WliTEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. WEEKLY 0SEG03 STATESMAN Fill DAT MARCH 2.1, 1S77. MU4Tt:uV AKD THE AttIM)T. The Democrats cherish the hope that the new Cabinet will be inharmonious, says the Alta; that its leading men will depart from the principles to which the Administration is pledged; and that there will he a division mid demoralization in tlie Republican pnrry. It m ay be consid ered a proper strategetieai move to circa late Mich ideas, whether there is any foun dation tor it or not. and we tear that some of the Republican in the Senate have been too ready to accept these assertions as correct. Delay in the confirmation of the Cabinet appointments has tint been customary, he heads of the various Executive I)e artments are the personal associates as well as the confidential advisers ot the President, and ids preference in regard to them has been considered conclusive. In -Johnson's time, when the Senate whs hos tile to the President, it usually allowed him every liberty in selecting his Cabinet, twit thwarted him in many of his other appointments to place not near his per son. If the delay in the confirmation is based upon a dislike of the person, or distrust of the principles of any of the men selected by the President, it must be condemned as highly impolitic. President Hayes has a right to the confidence of the people in his prudence and political fidelity, and the adherence of John Sherman to 1dm implies that he is acting with good advice. But. even if it were prove! that Haves is not ithe discreet or faithful man needed tor his "high place, the rejection of his nomina tions would make the marter worse. Some of our Presidents have been indiscreet, but they were not so weak that they would submit to be driven. Ic is far easier to conciliate than to coerce in a situation Jike that of the present Administration. A Republican Senate, with a very small majority on one side, and a Democratic .House and bolting Republican President fin the other, would nut the Republican party in a very awkward predicament in the approaching State elections. We speak ot this merely by way of supposition, for we hve not the leat suspicion that Sir. Hayes intends to bolt or abandon any Republican principle or violate any pledge; or that the Republican majority in the Smate would commit the blunder ot taking an antagonistic position to gratify disappointed feeling, if there be any. The proper way to correct any blunder in a Cabinet appointment and it is not clear that any has been made is tor the Senate to preserve its cordial relations with the President, give him time to sec iiis mistake, call his attention to it in a confidential way, and let him change the mau in the course of a month or two. As for the Democratic scheme of defeating tbe nomination, if passible, unless II yes will make a bargain about South - lina and Louisiana, that would be u trick which, we imagine, will surely tall. M.1DAY KEAD1XU. Christian Warfare. Satan lias a great deal to do in this world. In our christain warfare against him when we meet so many adverse storms of infidelity it is pleasant to re ceive words of encouragement, and when our religious weeklies come in we are es pecially pleased. Among our principal iie'.pers we note the "Christian Messen ger." which comes to us replete with pious lessons and solemn prayers. Tbe readers -of this valuable paper must be delighted and look f.irward to publication day with anxiety. VVe extrut the following, rJ fretting that we have not space to repub lish all of tbe last issue : "There U no Weakness in them. So one of them is emasculated bv the modern prefix to "try." The Bible gays. "Cleanse your bands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts ye double-minded." "Cease to do evil, 4oarn to do well." Depart from evil, and io good. And thus in the whole bok, from Genesies to Revelation, a moral pre cept is never prefixed with the enfeebling "try," now go universally common. Just think of the Bible' saying. Try to depart from evil ! Try to cleanse your hands, ye dinners t Try to speak the truth one to another ! And instead of. Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not commit adultery, sup pose we had, Do not try to kill, Do not try to steal, Do not try to commit adultery! It is time to stop recommending experl ments in morals. None of it is from above. It is all from beneath, a device to break down the majesty of the precepts of the Bible. That glorious Book never uv the word "try" In such connection. It knows nothing of experimental morals. 