r i lTwiinmin'f-Hm'a!Mttiaaa $2,50 per Tear, SALEM, OREGON, &OVEMBER 23. 1877. Volume IX. Number 41. BY TELEGRAPH. New York, Nov. 17. Wendell Phillips re jpllea to ex-Secretaay Fish's lata letter in the Humnor Grant controversy. He confesses and explains iiome of the Inaccuracies In his reoont letter exposed by Fish, but nrguos their Immateriality to tbo Issue. The ex planations show the Inaccuracy of Grant's memory as to dates. II o falls, howovor, to throw any new light on the subject, or to essentially weakon the ex-secretary's eovere critlclrm. Apparently nobodv has Intended to falsity In the cane; but rhllllpaHMTora most In the discussion by reason or his vol untary Intervention without sufficient data Washington, Nov. 17. Oppououtsnftho silver bill assort that they can prevent any aotlonatlhls session. It Is very probable that tbo finance committee will dispose of the tnoaauro at tho moetlng on Monday. Tbo Tribune's smcIa1 pays It Is gonorslly believed tbo silver 1)1)1 will not bo disposed of this session. It Is hard to get a quorum of tho oimtnlttee In talk about It. Tho army bill bus gono to a commlltcoof conference, a Tow ot tlio senate auiendmt-iits having been disagreed to by the bourn, Tbo newamondmonlof tho H'inato tonrlkoout tho words "ol whom four full cavalry regi ments shall bo kept In Mir v loo on the Mexi can frontier In Texas," whs concurred In without opposition. Montpeller, Vt., Nov. 17 Aa McQown, tho wife murderer, was Miuienccd to bo hanged iho fourth Falday In November In 1878, with six months linrct lubor mid six months Holltnrv confinement In the Interim. I)eadnod,Nov. 10 ThoMildler ordoied horo byOiin. hlierldun to atlst KhorHf Bui look In enforcing tho law In tbo KoMh Mlno caso aro reported In olosn proximity to l)id -wood. Airilrsnt tho mlnn remain vlrliiully tho brtinu unlit Uht rtiot Hit, minors hold ing possession and cloud v watnhi'd by doptity sherlffr. To-night iShorltl llullock and depu tios arrowed four road nguitn In this gulch. Tho givo nnmete of Tony 1'astor, Finn Davli, A. II. Van Cninp nml Ltvwonco Woodbatl. Tho sheriff hen been tracking these pnrtics torn long limit and finally cornered thorn In a saloon. On the oflleers entering Iho room tho robbers made in, tlons to draw their revolvers, but vwiro loo Ihio, as the olllcura already liud them covered with slx-hnntrs, Now ilavon, Uonti., Nov. 10 Tho ex'ou slvo rubber factory of It- Oondit it Co. was burned to nlpht. Thn lliu broke out while prominent alllaislH of Now lluveii and Nor folk llro departments were itolug over the building Inspecting tho no llio extinguish era which lad been recently put In, nud sprontl so rapidly llmt they hardly hud (lino to get out. The lire extinguishers end other upplbiiices voro of no avail. The works were inoutly brick and covered thron seres, LokM, ubout f'00,(,00. Tliociuupitiv w III re build Imuiediutyly. Tho total luauraucala J325.000. New York, Nov. 10 Tho reported out break ot loprosy In tho Chinos quarter In otDclally contradicted, It Is bjlleved the cigar makers sUrted tint report to prevent San Franebco Chlintinen being ioiit heio. Washington, Knv. 10 Ih mg.ird to the Colorado case lolormsUxpri'Shton of opinion Indicate that tho mcmptirsMaudS In favor of mating Ilolford, : In lavorof Patterson, and -1 In frvor ot reporting thnro was no valid elec tion. Tbo remaining member did not com mit himself. Topska, Nov. 19 Noarly comploto ro turns from tho late election give Humphrey (llepublicancanldateforlleiiienantgoveruor) 13,890 votes over the other caud Idate. New York, Nov. 10 The Herald's Paris correspondent says: Ueneral and Mrs. Grant yesterday visited the chocolate manufactory or Miuier, radical repnuncsn ueputv irom the arrondlatemont of Meux, at NoNlol. They wore entertained with a splendid lunch at the chateaux. Grant Is bookod to dine with Langen on the 23J, where he meeta Count do Paris and Duo da Aumale. On the 27th the general will dine with Kmlle G. rardln, editor of La France. c The Herald's Homo special asys. The Vatican physician lately dismissed for fur nlshlug Information to the Victor Emanuel government baa been if called. The charge was proved unfounded. Another surgeon nas boon summoned to give hourly attention to the sores in the lees of his holiness, as -suppuration continues. Prof. Van Setto ad vises keeping the Issuea opeu at all hazards, aud states that If the discharge becomes too abundint be will treat the Korea without tlo. Ho considers the slate of his holiness' health decidedly precarious, but dedans the symptoms not aggravated. London, Nov. 