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sv WILLAMETTE FARMER. 1 r V t ui: ! f ' i GALILEO AT HOME. A correspondent of the Scotsman has tho following account of the trials of Galileo, as derived from the original docnmonts at the Vatican: "Galileo's discovery of tho satellites of Ju piter had been hailed with dollght, but the inference their movements suggested caused his perdition. The astrouomor was first at tacked by a Dominion proachor at Florence, who accused him of throwing doubt on the authenticity nf the miracla performed by Joshua. Galileo replied tbnt the Holy Scrip tures could not err, but tbat they should not be literally Interpreted. Anothor Domini can, called Nli-holm Lorltii, then denounced Galileo to the Holy Otlieo, and tbe closest watch was kej t on hi words nnd acts by the Inquisition. He went to Ilomo in the hope of being ablo to prove bis Innocence, and of being allowed to continue his pur suits without interference. Tbe Holv Office, however, unanimously doclared It to be au absurd heresy to pretend that the sun is mo tionless and that tho earth turns, and the Popo diroeted Cardinal Ballarmlne to inform Galileo that be must no more teach the doc trine condemned or he would be thrown into prison. Galileo ptomised to obey. He was received with kindness by the Pope, and was treated with kindness. He was neither punie'-ed nor mqlested. "No, long after this a now Pontiff was elect edUrban VIII. of the House of Barbariui. He was a Florentine as well as Galileo, and a lover of letters. Galileo bad six long audi ences with the Pope, but what passed be tween them is not known. Tho astronomer now thought himself at liberty to write bis dialogues, in which the system of Coperni cus, without being dofended, was expound ed. The Pontiff had no sooner received a copy of this work than ho showed himself violently irrltatod, and but for the supplica tions of the Tuscan Ambassador he would have at once sent him before tho Holy Oflice. As It was a commission was charged to ex amine tho ' Dialogues,' and shoi tly afterward tbe Inquisitor of Florence doliveied Galileo, a formal order to appear before the dreaded tribunal alluded to above. Galileo, who was then sevonty years of age, aud ill, im plored pity. Tho Grand Duke of Tuscany Interceded lu bis behalf. Tho Pope would bear of no delay. Ho gave orders that the culprit should 'be seized and brought to Rome In chains, if he was able to support the journey. Galileo, half doad, reached Rome In January, 1633, and In April he was interrogated by the Holy Oilice. For ten months he supported in anguish of mind, the threats and ill-treatment to which be tras subjected, and then ho confessed that ho had gone too far in advocating tbe system of Copernicus. He was called upon to give a more oxpliclt denial of the truth of what be bad advanced, or the Judges were to proceed to a rigorous examination, which in tho lan guage of the Holy Office, means ' torture ' It Is urged, but not by Signor Berti, thi, Galileo was actually tortured, and that tbe document giving a description of this scene was snppressed at tho suggestion ol this scene was suppressed at tho suggestion of M. Gulzot, (a Protestant), and KosrI. On tho other hand, it is asserted that when tbe Pope directed a rigorous examination, if it could be supported, be knew very well that Galil eo could not support torture, and that tor ture would not be inflicted. It Is clear, how ever, from what Signor Berti says, that the Pontiff showed nolther compassion nor in dulgence toward bis old friend. Even after his abjuration, Galileo was kept in a state of somi-confinement, and was only permitted to see a few friends. He went blind then died." A Sublime Flight. The reporter of an interior Michigan town paper ought to bo on hand when the world is burned up. Who knows what he might not then accomplish in description? Hear him: "And now ap peared one of the most terrible and magnifi cent spectacles It was ever our lot to witness. Tho whole broad and high front of tho In ternational Hotel was wrapped, as in its "Winding-sheet, in one lurid mass of flame, -which, seemingly as in mockery of tbe puny powers of man and bis appliances to stay its course, stooped toward the earth in the eddy of the wind with a hurtling sound as of de moniac laughter, nnd then sworving and veering, as li in disdain, tossing Its head, it