Peter Britt, Photographic Artist, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Ambr otypo s, Photographs, Cartes deVisite DONE IN THE FINEST STYLE OF ART. Pictures Reduced OR ENLARGED TO LIFE SIZE JOHN MILLER'S Sportman's Depot! Tlulrci Stroot, Next Door to B. F. Dowcll's Law Office; KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND THE best stock of Gods, patent and home made Rifles anil Shot Cans, single and doable; Revolvers of the latestpatents ; Pocket Pistols, .neat, small and powerful ; Derringers, the lat est aod best. Also the best Powder and Pow der Flasks ; all sorts of Shot and Poaches ; Caps, Wads, and everything In the Sportsman's line. The above goods are all of the best qual ity, and will be sold at reasonable prices. All orders in my line promptly executed ; re pairing done promptly and with dispatch. Having sold out my saddlery business thole indebted to me are requested to call and settle. JOnN MILLElt. Jacksonville, Oregon, Nov. 5, lS70.-tf HAXmOAD SALOOisE M. A. BRENTANO GOKDtfeTO C Ji'ice Liquors and Cigars always tin hand. THROUGH TtekETS 121 CENTS: NEW STATE SALOON: DRINKS 12 CENTS. The Ihiritu public are informed that Vxrz t Sivaob of the NEW STATE SALOON will quench beir thirst with the most choice bever ages to lie found in Jacksonville for ONE BIT. We expect to lose money by it, bnt times are hard, and we cannot see people go thinly. 16octC9 TAPE & SAVAGE. . EAGLE MLM ! JOS. WETTERER Prop'r. Tdfc BEST Ofc LAGER BEER KEPT Con stantly, on band : sold by the keg, gallon, W jjlavi. HpcinR is believing, give me a call and jnege for yourself. Jackson vite, Jan. 15, 1870.-tf DR. A. B. OVEitBECK, Physician & Surgeon, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Office at bis residence, in the Old Overbeck Hospital, on Oregon Utrcct. Dr. E. H. Greenmaiij PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; OFFICE : At the U. S. Hold, California Street, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. He will practice In Jackon and adjacent counties, and attend promptly to prolccpional tjalls. fcb2tf DR.A. B.OVERBECK'S BATHEOOMS, In the Overbeck Hospital, NVARM.COLD & SHOWER BATHS, SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. DR. L. DANFORTH, Physician and Surgeon, HAS permanently located on tbeFort Lane Ranch, two miles north ol the Willow Springs, and offers his professional services to the people of Jackson and Josephine counties. Ifi t. T. DAVIS, OFFICEON PINE STREET, 'Ox3X30ito t2xo Old Arkansas mvery stable: Jacksonville, dfegbn. ASHLAND MARBLE WORKS, MARBLE MANTELS, MONUMENTS, JlU. Urave Stones, Ac, always on hand, or bade to order. J. n. RtJSSEL Ashland, July 9, 1670'. ij Warren Lodge No. ltf, A. F, & A. XL, A HOLD their regular conYmunicatlons Qran th'e Wednesday Evenings or preced Vinc the full moon. in JicrsoxniuE. Os- eoo.v. T. G. REAMS, W. H., MIX. MCLLER, SECT.' (ffeprti VOL. XVI. IMUN & KLIPPEL have just received AND OFFER FOR SALE, Hay Forks and Rakes; Grain Scythes and Snathes, Wooden and Steel Barley Foiks, Grape Vine Cradles, Manure Forks, Griin Scoops, Trace and Halter Chains, Chopping and Broad Axes, Hatchets and Hammers, Bench Screws, Wagon Boxes, Patent Cross Cut and Buck Saws, Iland Saws, and a general assortment of Shelf Hard- -ware, Cutlery, &c. Nails of all Sizes ; Paints, Oils and Varn ish, Window Glass and Putty; Tubs, Baskets, Clothes Wringers, Well Buckets, Trays and Bowls, &c. Giant Powder, Fuse and Caps, RIFLE AND BLASTING POWDER COOK STOVES, DIFFERENT STYLES'! ASSORTED Iron and Stool. Submerged ftnd Douglas Pumps. Cast Iron Wash Kettles, Bake Ovens, Skillets,' and Tea Kettles, Brass and Enameled Kettles; Trays; Pans, &c, &c. NEW YORK COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER. AND' HORSE RAKER ! ! Always on hand, a full assortment of rmrciMr 'WjS.xk. E3F Hydraulic Pipe, Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron Ware made to order. HOFFMAN 6 kLlPPEL Jacksonville, Jane 10, 1871. HARDWARE. 