'JO. A Homo correspondent states that a council of the Vatican has de cided that no power can voto the conclave's selection of a successor t" the Pope. Plttsbuigb, Nov. U0. Examination of tho accountsbfS.il. W. QUI, lawjer, who dis appeared from this city a short tlmn sen, now irregularities amounting to over 200, 000. Home iwrsous conversant with the Uots believe the deficiency will amount to $500.. 000. The loss falls on clients and estatos which he held in trust. No clue to his whereabouts. Now York, Nov. 19. Senator Jones of No vada, who Is a member ot the tlitauce com mittee), guys there U a bare possibility of get ting the nllver bill out of the committee in an amended form some day this wwk, pro vlded a quorum of the committee can be bad. A meeting was to have been hld to-day but the Democratic members veo absent at mucus and Jonos and F-rrv were detained on other business. By Friday friends of the allyer bill hope to get it before the senate amended In any form and trust to their strength to ahppt it insult their own views Hscrimento, Nov. 10 K. A. Rrvkwall, an editorial writer on theDilly Bee of this oliy, and ex asemblvman of ibis state, and atone tlm an editor of tha Call cf Sail Fraeo'sco. died here to day of softening of the brain. Mr. Rockwell was aa old J'wrnallst and waa U oa ilia aa editor of the Honolulu Tinea. FOREIGH. Capture of Kan by the ButUuii 300 Cannon and 10.000 Pruoneri Taken. Venn Kaloh, Nov. 15 Tbo assault on Kara waa fixed for the 13th inst. Troops were ready for action at nightfall, but owing to badness of weather, Iho assault Is Indefi nitely postponed, London, Nov. 18. An official Russian dis patch dated Veran Kaloh, Sunday, Nov. 18, says tho Russians carried Kara io-dayby storm. Tbo battle preceding the cspturo commonc8dnt8 o'clock last night and ter minated at 8 this morning. Our trophies ami losses am ai prnseni uuKnowu, Vienna, Nov. 17. Tho Political Corres pondence publishes a rumor that tho Mon tenegrins have captured Antlvara by Mortn and aro marching on Dulclguon. Mnutouogriii nuccossos in Albania seem likely to result soon in tho cant lire of Antlvara, tbo pnxKcsslon of which will hoof groaiaiivantagn In negotiations for rectifica tion of tho Montenegrin boundary. Loudon, Niv. 17. Russian sympathizers hero, though disappointed lo Und tho news of tho Russian occupation of Kizeroum wns premature, mill feel confident that tliolr friends control tho Rliimtlon sufficiently to liiotire Russian acquisition of valuable sea coast If the revived rumors ot poacn negotia tions shall ht roallZ'td. They aasert with confidence tint tho sultan is anxious to end the war by negotlnllonx, and has again sug L'cstod through Minister Laysrd British in tervention to that end. Constantinople, Nov. 17. The Turks havn expelled tho Russians Irom tho vlIliiKUOf RorkoMscha, London, Nov 18. A Russian official ills patch ilntiil llngot, Saturday, the 17ih,haH: News has Just bien teonlvnd that a detscli- men; of Cossacks and Inuntrv succet-dod In driving the Turks nut of ltosolio Pass by turning tholr fortified positions on tho Morngaldah. Tho Turkish camp thoro wax" cvniurou. uou. SkoboloiT, during a sklrmlMi on the night of the 17th, received SHvern contusions from fragments of a shell. Ho hud alrosdv r-celved similar contusions on Ihoulgbtnf inu io.il. ins wounus, uowovor, aro not dangernns, Hiid ho continues todirrottho llro maintained ngalnfct tho Turkish