arose towering almost to tho very clouds, aud ah, it needed no fervid Dantetm imagi nation than to discover within tbo fringes of that gilt-edged boll tbe glaring eyeballs, y6a, the very claws and bloody hair of the demon of the flames with ono fell swoop it hurled itself across the broad street over upon and wouud itself around, fastened its fearful clutches In, took possession of and invested tbe whole immense building known as the Harris block." Notes on Mohair. We find In tho Santa Barbara rrcss some letters from H. M Farr, of the Alpaca manu facturing company, Holyoke, Mass., to A. C. Gould, assistant secretary of tho National wool growers' association. Wo take theto from some poluts of interest. Mr. Farr writes: I enclose camples of goods made from An gora hair. Owing to tho limited supply of tho article we have not brtm nb'e to obtain much of the pure brtod, and this sample Is not the host tint mliiht he made from pure stock. I have hud some corrcpomlence wlih bredcira and growers in California, and am satisfied that this industry will retch I very large proportion in the neur fuluro. In another letter, Mr. l-ur writes: I am not aware that there are any goods niitdo ex clusively of mohair, that, i, mohair for both win p and weft; certainty thoro are no coods en Diadw consumed to any extent In il 1 country. Mohair is principally used a wef, ill cotion watpo, gbiierUIy fine warps, and wovtu Into plain aud figured dres-i good", coat linttn.s, Mo , which vo by the names of "mobsir lusters," "brllliantines," "mohair sorges," "Sicilian cord," oto. In fact the variety of goods in which the weft is composed wholly or In part of mohair Is very great. In all classes of goods lu which luster is an Important feature mohair entors to a greater or less extent. Ordinary long luster wool Is frequently mi i od with mohair to cheapen tbe stocji. Owing to tbe first cost of good mohair being high, and to the heavy los3 in combing (a large percentage going into noil), tho cost of varn made from It Is very high, honco its adulteration with wool, China grass, e'c. Mohair is also used in connection with silk, but in this class of goods I am not posted. The sample of Angora hair you send mo Is very nice; tbe quality is extraordinary for so long a staple, but It is not so bright as some of tho California articles. Hair like this is sure to command n high figure in any market where such materials aro told. 1 Inclose a small sample of coat-linings of our manufacture, welt mndo of California hair, iiom tbo clip of Messrs. Laudrum it Rogers of Watsouvlllo. Scab in Sheep. Thyfollowlng remedies for euro of scab In sheep, we take from the Texas i-lti m and Fireside: Youstt give this as a cure: Take com mon mercurial ointment; for bad cases, rub it down with tbieo times its weight ol lard lor ordinary cases five times its weighto lard. Rub a little of this ointment into the sbeep; dart tbe wool so as to expose tbe skin in a line from the head Vtbo tail and then apply a little of the ointment with tbe finger the whole way. Mako a similar furrow and application on each sido, four Inches from the first, and so on over tho whole body. Tho quantity of ointment (after boiug com pounded with the lard) should not exceed two ounces, and considerably less will gener ally suffice. A lamb requires but oue-third as much as a grown sheep. This will gen erally cure, but if tbo sheep should continue to rub itself, a lighter application of tho same should bo made in ten days. Randall thinks this would bo bust if, as claimed, effectual: Take of lard or palm oil two founds, sulphur ono pound. Gradually mlx the last two, thou rub down the'com- pound witn mo urst. Apply in tiro same way. Others prefer tbe following: Take corrosive sublimate, one-bair pound; white hellebore, powdered, three quarters of a pound; whale or other oil, six gallons; rosin, two pounds; tallow, two pounds. The first two to bo mixed with a little of tho oil, and, the rest being melted together, the whole to be gradually mixed. This Is a powerful preparation, and must not be ap plied two freely. Preparations ot carbolic acid have been introduced as remedies, which are doubtless superior to any of tbe above. Tbe political muddle is treated facetiously by the Detroit Free Press: "At 8 o'clock yesterday morning the proprietor of a email saloon on Boaubien St., put down tbe cur tains, looked the door, and was walking off. when he was hdled by a policeman. Tbe saloouist crossed tho street to tho officer and said: 'Dot Waco is glosed up for von week 'What's the mattor ? usked the officer. 