS ONLY.
Commencing Monday Jan, 13!h.
Engagement of the
EIleford-Brophy Dramatic Co,
Who will appear in the following grea
successes:
THE PLANTER'S WIFE. .
HAZEL KIRKE,
FUN in a BOARDING SCHOOL.
Admission Gallery, 50 cents;
reserved seats, 75 cents. .
Seats now on sale at Roberts',
r "PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica says
that Longfellow was born "at Port
land, now the capital of the State of
Maine.'
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' first liter
ary venture was a story written when
she was thirteen years old, and pub
lished in the Youths' Companion.
. The sister of Keats, the poet, la
-iving; in Madrid, Spain, and is in
good health. She is trying- to obtain
from the English Court of Chancery a
fortune which belonged to her grand
mother.
Miss Martha A. McConnell was
elected deacon in the McKeesport (Pa.)
Reformed Presbyterian church, but the
presbytery refused to ordain her, as
there was no precedent for such action,
and referred the matter to the synod.
The synod turned the question over to
the Committee on Discipline, which re
ported in favor of ordaining women as
deacons.
Talleyrand's Memoirs " would
nave been published thirty years
after his death, but in 1368 Napoleon
III. obtained from tne heirs a further
postponement of twenty-two years
more. This term will expire in May,
1890. The manuscript is in the hands
of the Duke de Montmorency, second
son of the Duke de Talleyrand, grand
son of the writer, Prince do Talleyrand.
The London Standard gives cur
rency to a report that a wonderful col
lection of documents printed on papy
rus has been discovered near the town
Df Arsinoe, Central Egypt, consisting of
100,000 documents and 20,000 plates or
maps. The30 papers are printed in
eleven different languages, and treat
of a great number of questions, extend
ing over a period of 2,700 years. The
maps have been printed by means of
wooden blocks. If this is true, the art
of printing is not a modern invention.
Mr. Lewis G. Clark, the George
tlarris of Uncle Tom's Cabin," was
aot long since on exhibition at a
museum at Minneapolis Minn. Speak
ing of the author who made him
famous he said: "In 1814 I went to
Portsmouth, and it was there that f
met Mrs. Stowe. She would talk to
me for hours about life among the
slaves, and each day she would write
down what I had told her. Then she
had never been South, and I can say
without vanity that had it not bean for
mo 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' would
never have been written. Nearly all
the incidents in the book I told her."
Augusta Evans, author of "St.
Elmo" and other lurid Southern stor
ies, ranks with Browning in at least
one respect sho will not contribute to
periodicals. She has repeatedly re
fused the most tempting offers to con
tribute to magazines and newspapers.;
on one occasion she was asked by tho
proprietors of Li ppin coifs Magazine to
name her own price for a story, but tho
offer was promptly refused, as well as
another from a wealthy firm of a check
for $25,000 for the privilego of issuing
a cheap edition of her works, the sams
not to interfere at all with the regular
bound edition. She received a check
for $15,000 ior her novt l, "Infclicp,"
before it went Uy i ffs.
Tile Alaxkau HmiwpI's Doll.
The dusky damsel of Alaska has an
ivory doll. It is carved from walrus
tusk any lenjrth from one to nix inches,
with nose carved, and eyes, eyebrows
and mouth of black enanu-1. Rven the
inch-long baby I1.-13 features carefully
made. She has aLio a doll of wuod. si."
or eight inches long, with its face carveil
and a curious ornament just below tho
corners of the mouth. This is a bluo
bead, and is in imiiation of the fashion
of her trilic, of making in the lower lip
an opening like a button hole, through
which any desired ornament may v
thrust. None of tho Alaska dolls hava
joints, but this unnatural slilfness has
apparently not bee?i altogether satisfac
tory to the small damsels, for some are)
carved in a sitting posture.
The most humble doll is simply a stick
with a head carved on tho end. But the
most elaborate of all Indian dolls I have
seen belongs also to Alaska. It is carved
from dark colored wood, with inoutb
open, showing three white teeth, and it
lias real hair, in locks six inches long,
stuck into holes in the wooden head, with,
the drollest "patchy" effect. Olive
Thome Miller in St. Nicholas.
Visions of tho I nture.
Flas any great invention ever been
made that did not have a forecast in the
visions of some humorist? When, fifty
years ago. we read the fun of Sir John
Mandevillo and of his trumpet, that held
his frozen words until he reached Italy,
where they thawed out and blew away
in his exact tones, to his amazement,
who conceived that we were close to the
discovery of a little instrument that
would bottle up language and song, and
free it after the lapse, of days, years or
ages? Our steam travel was foreguessed,
also, in the same way by Newton, and
air navigation has been a jocose dream
since the "Arabian Nights." Our im
agination can probably never reach
farther than our capacity to realize; the
wonder is that it can reach as far.
Globe-Democrat.
Emancipation Among tbe Cherokee.
Among other events showing the pro
gress of emancipation, the act of the
national council of Cherokces has been
overlooked. Professor Foster writes to
The Century recalling the fact that this
tribe did, on the 18th day of February,
18C3, pass a decree of emancipation. "Be
it enacted by the national council, Thai
all negro and other 6laves within the
lands of the Cherokee nation be, and
they are hereby, emancipated from
slavery; and any person or persons who
may have been held in slavery are hereby
declared to be free forever. " This act ia
remarkable from the pro-slavery senti
ment which was known to predominate
in the Indian tribes, although never as
strong among the Cherokees as amonjg
tbe Creeks. Globe-Democrat..