awiMWwrrey IMitaiWwarirrir"JntMiiMHMwrf- ' . ' ' ' - I '! $2,50 por, Year salem, oregon; December 7, 1877. Volnmo IX, Number 4& BY TELEGRAPH. Washington, Deo. 3, The secretary of war in bis report save the Indian war, Mexican trouble and Jolyrlota wore a severe lax on the army. It was Impossible with our small army to concentrate a heavy force at anyone place without leaving many forte, arsenals and other property without protooilon. Ho recite the difficulty and exponee ormasslnir. troops during the. reeont cells for military aid and clalmn that the presence nf a strong foroetatho best preventive nf Indian wars andrloU. Herefera to srfitlrs on the Ulo Grande and the necessity of United State troops crossing tlio frontier In piuaultof marauder; recommends legislation to In oreaoa the efficiency of the nluml eervtoe, and for tno continuance of aurvevH nf tue western states and tirrltorl", the latter be Inn found of apodal uso In IndUn ctm- Pjulijairo,Dao. 3 The Journal's Washing, ton spoclfu wiye tlio president's moHS4po on the whole Is crlllclHi'd bkh very alrnntr Bnd able eta'e pspor; especially Is It aoccptablo to the hard money men. ... CoinmtiiitHoii tlio proiulontM mocsco In Washington Benin thus far to refer nltni"t sololy to his utterances romvrnlni: tlio silt or qurslloti, end are colon.d In exsntarmnl'iiico with Indivliliiel views upon tlnUMilJiet. I' givci ureat. n l-f lotion to the opp noiite of tho silver bill, the friends or wliloli on tint other hand denounce It unspirlniMynsftMir rond'jr tnSwrntary shennsii and tho east orn bondholders. No daubi U xpmad, however, that It, will havn n very powerful efloot In shaping tliH Mtimte'e jctlou on tho qliniitioii.aHltUcniireded to bn n dlrrct lii timallMilliHilai'rtiiliM main propyl Inn U not ndnptod by oomtrfiti tlio predentin, tends to mike iih ef Ids vn o. Tno INrahl'ri Washing nn spsclnl ssvh; KtiHtU will Imwjited wlihln Ihepwout week, and vbnn he is nw.mi In Ml the Mitten of inn union will baonos mre fiillv ropre,ued In the minute, and ilie war will bj nvor at last, and there mould miiii lo lie aftfr Ihst uu further reason to opcak cf tho Miuthcrn mio -tlon. , . Tho Herald' Washlnijlon nell ways Holh lines" mait to morrow tvt 111 o clock, and will bln seeMou until it faw tnlnuUs before 115 M. . ., . . I Is cnntelwl iht.n adjournment mns. b3 hd In ordr to pr.ivnn!q.iM'ltitn arlMtiir nerenfinr iipm ralinlint lmu' at lenst that N Oen. JJiiiI't'm opinion, end In IMiiiN UHtalncd by ilm !uid-r oft he hens-(Wood ) Am the hoife Is alreiilv orictnlsil and no time in I'd ho lent by hJ tint nommltteo wait tni; iuini,thii priMiileut end Infirming him th.it eiiuro!i Is ruidy lo rt'cnlvo .my com niunlotlliiti he mty havn laimkn, iIimki U no reiion whv lh mxsinH should nn be In hand by 1 oVInulc, nd hustnest of the rixu Inr HHhii of the 45 it congress opeuod the tlratdtyoftliiiHeskloii. Wahlnirton, Doo.3. Onn. Hrlsn will ar rlvo hero tUtiinUy n xt mid telle hi Mt on thu following Mondiiy as HBhouIatu Justice ol tuompremeixmrt. Beo. 4 Ordure havo been Usuod for the dopurtiiro of a number or mp, cavalry, sullllery end InT-wiry, to the Itlo Cramln for tho Hcimrlty of the poeple f.-om raiding psrtlcn. Dhiluo nrrlwil here this evening In poor bealili.and le deu'rlbr d by a fellow traveUr aa looking like a disappointed, broken down man, hit manner Inducting pain aud bis talk bllterneH of Hpirlt. lie luterds lo be preseiu at tho Thuradiy eusslnn of tho seuate. Springfield, Mass.. I30. 