post-ilona. Paris, Nor. 10. Among tho members of v It aesma to onle that Oimm the beginning of to cooperate In Ions for the relief i All is expected in No- nommlttceoftnqulrv are MM. AltvcrtGroy, R? mult Catlmor, Perrier, Louis BUno and Julfs Ferry. Although tho announcemrntni tho resig nation of milliliters Is not otlluUI. If confirm. ed It would certainly bo deemed '.ho first conconilon to pnfcllo opinion. Prosldeut MacMahon sceuu altogothor opposed to violence. Tho Mnnltonr (setnl-nlllclal) nnnouncos that at this morn lug's oabinot tho ministers tendered their resignations. I)uko do Brog HhM. Fourtnu explalnod that they wore moHt doyoted friends of the marshal but con ilderod a chango of ministry uecesiary, as tko ohambor might rofuso to voto tho budget while tho present oabluel rotalnod otllco. President MacMahon accepted their roslgna- tloos but asked tbo ministers to remain until their successors wero appointed. London, Nov. 10. A special dispatch dated Voran Kaloh, Sunday evenlntr, ssys the fortress and oliy of Kara, with 300 can nou , Mores of ammunition, cash, etc.. fell Into Russian bands. Tbo Turks lost 6,000 killed and wounded, 10,000 prisoners and manyilaga. The Ruislau lots la about 2, 700. Tno Russian soldiers made but a tri lling booty, and spared peaceful oltlaeus. women and children. General Mellkoff directed tbo battle during the day. Grand Duke Michael was present also. The former entered the ally at 1:10 Sunday morning. A Voran Kaleh snoolal says Kara waa cap tured by about 15,000 Russians, who climbed the steep rocks, ramparts and walla and drove an equal number of deaperatoly fight ing Turks In headlong (light over their ditches and parapet, compelling them to die or surrender. The escalade Tisd been originally fixed for the 13tb, but it was post poned, owiug to bad weather. The princi pal attack was made on tho southern forta. Gen. LazHrboiT, who oomnunded the right wing, consisting of the 4Uih division, as saulted Hallr. Pasha in the fort crowning the steep rocky heiuht. Gen. Count Grabhe, with a regiment nf Moscow gionadlers and a regiment of the SOth division, attacked Pads Pasha In the t liter, at Khaulio Tahea, Nauvarrl, Tabla (three lo wor) and tbe cita del. Tho Ardahan brigade and another redolent of Moscow grenadiers, under Otne. Qoop and Komarol!, forming the lelt wing, assaulted Inglls on tbo norili. The attack began In the center, at 8:30 Hatuiday even- in, wnen uoum urauoo lot! ills brtaad auainst inoKiiaii rodoulif, andhlrunelffe dead at iho firtt onset. Captain Kwadwlokl of tbo S'Jth regiment, wsm first to enter the rt doubt, at 11 at night. The redoubt sur rendered early ill tbo morning, and tben the three lowers, almost simultaneously with the capture of tbo Kaull redoubt. Fort Sjuvarri and Furt Haflz Pasha wero carried by iiMuult. By daylight, Sunday, Oen. LtiozsralP troops had mado progress ns far as tbe captnio of Fort Karldlgh. Other Forts, enpnolally Arb Tabls, on the cast, and Taknah Tabla on the west, mtlnialued a Mtilbnrn ret-l-tsnc until 8 o'clock, when all the garrisons which could etcspeflod toward Ktzeroum, bi.t theie v,erti substqueutly overtaken bv d 'serous aud Cosiaclcs and brnnuht back rrhonus. Kllnburg, Nov. 10 A Iondon oorres poudent says: ! have reason to believe the peace party In tbe oabinot latoly jecelved a uotableaocesklon, and that live ministers are now virtually committed to the policy of nonintervention." London, Nov. 10 A dispatch from Sophia rrrVir U that Ibe Russians on Friday attacked Rropol and Turkish positions at the eotrance of Orokaay daflle, and war re IUIBU WIIU UOBTy lOSWa a Vienna correapoa be believed at Conata Pashrcan hold out till December. Itussta la urging me warm viowor o of Plevna, which Meh to commenoe during the last week YBuiuer, A correspondent at Belgrado telegraphs aa follows: Gen. Horvatovloh has Informed tho Sorylau government that If It wishes to Join In tho war it should do so Immediately. "ra"i lunisiBK up strong pn treitcbments. mountrd ltb heavy Krupp