'Try' is never used except where a failure may be justifiable'" The Texas "Christian Messenger" Is exercised over the question of whether a 4crson can be a christian and not baptized. Of course not ; now give us rest on that point and ouen up the question of "mode" of baptism. The people of the world are hungering and thirsting for Inclination on that point. St. PflrtvH'a day wm stylo at Seattle. rcrcuraieu in grand IIOWEIX PR4IM1K LKTTKK, Howeix Praikie, Ogn., ) March loih, 1S77. Editor Statksman: While I was at Brownsville, I. mn county, visiting friends, Inst week, I had occasion to visit the cem etery, located about a mile and a half east ot said city, and in looking through the same I discovered the testing place of Sirs. Eliza Hart Spaulding. the first wife of Rev. H. II. Spaulding, of the I.apwai Mis-ion, anving the Xez Perce Indians. Mrs. Spanieling, in company with Mrs. Whitman, was the first white woman that ever crossed the Rocky Mountains, and Mrs. Spaulding had the honor to bring forth the first, white child that was ever born west of said mountains, and said child was a captive, saved bv the Cay use Indians when they massacred Dr. Whit man and family, and released at the time when the other prisoners were released. Miss Spauiliug was at that time 13 or 13 years of age. Sue in due time became the wife ot a Mr. Warren, that lives near Browsviiie. and is highly respected by all those thai know her, and more especially so by all ihe oM pioneers that remember her trials when a captive. Mr. Warren is a good citizen, and one that reflects credit to the State of Oregon. I will now re- urn to the object that I had in view when I commenced this article. On the grave ot Mrs. Spaulding are two trees six or eight inches through that have come up and grown there since her burial. The trees are what is called Big Laurel or what some call Mountain Mahogany. At the head of the crave is a larito marble slab some two feet In width and four or live feit in bight, on which I found the following inscription, that I think should lie preserved as a scrap of history, per taining to the early settlement ot Oregon, as follows, to wit: "Sacred to the mem ory ot Mrs. Eliza Hart Spaulding. who died Jan. 7, 1S51, aged 43 years, 4 months and 27 days. Born in Berlin. Conn. Ed umted at Clinton. K. T., and Hudson, Ohio. Married to Rev. H. U. Spaulding A. D. 1S33, and in 1S35 with him entered tlie missionary service under the care of the A. B. C. F. M. In 1338 Mrs. S. and SIre.Xareissa Whitman accompanied their husbands across the Rocky Mountains to commence a mission among the Indians ot Oregon. They were the first white families thatever crossed those mountains. They continued to be devoted laborers in the mission until Xov. 27, 1847, when Dr. and Mrs. Whitman and twelve others were cruelly inassacied by tlie Cayuse In dians. Mrs. Spaulding was respected and esteemed by all and no one had a greater or better influence over the Indians. She lovert the work and hoiied to the last that the mission would bef-t s jmer")but the shock ot the massacre , ana tlie trial and suffer ing occasioned by those sad events laid tbe foundation for the sickness which finally caused her death. She always fete that the Jesuit missionaries were the leading cause of the massacre. She died in peace trust ing in her Savior; "rest sweet (lust till Jesus bid thee rise." I will try and give you more items in reference to this mas sacre at some future time. Respectfully Yours T.C. Shaw. APPLICATION. IIT 1NCOLA3. Application is a golden word for stu- deut3, and one that should be written over the door of every school-room in the land. It is astouishlng to contemplate that the secret ot the success of all scholars and useful men, is wrapped up in this little word, and yet, somehow, it generally dis solves all the hard problems of lite and enables us to secure every laudable object to which we may aspire. If we were ask ed what rule t adopt to become a scholar or to assume any ot the responsibilities of life with success, we would suggest a rule ot application. This is not a pleasant re flection, we apprehend, as to carry out the rale requires great exertion. But, as lias been said by William Wirt, there is no ex cellence without great labor. Natural ability is a great help, no doubt, but the natural powers must be developed by thinking. If the mind has no fixed purpose, but i3 allowed to roam about in the realms of fancy, it becomes weak and imbecile. Chain the mind down to thought and work it will be Immeasura bly strengthened in a few years but It al lowed to soar above Its strer.gth, it will tail with a terrible shock that will awak en it out of dream-lund into the cold reali ties of life. Ot: the battle field there is no neutral ground in which to recruit exhaust ed strength, but there it is victory or it is defeat : hence the commander wiselv has torcesdisciplined before he takes them into battle. And so in this life, which U a bat tlefield, from beginning to end,, the mind powers should bo thoroughly disciplined ana the faculty or concentrations develop. ed; and there is nothing which wlil do ibis out application. This necessity firmly established in the mind of the student, it onlv remains to develop tlie habit ot application; and this can oniy De readied Dy a