'Well, I gan't stand such toolings aroundt. In the Urst blace, a man comes iu nnd savs. 'Well, Dllden is elected,' and he kicks ofor tbe chairs. Poorty soon comos anudder man in und bo hays, 'Hooray I Hayos has gocem uuw i- uuu uo kicks over a aaulo, Anudder man In a little while comes in und call out, 'Nopody is elected any more!' und ho preaKs some glasses. Shust like aoi uas oeeu iora wees, ana 1 am glean discouraged, it sompody says Dilden Is elected, 1 pollef dot; it sompody says Hayes iseieuieu, j. pmitu uui, u eomepouy say no pody Ih elected, I fell like dis gountrv vash going to somo dogs rJght away.' 'Yes, it does Dotuer one,' consoled the officer. 'Tell all dsr poys dot I havo glosed up for returns und dot sompody gan't get in,' replied tho man, uuu uu luruuu jus luce nomewaru," A correspondent of aa exchange says: If the crown In cattle is high up, it is an indi cation of a fractieious disposition. I have een cattle with tbo crown two or three In ches above the line of the eyes, and others two or three inches below. Thirty years ex perience has confirmed me in tbe belief of tbe correctness of this test, although It may not be infallible. It Is generally believed to be correct by all who have observed it. It Applies equally as well to cows as to oxen. J would not buy cattle with the crowns two or throe inches below tbo eyes on any con sideration." WASHiNOToy, Dsc 19. Gen. Crook, in his annual report says, the miners In the Black Hills did not violate tbo Sioux treat.? nntil the Ijoiana had ceased to regard it; also, be rails attention to tbo fact that his command of lss than 1000 fought and de feated Sitting Bull's band on Rosebud one week before tbe Custer massacre. He thinks tbe government has treated tho Sioux with unparalleled liberality, wblcli they have re paid by raids along the borderj of reservation. Effect of Feed on Wool. Many farmers have been annoyed, when selling their wool, to find tbat the aculo and practiced eye of the wool buyer had detected tbo fact that tho sbeep had bfpn allowed to run down in condition at tnnie time during the growth of the fleece. They are half In clined to think that tbe buyer is merely try ing to deprectato the price. As a matter of fact, tnprdli nothing which renders wool so useless for certuln kinds of manufacture as uu6veuneis or break In continuity of tbe tbleknos-sof fiber; and thoro is no defect more common, and nothing that, ytar by ytar, touches tbo sheep-grow ermoie sovero ly on that tender part of his anatomy tho pocket. Uowovor good tho wool in all other respects, tho keen eyo of tho buyer singles out tho dofeollvo wool, and down coos tho prlco of It. And It Is not' uiero iancy that regulates the in ices, fortheuuevon wcol will break at tbe weak plncos during tho fleet pro cess of manufacture. Some persons suppose that this unevenness of fleece Is hereditary in certain animals, and perhaps unevennees might bo made hereditary bp generations of 111-usage and neglect. ' But as tbe wool of an entire flock is found to bo uneven one year and not so In another, It shows tbat management has more to do with it than descont. If sbeep are allowed to get into a low condition, are neglected, underfed, or not sholtered properly, tho pores of tho skin will contract, and tho wool that issues will be of very fine fiber. As soon as tho nulmal recovers a vigorous con dition, the pores again open, aud a longer asd stronger fiber grows. Tbo wool is thus weaker In ono place thon places at each sldo of It, aud breaks at the wctk place on tbe slightest fc train. Nothing Induces uneveness more easily and burely than want of water, It Is a common notion that sbeep can do without water or a very little. If supplied with roots daily they will not want much water; but It is well and humane, too, that water should bo always within tholr loach. Not only is It important tbat thollb3rs should bo even, but tho ileeco throughout should bo even as regards length, softness,!;denslty firmness. Tho Seven Wise Hen. Most people navo nearu ot tne "seven wise mou of Greece," but very few know who they wero or how they came to bo called so. Here is the story of them, and tbe moral of it is