guns, all along tbo eastern frontier, and are aiso concoiraung troops far Cllssouraasd Tirnova, and may any day dotermlno on In- vbsiuii. Conslaiillnoplo, Nov. 0 Tho Turkish governor of Kossovo exported Musnttltnans to dofend Iho prot Inco against lwsslble Ser lsu Invasion. .tra, Nov. 10. Turks violated Iho Aus. Irian frontier Saturday. Thoy acktd several houses and stole cattle. lxindon, Nov. 20. A CettlnJ-) correspond out says unoniolsl repurts stalo that Mon tenegrins stormed thooltadolofHplisa, This gives tbe Montenegrins piMMstlou of tho noast from tho Atistrlnu frontier to tbo itoyana. Turks still hold tho citadel of Anivari. A Vlonna correspondent says the Montene grins are kept In ohock by two Turkish hhlps In the rofld-tosd, A Belgrsdo corrosfsindent IclegrapliH: Al though tboro are marked slpns hero of n do elro to lako tho Hold , soveral clsuses of i convention betweoti Russia sndServlnaro Mill uiiMittled. It is bolloved ItHssIa Is dls Inclined tnaacentall thononilhlonHiliitiiaml. ed by Servla. 'I ho Riua an nnlnlal rnrnrt ntnlna llmlr loxcsat the capturn of Kara wero 2.C00. Amoug the olllcora killed wore Gou. Belln sky aud Lt. Col. Mellkoff. DEATH OP MRS. QU. E. Y. CHASE. Death rani3 Ust night to tho relief of a pa tient sufferer who fur weeks hud llngorod In aterrlblostrugglotbotween l't) untl death. 8!io bed boon for vovra .an fhvsNld, but life 1 bold to tho frail tonomtut with tenacious grasp, and doith canio slowly whon nho would havo wolcomed his coming. There aro fow whoso llvos aro so nmlablo aud unselfish. Mrs. Ne'.tlo Chaso has lived among us for many yoirs and nccnrdmgto her strength has boon usoful in hor sphere Nnno crltlolsed her unkindly and oho snwod no Hoods forsorrow in her path, but was gen- tlo and Christian and unsolflsh In all her ways. Tho frlouda who know hor will utlsi hor In all their associations. Tho husband whom sho loved ho dearly and whose great est ploisuro was In his homo, finds his Itosrt and homo dosolate. Tho gray haired mothor who has llnsoroJ no lomr by her daughter's sldo when otbor ties called her elsewhere, mourns her loss with Inconceivable grief, but she has found tho "Bolter Land," where pain and sorrow cannot enter, for which the eirneainesa of a life devoted to doing good, had already pre pared her. Mrs. Chaas was forty-throe years of ago; waa married to Dr. E. Y. Chose in 1851, waa with him while he waa surgeon in tho army and won the thanks of many a mother for hor kindness to tbe soldier boy. Dr. and Mrr. Chaso havo resided In Salens about olght years. She waa a member of tho Epls oopsl church, and an aotlve worker In tbe Lvllea Guild of that oburob. Tbo ladles of that society were evor at her ted side, and spared no attention during her long Illness. She died Wednesday afternoon about four o'clock. ITer remains will be onolosed In a oxsket and deposited for a short time in tho vault of Mr. E. N. Cooke, and soon trans ferred to rest with the dead of her house hold, rear bor early homo at tbo East. Victoria, Nov. 10 Tho news from tho quarts reers at Cariboo continue exciting. Tue vleld from tho experimental crushing wss 18 to the Inn. Last week a tunnel u imiKireu ami tliry feet in length tapped the tauanza jeuim at a unpin or nuy reel, una I tie h:h. n4yH tiu i. to i no ion. j;stenctva reparations are rnaklm; fnrnDHralloiiH In tlm sprintr, when quartz mllisaud diamond drills will be sat to work. One of tho ledges baH been tracedja dUtanre of five milts aud has an avorago width of J8 feet. On ho night or the 25th iilt. tbo store of J. J, Fowler at Glenc.i, Washington counly, wuh entered by burglars and robbed of about $175 worth of goods. Tho tbfevts have not yet been discovered. Adout a fortnight ago John Igo, formerly of Benton, waiilrlvhu ou1hiU Rook creek, Wasco counly, when his horse fell with him oiusiug I u Juries of which he dlod a few days after. Almota, tbe new town on Hnsko river, 37 mlUs below Lewlston, contains nesrly a drzen business houses and many dwellings, and more