1 S T X. ROCKWELL, COYE & Co., Corner Battery & Pine Sts:, San Francisco, Cat. TTAVE on hand a complete assortment of Mining ahu Milling Goods, Building Materials NnilS, Cordage, Axes, Belting, ac. ic. We will famish Mining Companies with all articles required, at prices Defying Competition ! All close buyers arc invited lo examine OUR STOCK AND PRICES. before purchasing. Cs?" Orders gnaranteed pnt up as well as if the purchaser were present. 23mar3m Dr. L. Gaming, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Jacksonville, Oregon, Culifonua Street, opposite P. J. Ryan's Uriel Store May 20. 1871. tf NEW MEAT MARKET. (rixllo Crnsmann, BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM HISflWeEax friends and the public generally "pftjj that he has opened a Mkat Mabkkt M if on Cahforma Street, opposite the U. S. Unlet. where may be found, -at all times, the best of Beef Mnttorr, Porl:,' Sau'sages, &c. &c. iicksonTtlit, Ortro, April 8. 1S71 U CTT'.KjLHLEn.- 'T 8. B. WATSON. KAHLER &. WATSON, Attorney"ot'la-ftr, Jacksonville, Oregon.' OFUCE: Oppotilethe Court House. WILL practice In all Courts of" this State ; obtain Patents for1 all classes of public lands, both mineral and' c?irultujal : attend promptly lo collections, and attend to all Coun ty and Probate business. Jacksonville, June 17, 1871. JACKSONVILLE, SATUEDAT, JULY 1, 1871. THE OREGON SENTINEL, PUBLISHED Erefy Saturday Morning toy B: F. DOWELL, OFFICE, CORNER -C If TB.IRD STREETS. TERMS UP SUBSCRIPTION I For one year, in .advance, four dollars; tf not piiil within the first six months of the year, five dollars ; If not paid until the expiration of the year, six dollars. TERMS OF ADVERTISING : One square (10 lines or less), first insertion, three dollars ; each subsequent insertion, one dollar. A discount of fifty per cent, will be made to those who advertise by the year. Legal Teadcrs received at current rates. Terrible Shake in China. Our Minister in China, Gov. Low, has forwarded to theSecre'tary ol State the following transition of a report of a terrible earthquake, from the Chinese Governor-General of the province in which it occurred : "I have ascertained that Bathang lies on a veiy elevatpd spot boyond thp borders of the province, about 260 miles west of Li Tang, and more thin 30 post station3 from the district town of Td-tsien, on the high road to Thib et. About 11 ocloek, a. ji, on the 11th of April, 1871, the earth trembled 'to violently that the Government offi ces, temples, granaries, stone and store houses and fortifications with all the common dwellings and the templn of Tjng lm, werei at once overthrown and ruined: the only exception was the hall in the temple grounds called Ta chao, which stood unharmed in its iso lation. A few of the trodpi dnd people escaped, but mot of the inmates were crushed and killed under the falling timber and Eone. Flames atsd sud denly tmrt out in many places, which strong winds drove about until the heavens were darkened with smoke, and their roaring was mingled witlrthe lamentations of the distressed people. On the ICth the flames were beaten down, but the tumbling noises were still heard under ground like distant thunder, and the earth rocked and rolled like a ship in a storm at the mercy of the waves. The multiplied miseries ot the afflicted inhabitants were incieascd by a thousand (fears. but in about ten days matters began to crow qnieirand the motion to cease. The Grain Collector at Batbang says that lor several aays oeiqre me eartii quake the water had overflowed,the dyke, but after it the earth cracked in many places, and bhek, fetid water spurted out in a furious manner. If one poked the earth the spurting in stantly followed, just as is the case with the salt wells and fire wells in the eastern jiart of the province; and this explains how it happened that fire fol lowed the earthquake at Bathang. As nearly as is ascertained there were de stroyed two large temples, the offices of the Collector of Grain-tax, the local magistrate and the Colonel,, the Ting lin tem'ple and nearly 700 fithoms of wall, arodnd it, and 35 i rooms in all inside; sic siriallcr temples, numbering 221 rooms, besides 