tessS&A iff man fJSrt' fe&r;fa i i . 'szzmrm mmsmmm B.VJVt. UTCll kfar-MLI-GKU ymmmwfj a Hivr m v h a h hh v a "bv 'v v fv n vwjif.i x ru LUc.nn .itMtinnrf 2,50 per Year. BY TELEGRAPH. SALEM OREGON, MAY 4, 1877. Volume IX Nnmuor 12. Washington, April 28. Tho World's Washington special says a bill will bo Intro duced at tho coining CongresB reducing tho array to 10,000. Tho Indian war la ondod. iNelthor Sherman uor Shorldau bollovo it will bo resumod. Oon. and Mrs. Grant, with their con Josso, will sail lor Liverpool from Philadelphia, May 17th. President Hayes and cabinet or ferod hltn pnssago on a government vessel, but tho General preferred going as a private citizen. Tho public dobt statement for April, which will uuinsuuu xunauny, win nuuw K reduc tion in tho debt of for tho current mouth of about three aud a half millions, and an nc gregnte reduction slnco July 1st of about twontv-elght millions. Washington, April 00. Tho following Jostmastors havo been appointed : Walter effreys, San Marcas, ban Luis Obispo county, uai.; n. u. iiny-nono, uaaton Washington county, Oregon. Tho internal rovenuo recolpts up to tho :10th of April show a gain of two million six hundred thousand dollars oyer ton months of last vonr. Secretary Soburz ban appointed 11. H. Dates, J it. catien, anu u. o. Tiffany, a board of examination from the corps of the llrst assistant examiners, to tho grado of principal examiners of patouta to till vacancies. Two hundred and fifty omployos, mostly females intno uureauotongravint-nnu print ing, woro discharged to-day. The bureau will bo closod for throo days, whon Me Vhnrnon will Mnumo tho duties oi chief. Khoxxiux, Tonn., April 30. Kx-Sonator W.Q.'Browniow oioa nere suddenly to-uny. Njjw Yonic, Mayl. Tho Tribune says Onkoy -Hall's family will noon Join him in London. His law library linn boon removed for Hale, ami It Is rumored his dwelling hns also boon eold. CliUVi-LANn, AprlltiO Tho body taken from tho -shore of Lake Erie, about -10 miles from Ashtabuln, ami supposed to be that of P. P. Bliss, tho ovaii'-ollst finger, Is kown not to bo such. Coi,unsuB,Aprll 30. RopuHcan claim ants for State olllees will to-morrow con sent to proceedings before tho Supremo Court, which cuds tho contest ami seats all the Democratic Stnto oQlclals. Wabhinoton, April 30. The United States Supremo Court to-day gave a do-, cision, ending tho protracted yter war between Manland and Virginia. Tho - -(imMmmMit nor jurisdiction wnuo protecting nerowu ipcoplo. London, April 30. It is ofllclally an notiuecd that the govcrnmenUean sond 50,000 men at a moment's notice to Egypt. Of this forco I,000' will go from England nnd 2j,0(X) from India. Tho Times continues to doprecato uu uccex&ary alarm, and says even If wo had tho most positive assurances that ItuwHla intended to bcslego CouMnutiuople, there would bn ample timo to tako needful pro cautions lonj- after fior army crossed tho Danube, Hut to assume that the Ilus flan leaders havo any such design Is to suppose that they havo takon leavo of thelrsonse. it lsnotTurkoyalonothey would have to meet, nor Turkey and England, but tho wholo of Western Eu rope Wo may safely assume that itus la Ik not altogether .devoid of common Hone, and uieanwhilo wo may keep our selves cool. A Bucharest correspondent says tho Action of tho iluvdaii authorities In clos ing tho navigation of tho Danube cer tainly indicates an uiKleitnudlug with Austria. The KumjIuuh aro mid to Iw nlvancing again by tho railways, which wro temiwrarlly obstructed by recent iniudatioiiK. A Paris correspondent announces that ou 'luesday Duko DcCaze will make, In tho Cbaniboi-, a declaration of neutrality whloitiH believed to be lu eoncort with JJuglaul. Comillcatlous aro expected to arlso In the eveit of tho Itus-ian lleet in China being oijerod to tho Mediterranean and demanuhc a nncsnen tlimm-Ji dm Rim-- canal. V , A,j. cenral stearaerH nnd ships havo left Gala2ud