pee9 Oregon UUznax-
SALSK, TUESDAY, DEC.3.
THE WT1 EIJDCTHHI.
Somebody, unknown, in the inter
est of the 41ombston" candidate,
issued an extra, yesterday addressed
To tbe Voten 1 the City of Salem,"
which assumes one or two thing that
we desire to notioe. It aaroaae, first,
that the Independent or Tombstone
ticket wm pot forth by those 'who
bold that our city government can be
more cheaply and wisely administered
than it has been in the part." We
wish to ask in this Connection, what
reform they bare proposed ; what par
ticular expenditure they have rewired
to cut off; to what act of administra
tive wisdom are their candidates
pledged? what policy has been fore
shadowed ? what are tbe voter to re
ly on in case of their election 7 We
ask these question' because no Indica
tion has been given tlie public of the
conise which tbey propose to pursue
in case of tlieir election. At their City
Convention nothing was rcwlved or
said to indicate their policy. That
matter has been, ever since, left to
etch mans interpretation ; each man
left to make what pledge? he would.
So far as any public declaration is con
cerned, the public Ls left in utter doubt
of everything except the one fact that
a lot of outs want to be ins.
Second, the extra above referred to,
says "the meetings of citizens at which
the ticket here commended, was nom
inated, adopted explicit, distinct reso
lutions against the further continuance
of Uif! eighteen hundred dollar water
robbery." AVe attended their City
Convention, and wc know that no
such resolution was either adopted, of
fered or mentioned. Nor was there
any expression of tbe meeting, taken
l: any way, on that or any other ques
tion of city policy. If any such reso
lution was adopted at any ward meet
lug, this is the first public mention
made of it. Why does not the
extra contain such resolution if it
were adopted? This statement is
probably an afterthought of the
Tombstone crowd, suggested by tbe
pu I 'A Uhed resolution on the water ques
tion, adopted by the Republican City
Convention pledging its candidates to
rescind the contract with tlie Water
Company, if it should be fouud that it
could be legally done. Whoever would
do it upon any otlier terms i not only
. not honest, but an 'unsafe man to be
entrusted with tbe City Administra
tion. If, by rescinding tbe contract by
ordinance, tbe city should be com
pelted to pay, finally, not only the sub
sidy, but the costs of a suit, where will
tbe economy and the retrenchment
properly come in ? The safest man to
elect Is be who win proceed in this or
any other business, caretully.advisedly,
and surely, not he who will rush madly
Into measures at the risk of Involving
the city in additional expense. Wc
have do opinion to give on the legality
of the Water contract ; we don't know
whether It will hold tbe city or not. If
tbe subsidy can be legally reduced, we
think it ought to be reduced. It is too
large. The Republican candidates are
' pledged to rescind the contract, if It
can be done legally. Tbe public has
had no authoritative information what
tbe Tombstone candidates are in favor
of. They skulked all questions in their
City Convention, leaving each one to
pledge himseli privately, In whatever
direction he might see fit. Is it not
evident that the safer candidates ar
those nominated by the Kepublicai
Convention ?
OJfE C ATNB OF inUH FBEMiHTS.
The San Francisco Alta has a recent.
Commercial article, attributing ir.
some part, tlie prevailing high freight.
to the reprehensible practices or
"crimps," sailor boarding houses, ant
shipping masters. They manage to
levy a tax on every vessel that conic
into the port, of $300 to 400. When
ever a vessel arrives to unload and
load again, the crew is ta:npeded
and taken charge of by the shipping
Blasters, to whom the vessel must a
ply for hands when ready to go tc
sea. The Captain must then not only
pay wages in abvnnce but a bonus of
$H jier man or he can get no hands.
'Ibis bmus, ufw.srsc. is made back to
tin: vessel by a higher rite for freight,
ami the tax falls eventually on the
farmers. The Alra estimates that his
item alone increases the freight on
wheat one-and-a-half cents per sack of
one hundred and twenty nonnds. It
comes out of the price laid the produ
cer. This is only one ot the many
menus adopted at the shipping ports,
to live off t'.-.c Peered farmers. Tlie
evil exists at Portland and Oregon
formers hi common with those of Cal
ifornia, arc compelled to pay not only
this but other onerous, tribute to the
harpies of the shipping ports. The
only remedy, of course, Ties In a rigid
enforcement ot the law pnnlshing de
sertion by seamen, or ofi'ering induce
ments to desert.
WHAT 151 A SAHEt
A correspondent of the Bulletin
wants to know if "Portland-on-Wal
latnct" Is the proper designation of
tbe city of Portland. The query is
' called forth by a publication in the
Oregonian, of an order Issued by tbe
Judge of the U. 8. District Court
(Deady) appointing Ilenry L. Hoyt
"Shipping Commissioner for the Port
ofrcrUand-on-WallAjnet." The Bull
etin very sensibly criticizes tbe absurd
affectation of the Judge in running his
literary conceit Into bis official pa
pers. It says : "There la no more au
thority for calling it "Fortland-on-Wallaraet"
than there would be far
saying Bome-on-Tiber, Loodon-on
Thames, New York-oo-Hudsoa-and
East, Washington-on-Potomae, Xew
Oleeas-on-MisaUslppl, or dncinnatl-
oo-Ohlo." In which we concur with
the Bulletin. It did well enough when
tbe Judge used the ridiculous appela-
tion in his newspaper or magazine
correspondence ; it tickled bis fancy
and did nobody any harm. Xobody
else ever thought, however, ot adopt
ing the awkward name, aud so be
might have been forgiven tlie attempt
upon our natural nomenclature, if ie
had let it gone merely for a conceit,
and had never attempted with judicial
gravity to fasten tbe deformity upon
an ltniccent people by writ under the
great seal of the Court. It "Portlaml-on-Wallamet"
is to be the recognize!
designation of our commercial metro
polis, theu we go for having "Oregoa
City-in-lhe-Crack ;" "Kugeue-unile
Sriencer-Butte ;" "Hniom-on-Prairic ;'
"UaHes-ln-Canyou," etc., etc. While
we go for tone let us have toue ; or, if
quaint conceit, let us have quaint con
ceit, all round, lint we Imagine tie
vulgar herd will continuo many year
yet, to speak ot our metropolis as sim
ply "Portland."
Tbe Democracy of Albany draw
"party lines." In fialem, tbey hide
themselves under the cover ol 'a Dolly
Vardcn Independent Tombstone
dLxgulsc, and hope to win by strategy
wbat tbey could never nccvniplkh iu a
iir, square contest.
mrucm Acuznraai.
Tbe transcendental style of speaking
is not confined to the followers of Swe-
denborx and the spiritualistic philoso
phy; nor tbe bUklutln, to the imagina
tive sophomore or the "gifted young
orator" ot the West. We occasionally
find one or tbe other, or both, staring
broadly at us from between tbe lids
of the most pretentious magazine.
Tbe musical critics most affect it- Tbe
poetic and literary reviewers are not
altogether guiltless. But above all,
Lord, defend as from the light, frothy,
learned, senseless and (literarlly) betriz
sied and hair-oiled young man who
does np tbe current small talk for the
magazines. With him, words are but
so many little paper iellets, made es
pecially tor bim to flip, flip, flip, in
showers and without cessation, at all
the world, for Its astonishment and
his delectation. And lie is the most
merciless dapper little flipper of wordy
relit ts. He never began, for he was
always flipping; he never ceases or
fla"s, and he never will have made an
end of it, till death, in mercy to the rest
of mankind, flips hlin into eternal sleep
and nothingness. Now liere 1 one of
these dapper little flippers, flipping at
us from the "Xebulne" of the Galaxy.