1,849 rooms and houses of the dommon people. The ntimljer of people, soldiers, and lamas killed by the crash was 2,298, anions whom were the local masistralc and his second office. The earthquake, ex tended from Bathantr cist to Pans Chahemnh, west tn Nan-tun; on thp south to Lin tsahshih, and on the north to the salt wells of A-tinitlz, a circuit of over 400 mile. It occurred simul taneously over the whole of this region. In some places steep hills split and sank into deep pits; in others, hills on level spots became precipiiom cliffs, and the reads and highways were rendered impassable by obstructions. The peoplp were beggared and scattered like autumn leaves, and this calamity to the people of Ba'tliang and vicinity was one. ot the most Distressing ana destructive that has ever happened in this country. The Governor General twice memorialized the Emperor re specting it, who granted aid to relieve the misery, re open tne roans Der,ween tie post-houses, and rebuild or repair the offices and dwellings as they were fcteded. Many arc now resuming their occupation- rind the roads are every where passable. A f ashiqx writer says i "Long trailing dresses are now only worn in ladv would care lo carry such a load of filth about her irora the dirty streets.' A nous horse-dealer says, he does not want the Lord a'rotxnd when he is trading horses. As "imbecile word making reptile" Is" what one Western editor call another. Scbsckibt: for your county paper. v Jt 1 IJtJH MJl 'f Excursion to Southern Oregon. Continued from last Keel. ., r ,.. . ,, . ' over theslgnatureof"A.L.L., writes me ionowing series oi icuers to tisat Jiaperj giving graphic and excellent de scriptions of the country Uavcrscd by him: IV. Jackson county contains a larger area than the State of Massachusetts. In fertility, range ot productions, cli mate and minerals, it is superior to that rugged State. But these are gilts of nature. Whether this will ever equal that in wealth, culture and influ ence, is a problem to he solved by the people themselves. The countv embraces eight thous and square miles, extending acro-s the Uisenile mountains eastward, including the lake region of Oregon. There aro several large valleys in this county, the most prominent of which are the Klam ath and Goose Lake valleys on the eat, and 'the Rogue River valley on the west. Travelers on the stago pass through this region in the night, and are there fore unacquainted with its beauties by actual siht. The writer had pased through it three times; and although he had heard of its attractions, had no opportunity to behold them. The glimpses of it which the stagb traveler catches do not disclose the best part of the valley. .Mountain ranges define it on every side. The isolation is complete. But the valley is so broad that it produces no sensation of confinement. The southern bonndary presents for the most part a precipitions nainer; on the other sides are gentle slopes, climb ing to a great height, and rounded in verdant 'beantv. Some of these tops ate clothed with grass of greenest hue, and some with giant firs, which in the listauce look like shrubs. Anoni a bolder summit overtops the rest, crowd ed with spotless white. lietween these toweling ridges is spread out one of nature's fairest scenes. It is a broad plaiu intersected l .r.- :. a jj j? uy me swni nowing river, uescenmng into it from the Cascade range by a canyon ot extraordinary wildness, through .which it plunges with many a lofty leap. Into it from point to point flow the affluents which drain the ad jicent vales, all bordered with decidu- ons and evergreen trees ; and oak open ings, groups of tiees and groves, with lordly plHe ahfl fir overtopping them with staid precision, diversify the pros poet. In various directions appear iso lated hills, some of winch from peculi arity of form are worthy of a nearer in spection. Ihis valley is only a part of the area which may be properly designated the Rogue River region. There are other well-defined valleys which take their names from streams that empty into the