Ismail. mjCMAtis. April 30. It is rej)orted that abokt -IVOOO Ituhslans entered Itou- jimiHiin.terr.tory yesterday. It Is est! mated tlkt 7000 haro so far crossed the JJUlll. LONDO fc - L?S j tin., v strtKi in Russia under British protection, '"it ANeisco,AprIl 30. Mrs. Chrlsto- o yesterday, in attemntingto 'Jncal train In Oakland, fell, "Dor licud. rocidvlnif InliirlcH iruin wi. on sue tiieti in a low Hours. San FitANCifco, April 20. Tho party of surveyors who arrived last night, en routo to Victoria to lay out tho line of tho Canadian Paelllo railroad, will leave on tho steamer City of Panama to-morrow and proceed at ouco to the under taking beforn them. San Fjiancicco, April 30. Chas. Webb Howard, president of tho Spring Valley Water Company, came before tho water commissioners in opou session to day with a proposition to sell tho workH of thocompany to tho city, in conformity with arrangements of tho commissioners to receive proposals for supplying tho city with suitable works. Tho prlco demanded was $10,000,000, with rather an odd reser vation that tho company should have tho privilege of asking less if they desired. Saturday, between 8 nnd Or. t., Henry Deforest, aged 03 years a carpenter work ing at tho powder mills, was murdered and robbed back of tho old Msssion place. Ho was shot'lmck of tlio right shoulder, tho bnll passing through tho body. Tho ohot was hoard by dlllerent parties. Tho body was dragged across tho road and behind Homo willows, where his pockets were emptied. Sax Fuancisco. May 1. As Mrs. John Roberts was walking aioug Froelon street this evening with a little dntighteraged nineteen months by her her side, a panel offence which had been placed against a lamp post whllo somo repairs were being mado to tho premises, was blown down by a gust of wind, killing tho child in stantly. San Luis Omsro, May 1. Two men, Alevander Murray and a man named Todd, died this afternoon lu lltucouada valley, about 11 miles cast from this place, from tho effects of poison. They chanced upon somo wild p&rslcy which they ate, They survived but an hour. Santa L'kuz. May 1. It Is bollovcd tho murderers of DeKorest aro arrested, and under circumstances that will uiako their conviction certain. Sheriff Orton, Uuder Sherlll'Hunt, and City Marshal Llddell havo worded day and .night. . "ii will i i ial' ' m- 1 ! . - Trs T.1::?v!',"ivriK?' uu jjvu Tceuiveu a cirwiiT at so ciety of tho above kind, that was organ ized last December In Portland, by tho friends of that branch of oclcnco throughout tho State. It hasI.ev.ThoH. Condon for President, Rev. P. S.vnlght for Secretary, and Mr. 0. 1J. Johnson for Curator of tho Central Museum, which the committee havo decided to locato in this city, and for which purpose Ooy. Chadwlck has allowed the five uso of a room In tho Stato Capitol building. Mr. Johnson has lately removed to tills city for tho purposo of .taking charge of the work of receiving, classifying nnd dis tributing tho material -sent In by the rnombors. The plait of tho society Is such that a member by collecting exten sively iu his Immcdiato vicinity, and soii'llug to tho Central Museum, is un titled to rcccivo full sets of all of the speclmons received from all of the mem bers from dlflerent localities, according to tho amount sent In. Iu this wnv a school or college can obtain a good cabinet of specimens for study nnd reference nt n small cot. We aro glad to sco a step iu this direction, and hope it may rccelvo abundant encouragement throughout tho State, nnd especially at tho hands of our citizens, for tho rational study of nature Is a factor of great importance lu education, and is receiving marked attonlioii In the schools and col leges of tho East. THE tCHKISTIANS IX TURKEY. Mow that Russia has declared war and opened the campaign with Turky.lt ap pears likely that England, will arouse to tho memory of n treaty. mado in 1830, whcroln, Franco Austria and England