worth remembering if their names are not: Tho seven wise men of Greece aro sup posed to havo lived In the fifth century be- lore Christ. Their nam'es aro Pittacus, Bias, Solon, Tbales, Chllon, Cleobulus and Port ander. The reason of their becoming called "wise" is given differently by others, but tbo most approved accounts state that some Coaus wero fishing, and certain strangers from Miletus bought whatever should bo in the nets without seeing It. When the nets wero diawu iu they were found to contain a certain golden tripod which Helen, as she silled from Troy, is supposed to have thrown there. A disputo arose between the fishermen and the strangers as to whom itlbelonged, and as they could not agree, thoy took it to the temple of Apollo, and consulted tbe priest as to what should be done with it. She said it must be given to tbe wisest man in Greece, and it was accordingly sent to Thales, who declared that Bias was wisest, aud sent it to him. Bias sent it to another one, and so on, until it bad passed through the hands of all tho men afterwards distinguished by tbo ti tle of the "Seven Wise Mon," and as each one claimed that some one was wisor than he, it finally, was sont to tho Temple of Apollo, whero,raccording to some writer, It still remains, to teach tho lesson that tbe wisest are tho most distrustful of their wisdom. A new trade has recently sprung up be tween tbo La Plata region of South Amnrlca and England. Wo reter to tho shipments of auaia nay, oi wuicn me ungllsli Consul writes as lollows: " The quality of lucerne produced here is good, and it can bo placed la England at a cost ot about 5 per ton. If it can ue mere soia at an advance of 19 shll lines per ton. it would lcuvo a fair nimnnn ration both to. he producer and shipper, and this department alone could ship a hundred cargoes annually, which could be indefinite ly multiplied in tho course of a very few years, as the land once prepared aud sown requires no further preparations or sowim; for from fifteen to twenty years, and tbe yieia is iroui uve to six crops, or etittincs in flower annually." Why would not this inaustry pay our lancers to embark Into? . - : : h? When swimming a borso never touch the bridle, as a horse la easily drowned when checked up or otherwise interfered with about tbe head. Sit well back and guide tbe horse with tbe band, gently slapping him on either side as required; thus a horse will swim a mile or moro with a full-grown man on his back and suffer but little. Or better still, thrtf voursejf from tho horse on the down st t-side,' and with the right hand grasping mane at tbo withers, aid tbe progie&sjof the horse with the other and feet as In swimming. It is expected the telegraph lino between Baker City and Walla Walla will ba if nur&uiK oiuer unrjug mo weiK. The Annual Register. We aro in reclopt of a copy of the Annual Rkoistkk oi' Rural Affairs for 1877, pub lished at Albany, N. Y., by LuthkuTucker & Son, and mailed to any address for tie nominal sura of SO cents. It Is tho oldest (and now the only) publication of tho kind, and contains i:0 pages of practical matter, Interesting to evory resident In the country, Illustrated with no lets than 110 beautiful engravings, almost nil original. Wo notice particularly a capital artlclo on "Practical eutllation," which discusses this all im portant topic iu a cler and at tho same time scientific manner, giving fully illustrated descriptions of sll ibe improved pystems. tlaborato almanac pnes am prefixed, and a very useful feature is the "Farmsrs Regis ter," which gives tbe addresses of all the re liable dealers in every thing a farmer needs to buy live stock of all kinds, ted, Im pllmonts, nurssry stock, Ac, Ac. Tin: Por-ULAL Von:. On examination of the rocords wo find that it has been one of the commonest things In our history for a President to bo elected who had only a minority of the popular vote. Mr. Lincoln had only forty per cent, of the popular vote InlSGO, Mr. Buchanan only forty-five per cent, of It In 1850, General Taylor only forty seven psr cent., Mr. Polk a trlflo less than fifty per cent. Tho New York, Herald speaking on this subject says: "Tho popular voto is not to be considered at nil if tbo Presidential electors have been legally chc-on. If they have not been legally choson in any Stato tho popular voto In that State becomes a legitimate quostiou, but uct