WliTEKLY OREGON STATESMAN.
WEEKLY 0SEG03 STATESMAN
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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