united to guarantco the integrity of tho Ottoman Empire in tho future. It Is truo that the treaty of Paris, referred to, which took placo as tho conclusion of tho war of tho Crimea, has slnco been repudiated by Russia, but Austria and England seem to four that, In splto of his assertions to tho contrary, tho Czar Is bent on conquest, and wishes to Includo Constantinople in his dominions. Whllo It may bo well enough for Eng land and Austria to Interfere to provcut tho absorption of Turkey by Rtissialf that power can achieve the conquest of Turkey, which Is somewhat problem aticalIt also seems as If Christian na tions should hastily unite with Russia In securing tho rights of the Christian sub jects of Turkey, evon if only to'bo se cured by nio aowniau oi tno ottoman power lu Europe. One of tho English revlowslntoly pub lished an account of tho degradations and miseries endured by tho Christian subjects of the Porto, which shows that they till a position of abject servltudej havo no rights a Moslem need respect; aro beggard by unjust taxation and op pression; havo only mockery of Justico to expect from tho courts, and not only so but are liable to see their daughters torn from them to till Turkish harems, whllo their own lives us well as prop erty are subject to tho tloreo greet! and passions of fanatical Moslems, whoso very religion, as laid down In the Koran, teaches them that the Christians who dwell among tlietu aro unworthy of tho common oftlccss of humanity, Intended to be spit upon and trampled ou and made vlotlms of their lust or greed or pleasure. Tho article referred to Is thorough nnd exhaustive lu quoting the proofs of this state of things, and wtf'mur consider it beyond a.clou 14 that Mjuix-ulllIoni of VUicts of i rtc are vic- Alirll SAA lllinillnll hnn. Bucharertdated Monday, says the Rus ? ,Rrer-dvanclng vety slowly. The -ii i "ESt" at . Grand Duke JJicbolas i Vin establish liU headquarter t Jassy toJay, whence they will after wards be aVauoed to Plotz. A speclarrom Galatz reports that the wwage doVi tlm n.nnU I., nn. !,.. Bible owl neb obstructions placed by the RuMiaus atho mouth of the I'm th. i .fn'tft!1 -W Tho Russians are building a Uige over tho Danube here, lho Czar ls telegraphed tho PrJnco of Montenegroi"! am ilrmly resolved this time to reaVe the sacred mission of Russia and ly predecessor. God will aid us." V St. PCTunsAio, April 30.-XotwJth-Inc-Turkev'H Winn t?uui.. ..-t .. JliKly neruiitijttttoman aiihwi J tn ?!! opltol,commenolug August g jjjgij ywwmoman BUiyects to re- continuing la eibsJoafcuray. Oregon Pioneer Aitociatioii. The sixth annual reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association will beheld on the Stato fairgrounds June 15th and Ulth. Hon. El wood Eramr, of Olympia, will deliver the annual address, which will bo followed by a plcnlo dinner at 1 r. u. There will be a grand parade at half-past two o'clock, under the direction of Hon. K, C. Geer. On the Mine occasion lion. Stephen StaaUand Hon. U. Crawford will deliver addresses deacrip tire of the Immigration of l&tfand 18J2. In the evening a grand ball will be given lu the pavllliou. Acamphro will be lighted at eight o'clock, and short addreesoa will be mado dcscrlptlvo of the mode ot living, traveling and condition cf tbo country in tho early days. Tho next Annual Stale- Teachers' Institute III to held in tho Senate chamber in tha I, 1677, and -l-LJ .t Wo leet frnra tho iw per we refer to tho Vol lowing copy o; tho form of burial, cortlfl cuto that is given tlierc when a, chris tian dle, as follows: "Wo certify to the priest of the church of Mary that the Impure, putrliled, stinking carciss of , damned this day, may bo concealed underground;" to which Is impended tho oillclai signature ami date. ThlsalonoKliouldbo sulllelont to show the Intolerancennd bigotry of the rurklsh government and .people. It Is duo to thu interference repeated ihirlui? a century