The occasion for this intolerable shower
of pellets wa.-; nothing, only that Luc
ca, the Prima Donna, went to see some
Indians. And this is a part only of
what tlie nebulous lnagazlnlst had to
s ty about it:
But wm it not superfluous to offer the
cup of vulgar exhilearation, in presence of
tie higher and finer stimulus? Were not
their simple aboriginal brains sufficiently
turned already witn the wine-like etducnoe,
tae heady sweetness, tbe purple glow and
sparkle, which radiate from the strong na
ture of the plucky little prima ? For in tbe
last analysis temperament is kin;;. In tbe
fundamental quality of man an man lies a
certain hidden power, a certain mystic ia-
talitv. In tne wua, native screngui ana
freedom, the fresh, impulsive spontaniety of
their natures, tho siniror and the savoire
were peers, and may well have felt the shock
of an electric sympathy, the vivifying con
tact of kindred natures. But civilization,
too, has its rights. Admitting, as we may,
the orisjnal affinity of molecular cons4tu-
UMi between tbe woman ana tne warrior,
sull there is evolution. The fibres of the
one and tbe other have learned to vibrate to
very different chords; and when we comcto
tluTfiner workings of the nerves and brain,
the two products are polar, not parallel.
T1w nlsnpanf a different tntltnre am sharti-
ly denned; superimposed, not confluent. In
the logic of contrasted civilizations, the cat
egories are mutually exclusive, and there is
m. terrible force of resistance in tbe obstinate
self-content of a wider and simpler classifi
cation.
The hicher culture, thouzh axiomatic, is
not intuitive; and in the scale of ideal re
finement, the greater, though it includes
the less, does not always dominate it.
Weary with the wirest and inconsequence,
the never-eivline-still-bt-srinnins' of science.
or art, or thought, of protoplasm and nat
ural selection, idealism and pre-Baphaelit-bm,
of flsasi-al harmony and the music of
tbe future, on glances witn a momentary
in at the noble red man. calmly superior
in the possession of life's simpler joy and
interest, bis beads and red flannel, his
squaw and wigwam, rum and pipe.
O, fudge! But bow is that for high?
THE FMPEITT ?
Vatoa la ISTs Coawamr.
Mr. Cbadwick, Secretary of State,
furniabes the following summary of
the assessment Bolls ot 1873, by coun
ties: fihuHttM. Total Valuation.
Benton 41,47,525 00
Baker 680,274 00
Clackamas 1,918,191 00
Columbia 206,886 00
Clatoop 481,915 00
curry ...j. n,oiuoo
Coos' 517,080 00
Douglas 2,071,435 00
Grant 625,391 00
Jackson.
... 1,609,157 00
Josephine. . . .
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah . .
l'olk
Tillamook . . .
I'tnatilla
Union
WiiCO
Washington. .
Yamhill
280,325 00
2,616,518 00
4,040,139 00
, 3,701,467 00
. 8,798,600 00
, 1,700,402 00
91,862 21
, 995,599 00
. 1,011,098 00
, 1,224,924 00
, 1.449,275 OH
. 1,442,755 00
$37,173,428 T
AWKSSlliNTS OK KOKMElt VEAKS.
The following is a general summnr)
of the taxable property of the State for
eacli rear from 185S to 1S71 inclusive -.
1W3.
l'";'..
H-JO.
111.
1?2.
..22,24.11 00lfW3..
.. 5i4,le1,tifi9 15I1S0C. .
.. '.::J,i,,.51 00!l8H7..
.. 'Jl.'ietMMl 0OilH68..
24,872,702 Hi
2360.312 U
25.)3-4Ca 75
26,746,802 2c
26,919,097 75
29.57,846 25
34,744, 15'J 75
18C.U... 'JJ.'Jll,931 1870..
ia... 2,i!,3ia i87i..
COMPAWxjXss "WITH 1871.
Tlie tt:tl iniix'aso ol assessable val
ue ovt-r bit year is only $l,4&,9tf) iri.
Of this, we lintl tliat Multnomah coun
ty alone, returns an it:creae of $1,17,
700, or nearly one-halt of Hie aggie
gate increase of the State. A compar
ison by counties will serve to how the
inequalities of assessments :
Benton, decrcas-e from J 871
, 20.376
142,044
l:(8,0ir
22.250
:it,7o7
;j!),840
2,282
t:7,4:5
101,123
0,428
20,354
3.6,'.5
540,917
273,732
1,178,700
113,687
25,481
50,661
157,341
60,783
213,075
153,881
UaJier, increase
Clackamis, decrrr.se
t'olnmbia, "
Clatsop, '
Curry, increase
Coos.
Douglas, "
Grant. '
Jackson, decrease '
Josephine, increase '
Linn,
Lane, "
Marion, decrease
Mnltnomah,increae '
Polk, decrease
TiUamook.increase
Umatilla, decrease '
Union, increase
Wasco, "
Wiahington, "
Yamhill.
TBI HAS, HiniLr.
Tbe Tombstone manifesto of Friday
claims that the candidates oa tlie
Tombstone ticket are peculiarly and
par excellence tbe advocates of econ
omy ; and it points particularly to A.
J. Monroe as tbe "advocate ol honesty
and economy in 'tbe present Council
who voted against tbe heavy tax levy,
and baa sought persistently to lop eft
our useless expenditures." We are
informed by unimpeachable testimony
that A. J. Monroe is the member of
tbe present Council who drew up, pre
sented and urged the passage of tbe
resolution through tbe Council, asking
tbe Legislature to amend the Salem
Qty Charter, ta enable the city to con
tract a debt Ot 5,000 instead of f 1,000,
as It was before limited. What was
Mr. Monroe's object in procuring an
enlargement of the debt limitation?
In connection with that enlargement,
bis efforts .from that time till now to
get into the oHIee of Mayor, makes it
pertinent to inquire what purpose had
lie then, and what purpose now, i:i
view. Tlie head ot the Tonibsloue
ticket opeued tbe door to larger mdebt
edn.iss ; be is not the man to be pi t
up now as the representative of ecor
only and the embodiment of reform.
The Albany Democrat li-L-ts that
tie Democracy isnoicieau. u en era;.
we cant believe you. We wouldn't
believe, Mr. 31ayor we wouldn't be
lieve'the corpse itself, if it should s'.t
bolt upright and swear that it was
not dead. Wc should just think it a
ruao in tiw programme of 'Anything
to beat Graut."
IVe hear a report that Mr. II. IV.
Scott is to take charge of tbe Portland
Bulletin in a tew days, as Editor-in-Chief;
and tlmt Mr. O'Meara will go
east to spend the winter. rW'c cannot
jay bow reliable is tbe report, but we
will all kaow in a frw day.
TkeAaawssMsI
BMai writs! rawer Tesur-aaaawrsb
sMy asBMtll lains Awnff
a VMSlt.
HOKACE VEEELIT DEAD. ' STATE NEWS. T" U pAJflA.