3. Aconkulla tlon of pbyslclane this evening decldenlbat while Mr. Bowies' uondltlou la dangerous and doubtful, it Is not now aa bopelosa as It appearod Saturday and Sunday. Now York, Deo. 4. In the suit of the peo ple epainHt' ex-Ooinptrnller Connolly bin ooounl consented to a judumeut lor tneaum olalmod, over $3,100,000, and the Jury accom modated him with erdlct for. that amount. New York, Uee.3. TheTrlbune'e upcclal from WasblnKton eavs: It Is now sld Sitting Bull aud his ohlefa misunderstood tho offer of onrgovornment that they nov state they dldnotremso to return. The Inference is that had tbev understood they would havo returned. The rapidity of Terry'e speech and hasty inaunor in which the affair was conducted glvo color to this story. FOREIGN. London, Deo 2. The Kutslana on tho 23 h ultimo attempted to puili on from Ktropol ,ru lay eleao to the southern Junction of the rt'ftd from Orchnnle ar.d Kiru.ol, but were repulted with bravy Iosr. Lomlnn, Dao. 4. A lielgradw oorronpond ent says Prince Milan levlewed themtliiia Hundy end tixhorted them to their duty. The warotllce has ordered ell district gov ernors to erect hospitals. The moot proba ble pUn el operations latitat Gen. lItrveto vloli will uidken diversion la the roar of the Tnikewi'h two divisions. (Jen. Uourko has proin Wwl tn send liltn 8 00 tuvulry. A corrf Kpoudent rajs according to lalert Jbttew, publlo feeling favors a mlng after tlio fall of I'luvna. Tho Girt-k goveriunent has waruod tTretans It will stop volunteers and supplies irtuey rUo prematutly oroan trarv to na advice. Vlnna, Ito. 3 The bad fee'Inu between Turkey Ptd luly grows out of reprsenta tlons by the Torto abcut a rumored Minus teriog iucnrblon into Albania. luly aur ed tho l'nrte Hut the rumor was uroumilesx, but thd I'ortu refuoes to accent this denial. There is it rrport from Home that some oth er powers have also drawn the attontlon or Italy to the tubtct. If this la true, the Porte has succeeded in convincing otbors as well as Itself that lis rpprebeuslous are not altogether without foundation. Constantinople, Io. 4. Menemet All telegrapbalo day: After violently cannoned log our positions at Kemarll, the Russians tfatlonsly attacked oarleH-wlog. The tattle continued until evening. We retained our position. The enemy retreated with con siderable loss. We shall take the offensive to-morrow. The Russian Imperial guard were engaged, v Heavy fighting waa reported Friday tn the direction of Tlcanova,,trom which place the Itustlana were ultimately driven, losing over 3,000 men. It Isalfo reported the Turks are now bom barding Tlrnoya. Paris, Dao 3. Dufonr has consented to act as Intermediary between tbo left and Presi dent MaoMahon. He has already sped Cod to the preoldnnt the collections whloh the chamber oould reasonably demand, and the president has distinctly agreed to them. M. Dufonr will now nnof rtiiln from tho majority the preolse conditions on which It would so cepttho reconciliation, and will improas tifinn Itihenecsslty of moderation. It is probable that M. Dtifiur's consultation with tho proidentled tnnrepnrt of the Temps to-ilay that he had been summoued to form n cnbluot. From Walla Walla. fMltor Wlllamottn Farmer: Now lliHt IIih busy eenson is over end Iho ovonttisNgrowbiglonx, pcrh'ips a few ecnt- tfrlng remarks fmtn Wallt Walla will buad mlMslblu In your columne. Wo eio b!of ed v 1th nn at unttanco of rain thl i fall, whloh enables the farmors lo (low and sow to ttiolr hearts' content, end tho op portunity la by no n:otns neglcotod, butov- ory stiro Hint Is In condition In lnuro half a croi for the next bar vest is being plowwt unit rowed this fall. My obnrva(lon, hh well as limited experience Is that fanners ns a oImh have fallen Into thu error of produulnu a rotation oTcroim lor euccissivo eara with out resting their laud, than whleh a grnal- r oilMiikH was tinvor