determined etlort. ltiis comes from exercise ot the mind. An hour spent dally on one subject for a year will assist in attaining a habit of con centration, it will produce the habit and that is all which Is necessary. With this habit of application firmly developed, the mind can enter fields of thought prepared ior woik. The case ot Judge Grover is not decided as many suppose. He will probably be ousted in day time, after which we bope to fee both an able and honest represent ative of our people placed in that seat. The Statesman U the only Republican dally la the State that is sought alter by cTeriuouv wr me miesi iifiws auu poilll eil items. Weekly only $3 per uumtai. THE AMUSEMENTS OF THE RICH. The amusement is of two kinds, viz: active and passive. The active and weary man and woman those who ex haust ever day their vital energies in work take naturally to passive amuse ments. j iiuly ot our accuulutance, en gaged in severe Intellectual tasks, says that nothing rests her like seeing other people work. For this she goes to the theatre, and the play upon her emotions tlier ', rests anil recreates her. Indeed, It is the emotional side of l he nature, anil not the active, which furnishes play to tho'e who are weary with thuusoot their faculties, ibis fact covers the secret of the popular success ot what, is called emo tional preaching. 1 oople who have been engaged all the week in exhausting labor of any kind do not take kindly to a high intellectual feast on Sunday. They want to be moved and played upon. This rests and Interests them," while tho Profound discussion ot great problems in life and re ligion wearies and bores them. They are not up to it. They are weary and jaded in that part of their nature which such a discussion engages. Tbe emotions which have been blunted and suppressed by their pursuits are hungry. So every form of amusement that truly meets their wants must be emotive, and must leave them treo to rest In thoso faculties which are weary. On the other hand, the young, who are brimming with animal lite, and who fail to exhaust It in study, call for active amusements, and they must have them. And here the parent is ii danger or making a grave mistake. Un less a boy is a milk-sop, he must do some thing or die. If lie cannot do something in his home, or in the homes of his com panions, he will do something else. If is only within a tew years that parents have begun to be sensible upon this matter. Tlie billed table, which a tew years arn was only associated with dissipation, now lias an honored place and the largest room in every rich man's house. The card ta ble, that once was a synonym ot wicked ness. Is a part ot the rich man's furniture, his children may Utn at will, hi the pur suit of a harmless gtme. A good many manufactured sins have been dethroned from their fictitious life and eminence, anil put to beneficent family service on behalf ot the young. Athletic sports. gUCh as skating, boating, shooting, ball-playing, running and .leaping, have sprung" into great prominence within the past tew years- amusements of just the character for working off the excessive vitality of young men, and developing their physical power. This is all well a reform in the right direction. Much of this is done be fore the public eye. and in the presence ot young women, which helps to restrain all teiiilencies to excess and to dissipation. Tlie activity of young women take auotli er direction, and nothing seems to as more hopeful than the pursuits in which they engage. Tbe rich voting women in these days who does not many, busies herself In tasteful and Intellectual pursuits. The reading-club, the drawing-class, and kind red associations, employ her spare time ; and now there is hardly a more busy per son living than the rich young woman who is tlirongh w'.th her boarding-school. The poor who suppose that the rich young woman leads an Idle life, are very much mi-taken. The habits of voluntary industry now adopted and practiced by the young woman oi America, in good circumstances, are most gratclully surprising. One ot them who is not so busy during the winter that she really needs a recuperating summer, is an exception. Our old ideas of the lazy, fashionable girl must be set aside. They are all at work at something. It may nut bring them money, but it brings what is much better to them the content that comes of an earnest and fruitlul pursuit. It may take the forms of aiuueuient, but it results in a traiuiugjor self-helpfulness and industry. So, while not much cm be done lor the adult in this matter of amusement, much is done for the young, and much that will help to give us a generation of older men and women, who will not be content with the poor business of killing time. For it must be remembered that while the young women "assist" at the athletic games ol young men, the young men are indispen sable to the intellectual associations ot the young womnn. They