Another of the distinguished men of
America is dead. The dispatches in
form us that Horace Greeley died at
Tarrytown, X. Y Friday, Nov. 29th.
Bis death resulted no doubt from tbe
nervous prostration consequent upon
long vigils at the bedside of his wife,
together with tbe ha musing anxieties
of an exciting political campaign. We
have thus lost the oldest of the great
journalists of America perhaps the
ablest of them all in many essential
respects. He leaves but few survivors
of tbe school of politicians and states
men with whom he was associated in
early and middle life, though perhaps
no one of them sustained for so long a
period as he, tbe strain of constant un
interrupted mental and physical labor,
For over thirty years Horace Greeley
scarcely took rest from labor for a
single day. With a mind capacitated
to gather information of almost every
sort, and for imparting it to others in
the plainest and most practical way,
it is not wonderful that lie has exerted
over the minds ot his countrymen a
greater influence at times than, per
haps, any other man. But for some
thing erratic in his mental organiza
tion, his would have been tbe mind to
mould the nation's. Even after mati
ng and unmaking public opinion, he
has left many marks upon the Ameri
can mind tliat will endure forever, and
no history of tho country would be
complete that did not give his name a
prominent, very prominent place in its
pages.
Horace Greeley was born at Am-
berst, X. II. Feb. 11, 1311, and was
therefore at his death in his G2d year.
Through bis own writings he lias made
tlie public familiar with the main facts
of his life. He became a printer at
the age of fifteen and a publisher at
about twenty-two. He was connected
first with (he X. Y. "Post," aud af
terward between 1334 and 1841, with
the '"Xew Yorker" and the "Log Cab
in, 'between whiles writing temporarily
for several other Whig papers. The
Tribune was started inl&ll, as a small
dally, and Horace Greeley was its edi
tor and its intellectual genius. The
Tribuue is bis principal monument,
but few men have ever lived who had
a prouder one.
CIVII. SERVICE REFORM.
It was only a few days since, we
bad the news that a serious attack
would be made in Congress upon tbe
Civil Service Keform rules as practiced
by the President. The President gave
the attacking party, however, at once
to understand that be acknowledged
the obligations of the law as against
political clamor, and that he should
fight It out on tbe line of the Civil Ser
vice Reform. It was an honest decla
ration ; one that did honor to his in
tegrity, and attracted to blm the sym
pathies and support of all the best men
of the country. Tbe N. Y. Times,
the first Republican party organ of the
United States, backs the President
though it evidently thinks tbe contest
will not be a serious or.prolonged one.
Itays: "Our Washington dispatches
speak of a possible attempt on the
part of certain Congressmen to embar
rass tbe President in tbe completion
of Civil Service Reform. It is not im
possible that such an attempt may be
made, but we have no fear of the re
sult. Indeed, the only persons who
need fear are the Congressmen who
engage in the scheme. Tbe Presi
dent's plan is a perfectly sincere effort
to accomplish a needed reform. Do
tbe Congressmen referred to mean to
deny tbe need of a reform, or to ques
tion tbe method ? If the former, they
will be easily met. If the latter, let
them suggest some better method."
Sir Hugh Rose it was who conveyed
moral instruction aud proper ideas of
subordination to the Sepoy mind by
blowing from the cannon's mouth such
beiioy rebels as the clianee of war
brought to his camp in India. The
invention was so happily in accordance
with thu KnglUlt idea of huinar.itari
anisro t!;at !jir Hugh Rose was at onix
placed in the royal button-hole, so to
speak, as a rare rose and flower of the
arm', and called Lord Stnithnaini. It
is reported, now, that he is to be made
a field marshal.
J This time he is a Scotchman, and he
j rcccntty was only a poor laborer on
the northern I'-iitic Railroad. The
evlor of his Imir is not mentioned ; nor
whether he has a wpiint in one eye, r
a strawberry mark on his arm. But
he is going immediately to Scotland,
and if fie "windfall" is all tliat his
fancy paints it, he will return to this
coast and build him a love of a cottage
with a 3Ian-ard roof, and will go a
niilroiiding no more, at $2 a day. lie
will probably become a director.
An English paper says that a new
religious sect has made its appearance
in London, which the ungodly style
tbe "Howling Repentants." They
howl at all convenient periods during
tlie day, and at two periods during the
night. Their services are conducted
in the open air, as they have, as yet,
no recognized place of worship. The
sectarians of thLs religion find the polite
to be tbe most serious obstacle to their
devotions.
The Minneapolis Tribune says that
a letter has been received there trom
the -officers of tbe Northern' Pacific
Railroad, stating that sufficient money
to meet all liabilities of tlie company
will be at band within thirty days.
The grading of tbe road is completed
to tbe Missouri river, and the laying of
tbe track la In rapid progress.
It Is said that Joaquin Miller lound
inspiration enougu at Cincinnati fgr
the wool and web of another poem.
If It is as thin as the "Isles of tbe
Amazon," we do not wonder that he
should Had sufficient inspiration at
Cincinnati, or anywhere else, for that
matter.
It is said the prospects ot a credita
ble display of tlie industrial products
of tills couuty at the Vienna Exposi
tion are constantly improving. In the
judgment of the Commissioners, tbe
American Department will surpass in
merit and interest that at Paris.
It is said that Washington City has
sent forth more young men into tbe
ministry of tbe church than any other
city of iU size in tbe United States.
Then, really, Washington City has
done itself great injustice. It ought to
send out and get every one of three
roans ministers back and see wliat
can be done lor its own morals.
. TIIE ELECTION IS OBE04IX.
The Secretary of State ha received
the oHicial returns of the late election,
from Columbia county. Grant re
ceived 117 votes ; Greeley 81, and tlie
O'Conor electors a scattering vote av
eraging about 1. Tillamook U ytt
out in the cold.
DEATH IX THE 1'IXE.
Bosrox, Nov. 27.ine victim re
covered from the ruins of tlie Are have
been identified. Nineteen bodies, sup
posed to be buried iu the ruins, are still
tniating.
j m. ii in mi mm a
From Hailg of Saturday, A'oi-. 30.
Scarlet fever is prevailing at Portland.
Several families hava recently arrived at
Harrisburg, from the East.
At Tangent Station, wheat buyers are
paying sixty cents per bushel.
The Rennblicana of Albanv will meet to
night, Saturday, to nominate a city ticket.
The Albany College has three literary so
cieties, the Orodelphians, the Sigma Phis
and the Esthetics.
The Snndmv.Lsw.Tiolators of Portland
heal their wounded feeling and pockets by
torashing tne officers who arrest tnem.
Mr. Boeera. of the firm of Sogers fc Hel
ler, of Hillsboro, underwent the operation
of having his toes amputated on last
Wednesday.
The Escaped Xuu is going to deliver at
least one more "last lecture" at Portland.
Why don't she "escape" again, and cease
from troubling t ,
Mr. B. Jacob, President of the Oregon
City Manufacturing Co., offers a reward of
$2,000 for the apprehension and conviction
of the incendiary who set tire to tbe Woolen
Mills.
John Griffin, who stabbed Quinn, at Ore
eon City, some time ago, is out on bail, and
bis bondsmen don't know how far bis walk
into the country may extend. He has thus
far negleeted to inform them where he can
be found.