otherwise or olsewhero." Nc.ti: o.v Fnosr, General Nnglee, of San Joso, has made tho discovery, which no doubt other yiniculturists and horticulturists havo mado for themselves, that frost is more severe on vines nnd plants near tho ground than a few feot from it. For that reason bo trims his vines so as to bring tho fruit throe or four feot from the ground. Of course a severe frost will affect all loliago, but obser vation has shown that fruits a few feet from the ground will escape, a light frost that would kill those lower down. The following la a very pretty and roman tic story if not a true ono. Thirty-eight years ago the 19th of Novembor a terrible firo bioke out at a convent school for young ladies in tbe town of Limoges. At the last moment it was perceived that ono of the ponsiounalres had been left In her room. Thoro appeared to bo no hope of saving her, when a handsome girl, with floating locks and disheveled array, rushed through tbe crowd, crying, "Let mo do It." She dashed Into tbo llamos, and loappearod carrying tbe child. A few days afterward Louis PhillDpo sent the berolno a gold medal, and a captain in the Freuoh army who had vitneHsed her courage asked to bo presented to her. That captain is now President of the French Re public, and tbo heroine is his wife. Mrs. Kll.abotli Coxrter has just died In England at tbo ago of 102. She was the wi dow of tho merchant wiio, many yoais ago, accomplished tbo feat of shearing tbe sheep, manutacturing tbe wool Into cloth, and mak ing a coat betweon lb hours of sunrise and sunset. This event occurred at Groetibain Mills. Newbury, and the achievement was celebrated by rejoicings In whioh 0,000 per rons participated. The old lady retained her mental faculties until quite recently, and on her 100th birthday repeated the Old Hun dredth Psalm to several members of her family. Shu beard John Wesley preach In her childhood. "Jacob Beede, of Oakland, Susquehanna county, Ta., cast his first vote for Thomas Jefferson, and has voted for evory Presiden tial candidate since tbat time. Mr. Ileede was bo n May 20, 1777, and Is consequently noarly ono hundred yoars old. The old gen tleman walked four miles on tho 7th Inst, to cast bis ballot." If, as Is here stated, he has voted lor every Presidential candidate, bo must have been an awful ropoater, There baue been at least two candidates, sometimes four, at an election. Harness', and oilier astlcles of leather that are injuriously acted upon bv tbo ammonia- cal exhalations common in slablts mav. ac cording to Professor Artn, be thoroughly nuu tjiecuiany jiruiecicu oy mo auumon Ol a little glycerine to she oil or blacking with which thu'v turfaccs aro treated. The great 100-ton gun of tho now Italian Iron-clad Duillo. carries a shell weighing 2, 000 pounds, and moving at tho rate of 1,374 feet per second much faster than sound travels through the air. With a charge of 330 pounds, tbo 2,000-pound projectile moved even fester than this, having a velocity of 1,150 feet per second, giving a blow equal to the force required to lift 20,100 'toiiH a foot high. At Grayvillo, III,, a few days since, a five' year-old child, loft alone by a fire, got too near tho fiames aud Its clothing became ignited. The house dog, a common cur, sprang on tho child, threw her down and actually stripped off tho burning clothing, burning himself severely. By tbe time the parents bad arrived tho noblo dog had saved the child's life, .the dog bflluc thn wnrl burned ol tne two. AStafiord (O.) Republican family has a little bright-eyes who has a knowledge of tho political situation. Being on a visit tbe other evoning with bcr mamma, at her uncle's, she said, "Ploaso I want to go to bed," to which her mother ropliod, "Woll, wait till uncle has prayers I" exclaimed tbe ohild, "Why, I thought he was a Democrat!'' The total number of vessels that have passed through the Suez Canal during the first nine months of 1870 is 1.118. In tbe corresponding period ot tho previous year the numuor was i,iii. -ine receipts Havo been 22,520,1201", in 1870, against 21,422,003f, In 1875. Mr. Tupper says he Is "stiuck by Ameri can good manners, as observablo In rail way travel." It Is dlsagreeablo to think what kind of manners be must havo been used to in England, to make such a com parison. It is now stated that the biggest tree in California Is not iu me losemtte valley. lv