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WILLAMETTE FARMEH. tillanuttt Mjxtmts. iasukd r.vitnt M1IDAY, Blf OliAHKTl t OHAIO, rnnLisiircns and rnowiiExons. .Terms ofMibucrlplloni ns cctj tne Jfot ( mw in n.i Onoowyilt months (M numtr).. nscopj throe months (13 numbers). - 1 00 .. SO rORTLANl), Di:C. 25, 1870. TELEGRAPHIC. KASTEKN STATES. I'ntk Thrntrcon Flr. Nkw Yonic, Dec. 18. -Tho play nt tlio Pftrk Tbcntro was Interrupte-d nbout 0 o'clock this OTcniuK by on nlnrm of flro. Measures wero nt onco liiketi to picventa nnulo in tho nudlenco. Thero wire three exits to tho tbcalro to which the tloors wero thrown open and n potico officer called lu nnd nuked to guard the llromlwiiy enlninco, The itifnr. nation Hint tho buililiuu; was on flro renchld tho earsot portions In Hip renr of the houso and spread through the undienco likn libt nlng. Tho police officer stepped limlthi tho door nnd luformtd ihn audience thut thero was flroln tho Ti'Htltitilo and adrincd every ono to loavo the bnlldlnit quietly by tho two doom on Twcnty-tot'ond street, ThU quiet ed tho ularm und the people dispersed with out accident. The ilnmi orlKinated 'from tho packing about ono of tho pipes attached to the heater in the vestibule. nvntloim to Cirnnl, l'itlLADKM'HH, Dee. 18. Qon. Grant wan to-night escorted to n camp flro nt tho Acad emy of Muslo by n delegation of the Grand Array of tho Republic, tho routo being bril liantly illuminated with pyrotcchnlon and calcium light. Got. Hoyt dolWcrcd tbo address of welcome, and upon tho conclu sion of tho roiourkH tho binding hoc turd to fairy tremblo under the enthuidaMie greeting which tho naiiouiblago oitcnded to tho gen eral. Nupponnl Hurilrr. Qdinct, III., L)co. 18. Supposition of a murder has been nrouned nt New Canton aovoral miles south of hero, by finding tho houso formerly occupied by a man nnd him wlfo, ontlrely denerteil bnt with all the fur nlturo lutnet nnd blood on various nrtlclcH about the place. urlos ol raunlrr wcro board coming from tho houso last Thursday night, but no investigation wns mado until yesterday. It was found thut n neighbor who had thriatrned their lire", had shipped hU gooda nt tho wmio tltnoto Doralneln Ihli county. TJieCntine Why. Awiuhta, Me,, Dec. 18. It la now Matad that Hkowhegiin wm counted out with groat reluctance by the governor nnd council nnd only na tho taut resourco lu order to limit u auro of n quorum of (unionists in the house. Tho Itopubllcnn Btato comuilttoo will meet hero lu tho early part of licit (woek. Tho call for nn indignation uioetlng to-morrow Bight baa been hlgued by aomo of tho beat citizen. Ilollowell will hold an tndlguatlon meet ing on Katnrday. Tho gnvrrnor nnd Iho onnctl have been engaged nn tho county returns. rNlllit Trnrlrr mil. rsouu, Dee, 18. Thomna Kell, a local aattlo king, whoso operation havo reen very heavy, failed for fiom two to three hundred thousand dollars, probably the Inttet mount, II wai widely knows and nal versslly mpa-riatt m bsasvnlral, eoaaoiea Hh nnd aprltt. Jilt whsrsaaaats ara aa fcsstwu, Balrnxjaeal BTyv. OiNOMtVATi, Dee. 10. A dtfalaariaa f over f 41,000 ana fcatn 1lMVcr4 ay Kit books of Ik lata Major Joknalea, lis teak tha money nnd ompllod hla clerk to force balancea. Ho btlnu dead, hla kondatnen will be held. llvlls In Asylums, Nsw Youi, Deo. 18. A moeting waa held to-night nt Cooper Union to conilder the vila alleged to exist in tho ease of tho in anno of this city and Stale, and nlao tho pio pricty of memorialising the Hlate leglalaturo for the establishment of a permanent booid of commissioners in lunacy. France. Paris, Dec. 18. 'the chamber nt deputies his ngiiu udoptod amendments to tho budget reducing tho oplrcopal salaries, denpito the fact that the Kenata had already rojectcd aitch amendments. At flllMll. UoJtnvr, Dec, 18. DetnHs of tho fighting at Cnbul show that thu people, of tho city nnd villigis vied with each other in murder ing and iiiulilallliij ttrngjUrs and wounded of the llitllkh urtiiy, some being aotually murdmc within -(JO jnrdsof tho walla of Slilrpur. Lxuonr., Dec. 10.