A meeting was held at Oregon City last
Wednesdav evenins. called hv the liavor.
to devise ways and means for the rebuilding
of the Woolen Mills. A committee to so
licit subscriptions was appointed.
llio ureopnfcin sas: "..lattrial for a
job ami newspaper oflieo arrived uu the but
steamer lrom bun 1 rcncisco. A new jour
nal it soon to be issued at Walla Walla by
Mr. J. W. Kaijstlaif, v. !io also ar-ivid from
below List evt'iiin;?. The new claimant for
public favor will lio rall.:d Tho Spirit of the
West, and will advocate Republican princi
ples." Fruui Daiij of ,y;. JJ&;. 1.
Two debating societies of Portland have
consolidated, and will hereafter chop logic
in concert.
Four families settled in Willowa Vallev.
Union county, last week. This place is last
filling up.
The Good Templars of La Grande are
making preparations to build a temperance
billiard room.
A Portland ex-Sea Captain has a watch
that used to be carriod in the stomach of a
nigh-toned Salmon.
Edith O'Gonnan, tho "Escaped Son,"
left Oregon by the steamer which sailed
Thursday evening.
There are four school districts in Union
county named respectively Dixie, Shanghai,
Frosty and Hardscrabble.
Portland juries clear the Sunday law vio
lators and send the arresting officers to jail.
Missionaries wanted at Portland.
Tbe coach lines from Baker City to Gem
City, Hog'em, etc., are now all consolidated
in one line, and purchased by Kockfellow A
Marshall.
A man named James HLslon. emnloTed in
herding a
band ot sheep
on mia Morse
Creek, Umatilla county, had his feet badly
frozen a few days ago.
Colonel W. W. Chapman. President of
the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad
Companv. is preparing for a visit to Wash
ington City and Philadelphia.
The steamer Emma Haywird and the ship
Channel Light collided "on the Colombia
Wednesday. The former lost seven state
rooniit, aud thu lattur, a jib-boom, cat-bead
and an anchor, ir'og was what's the matter.
A careless teamster named Lovelace lost
a valuable span of horses and wagon off the
Portland ferry boat, Thursday. He had
left the horses on the boat untied while he
talked with a lady on the other aide of the
boat.
The Plaindealer savs: "Tom Tindi.11
one of the drivers of the Overland stage in
forms us, that aa he was driving across Yo
ciun's bridge on the South Umpqua last
Monday night, on his way to Canyonville,
some person had removed a sufficient num
ber of planks to allow the team to go
through, which he only prevented by pull-
inu mem up auaaemy on ine very DrinK.
The bridge is about thirty feet high.
The friends of Rev. Thomas Condon, of
tne tiaues, met at his residence Thursdav
evening and presented him with an elegant
set of French cbinaware, including dinner
and tea sets, on the occasion of the Rev
erend gentleman having attained that num
ber of years in matrimonnl life to entitle
mm and his to the china wedding.
From Daily of Tuenday Dee. 3.
Portland has a new dance called the
.ryramid.
The Portland street caw will be running
Ul B 1UW Utt VB.
The Lafayette Courier has changed its
puDiicauon uay
The County Court of Polk county will
convene nexi jaonuay.
The town of Dallas has weathered through
the fire, and is now improving with great
rapiuiry,
A party of hunters, jnat returned from a
week's excurKion up thu McKenzie, killed
loriy-one ctter, a puutlier and a lynx.
T:ie California was detained two days in
..t au my on lur way to tim p'rt m coiist-
nueiico ot a heavy fiorni v-!i;cu cm:":!!' d
1. c to put in f r "sbtlH r.
A heavy rj;:i ami wind stnrra, it is sid,
nigid .it tor:.i Is: Thiirviay and 1'mlav.
That i:ir-unrvai.,'e, in nam eriuti witli'a
cha'jgo of the ui Hin, produced a vcrv high
tide on JSatuiilay.
The LafuyetU- Courier gives an account
of acaac recently adjusted in the "iii .hill
County Court, (savoring conniderablv ol
snnionf the chsrartrristk s of tho "Wres
tling Joe" suit of l'.u.iand.
The Eugene Guard suys: We arc in
firmed that on account of being obliged to
fill a Urge order for flour for shipment the
Eugene mills will do no more custom work
until the 1st of February next.
Tho IV nton Democrat has become dis
gusted with the fire bell at t'orvallis, and
di.icourseM as follows : From some source,
and by means known to but few, a thing
called a fire alarm bell has been placed on
the stoop of the Engine House. For the
credit of our city, we hope it is not the in
tention to put it on the bell tower. Better
sell it to Ari Cantrell, for one of his goats,
and buy a cow-bell.
A Mr. Sherwood, of Tillamook, who was
recently stopping at the house of Mr. Q. W.
Phillips, near Amity, complained of being
unwell. He was noticed to droo a news-
dumb. A pencil and paper were given him,
when he attempted to write, but failed and
fell to weeping.
THE MARBIAttE OF IIIXDOO WID
OWS. Tlw Bombay Gazette has an interest
ing account of a Hindoo widow's mar
riage at Ahmedabnd. Many of our
readers are aware that there exists in
India a strong native " reform party "
for tbe promotion of widow's marriage
a mighty reform. Formerly tlie
widow went to the pile with her hus
band. When that was abolished by
tbe stern hand of British law, the plan
of "starving" instead of burning was
adopted. The widow, young or old,
is compelled (allowing for stealth) to
wear a certain dress, to live in retire
ment, to eat sparingly, and, in short,
make herself as miserable as she can.
Against this the "reform party" is wag
ing war. The young woman to whom
I am about to refer u named Jivokre,
and bad charge of a girls' school at a
military village in tbe Broach Collec
torate, where be agreed privately to
marry a young schoolmaster. The
mother of tlie lady beard of the Infa
mous attempt, and set watch and ward
over her daughter. Tbe schoolmaster
laid a plan of escape; be sent a palan
quin to the village, and made a pretty
story as to its object in connection with
some chief. But the wile was discov
ered; the villagers rose in virtuous in-
aisnatioii, cnaseu tne Daianautn men
away, and Jivokre was "closely shav
ed, cruelly tortured," anil taken to an
other village, where she was put under
lock and chain. Tbe schoolmaster
then annlied to the matristrate for now.
er to release the girl from Illegal deten
tion, ana eventually site was released.
and two of her persecutors were com
mitted tor trial, in tne meantime the
widow she is eighteen years of age
was marriea. quietly, tne report says,
so as to clash with no native Dreludice.
but by Brahmin priests and in tbe
presence of a lase number of the re-
tormed partv. The business, however.
U tirnbablv f-ir from terminated. The
widow, It is said, is heir to movab e
property worth about $7,500, ami of
this she is almost certain to He pltin
(tercd. iliu priests, also, who per-
i tortned the ccremonv are theatcned
with excommunication. Ithii.k, how.
ever, tiist, looked at trom u pub..C
point of view, tho advantaM to b:
suited is well worth a great many such
sacriiices. It is one tbe true reforms
of Indian life, for the young widows
are rarely "widows indeed, a.id are
ottcn a tanker worm in the form or a
monument to conjngal duty. Carrcs-
ponuenoc to the London Time.