past, again and again of tho nations or j.urnpc, classed ns tho most enlightened and Christian, that their brother Christians, numbering many millions iu tho Turkish dominions, are kept In an abteet and halffnl curvllml.. from which they vainly pray the other nations of Europe to deliver them, and falllngof their intercession pray for death as a relief from unbearable oppression. No doubt these things are so, and In so far as Russia proposes to battle for her brethoren and tecuro them equal privileges and relief from woes unspeak able, sho deserves the moral support of uiuuiinnuiiii wuriu.. There is a unity of race that Impels tho Russian to aid tho Urouk ChrtN-lmiunr 'iiirKcy, as they form a portion of tho oinvio race oi wuioii iiussia herself Is almost entirely composed. It is sug gested that tliomosthatlsfiictorysolutlon of tho European question, and onu that would preserve tho unities to tho best ad vantage, would bo found In milting tho Herman population of Austria with tho German Empire, and forming a great qiuvju j.mi)iro to iuu eastward, includ ing tho Slavic provinces of Austria that border tho Turkish frontior. andTurkoy In Europe.that Is comiosed largely of tho Slavic element. Then Europe would bo balanced with thn Slavic peoples, consist ing of 00,000.000 souls, in tho Empire of Russia and tho now Empire to thoSouth; Germany reaching from tho Baltic to tho Medlterrauean, and tho Latin nations, Italy, Franco and Spain to the west ward. Tins would preserve the unities, create a natural equilibrium based on race distinctions, and might be expected to insure more neaceful relation than with the Incongruous elements that now exist lit Southeastern Europe. It Is a blot ou tho faco of Christendom that Turkish stupidity, fatalism and fanaticism exist at nil ou' European soil and rulo with terror tho Christian peo ples that compose tho greater portion of her inhabitants, and It remains to ho seen if tho nations who boast of such enlightenment will interfere again to preserve tho autonomy or Turkey, nnd not bo satisfied to merely restrain and control tho Russian idea of conquest and perwH tho Muscovite to force tho Turk to grant equal rights to his Christian sub jects, and, nt tho worst to drlvo tho Otto man power across the Uosphorus, to occu py thn lauds of Asia Minor where Its rule will not soon bo disputed. RIVER FREIGHT CHARGES. Wo adrortiso in this issuo tho freigbs tariff recontly adopted by ;tho Wlllamolto Trans portation and Lock Company. Boats will bo run as far a possiblo up tho rlvor all through the sutnmor. A Company of such enterprise is woll worth patronage. Tbo fol-, lowing resolutions wero adopted by thocom pany : WiiF.niiAs, Tho Wlllamolto Transporta. tlon and Locks Company aro tho owners of tbo locks and canal at Oregon City, and a largo number of steamboats and other prop erty upon tbo Wlllametto rlvor Incidental to tbo transportation business; and Whkukah, The managers of tho said Wll lamotte Transportation and Locks Company aro fully convinced that tho truo interests of this company are idontical with tho pro ducers and shippers of tbo Wlllamotto val loy, and that they should mutually corpor ate to dovolop tho resources of tho Stato ; and WiiEnr.AH, Said company having already ample faollltlea for transporting thn pro duct of tho Wlllamotte valley nt all tlmos, (with tho necessary moans to create addi tional faollltlos If required), nnd bollovlng that tho producors, nnd tho publlo genorally are entltlod to an assuranoo on our part that freight on grain and Hour shipped by said W. T. iV L. Co.'s boats shall not oxcood cor tain flxodraton; therefore bo It Itcsolvod, That for tho period of ono year from tho 1st day of May, 1877, froluht on grain and Hour shall not oxcood tho follow ing ratos, viz i Hero follows tho tablo of ratos to bo aeon In our advertising columns. To the abovo was added a resolution that grain and Hour shippod through to Astoria will bo cbargod $1 a ton additional; also, that 8. G. ltood, Vlco-Presldflnt of tbo Com pany, bo authorlcod. if partlos desire it, to enter Into contract with thorn for any speci fied time not cxcoedlmr tlvo voara. Tbo ob Joet of this last provision seems to assure a oontinuanoe or inoaeraio rates or iroigui tor a long and definite period to such as want to avail themselves of the opportunity. WEATHER KEFORT...APRIX. 