mailn. It is true, we km. comparatively fro'i fniiii the p-i.tH known to Oregon farmnrs, as sorrel slid fern: but we havothe tumble wihmI and wild iiunllnvvcr. I) lull are ho will ndaptiMl to'the soil as to need but ll'tlo cultivation to tunko tliem uroa luxurluttly. Frn l fonml In pertain tocall'.liM, but It la the exqcptloti lutad nf tbnrule. Aa foranrrol, lh"rM la atmHlilns peculiar' either. In Iho soil or iilliimte thm dues not udmlt of Its Infringing upon the rights of the farmr. A neliihbor of mine I an a stnnll epot of It In hla orchard, that ha loetithero lorn nn;nbr of yetrs, without Any aitprmt increase, end in fact It looks rather sickly compared with that on tlit-HO sere farm Ihel I titled to own adjoining the cotue lot, Si.bllmlty, Orcoon.' Ism smnowbat Imerested ih the dlacnn elon going on butwum 0. W. Hunt mid Tons. Cross nn the eubject of eornbH aalne' thnroiiKhbrtd hogs.&rd while I am nppned to dealing in niroimlltleM, I prpHiime It Is but fair t let them llxht their own batllt-H. lam pleased tn nolo that Alftlfa Is attract IngKoeno attention In your columnH, end ss I detlgii experlinemliig enuio with It nxi eoasou, 1 will plmlly ricelvoimy Information parlMtnlng to Its culture that uiav bo forth coming In your valuable paper. I know of a few InaiHiiceh In whloh It has been tried In this ectlon of country, and it eoeins to be a fair succqkh, not only on bottom, but on bill and gravel land. What wo need In this vi cinity Is tiraas that will stand tramping and furnish the greatest itraount of feed per eore. Diphtheria Ih still in our nildit, and, tho' Itseemato be abating, It Is still a terror, aud wo hape that Huon It may ooae to exlft. More In time. J. F. IIiikwkr. Walla Walla. Nov. 27. WATHR REPORT. Kola, Deo. 3, 1877. During tho month of November 1877, there were 20 daye during whloh. rain foil, giving an aggregate of 13 01 inobea of water, four clear days, and six cloudy days, other than those on which rain fell. The mean temperature for the month waa 40 74". The highest dally mean temperature for tho month, 55, on thol5tb. Lowest dally mean le'mperature, 37, on the COth. Tho mean tetnperaturo for the month at two o'clock r. it, woa 51. nigbest thermom eter during tho month, 62 ut 2 o'clook p. m. on the 15th. Lowet thermometer ,3- at 7 o'clock a. M. on the 20. b. Fronts occurred on thu 20th and 27th. The prevailing winds during He month, were from tho South during 13 days; Norib, Oday; Southwest U days. The Urgatt rain fall for one (jay fell on the 21st amounting to .w iiicuea oi water. During November, 1870 there were 12 days during which rain All and 0,90 lucbes of wa ter; 0 cleir and 8 cloudy days. ; Mean lomporatnro for the month 41.70." Highest dal'y mean temporaturo Iirtbe month, 61 20 on 14 aud 21. Lowest daily mean temperature for the mou'.h 33 on 7ih. T. Pkaucu, Frank llr(. &. Co., of PortUi d, call at tontlon to the fist that all the triloba they exhibited at tho lata StkU Fslr ncelvtd premiums and that they rocelvod firt re mtums on the L Hello Wajon, Ulack Hawk and Clipper Wslking Plow, and the Drown Gang Plow acd Sulky Plow, They have a fullsaortment of all tbeajdtalrnble artl Jle cocatanilv nn head. The reealpia of the Old Folk' ocaeart wm UUU fMVV. Aklk uAWUto Clone, In looking over qalte a number pr; mod catAlogucs, I fllndtlwt they call alslko clovor tho " giant "white clovor. This is all wrong, It' Is not tho giant whito clover. In tho Agricultural report for tho year 18W Is a report from the homo of tho nlalke clover, and In this report thcro 1.4 not ono word that could bo con strued to menu " giant" while clover. Men thn( linvo tho send ot thu uImIUo clover for attic, and men that