Tbe Grand Duchess Constant! ne, of
Ruseia, is traveling la Italy under the
assumed nam oi wonatees a MrtinOt
AUlono-f rlui ti il.-i .i
nat are ilikelv to nwJrYe hut mtL
cU)f Ifonor, in America, for a gen
eratiiMor two, is Mansard. When
that ingenious Frenchdoqm inrenjed
tbe architectural device Arhlcti was to
carry his metiory to a fir from admir
ing posterity, be pfrobably little
thought what atal (Alt be was con
ferring upon the n:tfns. Or it may
be, on the other band, that be did ;
that be calculated with diabolical cun
ning on the profit his invention would
bring to bimself and tbe meirrbers of
ma
ins guua. inere u a story of a
thoughtful glazier who was in tbe hab
it of hiring small boys to go before
him and playfully break the windows
on bis route, which he, presently ap
pearing, would be called on to repair.
It may be that Mansard's invention
was the fruit of a like forecast; for, of
course, it is obvious to the meanest in
telligence that the more buildings are
burnt down, tbe more there will be to
Imt up, and so the more work for arch
tects and builders.
It this surmise be correct, M. Man
sard's shrewdness cannot be too highly
commended. As a business invest
ment, his roof is a most eminent suc
cess. For its real dangar is not in its
combustibility, though in that respect
it leaves nothing to be desired, so much
as its universal adaptability, not to say
indispensableness. Before it came we
were happy barbarian, living iu
shnpeless hovels of stone and mortar,
tolerably tire-prooC to be sure, but wo
fully lucking in sweetness and light.
But though tlie lierd were contented
with this groveling 'security, athetic
souls still felt an aching void, an inde
finable longing, which the plaster
linals of Grace Church could not satis
fy, and which even the chaste splen
dors oi the 1 ltth Avenue Hotel wen;
poweriess to pierich. The .Mansard
roof appeared, and evervbodt' felt at
once that it was the vcrv thing we had
nil been waitintr and wishing tor a sort
of architectural long-lost hrotlicr. ltwas
seen at a glance to be like those books
winch no gentleman's iiDrary snouici
be without. Xo edifice of any sort
seemed complete without it ; looked
equally well on a model pigpen or a
hie Insurance nalnce the fire insur
ance people somehow affected it less ;
ft wa as necessary to the elegance ol
a entttcfl omee as'to tlie massive gran
deur ol a county fiiil. And to-day, as
evenr ap'hlu-ct knows, to a centle-
mau's rMenee a Mansard roof is as
lrolirw)iMy an adjunct as a mort
't. . ....
j m-rein, as we nave saici, nes me
terrib! power of M. Mansard's fatal
invention. Chicago aud Boston have
taught us tliat every Mansard
roof we put np costs on an average
about ton millions of dollars. It is,
therefore, almost too expensive a
luxury for the wealthiest city to
indulge in freely, but tbe misfortune
is tliat, like tne victim of the opium
drug, we can no longer do without it.
We liave become, so to speak, intoxi
cated on Mansard root beyond hope of
redemption ; it exerts over our archi
tects the same awful fascination that
the basilisk was fabled to possess. We
know it is ruin, sooner or later, to any
city that yields to its tyranny, yet we
go on helplessly adding every day to
onr chances of destruction. It is a
shirt of Nesstis that M. Mansard has
left us, one which, knowing its deadly
character, we are still powerless to re
ject.
let, 11 we cannot entirety escape
from the Mansard slavery, we may
still take measures to lessen its perils.
By constructing onr roofs of iron, for
example, will not the architect satisfy
both his conscience and the insurance
companies? The most determined
lover of sweetness and light would
probably, on the whole, rather not be
burnt up than otherwise, and. if Man
sard roots are indispensable to our
happiness, wby not study to make
them as fireproof as possible ? They
will be quite as handsome or as hide
ous as they are now, and we shall
not be forced to burn down a city
every year by way of a practidal auto
dafe in testimony of their inventor's
greatness. X. V. Times.
FBASCE.
Thiers ad the Hall al Asseaaby
The Crista Probably Fast-Thiers
Star la the Ascendant-Nainnera
Opinion sf Thiers.
Pakis, Nov. 26 Evening. The
majority repurt ui me vciiihiiiu
the Address was read in tbe Assembly
this afternoon. It is a strong indict
ment of the radical nartv and insists
upon a responsible Ministry as a means
of fighting radlcalum. T he commit
tee asks for immediate consideration of
the renort. The Miinstrv then moved
to postpone till Thursday. Motion to
postpone was carried by 36(1 to 332
The result is regiirded as a very favor
able indication tor the Government.
The President's suproriers In tlie As
u... k..ii.. .uij -,. .i-
t'iccriis and that a similar timjority
is sure lor the Governtnent nexe Thur.s-
tlav.
t'AKi.s Xov. 27. Thirty uicinbcis
comprise the comraitk-e to prepare the
necessary retormatorv constitutional
measures in reply to Thiers' message.
The Cabinet to-day will deliberate on
the report of the majori'y of tlie Com
mittee on Address and Ksolutioi)s of
the Ministry. Thiers will attend the
Assembly to-morrow, when tlie report
ol the majority conies up. The vote of
vesterdav, postnonlns immediate con
sideration of the report allayed tho ex
citement. Many believe the crisis lias
passed. Paris is quiet this morning.
The provinces are also reported tran
quil. xzvr YORK, .aov.z. senator Mim-
ner, in an interview, asserts nis belie!
that Thiers is tbe right man in the
right place, and he thinks the Govern
ment or ranee is nxen on a stable ba
sis, and praise the trench people.
He says Thiers delighted him. Sum
ner's health is considerably improved.
THE T.eOTI.U!LE VAll t OF THE i
UOMPFX.
Ministerial remuneration in the ear
ly days of tbe Great West was on the
worldly basis of all other matters. As
an illustration, there Is a case of Rev.
Jacob Patch, years ago of northern
muiana. ino purer, Hiinpier-mmueei
man than be. Thoroughly educated
in literary and theological colleges, un
der New England influences, Tie soon
adapted himself to his new work of
aiding in Christalnizlng tbe West.
After a few years residence in the land
of prairie and forest, he began the
building ot a bouse for himself.
His view of paying for shingles might
be new to Beecher, but was too true
with our pioneer clergy. The good
people near tbe Hog Creek school
house (a true name)' having a shingle
machine, and using its products for
their legal currency, and desiring the
services of Mr. P., contracted with him
to have him deliver a certain number ot
sermons, at tbe price of a bunch (1,000)
shingles for a sermon. Tbe preaching
and sermons were furnished, to the
satisfaction of the contracting parties.
In completing the house, half a
bunch is required. In delivering his
tarewell sermon, and speaking of their
pleasant relations as pastor and peo
ple, be alluded to their contract, and
Sve an account which showed the
lance of one halt bunch in their ia
vor. uupaid for. "And now, my dear
brothers and sisters," said he, "lam
not owing you for enough shingles to
come to a sermon, but, Providence
permitting, I will come over to you at
an early day and hold a prayer-meeting."
And be did. Tlie currency tor
cliange was satisfactory.
POSTAX. AfTAISM.
Offices EataM tefcosl DiarM Unwed
Tbe following postal changes iu Ore
gon and Washington Territory were
made during tbe week ending Xovem
berHl.1873:
Office Established St. Joseph. Yam
hill county, uregon, li. it. .Littleneld,
Postmaster.
Ortice Discontinued Cnttingsville,
Clackamas county, Oregon.