will be built as scon as lumber cau be bad. Gen. Howard returned to Oregon Isat weak, and the cUlaeoa of Portiaud gave b aa a splendid reception. Shearing Sheep in the Fall. Mr. Andrew Lytle, who reside near Prlne vllle In this county, called on us on Wednes day evening, having come to town with a load of tne Fall clip of hla wool to sell, and to pur chase his stores for the winter. Mr. Lvtle in form us that he haa aheared his sheep both in the Spring and Fall for several years, and he finds that bis sheep do batter, and that thoy produce at lout two pounds of wool per head moro than when sheared only onco in tbo Spring. Two crops of wool and a gain of at least v3',i percent. Is something to bo considered, aud wo would suggest to our wool growers to isko mo mattor in hand and oxporimcul ior themselves. Another thing, by shearing twlcu a year, It Is easier to keen the sheep oloarof tho scab, and if they already havo that dlcnspo, It Is much osslor to ouro them of It. .Vounfnfiicer. It Is truo tlmt lit California, wlioro tho WIntor clltnuto Is much milder, Hhcep nro generally sheared twlco it year, but wo understand that tho wool In of aliort stnplo aud brings loss prlco per pound than wool that Is shonrod onco nyoar, tho ohlof object of such Hliourlng, In ninny instances, being to provont ravages of tho seal), which pre vails in nearly all California Hocks, hut does not cause as serious Injury in that mild and comparatively dry climate as In Western Oregon. Scab also pro- vails generally in Southern aud in East ern Oregon, hut in either of those sec tions of our Stato tho rain fall is much less than in tills valley. Tills opons u good subject for discussion and wo1 hope sheep men will give their viows upon it fully. Eahtkkk Washington. Gov, Fer ry in ids lato mosago to thu W. T. Leg hlaturct. assorts tliut.lti hi opinion tho lands In Washington Tdrrltory Kast of tho Cascades nro capable of producing fifty millions of bushels of wheat annu ally. Thoro U certainly a vast wheat producing region In Eastern Oregon ami Washington ami Northern Idaho, which will astonish thu world, not alone for its wide extent availablo for wheat culture, hut also by its wonderful pro ductions, us toon as dcvolopoinont can show its value. In vlow of this fact wo always urge on tho two great meas ures tho opening up of free navigation navigation on tiio Columbia and thu construction ol tho Northern Pacific Kallroud as of paramount Importance to tho whole nation as well its to tho Paeiile Northwest. Colkax, W. T. Mr. J. II. Kennedy, now of Colfax W. T. and formerly of Polk county, has called on us latoly and informed us that Colfax has between 800 and -100 population und Is rapidly Improving, in sympathy with tho sur rounding country which is rapidly sot- tliugup. FnniioN got enough for their wheat to enable thorn to raise It to ad vantage, especially ns tho Average ylold thereabouts Is supposed to bo over thir ty bushels to thoacre. Colfax has good social advantages nud Is fast becoming a tlesirablo place for residence It has a i-plcy local paper which gives flatter ing accounts of tho rapid incrottfto of population. Wo havo often mentioned tills country before and as Mr. Kennedy goes bad: authorised to act asiigent for tho Willamkttk Faiimhh, wo may expect to soon havo a largo increase of subscribers thereabouts. Clover and Alfalfa. IlUTTlfviM.K, Nov. Hi, 1677. In tho Spring of 1S70 I sowed about an aero of aiiaiiasoLit wiiii oats, ino ground had been broken about 8 Inches deep and had Intel two crops taken oil' It. At harvest time I noticed scatter ing bunches of red clover, which look ed very well, but tho alfalfa looked very poor. In tho harvest of 1877 1 cut over tho ground again, the clover Wits still ahead, by at least ono hundred percent. I also sovvoi alfalfa on burnt grouuti In March 1877 and sowed souio retl clover, tho clover taking the lead in this cao its much as it did in thu other. Some of my neighbors havo tried it with no better success. Mr. Charles