have this clovor us pttsturo or moadow, should learn to call It by its right nttinu alriiko or Swollen clovor. Now ns for "giant" whito clover, I will say, that thogltttit, or mammoth white clover is much Uko tho common red clover; it grown Just ns tall, has tnoroetnlkfi, and, I think, less leaves on or about tho btull-.B, with n whito bloom us tho creeping whito clover, I call It, creeping because It will creep along on top of tho ground, it propagates itself to ti great extent in this way. I havo tho giant whito clo ver; It can be seen by any ono on the writer's farm. Lrtsti luiutnur it grow aboat threo tu.d it half fuut high. Clackamua county. , II. 13. M. Tlio niuial report of tho postmimtor irouural Hhowri Ihitttli'j whole number ofcomp nltitd of loit reuintereil loiter.-. luring tltu yujr wits 2,83. with tiro- port, aggregate vniuo or oi,iiu, oi which 714 letters word" recovered, and 51(1, valued ut $10,510, aecotiuteu for by ttiii recovery or tltulrcoiuun h irottt persons who hud, tKoleti them, or ilir'dl.wlnae,eilrl?nej.t,hvy-'Were Idst."" Tim perccntugu of actual iossea compared with the total number of letters registered during the year, viz.,$l,:i;W,l27, i.i about ono-nTt let h til 1 per cunt., or one in every f,D0U reuls tered letters nunt througlt the mull. Many of tho lu.-bcs occurred from unavoidable causes, such its railruad and steamboat accidents, (Iron, etc. Os Tin; Fly. "Landlord?" "Yes, Mr." "What's that?" "lluttor.Hlr." "Does it belong to Iho lenguo?" ".lr?" "Huh It any ambition to excel as a base balUst V" A "f don't grasp your meaning, Ir." "Well, It should, for It's tho best ily catchor I over saw." "Oh, I see! John, tako this away, aud bring tho goutluuun some of tho mulHu butter." tiilunco provallod. An intorosting lotter relating to the Yamhill Narrow Guago Hal I road Is re ceived too lato for insertion this weok, and will nppoar noxt. Tho wrltersays subscriptions corao In rapidly, $30,000 being already subscribed. Tho capital stock Is $100,000. IIOLiDAYtGooDS. 8co tlidiidvortlso tneut or Air. ana Airs, conn's now va riety etore, on State Street, formerly occupied by Mrs. Boardsly, in Patton'b Block. Thoy have Just opened a largo assortment of goods suited to tho sea son ttnd attractive to buyers from town or country. Magazines ' Scrlbncr'a for Djcotnbsr Is othnnd,cor wlnlnp, It ottns to ua, morn than the usual variety and more than usual erasuntof mat ter, as If determined to clin'i thu year with all pDsalblo txcolloi ce. lUtoprn'ug artin'o eutitli'd "Thu Wooden Age," wit'i illtihlra luiis, deplete tho llfo of tho lumberman; It has a vivid ile-Horlptlon of tho "'Ihorougb. Ored Horso" with cliannlng llliistrallnii)t an Kagllsh fox hunt; oya'.ers a I no lave a disreoftbo inloreat of this number; a piper in travel takes ono from tho Atlautlu to the Andes Hnd tells of iho progress of ltraz I indurDim P.-iIro; inlcroacopk' htudlee tell ibnut ''Ants"; Mara aud hisMoousarotroit d of; thu Serial etorlua are coniiiiind, end A-o huva poetry, fioilon, romauci ant rdlto rial paragraphs to connlltuto the bulk of the volume. ' Cat UU Hand. Mr. Wm. Underwood, or this otty, yeator day had the utUrortuno to out his band with t band axe. It la rather a bad cut and the shaoixa are that Mr. U. will looae one of hla flngnib.tbeoperaUoo. . Letter from Ion. Wm. Cyras. QraMd IIotkl, Cincinnati, ) Nov. 22, 1877. I Ed. Farmer;' Accompanying this jl mull to you a copy of " Cincinnati Qrango Bullotln," tho first Grongo dal ly Issued. It contains mora of tho pro ceedings nf tho National Grange than I can find tlmo to wrlto you. Borne, and porhaps much of Its contents woultl bo interesting to tho readers of the FAitMi:n. Mako