Postmasters Appointed Jordan
Vallev, Baker county, Oregon. John
R. Baxter; Meadowville, Umatilla
county, Oregon, R. B. Lansdale ;
Trask, liuamooK county, Oregon,
Wm. 51. Carnahan ; Steilacoom City,
Pierce county, Washington Territory,
Frank Spinney.
MICHIGAN.
."Detboit, Nov. 27. Tbe total vote
ot MicbigapdYM Grant 133,541 and
Greeley 7tt,7
BT STATE TELEGRAPH.
Uprising of the Modoc Indians In Soith
m Oregon.
A Flcht btwm trt Modocs
and U S.Troopa.
Four Chiefs and 1 1 1ndians Killed.
Tfcr Wttlt HUM and t'r
A Large" Number of Indian Women and
Warrws Captured.
ia a Freeajrloaa Situation -
Mate Aid Mknl for Muumr of
WUIn at Tnlr Lake- Hon tit
era Orewon ta the Front.
Asulam), !Ogii.) Iec. 1st. The
Commissioner of Indian affairs laving
directed Hiperinteinlent Odeneal, to
put the Modoc Indians upon the
Klamath Reservation, peaceably ir
possible, but forcibly if lie niiisf. he
proceeded In person" to execute the
order. All eflorts to ptir-uade them
to agency proving fruitless ai l they
having prematorilly refused to go. the
matter of removing them was referred
to the military. On the th a; noon.
Major Jackson of Company I: 1 st Cav
alry, with thirty-five men left for
Klamath, and marching conUuiioit-lv
all the afternoon and all night, arrived
at the camp of the Modocs near tlie
month of Lost Kiver. at seven o'clock
the following morning. He at once
surrounded the camp, and reiue-tei!
an interview with the head men only
one of whom, Soar-hiced Carley. ap
peared. A half hour's conversation
ensued in which the Indians were in
formed that the soldiers did not
conn; to fight, but to demand
that they go upon the reservation and
they were asstcvd that ample provision
h.ii been made for their subsistence
and that they should be protected in
all their rights. They refused to ac
cede to the demand and were then
commanded to lay down their arms.
While thev were ; parleying on the
subject. Sear-faced Charley raised his
gun and fired at Lieutenant Bontelle
who was In froiifr of his men, but
missed his aim. Instantly the Lieu
tenant returned the lire" and killed
Charley. This caused a general simul
taneous fire on both sides.
The battle wa? a desperate one.
I lasting about two hour-. One soldier
was killed and four wounded. Two
citizens Wm. Nuss and Thurbar alias
"Jack of Clubs," were killed. Fifteen
Indians were killed ; nearly all the
women and children, some of the war
riors and a number of horses, were
captured. The Indians then retreated
to the hills, but in in the afternoon re
turned to tho camp and commenced
firing again. Three more Indians
were killed, mauy wounded and some
captured. At latest accounts firing
at intervals was goinc on. The
Indians engaged are estimated at
ixty. There were some thirty more
at a camp about fifteen miles distant.
ft Is sunposea tliat. these would amve
the following night and that another
tight would take place. The citizens
were arming and getting ready to go
to the as6i3anoc of Major Jackson,
should emergency require their servi
ces. The .women captured say that
among the number killed were the four
desperate chiefs, Capt. Jack, Black
Jim. The Doctor and Scar-faced
Charley, who have been the cattle of
all the Insubordination ot their follow
ers, but about this, excepting the last
one named, there is some doubt.
Later. George Conn, who has just
arrived from Linkville, leaviug there
at 5 P. M. yesterday and riding all
night, reports three men killed, named
Boddy, on Tnle Lake, by Modocs.
Tbe women escaped by walking nine
miles to a houe. Fears are entertain
ed that many more ars murdered. Mr.
Conn brings lettets from prominent
citizens asking tor help, and A. J.
Burtatt sends a message to Governor
Graver, asking for assistance from the
State. A. D. Applegate writes : "He
can't bold out long. He must liaye
help. lie was to start for Clear Lake
last night with a small party to give
the settlers notice and protection.
I hey are short of arms ami ammuni
tion."
A meeting of the citizens of this
place will be held to-night to make
arrangements to send them asit?.ncn.
tTXAXCIAI AND fO.TTtttlU T 5..
Salem, Deo. 1 -72.
Gold in Stw Icrk, 113?,.
Legal Tender quotations, ;v.; uuvin.c :
89c selling.
Exchange on San Francisco from par U
H per cent. prem. Telugraphic Transfers
on 8an Francisco H per cent prem ; oil
j New York 1 ' to 1 per cent. prem.
lac money niarroi is Bunsirianoni. iai
"PPJy of C('la bma11' andof nl.at there,
w. Cie gn-ak-r iart is held in t'to banks far j
wheat purchasirs.
i Cusiuess tor tuo i-as. week, ia n-poriud
from all quarts-rs, to have Kcii light. All j
kinds of goods aruluidSrm, ai.d woolens
art tending i.p.
Wiu t in I.ieryi..l 1 iis M-r. 1J., Ul : Club.
lifc'f.'Wsi :M.
EX.-OiiJ s l ou en TOBi.y.
TiiO Lulieliil furublli. the fulint'. ill;.
summary ot t iKrts froji Oregon during
the month of October, from the records of
the Custom Tloire at Portland :
po nrToitiA.
Wheat, buh 73
Kljur, libls 1,54
Ostcjal, lb
fattf.
S 72
7,127
30
249
122
IS
82
47
22
H
354
fiC
250
52
Z 9G2
Dried Apples, Bs . .
Ajiplt. gret u or ripe.
Piano Fortu
Paper
Bacon and Hams, It.
Butter, It's
Cheene. Ba
5,752
bush 110
1
53S
I'M
130
Condenned Milk .
Ekot, doi CJ
Lard, P8 157
Household Furniture
Manufactured Wool
Middlings and Bran, Its.
80,37ti
Total S9.742
TO IMK'J KOSll.
Valve.
$18,790
20
15
Wheat flour. Vols. .
Old glass and Iron.
Beeswax, Ba
4,994
40
Total $18,825
TO 1KXLAM).
Wheat, bush 23,573 $21,200
TO R!ntAIP.
Wheat, bosh ; . . . 59,081 $53,450
xei ar IT VL4T IOM .
Victoria .5 9,742
Hons Kong 18,836
Ireland 21,200
England.- 53,450
Total ...v..f 103.317
Duties collected during November", $12,
830 34.
PatrtlaiMl PrMtor Market.
From the Herald Dec. 1st.)
Wheat A alight advance baa taken place
in the market this week in consequence of
the requirements of firms who, to secure
the requisite amount, advanced quotations
live cents apon tbe cental. Other export
ing houses followed suit, and the market
may now be quoted at $1 45 per cental.
Flour There is a large amount of Flour
going below by every steamer, and aa the
Eastern market is favorable, it is thought
that large shipments overland and by
steamer must soon be made. Our local
quotations remain unchanged.
Oats The supply is good, and the marki t
exhibits an upward tendency, owing to tbe
demand which exists for export purposex.
$1 55 toll 624 percental are tho outside
figures at the present writing.
Butter The market is still bare of a good
quality of Butter in rolls for table am .
Common grades are always in g"od supply.
Choice table roll is worth 40efe4.V V C.
Poultry Tbe market is well supplied
with Chickens, and prices range from ?.! 5)
to 4 35 per dozen.