meet together, and stimulate and help each other; mid It does not seem possible that either party should ever subside Into those time killers who haunt the club3 established for men, or those jaded women who drag them selves around to dinners and lunches and thronged assemblies. Dr. Holland. KII K tHILmtL.H AT a uasuii. Monday of last week, at Monterey, (lie wife of Thos. W. Ingram died. She was taken sick on Monday morning and re mained so for eight hours. She then gave birth to a fine, healthy daughter, which was followed a second, still born; then the third, a daughter, was successfully launched on life's journey, but the' fourth child resulted in tlie death ot the mother. Ingram has now the twin daughters, be sides twelve other children, to care for. Tbe mother was about the house on Sun day pursuing her usual domestic occupa tions, and her sudden demise has cast a gloom over a large circle ol friends, among whom she was greatly beloved. Sacra mento Union. Gen. O. O. Howard, commanding de partment ol the Columbia, returned last Saturday evening fiom his trip to Walla Wklla. Preparations have been made for the spring campaign, consisting in part ot the establishment ot a temporary camp, of three companies of cavelry, near Wal lowa. In some quarters the Indians are restless. It is reported that .Joseph has consented to accept the ternn ot the Gov ernment, but his brother still holds out. Gen. Howard thinks there is no probabili ty of further hostilities. If any. they will be of short duration Advocate. Horace Greeley used to tell this story : He once sent a claim tor collection to a Western lawyer, and, regarding it as rather a desperate claim, told theattorney if he collected it he might reserve halt the amount 1 r a fee. In due time Mr. Gree ley received the following laconic epistle : ' Dear Sir I have succeeded in collecting my hall of that claim. The balance Is hopeless." The estate left by the lato Geo. W. Vaughn is estimated to lie worth ifju.lKK). Miss I.lhbie Vaughn, bis daughter, I n!e hclr to the property. ( Written for the Btatemnau. HATTLK MT THE AIIIU A. EniToit Statksman: I see by an arti cle In the Orogonbin of March 2d, wrlttivi by Gov. Geo. I.. Curry, that the "Battle of the Ablqua" is a "romance of hlstoiy." Well. It, was rather a romantic fight, in a romantic place, and brought on hi a ro mantic manner; but It i- true history, Guv. co. T.. ( urry to t l.e contrary, not withstanding. It the Governor Is as badly mistaken in (he article ol "Multtini in Parro" as hois about tlie "Battle ot the Alilijua," he must have been In one of those Hip Van Winkle sleeps that old Kip hid, in the Cascade Mountains about that time, and has just come on the stage again, and Is inquiring for ".Mine dog Selme:der." Why, sir, tlie "Battle of the Ablqua" Is as familiar In tlibs county as any household word, and has been for the last 2!) years, as it was tought years ago the first of this mouth. I have been asked to write that "his-1 tory," and wrote It souio years ago t r a ! man that Is now writing the early history of this country. In writing the history of this siiort but decisive campaign, I feel a diffidence, as I have to write from memory; but will he as correct and just as possible, i say just, , lor I cannot now recollect all the brave boys that participated in that to most of us, onr first battle. All old Oregonians know that in tho winter of 117-8 a great many men were culled East of the Moun tains to puni-h the Cayuss (or the mur der of Dr. Whitman m:d family, ami It tx eoming apparent to tho settlors, ns well a Gov. Aberuathy, that there was danger of an Indian outbreak, the settlers formed or organized ccmpstnles of what we called home guilds, to be In readiness at a mo ment's warning to defend our wives and children and each other at all hazards. In this neighborhood I was chosen captain of as brave a company of men as ever mustered, and we met every Saturday at Esq. Dunbar's, tor drill. Other neighbor hoods had their companies. Capt. Allen Davy had a company of cavalry on the Santiam: Capt. Dick Miller had a mm. panr between the Ahiqna and Butte creek, and if I remember right, Uncle Sam. Parker had a company near Salem. In I cb., 1848. we he'd ourselves ready at a moment's warning, for the sign were omi nous. Crooked Finger, ade-erate Molalla Indian, (said to be a chief ; at all events he rontroled the Molallas and a hand nf Klamath that had been infestiuc this imrt of file valley tor several years) was contin ually traveling from the Molalla fo the Santiam on the Klamath trail, and Insult ing the settlers by ordering the women In the absence of the men to cook him a mci,j of vituals at any time of the day ; mill ns H tlie settlers on that trail were new-com ers, lie sometimes succeeded in searim' them Into obeyine him bv his fresfurcs and threats. He said all the brave men had gone to fight the Cavuses. npil .fi could do just as he pleased. He