1817. Ed. Record: Darlnt April. 1877, there -re 7 day dariaR waloti rain -Ml. negro- ruayaanu jmmm MMi,M,iUi there wwVHrtwe ef rata en ta Mi1: WH Bet mmcutat to aaifeer In tha rain mu Tfe mean temperature for the month was 60 00. Ilinheat daily wean temperature for tho month 01 on tho 25th and ttJ'.h; lowest dally moan temperature -15 on lUth. Moan temperature for tbo month nt 3 o'clock p, , 00.10. Highest Ihermmuotor for tho month 7 at 2 p. m., on the 2tUh; lowest thermom- etr ;n- at a.m. on tno Kith. Tho prevail, log winds for tbo month woro from tho tho north during 1M days ; south 7 days; IfgbtthundorsboworaUp. ji.on tho 20th. Fronts occurred on tho 10, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23. 21. During April, 1870, thoro woro 18 days dur ins which rain foil giving ft.37 Inches of watorj -i oioar nays anu cloudy daya other than those on which rain full. Moan torn peraturo for tho month, 47.32: iiighost moan lotcperaturo for tho month, 65 ou tho 28th; lowot daily mean temperature lor tho month, 40 on tho 2d. Eof-Ai May, 1, 1877. T. Pkauci:. A Good Whoat Sale Ralph O. Goer sold about 1,600 bushols of wheat on Monday at fancy flguos, Tho roads havo boon so bad that tho wheat could not bo haulod, and this fortuuato delay u.uuftut mo BUY nil LOU liriCO. 1110 WUOat DO- longs to him, Cal deer, his son. and Phillip liowors, bis son-in-law. was sold for f 1 -2 per bushol, with the prlvllogoof any rise bo tweon this timo and tho llrst of Juno, and tbo partlos have through tho month of May to deliver It. Ralph always is iu luck and has his dish turned right sldo up when It rains porridge, and this llttlo trade must make him fool as good as It lately did to fight tbo Rattle of tho Ablqua ovor again. TEACHER'S INSTITUTE. Tho somi-monthly lnatlluto of tho Salem Publlo School toacbera, on tho ovunlng of tho 30th tilt., was ono of unusual Interest, Tho subjoct under special consideration , was r "Composition writing In our Publlo Schools," Introduced and lod by Mr. 8. A.. Randlo. To toll nil said by him, on tblssubcot, would occupy too much spaco; tho basts of his remarks was, that that especial branch of publlo school study educated tho powers of perception, conception, memory, and to somo oxtont reason, It was hold that somo syntom of composition writing should bo commoncod in our lowest school grade, and kopt up through all sucoosslvo gradoa. Mr. Randlo thou oxhlbltod specimens of highly morltorous work from some of his pupils, tbo class work has shown toprovo his theory successful in practice. Tho work shown was that n second grade clasi, tho samo as tho grmlcd system now In operation in this city, will In a short timo produco from a third, or grado of ono year's study, but which will require n llttlo timo. Children aro tho better for thinking aonso' than nonsonso; thoy will think olthor tho ono or tho other. Under propor gullancn It Is truly wondorfal to boo tho amount of work a more child will perform without tho least Injury to Itself. A yoar gatnod atsohooL Is as ono more yoar of life to (ho child. Tosoo thoell'octs.ovon at this oarly stago of tho ndoptlon of tho graded system, you, fathers nnd mothors of children, nro Invited to visit your schools. Tho dawn Is hut be fore you, nndJnBtoponlug to n full nnd sun lit dny. Stnto Superintendent Rowland spoke brlolly, and strongly in favor of grndod schools, nnd ndded that ho hopod any and all persons wore not allowed to say what studies n particular pupil should pursue. City Suporlntendont Oregg ndvocatod that It was tho duty of suporintondants to soo to tho oourso of study pursued lu country dis tricts that ono system should bo main tained. X. X, Stkkvks, Secretary pro, torn. THE BLOT D I0H00L. - rThe AmtMrf4.