river. All of these contain numer ous settlements. The isolated posjtion of these valleys naturally prompts the inquiry, how thev came to be so extensively settled. The wide range of production, .ease of cultivation, and genial and salubrious clirnate, give the explanation. The capacity of the soij has been tested for twenty year. All sorts ol grain, every variety of fruit known to the temperate zone, and some belong ing to the tropic", grow and flourish here. Indian corn, so fickle in most places on this coast, is here a regular crop, litve stock wis out On exhibi tion, worthy of highest prizes. Splen did horses, 6trong, sleek, ponderous cattle, thick-set fleeces, crop the rich pasture; and the ever-grunting swine is pushing snout into more redundant fatness. The climate is captivating. Some days in summer are very warm, but a hot term does not last long, and the mountains furnMi delightful and very accessible letreits. The rains of win ter are frequently suspended by c'otid less skies, vvheri sparkling sunshine and balmy hreczes repel depression and make breathing a lnxnrv. Rev. JSL A. Williams, who has kept a meteorologi cal record regularly lor twelve year, reports a highly agreeable state of bility of temperature, and a combina - wind and weather, a remarkable equa- lion oi cumaiic qna-uics wnicn are highly favorable to health and long evity. Mr. Colver, who' is 'known throughout the State, and knows it by intelligent observation, selected this valley for a home, after having travel - ed over all the States of the Union, ex - cepttwo. He raises upon his splendid farm a great variety of fruits of deli - cious flavor, and regards the valley as;ot coal. Here are tho ores ot both able to compete with any agricultural region on the coast, Mr. S. Ti Van Dyke, formerly a member of the Legislature, gives good reasonsjor a high estimate ot the capa bilities of this region These are examples of views and opinions which are universally enter - . '. . , .i -t-i- j tained by the inhabitants, and appear to be quite reasonable to strangers. The larger part of Jackson county NO. 21. lies east of the Cascade range. The pass through the mountains presents some sublime views, mingled with some ot nature s strangest ireaks. Be' voud it, on an elevaterl plateau among the mo'unta:nil) is tge j Ind; Countrv." which received its nnme frora 'Aft occurrence wliich took place in the timo of Iudian hostilities. On this extensive tab'le-Iand snow falls early and stays .till May. But the grass grows under the snowy fleece, and when thai ,cov ering is malted off, ma"kes amends for delay. The droves of cattle which left the shortened herb age if the plains, as the spring advanc ed, and cropped the grass as they as cended towards the summit of the hils, wend their way in summertime through the pass, and plungointo theltixu'rjant pasturage provided on tha elevated plain. Thither, not only the droves, hut the families also go and camp out tor a season. JLeaving artiticial tastes at hpme, they seek natural luxuries. Putting an arrest upon fin and wing and hoof, and levying an income tax upon vine and berry bush, they luxuri ate in the choicest gilfs of nature. TJhe mountain air exhilerales. Rest on trie bosom ol Mother Earth recruits exhaust ed energies. Communion with nature in her unprofaned haunts tends to inde pendence of character and simplicity of life. Beyond this, on the lako level, is Fort Klamath ; and six miles from it the Klam ith Indian Reservation. Fur ther still is Lost River and Goose Lake. Near the Dead Indian country is Sunken Lake, a great natural curiosity. Mr. J. S. Howard, Surveyor of Jack son county, related to the writer sorfie p irticulars respecting it, which ho ob tained by personal examination. It occupies a very lofty elevation, and ehibits with its surroundings a deso late scene. It, must be fed by subter rancan springs, since no visible stream, except rills from melted, snow, ever enter it. Delow it, and at a considera ble distance from it, two streams glide away in opposite directions, one to Klamath river