such extracts as you may deem proper for tho Interest of your renders. I will mail ono number each day during tho Session. Wo havo had a pleasant trio; met and made many pleasant acquaintances itntl seen many magnlDcicut Improve ments, but tho tnost cheering things that wo havo ficon arc thu mnmburt of tho National Grange from nearly every Statu In the.so United States, heremoet- ingtogutheratttl working harmonious ly for the good (ifal(; no North, no South here; all earnestly engaged for the good, and tho go'id only of thu laboring classes. Our work Is thu work of pence itntl good will among men, anil the cultivation and elevation of productive Industry. Wo cannot help hutHUcceetl; our mission is not it selfish one, nut means to stimulate tho productions of thu earth which Is tho rourco of till wealth. Oregon is my homo, I havo focn much good country and good Improve ments, but none so good for mo lis Or egon; nil that I have soon have draw tucks as well ns Oregon, and tn mo maro objectionable; and its him was tl.o ltivuofmyycuth,aud thocratlloof my children, ho shall hho ho my unrso In old age, anil my resting place in death, nhould Illvo to return to her again. I havo written more than I intended when I commenced; If you can mak) It. of any uso to your columns do no, If not consider me a well-wUher to the .success of yon aud your paper, and con dign this to the wasto httskot. Yours us over, WiluamCyuuh. liaising Grain. Ed. Fahmkk:'I havo boon raising grain In Oregon for the past 20 yoar, aud huvo used almost all kinds of ma chines In harvest, and this year I used a self binder, and I consider it tho choapo.st machino I have over used. With this machino any farmer can tako caro of ull tho grain that two toams will put in, and whop his grain Is ready, without any delay he can tako his plow team aud harvest tho grain without having a whole army of horses to feed, and men for his wife to cook for, and when he has tt Hold of grain rlpo ho can cut it and put It in shock and wlnn ho wnnts to thrash It ho can got tvmachnlo to como and It Is a short Job. Ho can cut his grain ton days soonbr t!pui;lio can if ho heads it, and he will prevent the wild oats from fa'llng on tho ground to como up tho noxt year. I know of u ftold whore thoro was as much as ten bushels to tho aero of wild oats, and If tho grain wjib cut at tho rlt;ht time, tills would bj saved, anil it Is worth having fir feed, and Is not left on tho ground to pr.vv; that is one reason why onr (and dnirs not produce moro than It does, thcro Is tomethlng growing on it all tho time. If wo will loipourgralu for live years wo will raise live bushels moro to tlie ticro, then wo will get rid of tho cockle and French pink that is t iking no miny fo,nm all over tho coun try. We will havo our hurvis, from two tothroo weeks Kionor than wo do now, for tho loagor to head our grain, the later our harvest will be. I can taken Walter A. Wood's harvester and self binder, and threo small hor.es, and cut 300 acres. Moro anon. A Fa KM Kit. The Metuialut ouuiuu Will not baft Christmas treo this auou. last 'trip or the chests. Wm. J. Clarke, sou of the editor of too Farmer, writing from Ban Francis, November 27tii, says that he arrived tho evening before, aud that the flrat two ilays'bf the pweAge down on tho City of Chester was. very rough; that when they were crossing thu Columbia river bar man was lost overboard, and another man una killed by ahorsofnlllngon hltu, and thu horse, a valunblo ono, belonging , to an nlucer, was nUo killed. ITe, him self, received tt Revolt! cut In tho face from a piece of glass from his Bttttd-rocm win dow, which wttabrnlteu by tho wave breaking over