and his hnti'l ot Ma mat lis drove one man from the claim that Leonard Schlndk-r now owns, by their Insolence. All the settlers believed that an Indian massacre was brewing and when tho Klamath Indians, armed and painted for war. surrounded Duky Miller's house, and made Insolent and Insulting demands and gave tlie war-wnoop, (a sound that once heard is never forgotten, and like the cream of the panther, or the whiz of the rattlesnake, is never mistaken for any other sound) they knew it was time to act and they did act and at once. Stanly I mphlet saw and heard the In. dians and he put whip to his horse and rode through Howell Prairie, Salem Prai rie and en to the Santiam. eivinitho alarm as he went ; and the news spread like wildllre over hill and daK T. B. Al len saw the Indians and straddled a horse without saddle or bridle, and ran hhn to Mr. Ellts', as there had been a raising there that day and the boy thought, and naturally too. that was where he could do the most good fhe consequence of al! this was. bv davlight. the next morning, men began to gather at Uncle Jack Warnock, anil by 10 or II o'clock, about 1.jO men were there ready for anything that would put a quie tus on Indian depredations by that hand of roving desperadoes that had threatened to cut the .throats of Miller's. Warnock's and Patterson's families. We first elected Uncle Dan Wadlo. Col.. who took the horsemen, conslstiuerofCant. Allen Davy's company and 50 or (Mothers that had came !n from all parts of the county, (and some from Clackamas county too) and crossed the Ablqua, at the ford. and went up on the north side of said stream, and I took charge of the iutantrv, consisting cf First Lieut. Wm. Parker, Second Lieut. James Harpole. Orderly Kurgent Wilburn King, James Brown. S. t I). Moxen, L. A. Bird, Isreal Shaw. Robe. I Shaw, King Hebbard. Wm iSrisbin, Winchester, Port Gilliam, Wm. Howell. Thos. Howell, George Howell, Wm. Hen-1 drix. Leauder Davis, Len. Kofi", G. W. i Hunt, James v Ilhains, if my own com pany, and J. W. Sliriin, Thos. Slirun, Henry bhruti, Ehas Cox, Cvrus Smith. T. H. Allen, Jacob Caplinner, and several others that I can not now name, with Uncle Jack Warnock lor etude, and start ed up the south side. I he Intention was for both divisions to arrive at Coosta's camp (the camp of the KlamatiK also; at the same time; tut we were too quick tor the horsemen, and when we arrived opposite the camp. the Indians had learned we were coming and were crossing on a foot log. One In dian raised his gun, but James Brown was too quick for him, and Lieut. Harpole's unerring rifle, told the tale for another. Firing then commenced In earnest, which sent the Indians tho other way. We did not know exactly where the camp was, and had left men, three m a place. tor several hundred yards, so that hut fewol us got opposite the camp when the action commenced, but enough got there to end the hliimaths up the creek on the opposite side from us on (Inutile quick ;! think twenty men took a shot at the young chiel, called lied Blanket, but he got away that day) excepting the old chief, and I or dered the men to cease firing and the ordor was obeyed instantly; and tho old chlcl wn kud off about 40 or fit) yards and then turned round and walked buck to within (HI or () yards ot us and commenced sow lug arrows at us so fast that there appear ed to he two or three, on tho way all the time for a very short time though, for 20 unerring rifles were aimed ut him and he fell pierced by as many halls. About that time llio horsemen nunc up. nut the red skins had escaped tor th time. Three Indians had gone to their nappy hunting grounds, and the rest had ran wnv to light another day. After we all got together we held a coun cil ot war and concluded to try them again the next day. A great many of us had lelt our families on or near the Indian trail, and bail to g home that evening to look utter them. I lived nhout 12 miles from there by the nearest poslhn route, right on the trail. or within 150 yards nf It ; and when I got home I found that Crooked Finger hud been there that day, hut fortunately for mv wile and children, I'ncle David Colver and Theophohis Powell Inn1 just got there a Tew minutes belore the scoundrel cimo. lie appeared very sullen and Insolent, hut did not slay long, and as we did not know when he 'might come back, we deemed It hist to go to the nearest neiylihors, John S. Hunt. nhout three miles distant the next morning, which consumed so much time that I with a great, iniiiiy others were not In the second (lav's fight; but Lieut. Parker mill Sergeant King were, and from thein I learned the panic uliirs, which weie ahont as follows: The men met at Coosta's camp, and all thev could learn from him was that the K hi ni nths had gone which we all knew, lor we saw th bucks go the day before, in sinne thing ot a hurry. Hut the hoys concluded to do the way we had done tlie day bctore go up tbe