I mrs River Valloy In Fresno county Ih 5, 000 feet above the sea, and Its walls, which are about 3,000 feet high are very precipitous In this valley a now trrovoof colossal red wood trees has been discovered. One of them eclipses all that have been discovered on the Pacific coast. Its ciroumfeieuce, us lilgn as a man can reacu and pass a tape line around, is a lew Inches loss tlian 150 foot. The bight is estimated at 100 feet; and a part of tbe top lying on tho ground la over 100 leet lu lengm. Tho next exhibition of the Royal Acrlcul lural Society of England will bo held at Liverpool in July, 1877, and for tbo purpot-o of inviting Americans to return the visits of JKngliHinen at tne Centennial, the Socioty has directed the expenditure nfX50 forad vertlsiiiK tbe oxibiliou iu the United SUtex. Tbo gold medal of tho Society will be offtmd as a special pil.o for an efficient graiu mnuer. An English paper, tho Jtuilder, has the following, our housekeeping readers (Mil easily try the experiment: A corespondent states that he has made the simple discovery that hard waters are rondored very sofc and pure, rivalling distilled water, by merely uuMiuK uuuuu puidi, say iu a Keuie full ot -water. The carbonate of lima and any impuritie will be found adhering to tho pbil. Tbe water boils tery much quicker at tbo same time. The knowledge of this fact win prove a uoon to uousewives and laun dresses. "To determlno the ago of eggs," xays the i.oimon j.ive mock journal , "dlsolvo about four ounces of comuiou alt in a quart ol pure water, and then immerse tbeeg, If it Ih ono day old, it will dlfccoiul to the bottom of the vetofll; but If three day; will float in ma nquiu. ii more man uvo days old, it will come to the suifec-juiid projbet abovo In pioportlon to its increased ago, , Fresh beef Is now- shipped to England ht tbe rate of about -VAOmidrterH In oduliMfum er, and Iu M-Ito of li.o opposition of the butchers oer there, fesellliurat the ton of tho market, Itarnlvos lu tuclt'iut condi tion, looking fresh and "bright" at that louud iu the stall of tho butchsru, MINING NEWS. LltCKV QIEEN, The mostencouraglngncws has been rccoived from tne Lucky Queen mine. After months of labor nnd tho expenditure of an immense. amount of money, tho lodgo 13 found to bo not only ilch, but ono of tbo most perma nent on tho 1'aclllo coast. A prirato letter re nted from Superintendent Assoll, to a prom inent ciiircn of thin cny, contains a full account of tliolast striko, nnd na giro it In full. "To day 1 have the lonor ocl completed, and am going ahead on quaiU. His nearly as good S3 that In ilioiuiizo. Tho distaneo that I have to go beforo I get to tbu wiuzo U 200 feot. It lias taken labor and patience, but at last wo havo got through; and to-diy tho uiino is worth mil lions of dollais. If it wcio in Virginia City stock would bo noith S100 per aliaro. -I would not takoonoivut hs tliaa $10 per tharo fir mine. I'rom now on I n ill bo taking out quartz ciy Uay, ami will bo ablo to do so for tho next ten jiais to como fion, this level. From top of air shaft to bottom of wlnzo, 127 fcotln width. I lmo to drift -00 feut beforo I got to tho winze, but cvoiy licA tliat is dono, or will bo dono, Is on quart. Thoro is no moro 'Mead work," a t you may call it, to bo done. All tho work from this on will bo on quartz, and tho chances aro for still better than wo havo had. Tho lodo has been tested up to this day in length 193 feet, and iu depth 207 leot. So far wo havo good, well defined walls, and all goes to show that wo liao a permanent lodo, and from now on sho will proolicncIt." run teixueiuji. Jlr. I. N. Muncy, tho Supoiintendent of this mino, eamo to 1'o-cbuig fiom Canjomille, last Thuisday, and hiought with liim socral lluo specimens of oro from thq, mino. Ono speci men uf tho oro is nearly purosilvor, whilo in others silver picdomlnates, freo gold is plainly isiblo to tho naked eyo. Tlio oi o shown us will go from S.10 to 55,000 por ton, ami comes from a lodo with clcaily defined walls, and aveiaging three feet in width. Opciations on tho tunnel now being run In to tap tlio lodo 300 feot bo low tho sm f.ico was discontinued during tlio holiday week, but will bo resumed Immediately after Now Year E3T1IEH MINC. Tho miners in tlio lower tunnel of tlio Esther mine struck a living Btrcim of water in pursu ing tho main vein of that niiue, last week. With