tho ship. After thu flrat two iluys thu trip was pleasant. Hosava Capl. Howies declared It thu worst weath er lie hud ever known In all his experi ence on this coast. Tho San FranetHcn Pott hnsthc follow ing graphic nceountof Iho trip: The Oily of ChcHtor whluh arrived horo from Portland yesterday, expnrlencud M'tniu of thu inti!tieflt weather at the Co liimhU tlver bar (bat him been known on that Hue. Khu left Portland on Thurrday ut two t. M., In a light snow storm. On Frlil iy afternoon i-lio arrived nil' tho bar. A M.iu'tliwest ualiS with rain, was blow lug, anil the coa was running In tlio f-tylo wlilclidlmu novollHtaeall mountain high. I)i!' pile thu rough wwil her, however, It was determined to nttotni't to orene, nntl thu i-tc.iiner etarleil Into thu tollers. In a few mnmciilH mo roiling was nume- thlug lerrlllu. Tbevcwel neetned tn vlo wltlt thu irnKsenrrera In utaudlmr on It head, turning lleelf iiiblde nut mid like 'rratle performances. A abort experi ence m tin icrriiiio sea turn wuHniniiuiK Htifllrcil to put all thu passenger In' a nanjoetrlckutt condition, l'rnycr meet Ifig wVrn noranltml lo Uiaiutble,.aUta- lug it prominent part nntl cxpvutlng death nt any moment. Thu caption. Imucver, eaw no liuiuedlutodai;gcr until well across tlio bar, when hu copied throe treii'etnliiuiiH ndti;rs mukiiig nuc after tho other In tlio dlreittloii nf thu ntenmer. triii;ilaut;er wiih Pumliietit, but nothing could bniloue, mid thu llrst and second brolto I ie font nauhlug the vcscl. The iblnl, however, htruek It, anil tho tlm Iters from Hti m to htern quivered and Hti'uliied. The atior:i(o windows wcro all looken In, nod tlio Htioams of water and tin-broliutt trlat-HeatiHi'dt lie Hhlverlng bellies there to Inuigltiu tint thoy bad nl rently goiiu'lnwii. All thu glass In tho plti t hotiMi was cut clean nway, n portion of thu railing let go utnl iliiw olfto Ij-o-wanl, anil wreck and ruin prevailed iimougiill the lighter fiirnlsblngs of tho veul. Ono of a pair of valuable liontdi had Its brains Unshod out, und killed, while In Its last agoules.a man was killed; who was trying to prevent them being Injured by thu rolling. This, however, was thu worst, and thu ca motleratod n little, ho that tlm vessel got nafoly Into Sun FruuulsL'o. Hubbard aud Woodbttrn. WoonnuitN, Nov. 27, 1877. Notwithstanding this part of tho country has boon rather slow In Its pro gress, yot Its development is going on with tt suro aud Arm step, and from tho outlook nud bright futuro this p'.aco and our sister city Hubbard will bo tho two leading places in tho lowor end or Ma rlon county. A few yoars ago Hubbard was scarcely known, yot business Is good nntl increasing, Thoro are fpur warehouses in tho placo. Wnodbum has two of fho host warehouses on tho road, and some of thu befd residences. Its funning surroundings tiro not sur passed by any in this county. Mathlot liros. havo thus fur since harvest be gan shipped ono hundred and eigh teen car-loads of grain auiLhavo now on bond twonty-throo thousand bush els of oat?, which is thu largest quanti ty stored ut any ono placu on tho rail road, an I Leahies tnis tt largo amount or who.it. Thcro is now horo a compa ny propt.sliig to build it lurgo (louring mill, irevo.i town lots were sold In this) place In tho hut week. Tho dully pttle.i cf fruit lri'O.1 from Mr. ftottlemlur'H Nursery are live hundred, and are sent by lurgo (inutility to Eastern Oregon. M. A Gurriotioa. Aaiorttlcne tlnce wo made a statement that a wagou uiuktr wjs wanted at Turner, We were oi error wbeu we said Turner; It abould nave been Sublimity, as Turner I already proyldod with a wagon maker. J iS T M J i n . h r i i H' ii -. At 1) .i I4 i K