- Tho Civil nnd Military Onzrtto asserts that Otu. Gougb's brigade has taken rcfugo in tho fort at Jugduliul:. Several thousand Qbelgnls nro threatening it nnd are throwing np defenses on tho hills. Gen. Gough has only six days' provisions. John llrliclit. London, Dec. 18. A (rent demonstration in favor of free trnilo was mado nt Ilochdalo to-night. John Uright and Thomas Hayloy 1'otter wcro preaeiit. lteaolutlons wero Imaged thanking l'ctter for his efforts, nnd thoso of free traders In tho United States, to promoto frou trndo with America. Potter mado n speech lu vhloh ho said ho recipro cated kindly tho actitlments expressed by Americans toward Englishmen nt many gatherings which he attended in America, ilo paid n high compliment to tho Hobrloty nnd fraternal behnvlor of tho Americana, nnd concluded by presenting to Uright a number of congratulatory loiters from chlof American cltlea, in which Lopowas expressed that Uright would sou America baforo ho died. Uright In reply, nnld ho could not ad iquately express hla thauka for thcBO letters. Secretary of tho Treasury the number of licensed dealers in leaf tobacco and tho amount of Internal rovenno collected from them last year; adopted. Scales, chnirmnn of tho committee, on In dian nflalrs, reported back tho Bennto bill authorizing tho Secretary of tho Interior to negotlato with the Uto Indiana for tho re linqulnhmont of their reservation in Coloia do, and their removal and settlement else where, with nil amendment requiring tho consent ol tbo Indians to tho cession of any part of their reservation, and providing thnt no agreement Bhall bo valid unless agreed to by thrco quarters of all tho adult malo In diana who havo not forfeited all their treaty righta unless confirmed by Congress. He asked for lmmediato consideration of tho bill. Stato and Territorial. I'ACIMCCVANT Kinbnrrroseil, VinaiMA, Deo. 18. The liauk of Virginia has become oiubarrassed by tho docllno in stocks nnd suspended for a day or 'two, whilst President Jackson and Cashier Whlto nro in San Francisco arranging to go on. Tho utmost confidence isoxpresucd that they will bo ablo to do so. CMltlbrntn, San Fiiancibco, Deo. 18. Tho trial of K. T, Ilaldwln on an indictment for alleged Ir regularities at his distillery in Los Angoles county was continued in tho Uuitod States district court this morning until tho 0th of January, because of tho nlnonco of an Im portant witness for tlio government. Tho directors of Iho gas company nro con alderably Hurried ovor Iho retinal of Auditor Dunn to audit tho demands of tbo company for lighting tho streets, CONGKESSIOXAL. FORC1UN JEW8. Mealeo, Citt or Mexico, Dec. 15. The Sierra Majuda district baa developed some rich mines, but they are no better than many iu Chihuahua niut Sacatea. Tho tone of the resectable tireaa ia do. cldedly favorable to closer intercourse with tha United States. General Marqtiex Leon haa announced himself governor lu Lower California, and bealcgod Lapar, bnt was defeated by Gen, Carbo. A number of persona are impris oned lu Maxatlan, accused of conspiracy against tho Stato, AAlliaulatnii Laiiouk, Deo. 17. Tho Civil nnd Military flazetta states thut (leu. Itoterta was warned by it native that tho chief trlbea were meeting und thnt the inhabitants of Cubnl wero diaalfected and were holding frequent communication with tho Afghan troops und the bill trlbea. Calcutta, Deo. 18. Gen. Uright reports that tho btll tribes attacked (leu. (lough ou tho 10th itist. (leu. Uright la sending for ward reinforcements. Gen, Duker telegraphs from Calul ou tho 15th iust that his troopa nro in excellent spirits. Ims don, Deo. 18. Vnkoob Halm's burled treasuro was recently recovered nt Cnbnl. It was all iu llussUu gold. Ihe hllrit Victory, London, Deo, 18. The details of the last Chilean victory s'uto thut au allied forco of Peruviana and Uollviaus, 11,000 strong, niarchlug uorthwnrds from Norla to effect u junotion with a reinforcement of 0,000 wen, under commaud of the prraldeut of Uollvla, attacked ou the 'J 1st of Nov. tho Chilean ad vauced corns of C.00O wen, who occupied au entrenched position nt Dolorea, near Agua Rauta. The Chilean cnunon decimated the ranks ol tho allies, whose cavalry charged throe times upon the guus nnd at templed to carry them off, but wero unsuc cessful, Iu the eveulug the rear of the Chilean force catuo up und decided the day, Tho allied forces wero driven back nnd their camp was taken, In which thirteen canuou wero found. Mauy wounded officers, In cluding tho Uollvian General Yillegaa, wero taken prisoners, and nnother of the allied generals was killed. The Chlleau lota was cavy. Hussla, A letter to tho Cologne (Inietto from St. Petersburg asserts that tha reason tbo po lice hare fco little success in discovering tho Nihilists, is that tho toil is hidden where the police el.iro not vcuturo to look. Tho conspirator, nro to be found in tho drawing rooms of tha rich and noble, hearo a police in tho employ of n court within whoso very circles these people carry ou their games is powerless acaiutt the NihUiits, .lemur. WAsniNOTON, Deo. 17. Morgan offered n resolution that tbo con Itnuatico of Iho present volumo of United States treasury notes and their maintonauco nt par is demanded by tho necessities ol trade mid that a full restoration of silver coinage to an equality Tritli gold is necos nary for tho plentiful and pornianont supply of money, and to