Cluggett, who llvos four inllos north of Salem, told mo that ho had tried it and failed. My oxperlonco Is that red clover is tho best for pasturo of all tho grasses I havo aeon. I. 13. Jackson- Alfalfa a Failure in Washington Territory. An inquiring farmer in nn artlclo in tho WlLLAMKTTK FAKMKIt of Oct. 2d, desires to know nil about alfalfa. In answer to his inquiry, I would sny, that I havo sown it both Spring nud Fall and havo not been able to roalizo anything from elthor sowing, hut a moit luxuriant crop of wild mustard. That which I sowed In tho Fall was principally nil winter-killed, and tho fow stalks that wero not klllod by tho frost in iho Winter, only survived to dio in tho Summer; and what I sowed tu tho Spring, proved an equal failure. I sowed It in different kinds or soil, but all with tho same result, and henco I conclude that our soil Is too moist and cold for alfalfa to flourish to any extent. Frccport, W. T., Nov. 12. K. M. Tho Transportation Outlook. MuMinnvii.u:, Or., Nov. 17, 1877. I wish to mako u few remarks In regard to the transportation business. Within tho oopo of territory occupied by tho stockholders of tho I. P. T. Co., vlr.: Ydmhtll, Polk nud Marlon counties, there has been shlppod (mil Is ready for shipment) tho amount of wheal us follows, (estimated): Ilusbels. Dvpton 200,000 Wheatland lfl,O0O Falriliitd ::;..".,,,,.., 100,000 Lincoln .....; ..rn... 210,000 Jialem WO.OOO Kola 100,000 liiilcpeiideiiro '.'.70,000 lltietm Vista 100 000 Hi. Jo WK00( MuMlnuvllM 100,000 Kist Sldo U. It 200,000 Total 1,920,000 This grain has been shipped at an nvcrago reduction on freight of lost year of flvo centre per bushel, which makos a total saving to farmers, on freights, tho sum of ft)J,000. Thocauso of this reduotlon,as all know, la tlm running of tho boats MoMlnnvlllu and S. T. Ch'iroii, by tho farmors of tho Company. Thco boata aro but llttto morn than half paid for, and tho Indebtedness on them la now duo, aud It Is not rl)jlit that a fow Indi viduals should boar (he burden of this Indentures, when every farmer In tbo coun try gets the bonellt or It j and they havo con cluded not to do It. They havo had an offer to buy tho boata and mako thomsel vea whole, and havo called a meeting of the stockhold ers to consider that and other mattorsof vital Importance to (be transportation Inter ests of this valloy. Tho sum saved la enough lo pay for live stoambofts, This Is plain to every man that has raised a bushel of wheat. lly tome arrangement the patronago guar anteed to this company, by tbo varloun Oranges and transportation meetings, haa not been lived up to, and tbo boats of this oomptuy havo been forced to run light, or at roduued rates of freight, most of tbo time. The fato of other Farmers enterprises, suoh as (he ".State Agency," Iho Nurlhwcateru Shipping Co.," tho "Orange Market," etc, aro only ux tinples of tho fa to that a walla this, if a ceitaln line of pulley Is porslstontly pur sued, However, llio affair nf tho company aroyotina comparatively favorable condi tion, and If this chief and most oiinmunda bloofthelr eutorprUoi is ulliwoJ to go by the ooard, need they nvor expect to rovlve It again? Tho pallcy of the old lino Is jiikt what waa oxpocted imd predicted, to run nil' those boats and thin control the freighting bJsl nokH, us bo.'ore. We Iihvj hal comparatively fow mlstukcH In the iiiausgemont ol this roiuiuny and Ihoso resulting from Inexperience, I have spoken plain in thino remarks, and expect Mima eeyero crltlcUm, but vvhero I bae not told the truth am willing to mako ninoiidsuiid KpnlogUi If I Inivu hurt any one's fellings, Ksspectiully Youis, J, 0. CooiM-at. A new edition of etiquette stiyH tliut It Is no longer fashlouublu for young men to call on thulrglrls on Saturday ovenlng. This will give tho girls u chuiico to cut onions for supper und put their sllkeu tresses up In llltlo wutls of puper for tbulr Sunday conquests. v" 1 " !7' " i , t ' 'I "i Jf ' .' ,fi ( r j .1 .1 -..-' i i , K t, ft- i 4 tv IV .5