all miners tho nppoaraucu of water in a mino is pi oof of a posltivo vein when tho wator ceases to run oil on its own accord. It is held that tlio wutcr level has boon reached, and all pfecodent has established when water is found under tho cireumstanees wo mention, tlio ledgo and its continued worth is certain. Tho rock found on tho nator lovol has beon assayed, and tho result is S2J.O0O to tho ton in silvor, and S:0 in gold. CArrrtL mine. This mino is inpidly giowingin tho estima tion of dualors in mining stocks. Sinco our last leport alxmt'lOO.OOO sharos havo been sold.. Dr. J. Lindslay Kill, of Albany, representing a pool, has takon 00,000 sharos. Woik on tho tunnol is progressing, and will bo kept up dur ing tho winter, and will bo pushed whou spring opens. joinrmsE mini:. Articles of incorporation woro fllod with 9. F. Chadwick, Secretary of Stato last wnnb 1 -tt. ii. miiiiD, a. i'. Ankony, J. F. Salmon of tho Josephino Gold and Silver Mining Company. Tho ontorprisc, business, pursuit, occupation iu which this company proposo to ongago, is to miuo for gold and silvor nnd other motals, in tho Stato of Oregon. Tlio principal oflico wilt bo located lu Portland. Capital stock fixed at S250.000; amount of each share, SI. It is gcncially uudorclod that tho claim ownod tiy this company lies near tbo Lucky (Juoon, nnd that it has shown rich prospects. CIOLO DISCOVF.IIV. Ono of Mr. D. Cospor's sons tho other day found a piece of gold quart, in tlio LaCroolo river, nt Dallas. Tlio gold is visiblo with tho naked ojo and is pronounced to ho good gold, too. Tt is supposed this has been washod out of tbu bank of tlio cieok, soiuowhoio, not far dis tant, aud that a ledgo is likely to bo found on tho IiuCieclo lint fir from Dallas. Mr. O. will piospcct this matter bofoiongrtat while. lteiu-lzcr. 'I ho Oliletit nml Host. Thcsoaro t!io claims which tho publishers of tbo Now Yoik Ohsoiver mako for tholr paper in their prospectus of the fifty-fifth voiuino. And, whilo history beats thorn out in tbo first, an undoviuting course in sending out a lingo, lull, licsb, ruudabia family nowspaiior, gives them at knst a right to tho socomt. In tbo great niultitudo of papers that nro published, tlio Observer holds its own position, and an cu viablo position it is. No paper reaches us tbat wo can recommend niori hiartily. It is pub lished at $3.15 a ytar, post-paid, and tbu pre mium pictuio nnd cbronio humbugs arc left for those w bo han nothing bettor to offer. H, I, Triino & Co,, 37 l'uik Iiow, New 1'ork. Homo Mloli'ii. On Blond ly night, from apostwhoro It was fastenod, In Slherton, Mr. King L. Hibbaid had a valuable horso stolon, with a middle and cloak. Tho horso wan found on Mr. May's premises, near i.ake l.alllsli, yostordav, wlioro tho thief had left It, with tho sidillo. Tbo cloak audtbiif aro mill missing, but strong hopes mo int rt.ilncd that tho thief will ba brought to Justit-o, MINlftU NKN. San Fiiancisco, December 23, 187C Tbo Chronicle this morning publishes a lot ol interviews with leading stock brokers" and operatives as to tho coumj of depres sion In tha market and the probability of Consnllthted Virginia pacing the Jaini. nry dividend. The general result seems to bo that nono ot them know anything about It. lliu bulls claim that the de pression I the result of a conspiracy on the par of tbe Iionuuza linn, , Sharon and others, to break the market and gather la the s'ock, whtlu the boars ascrt that tha mines aro in a bud way. Others again say the decline Is solely duo to the ne cessities ol marginal holders. Flood and O'Urlen say milling. Kxpcrts who pro fesa to know tho uetml condition ol tho IlenniiKi mines vary in much In tholr views in opeiiitors. Tho repoitou tlio street that tho Nevada Hunk had changed the amount of Its loans per share on Call fornl.i mid Consolidated Virginia is em lihatlcally denied at the hank counter, moiii-v belli;; Joined on cither nt the rato of if'Jj per i-liiire, as lieretoforo. Other biuk-i ilt-ny lliu correctne? of 'ho recent rumor that thi-y retu-c even ten per cent, of the m-irkct altiu on account of distrust of tliu htnto of iilh'ilns allegliii; tlicy aro tlll loaning mtiil to about ouo-tlilrd of tbtf;o:i:k'.-t yilu-:. M -orf -V4 i m M t i m . i at 1 il JS it i -.'' -.- Fl i t. Si - i I' 1 5 ' U ii. J 'i v S ; riitm ' Mi 1 1 . . u J I l--HHli;jfatma!:aJMLrJil ' i!'-mmlwi"jii-