and lake, the other to Rogue River. It these proceed from this mountain reservoir, as is highly probable, they find their way out through subterranean cavities. The first view ot it is very grand and thrill ing. It discloses a chdsiH, like a vast excavation, in the depths of which the silent waters reflect the surrounding gloom. Perpendicular cliffs, like walls of masonry, rise from the water's edge and prohibit all access to it, except in two places; and the lowest point which Overhangs the chasm, Mr How ard estimated ai 830 feet from the sur face of the water. Its form is elliptical. The narrow diameter he reckoned at five miles, and the long one at eight miles, acros. Thin great gulf looks like the crater of a vast volcano, whose fires were extinguished by an crruption of water. And from this resemblance it is proposed to call it Crater Lake. A picture of this curiosity, probably the only one ever taken, is now on ex hihition at Mr. Shanahau's in Portland. The painter, Mr. Sutton, now a rcsi dent of Portland, estimates the diame ter at five or six miles by twelve milfcp. But I must return to more utilitarian theanes. , ., As 1 was coming this.way, men vver,e looking northward. Here tieir gaze was divided. They were looking northward, and alo toward the east. They were all looking for the locomo tive, the announcement ot a new railroad connection is received with enthusiasm. The California Pacific Eistern Extension Company proposes to enter Jackson county, near Goose Lake ; send a branch tr ick into this valley, and another to Ogdcn to con nect with the Union Pacific. Tho Or egon Central will place this valley on the main coast line, and the new pro ject will give it a direct connection through the trans-continental line, with tho vast network oi railroads on the Atlantic side. The prospect is very bright. These connection will un doubtedly be made. And all of West ern Oregon and Washington, and the North Pacific coast, will share in the benefit, btarting trorri Portland, trav elers can then pass through to tho Eastern Stales without change Of cars, or beirfg at thu outset marked as way- 1 passengers, to be set down by a branch ".u, iu .ui. iu ibb,mih1) .lug. settlement oi mis vaney is con nected with gold mining., , Mrt Cojv ex's surveys led to the discovery if rich piaccr niggmg3, twenty years ago. 1 And the search for the precious metal jin the sdrroundiifg mountains, led to the discovery ot gold quartz, silver, , hon, lead, and inexhaustible supplies . precious ana usetui rneiais, ano. nero is the coal to smelt them. Salt springs and medicinal waters also abound. A vast amount of gold has been lift ed from its native deposits, and carried out to enrich other localities making1 thn valley by so much poorer instead ' ot wealthier. This seems to be the .,. :..: iait:. Tt .um liUUI UilllllJ lUUUIbiC?. AMO JC1IWM stream hastens to get away. It shc-iild be arrested, and made to irrigate fhe soil whence it first flowed. .But no arbitrary law can effect this. Tho course which wealth takes is liko thq course of trade it flows whero it can be used, and equivalents rendered for it. It is the oht.law of exchango and circulation, as inflexible as a law of nature. What he mining,, district need, then, is an. btelligenpopnlation, sustaining the institutions sod promot ing tho ends of modern civilization engaged in diversified pursuits, with cultivated tastes, happy families, at tractive homes, and local attachments. Such a community manipulates tho law of circulation within itself, as well as beyond. It keeps the golden stream meandering in every direction, sending off supplies on every hand, percolating ine ou, ana aisiuung us uropa ma the dew. , The foundations ot such a society are laid in this valley. The men and women are hero who helped to lay them, and now measure its course with joy. AH honor to tlieml May they live to pluck the golden fruit! It is well tha), t(je,p.'reeior)S deposits of this State have cp,al been extract; ed. Western Oregon is. probably ad richly endowed with valuable minerals as any