creek, the horsemen on the north s'de, as It was open prairie, and t he others take it on foot through tlie timber, on the south side. As there was no sign lor a cnnsiderahlo distance, n great mttny turned biek. Home V or 21) ol the lend ers discovered signs, and shortly after wore greeted with tbe war whoop from a caHon filled with vine maple and other brush. The Indians had rlio-en a strong position, and as they had been told that Boston men would not light in the brush, they tliMiight themselves secure. Hut our bravo hoys charged them on the double quick, and so rapid was their charge; that tho Indians di 1 not stand ono minute. Nine Indians were killed In less than five minutes, and the squaws taken prisoners. Only ono white man was wounded. James Stanley caught an arrow in his breast and held It until he had killed the Indian, and then very dolllienilely ex tracted the weapon, "tor fear It might tic poisoned." he said. Like the day botore, the cavalry could not help, but the brave boys needed no help. After the battle they returned to Coosta's camp, and gave that chief Ills orders, which wore obeyed. Ono ord.;r was that Crooked Finger was never In enter the house ol a white man or woman unless tlu-re was a white man In the house, ir he did he was to lie shot on sight, lied Blanket's wife, asked Jacob taplinger, why tho whites were so hard on the Klam aths, when the Molalla were Jut as In sulting and mean as they were, and the whites did not kill them. Cnpllngcr told her that the Molallas owned this lllehe, or pretended too. but, the Klamatbs, did not belong in this valley, and wo could not take o much of their abuse and threats. She said that was "close wawa," and that she "enmtuxed" what ho meant, and would go homo and never come back. Tliey then told her they could have twenty four hours to bury the dead, ami leave for home, the Klamath country, but I think their confederates, the Molallas, attended to the dead, tor the whole baud of Klam atbs passed my house that same night, on their way to Mt. Jefferson pass, and tho next day about a dozen ot us followed tho trail to the hou ol John Morelcy where wo staid all night, and the next day followed the trail to the crossing of tho Santiam river, and saw by the tracks In the snow and mud that tbe Indians had all crossed tbe river; so we returned to our homes. Allen Da vy's company of cavalry watched the ttail the afternoon of the day alter the battle, but the Indians had pained before they cot there. b Thus ended one. ot the shortest and mrst ef lectivecompaigns that w have any knowl edge ot hi this country. It completely cowed Crooked Finger in this part ot the country and Fred McCormiek finally kill ed him In Ciackamas country. The Klam uths never came back and tlie Molallas behaved themselves ever alterwartls. R. 0. Oi:r.u. I- lit IT F arm, March 17, 1877. 1-KK IMIKK UlAKU. Bkavkk, March 15. On last Thursday, John D. Lee was placed In the guard house at Camp Cameron, and Is kept un close guard by order of the Secretary of War, mado on application of Gov. Emery, of Utah. Tho prisoner is to be guarded by L . S. troops, to prevent rescue. Lee appears to feel tho full force of the hope lessness of the situation surrounding him, and Is despondent. Ills most hitter an athemas are poured ngaiust Britain Young, vho, he says, has deserted and be lled him. Very recent mid most damag ing revelations have come to the knowl edge ot officials from sources wholly dis connected with Lee, but which hud been prompted by the dilemma hi which that butcher is placed by prosecution, many hitherto unsuspected partiesare anxious to leave the country. Some ot these devel opments will transpire soon. Mr Mini. We regret tho necessity of saying that, we have tew remarks to make about the late Standard articles, because ol personal sympathy with the party who am to be the owner. If compelled to "reach for him," wo promise no quarter. "Tlio"im ported" individual will be shown up in his proper chaiacter at the proper time. Senator Mitchell's late brilliant spcteli is in print and circulation. H e regret wa..l of spice to put it in the columns of our (1 illy. THE Ul.ltr.vr III HA IlKl.IC. The oldest relli: or humanity extant Is tho skeleton of one of the earlier l'liaro ahs. Incased in Its original burial rnhes, and wonderfully perfect, considering Its ngu, deposited in the ISrltlsh Museum, and (tistly considered the most valuablo of Its arclitcnloglcul treasures. The IU of the enllln which rontiilns tbe royal mummy was Inscribed with the name of its occu pant, Pbaroah Mykoriiuns, who Riiccewled the hclr of the builder of tho great pyra mid, nbotitlcu centuries before Christ. Only think of It ! Tho monarch whoso crumb ling billies and leathery Integuments are nowexcltlngthe wnt.dcrol niunernusgazers in London, reigned In Egypt before Solo mon was born, anil only about clcviui cen turies or so alter Mi.ralin, the grandson ol old father