Egg Tbe quotations restain firm at 4 )
42c per dozen, in consequence of thu in
adequate supply for export and home con
sumption. san PRASCI3CO auBaxrs.
By telegraph, Dec. I.
Flour Quiet at $5(35 25 for extra.
Wheat A decline of 3d in Liverpool has
a tendency to check further improvement.
For present shipping parcels alongside,
$1 65. .
Barley-Coast, $1 301 35; baT, $1 40
1 50.
Oata $1 902 10, jobbing.
Hay-1522.
Potatoes Bed remain at $1(31 45.
Dairy products lie main stiffened in price.
Eggs Freah, 67Hi60c; Oregon do. 60c
Butter-California freah rolls, 5062Hc;
pickled, do. 8d40c
Cheese 1316c
Froita First Oreeoo apples of thesrssoa
arrived wr John L. Bteobena: SO boxes.
rood, qmjity, lax flnt imTai, cn jewat e(
larwe stock of California apples on tbe
market, sold low, sv 9Se per box. We
quote apples at 6$l 50; penis, SO(SXl p-r
doz; cranberries, $34 per hbl; plums. 946
13e.
Wool Shows an advance since the Boston
Are of from 8fiil0c; saes of 20,000 lbs Cali
fornia Fall, 42
Hides Stock in New York on the 20th.
150,000 against 128,000 last year at tbe same
date.
NsUewa QotaUona.
ViTmfct In the open market w find tbe
quotation 62 c. The mill is offering
65c for goodmilline lota.
Flour 84 60 per bbl.
Oats Same a last week ; SC$37li, ac
cording to quality.
FDITOKUL
RF.WARHN
ON UREE-
Xew Yokk, Xov. 30 The Tiniea's
editoral on Greeley's death says;
"Greeley's lo sin journalism is one
which cannot Iw replaced. The inci
dents of his hut sickness were peculi
arly distressing, and from all we can i
learn his reverses during the late cam- !
paign cannot alone account for them, ;
Had he been successful the probnbili- j
lies are that he would not have lived, j
so over-taxed was his strength, so tit-'
lerly broken down seems to have be?n !
his constitution. The labors and ex-;
citomeiit of tiie canvass were more
:1: in his body or mind could bear. We
shall not attempt at this moment to do j
. u -tier to Greeley as a journalist ami '
as a piriilic man. Hishfe is apart of'
the history of the country during the
last thirty years, and tin; time. Las not ,
yet come when it can he impartially
considered." It is certain that Give'ey's :
name will al way? be honored in con nee- '
iiou with the -anti-slavery struggle,
and with many imnortant tnta.-tires .
whieli he lough!, for with remarkable
valor, simply heeiiw he believed they
were riiihr- Into these subjects we
will nol now enter, for tiie country is
scarcely rid of the din ami turmoil of
a memorable and an nchappy past.
Historian will do jnstioe to Greeley,
and meanwhile his countrymen will be
strangely forgetful if they tii.il to pay
dite trihure to his memory. He lias
been befi re them lor almost a genra
tion, and lie has had tnrir confidence
iu unuy trying periods ol our history
Let. us now remember n"y his virtues
am! his renins."
The Tribune says : "The melan
choly annoucemeut of tlx: death of tin;
editor who founded the Tribune,
though for a few days ic has been ex
pected by his family and intimate
friends, falls upon us all with the shock
ot a sudden calamity. He fiad indeed
reached a high old age, but time lad
not laid its withering touch on him.
His splendid constitution easily bore
strain of enormous labor ; bis mind
was as fresh, strong and suggestive as
in the prime of life. His generous
impulses were nnchilled by tlie dis
heartening experiince through the
trying campaign which has just closed.
His physical vigor, bis tact, his intel
lectual activity, surprised even those
who knew him bet, and seemed to
promise many years ot utfulness. It
ls certain tliat no liiMorr of the critical
period of our nati onul life can ever be
written in which Horace reeley shall
not be a conspiciotis figure. Ms only
ambition was to alleviate human mis
ery and leave the wC'risl a little better
than he found it. That he had done
this was a consolation that brightened
bis last days and assured hiui unit he
had not lived in vain. It is not for us
in the first hour of our loss to saint his
character or catalogue his virtue..
Although for several months we have
misled the inspiration of his presence
and guidance, has wise counsel, his
spirit, which nev;r ceased 'to animate
those clio-tn to com! in ue bis work, and
the claspbonds of sympathy between
the chief and his as-sitatits have never
been broken. tV leave hia praise to
the poor, whom he succored ; to the
lowly, whom ne lifted up; to the
slaves, whose bac'ts he saved from the
lash ; to the oppressed, whose wrongs
he maie his own '
Nashville. Nov. 30. News of the
death of Horace Greeiey, excites uni
versal regret. Tbe Banner to-morrow
will Fay : -In view of the com
plication of the present electoral col
lege, by the death of Horace Greeley,
we propose that the Southern State
which gave the electoral vote for the
decease' I, case their vote in the electo
ral College tor Grant. It is graceful
and under the circumstances appro
pftHte to acquiesce in the overwhelming
j aud popular verdict of the North. Let
! theSitith itself hav; an opjiort unity to
I make the vote for Grant imanimou in
, the spirit ot that cause of rvcoricilia-
I tion which Mr. Greeley wns while liv-j
ing an-:! to the latest moments ot his
llsvtu"
1 !!0!!!.'
;i hf-roic aisJ floquviit expo-
r T';f.r.A.iriAi u- i.i nrtt!;.
It h:i been slid tliat, if heavy po-t-tie
produced esays elicit)) postage
uiake epigrams, iiut tlie lutter wen'
not wautiiig in the very e:irlie-t days.
Nothing could be more epi,;';iiiiiii:ite
than tiio note sent by one lri-.h chief
to another :
''Pay me tribute, or else ,'"
To which the equally epinir.uiutic
answer wa.
"I owe you none, and it ,"
)f this sort werV the notes between
Foiife's mother ami Foote :
1). arSini I'm in prison. Yours.
E.Fo"te."
Tin: old lady was under arre.-t for
debt. The son's answer was :
"Dear mother S) am I. Yours, b
Foote." Aud again, the letters between old
Mrs.Garrick and young Edmund Kean:
Dear Mr. Kean You cnt pluy
Al.H'1 Druger. Yours, etc."
To which intimation Edmund wrote
liiick :
"Dear Madam r know it. Yours,
E. K."
Instances occur now and then whire
a joke has been played, the tun oi
which was to make a man pav for very
mincer essary information. Vhen Col
lins, the artist, was once with some
friends, one of them resisted every
attempt to induce him to stay to sup
He withdrew, and tho friends in coun
cil over their banquet resolved that the
sulky guest should be punished. Ac
cordingly, on the follow ing day Collins
ent bun a folded sheet of foolscap in
which was written :
"After you lett, wo had stout and
oysters."
The receiver nndersitood what was
meant, but he was efiTtaUr resolved to
have his revenge. Acoorimgv, biding
his time, he transmitted to Collins a
letter in which tlie painter read only,
"Had you?"
Therewith the joke seemed at an
end ; but Celling would have the last
word. He waited and waited until the
thinj was almost forgotten, and then
tbe writer of tbe last query opened a
letter one morning, in which he had
the satisfaction of finding an answer to
it in the words,
"Yes we had."