-43iTi.lM JBiiplli at' this da kUttitlOH tookplace at 2VM.le-dty.,TbMe in prciou. iuu iuiiowibk imiie ana ajemie mon,frlondv of education t Gov. S. F. Chad wlok, lion. S, C. Simpson, Dr. L. L. Row laud, Dr. A, M. Dolt, Mis Mario Smith, Mr. A. Stanton, 1 S. Knight nnd Dr. till, Tho pupils exhibited great prnflcleuoy In rammur, geography, arithmetic, etc. rpuciuiuns oi moir writing nomn fitioy beud upus present, turco East Sbipmestt Marios Ztcmt. Mr. J.M, Johns writes us from Marlon. thin date, as follows : I havo this day shipped the last of Mr. uubler's wheat, consisting of eleven car loads of as fine whoat as over was shipped from Marion. " lluslness Is looking up in this town. There will be about six thousand bushels ot oata shipped from here In a short timo, which will complete the shipment of era n until the new crop comes In. rJVco?ISDy..u orBl!n to bring water from the Santiam. Lewis Russell was brought up before Re corderO.W. Bowie this morning, charged with stealing a gold watch from tbo oarou of George Barker. The crime was charged to have been committed yesterday. The no cuwd waived an examination aud wa com mlt d to the County Jail to await the action of tho grand Jury. The Philadelphia KvenlngHtar says that Senator Grayer once taught a elan in ien. uanshlp" it: Ducks county, iunsylvanla. The honlery factory at Jefrorson will nm. monce oeratlons thn coming wk, under the Hjpervbdou of Mr. Dlauchard from Dal. la, Oregcn, u Soveral woro shown nnd u.nrLr rlhfltAti,n,iiHlnniiin ........ ..U,U MV.U.IIUIIIUIIIIII1UIIU femnlos. five malo adult-, and one bright boy of lifuicn. Two feiualu pupils wero ab sent. At tho conclusion a brlof nddress was mado by Gov. Ohadwlck In which ho highly complemented Mrs. J. Dawnn for thu groat improvement tho pupils had made during her brief period or Instruction. Dr. Ii. L. Rowland madoafow remarks nnd was fol lowed by Syl. C. Simpson who highly prnls od tho pupils nnd expressed himself as par ticularly will ploased becaiuo ho could soo that tho examination had boon a fair ono nnd not u parrot renelltlnn as la too otton tho case in soma of tho so called exhibitions In schools. Takon alto gether tho oxamlnntlou was more than bHt,- isiao.ory to teachers, pupils und visiters. Gone to Eaitoi-n Oregon. Hon, John Mlnto left tills afternoon for an oxtonded trip through Eastern Oregon, a section of our groat Stnto that ho has not vlsltodslnco 1811, tho year ho camo to Ore gon. Ho will, ere his return, visit Umatilla and Wasco counties mid return to tho valley through tho Mlulo Iaa. Doing largoly In Urested inVool growing ho will post him self in regard to tho growing ot that staple In tho sootlons he visits. Ills vlowa upon the country through which ho will pass will be communicated from timo to timo to tho oolnmns of tho IUir.v Rkcoho, and his let ters will be looked for with Intorest.. SlBg-Uar Mishap. Yesterday, May 1;, Mr. Charles Stewart, of Mollala Prairie, lost a valuable mare that had taken a premium at two successive State Fairs, In the following singular manner t The animal was attached to a lever in a cap stan that was being used to raise oak grubs out of tho ground, whon tbo chain broke letting tbo levorlly baok with such force as to break one of tho mare's lefts, Mr, Stow art ItnmedUtoly shot tho horse, as it would have boon cruel to havo prolonged lis life. Thoro will bo n plcnlo given under tho an splcoaof tbo Patrons of Hukbaudry at the railroad hildgo, south of Ilarrloburg, on May 10th. Ali granges and members are cordial ly Invited to meat with UarrUburg Grango No, 11 ut their hall In Uarrfsburg with their ret-alla r.t half past nine o'clock a. m. of said flBDr,- - -.l laag-h-i v-, SMzM ," v-