Noah, and tho first one ol the I'baroahs, had been gathered to his fathers! Why, tlm tldo-mark ol the deluge would scarcely have been oblitera ted, or the gophur-wood knee-timbers of the nrk have rotted on Mount Ararat, when this man ot the early world lived, moved mid had his being ! His flesh mid blood were contemporary with tho pro jectors ot the great, patrician I Ills bones and shrivelled skin are contemporary with the nineteenth century, and tlm date ot the crucifixion Is only about midway be tween his (.ni n i id ours. n:7.t. wi:u or i!kai;n. This well has exi-led seven winters and six Hummers. hs depth is forty-one feet. 1'he water is from two and a half to three foot in depth. A coat of It Is formed on the walls of llio well the whole depth ol Hie water. Tho ice becomes so thick In whiter as to render It dllllcult to dip up water with a common bucket. T'ho sur- laus of the water also freezes ovur every night during the winter. I in lias thus formed four inches in thickness In out: night the present winter. The owner it obliged to descend into the wtdl and cut open the Ice every morning in winter in order to draw water. As spring advance, the surface ot the water ceases to freeze, but the ice remains on the wulls around the water, but does not entirely disappear some remaining "til the next winter's freezing commences. The well yields au abundant supply of water. if l nouois. Murk Twnln Outdoor. The following explains Itself : Vancoi vr.U, W. T., March 17. 1877. Eli. OiiHiOMAN : I wish to send you a short note thu, may prove beneficial to omc of the unprotected families of your city. For tho last ton days, Vancouver has been visited by some unknown man, (supposed to be crazy) who remains secret ed during the day and visits the houses of widows and where there are no ablebodied men. He has been to nearly every houso In our town of this nature and at all hours of the night. I and many others are mis erable when night conies on. He makes these visits without any apparent object in view. On several occasions lie ha" knocked at doors and as goon as they were oieiied would fire oil' a pistol In the air, laugh at It and then run awav. Such actions as these have led in to Iwllevo thut ho Is Insane. Our civil officers seem to be alraldolhlm. They hunted lor him two or three night since null took lanterns with them they saw nothing ofhlm f course, lie entered the house of one of my friends and made her prepare something to eat. She was very Irijjhtoued but managed to remember enough to describe him so well ks to delliie him to be a certain man, who has acted very strangely ef late. Why the officials have pt taken hhn up I know llOt. Last liiirht. i ient l.'urr fw IjifY tia garrison and went down town, when he us returning aooni in i t., and crossing tbe reserve west of the carrison, he heard some one in the chaplain's back yard. Lieut. F. demanded who he WJ miff rn ceived no satisfactory reply. Ho repeated ms question and wanted to know what his I usiuess was there at that hour, lie only received slung In reply. The Lieutenant then told him that he would Hud out, and hastened to his quarters, procured his gun and several cartridges, und returned as soon as possible, hut only In timo to see the prowler running for tho woods In rear of tho garrison, yolling catch me If you can. Lieut. Farrow, who knew all about the woods and how to use his gun, thought he would try to catch him. and hastened to the east ortbo garrison, nnd took a road leading thence, through the woods, and lu a direction where he thought Ire could in tercept hlin. Everything became quiet and he could neither see nor hear anything ol him. But the bravo lieutenant was not Induced to uive up his undertaking, and alter watching for him a long hour, found him and shot him t.uiin ti.n aiw.t small, some he had been using while out inning uiu uay previous. Ttiey Wi however, unexpected nnd lltllVlili'nfnii were, to the prowling villain. Lieut. V. spoiled suit oi uniform and sprained his foot In endeavoring to secure him. Hut ho knows how to appreciate onr thanks, and they will recompense him, for I and many others who are nimble to resist force, since ourollicialsare asleep, do dotiblv thaiik ihn. This morning, shortly iifmr the boat hut. a note was found saying; "women, rest in peace. I am mocr" ni. " f ..,., t more room have cot enomdi nr . n , . ub Van- COUVer." It is iirnsininihli. rhi rhla is from the inini in muutl noto . ..vui,.i., HUH LllUb Ut 1ms gone to your city. He is cither a dus- he m- iieraie cnaracter or an Insane man. If Is in your midst, I hope tho police will diligent to Intercept him. mid above that he will remain away from bore If he lie all I am respectfully yours, A Widow The Rev. Mr.Stebhius, having been hlsj eil lit a public meeting in Sail FriiiicK'n turned upon his nssiillnnis with, I heard a hiss; did ever a wind ol truth drop into j1'!s-V"''tt'X "I' bell without sending up R