We cannot dismiss tlie subject with
out expressing our regret that we are
unable to remember die name of that
British admiral who, atter acheiving
glorious victory at sea, dispatched a
Tetter to tlie Admiralty, in which there
were only these or similar words :
Beat the enemy ; took, sunk, burned
and destroyed ships named in the
margin." Tersest ot Admirals.
A MH OFFER.
We have efftvted an arrangement to club
the Statesman with DkmorekTs Mojcth
l.v. For 3. tn currency, we will tend the
Weexky Statesman and Dexobest's
Monthly to mc address for one year. This
U a good opportunity to get a home newspa
per and the leading Fashion M.igazlno rf ha
United states, at a discount from he regular
mbsoriptlon rates, fend In your orders, en
closing a gveerbnek, or rwal order f jr five
(!)! lar?.
AnttY EXPCXniTlBC.
The statement of the acnur.ts of th
AssUtaat Quirtcrmastcr, tie''. I obert
Allon, pxtendingover a period b 'tween
April. l!l, and August, 1805, "hows
tbnf dnring that time he tranj'irred
ami dUhttred tbe enormous sum of
$111,037,143. and that thern!v re
main unaccounted for about $3,000 of
a deficiency at most.
Colorado man, a few days since
turned out his two horses, tied togeth
er with a rope around tiro neck of
each. Tbe next day one of them came
home, dragging the head of tbe other.
The lat heard of the owner, be waa
wandering over the prairie, raying be
'supposed the animal was dead some
where." That la just like some men.
ot wiitiag for evidence
4 lie j ai waj o juui -i at, wu wusioua WiW
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m aa
DHUGGISTS,
DSALEK8 IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Fancy & Toilet Articles.
Physicians' Prescriptions and
Family Recipes Made
a Specialty.
"ommer, ial Street, opposileChemekpta Hotel.
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WEATHERFORD S LTO .
Wh-li!e ami Ki;laii Dcak-Tf in
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Paints. Oils, Glass, Chemica's
EXTRACTS, PERFUMERY.
Patent Medicines it Proprietary Articles
Pl'ItE WIXK"I AXI I.IQI OKS,
tor Mir'tioliiai Piii o-i-.
Prrsni.t:.Jcs JM vA di ii s i.i..
WEATHEBfORD CO.
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A WOMAN tokeephouaifur n sioa'l ftim
11 v, living about thirty niilct from Sb em
Applv at
STATESMAN OFFICE.
l)vl:M
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HABTPOBD, COIN" IT.
THIS HTKRUXU OIJ COSfPASY having ertablUhed the Oregon and Washington Ter
riiorv llram-b ir how prepared toiwue PoiKles. It combines all I be Ikvoraltle fentun
ol Life Insurance is PI R iLY 9ICTVAL ami most liberal. nearly all the uimal rfftri,
tHctioo lieing removed from Us Polk iei. Summarv of business for 1K71:
Polletes is-tuod, 10,039; Income, 3,1:15,7.16 14; Asset, f?l;,fill U5: Surptnoirrniali!it!w.
1A57. 77.
E. FKSSEVDEN, PresldenU l F. Bubnc, Secretary.
AGENTS AND SOLICITORS WANTED.
V CHAS. E. BURROWS, General Agent,
Dpera block. Court Street, Salem.
Oregon Branch Home Mutual Ins Co. (Fire and Marine! of San Francisco. Cal.
b-l:riAw;fl C HAS. K. BI RROWS, Accent for Saleni.
IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON.
E STB ACT FROM THE STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIKH F
said Company Oototier 31st, 1471, stibnequent to the ('HI( AM) FIRK as reported to
the Insurance CoauuUKlooer of the State of California :
CAPITAL 8TOCK SUBSCRIBED 88,000,000 OO.
Capital Stock Paid up in Cash, S3, 500,000 OO.
Total Cash Assets, $6,2 1 2,525 48.
Increase In Assets efnoa Jan. 1st, 1871, S496.
5 1 0 40.
ClrThls Company's buoinws In ilevoteri exuluslvely to Fire Innrnm-e, and it is the onlv E-n-jtlUli
Company represented lu Aux-rk-a doing a Kire Insurance luwnw, wilh an arable' t-ah
capital and large a.v umuldted funds not liable for Life r Marine Lokws.
FALKNER BELL & CO.,
General Age nu for tbe raciil,: Cuaei. San 1 raiK-i-o
HEWITT, WILsON & CO.,
Uenfral Areuta fsrOrfxoa imisI WMklsMrto Territory.
Nov.ltf (Olfice corner 1 A Aeh Irr., Portland, "lrego:1.
10.
1. 1 Cfc
WITH OR WITHOUT FORCE FEED.
lest 2&m24esfa;
etZst Sio
ASD 1HE JUSTLT CELEBRATED
PEORIA PREMIUM PL.QW,
o well and favorably knawn tbrougfaoat tba West anl FacUc Slope. Imnrmed etpeclallv
for th seaMm of 1874-S, with patent concave, aterl high landstde, Scotch i levis and hlali
atanriard. Sole Agents for :hu
.MITCHELL FARM WAGON
THE MITCHELL 7AG017.
AjLTtl
SALEM DRUG STORE I
J. W. Crawford & Co..
DEALERS IX
I)rng, C'bemleala, Oils a,,d
PATENT MEDICINES,
PiaiFl'KEBIEK,
Toiurr ARTItXEN
ASD "SOTl!.
Pure Wines and Liquors.
PRESCRIPTIONS
ASP
Family Preparntioiit
CASEETJLLY 00YP0UITDED
At all kours of the day and nlj?bt, by a
Competent Drug-girt.
Pattoa'a Bkx-k, Mrrrt, Nalesas.
seuiytf
TEACHER WASTED,
BY the Directors of District 2. a
tcactier to take charge or a hlfh s.hfK.1
(.ve.lui an energetic man, comiietent not
i ..i.lv toteavh but manatee uornlv boy, ami
iii piv. Appli.aiion to be made in pen.n to
ii V ii'ulr-lfnei. at ibo offi. ol Mraws. Mal
a Miaw. Saturday, IHvmlK-r ., 2 oVlo. k
' K. DKARBOnX,
U. MAMAIKY.
l'Al I. I KANDALI..
Dinvtors.
Nni1i:.l!w: It
1 WANTED A Re'iable and Intelligent
I MAN,
OK mod a Hrws to enfrace in an agreeable
ami lut-rative luiflnes pralnciiiB Imii
i ..',00t. .Ortrt per year. A.Vlrew, J. B.JURD
I A CO.. New York, or Kearny Wrvrt. Sii
Franolseo. Noviti.dlawlwSstiwtw
FOUNDRYIWEN, BLACKSMITHS
and Carnage Makers.
Melvetrd Old Cosapnuy lbixi oal
i Jarkaoa aUank Bulk ai
i bvrlnad loal.
Hard and Noft Plr Iron.
fVliiK a siieoialty, the abnTe are wlecteil witli
grvM rc lor interior coofUiners.
J. K. DOYLE.
W anl415 ViwA&c Ritwt. and 410 Strwt
WhRrf, iu-twetm Jaikson and Pa.-lUc, Kan
Imn.wo. ( Nm-S5:dwly
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lft 18T1. ly