portiim ,of tho globe, of similar extent of surface; and no donbt tho supply is inexhaustible. The introduc tion of varied industries will demand! the extraction of these minerals, to be used at hoinu or wrought lor ether markets ( j Western Oregon js, beginning, to feci the mighty movements of our age She hears the locomotive the bugle of? a grand march. Its. .sonorous blast is, awakening strange echoes in nature's go j tildes. A few years of wiso Iegis laf,ion,.JnpJ'o$ed by, intelligent in,d patriotic co-operation, will make her an empire in herself. Her three great valleys, interlinked by social and com mercial, as well as political ties, uqitf. ing their advantages with those of tho mountains and tho sea, now inv ite an, enlightened immigration, to share in developing these inexhaustible resourc es. A. L. L.' i -r- . J Ingenious Device. A correspond ent of the Boston Journal tells, tho readers of that paper how to removq fence posts from the ground without rcsortifig to he tedious process ot dig ging them out: (i , Having to take dn.wm a lot of old fence this spring, and pull up the posts, whlfch WehjeCdjfcep into the ground, I rriada use of an- old device for aking nn,t the posts without the, labor ot digr. ging them out, which seemed so en the-, ly new to my workmen and my neigh bors that I will describe jthere, hoping it may save hard labor for some of my readers, enough to pay them for'tljeir trouble of reading this article:, JC.tqoK a bit of plank about as long as the) posts were high, or a little lejss, and and setting It so that the top inclined toward the post, I passed a chain, around the post at the ground, then up over the plank to the ox-yoke, then si art up the team and the chain lilts, the post right out of the ground. ,0, digging around is needed, and a ,manj and boy with a yoke of oxen, or a good horse, can take them out faster than twenty men could dig them out a very simple way, so very simple that I should not have thought to mention it, if it had not seemed to astonish my friends so much. n'l , Zinc Water Paint, TJie. Unpleas antness of occupying ri pewlyj painted house may readily be avoided by tho the use of sjinc water-paint. Powdered oxide of(Zin.e, (which may ho heated, with; a litthi po't.-Uq atan-Jj, Jf, more bpdv" is wanted) is comblnsd with tbci desired mineral or vegetable colorr and with thjs an aqueous solution ot chloride of zinc, to which some tatrate, of.pbtassi, has been added, 13 then; mixed;, tho water paint thus formed, being applied with a brush on the snr-. faco to be coated. In half an hour this pajnt will be perfectly dry ; and", the object of the alkalino tartrate is to make the drying process less rapid. The advantages ot using the water powers are very numeious; they aro more durable than oil paints, do not blacken by exposure to sulphurous' vapors, are devoid of odor, dry quick-j ly, resist dampness and tho action of water, can be cleansed with boiling water and soap like oil paintsand pre? serve the wood to which tfrjey arc ap plied lromdecayand rpndVrkless com bustible. This latter property may ba increased bythe addition of borax. Both oxide and the chlnrido of zinc can be manufactured without dinger to tho health of the workmen, sold at a low price and kept for any length of timo in any climate. m CORIOD8 Epitaphs Tn a certain cemetery (n, a town in New London county, Copp,, can be found a lot con taining five graves one in the center, he others near by at the four points ot tho compass. The inscription on the latter read, respectively, after the name of the deceased, "My I Wile," "My II Wife," "My III Wife," "My IV Wife;" while the central stono bears tho brief but eloquent expression, "Our Hus band." "I feel," said a dying cobbler, "that I wax weaker every day,-and that I am, gradually approaching my end ; only a few more stitches, and awl will be over. In Heaven there is rest for the sole? rijvl mv sorrows shall bo heeled." Ho then calmly breathed his last. . i It is estimated that nine inches ot dry snow on the ground is equal to one inch of rain.