maintain tho national prosperity. Tbo resolution was roforred to committee on finances. Davis of West Virginia, Introdneod a bill repealing cortaln permanent annual appro priations; referred. After n abort execntivo session Morgan in troduced a Joint resolution, that within CO davs tfter its enactment, all lands granted to aid in tha construction of railroads and tslrgrapha whick have not complied with the requirements of their eharters, ahall re vrt to the United States. Oranta thereby forfeited woald ba tkosa of ths Atlaatio and Facias end aTorlkera raelSe, Texas Paelfle, Pt. Iioali an 4 Iroa Ifoaataia anal Orafoa Oeenret railrs-aas. atgaa'a reaalutiaa raajjardlax rallrea4 leads, waa tafatrs-i M taa eeaaalltM aa jil- atttary. Tke fellwiD wars also latraduead and Mfsrratl: My Call To repeal section 1180 af the re vised statntea Tha section prohibits tho payment of any claim against the govern ment which scorned prior to 1831 in favor of any person who engaged In tho lato war. II y Eaton Authorising tho nppointniont ot n lariacammission. Tho Senate then held a short execntivo session, nnd when the doors wero reopened passed among others the bill to authorize free entry ot competitive prises won by American citizens in forelan countries. Ad journed till to morrow. Uaaae. Holloa Introduced a bill restoring legal tender currency to Itaconatltational require menta. It repeals the section of tho re vised statutes which make U. S, notos legal tender for all debts except customs, and con stltutes gold and silver such legal tenJor; also repealing tht bank check act; referred. The consular appropriation bill waa or dered printed nnd recommitted. Tho House then went into committee of the whole to consider tho military academy appropriation bill. Jones, from the commlttoa on post offices, reported the bill to exempt post otllco em ployes from jury duty; passed. Knott, from tbo Judiciary committee, re ported back concurrent resolution lor tbo appointment of n joint committee of threo senators and tlvo representatives to investi gate the present system of salaries, fees, eto for officers of tho U. S. courts, and to ascer tain whether abuse exist; agreed to. After considerable debato the committee bill passed without amendment, and Heusa adjourned. Hesiuie. Washington, Deo. 18, Resolution of Davla lustraotlng agricul tural committees of both Houses to couslder tho subject of agriculture, and report what ought to be donn by the government to pro mote agricultural interests; adopted, The pension appropriation bill passed, Yoorheea' resolution for the appointment of A cotumltteo to investigate the cause of the negro emigration from tho South was taken up, Hy Cooke, a bill for tha app ointment ot a commission to ascertain and report tbo losses suataiued. by citizens from ludiau dep radatious, Pendleton from the Indian committee, re ported Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to deposit certain Indian funds iu tho U. S. Treasury in lieu of iu vestment at -1 per cent. House. Committees for reports wero then called, ami the House weut iuto committee of tho whole ou the bill authorizing tJe Secretary oi tne interior to make a treaty witn tue uto ludlaus, Willis submitted au amendment looking to the consolidation or total abolition of public grouuds and couservataries in Wash tugtoa. The amendment was agreed to and the resolution adopted. Uy Gibson To repeal the 10 per ceutx on bank circulation. Towuseud offered a resolution asking ths W'Mlnmelte Valley. Charles Uauvenhausen was killed bv a fall ing tree, whilo going up tho Coquillo river, in a oust wiui twu inunus, on ma jin ins.. Ovor two and a half million of salmon eggs havo been taken nt tho hatchery on the Clackamas. Unusual good luck has attended tho efforts of Mr. Hubbard this year. Sever al lots of young fish havo already been turned out into tho rlvor. O. A. Wells, of Ruena Vista, killed a hog ono year nnd six months old that weighed dressed 420 pounds. Forest Grovo nnd Hillsboro had a scientific checker tournament ono day this week, re suiting in lots of draw games, with a slight advantago in favor of Hillsboro. T. U. Handley and Mr. Hudson wcro tho contest ants. Tha Dallas Itember of tho 19th inst. stys t Tho country between this placo and I'erry dslo shows every indication of an immense, crop in that vicinity next season. All tho farmers aro busy plowing and seeding, much now land being brought into cultivation. Already thero Is mora (train put in than ever boforo in tho Fall and Winter. Astoria. llin wood used at the Parker Houso is aawed by wind mill power. Tho elithth anniversary of Uoaver Lodco. No. .'13. I. O. O. Y.. will bo celebrated on Monday evening, Dec. 22d. Dr. Folkman, of ttiis city, is locturinjj in his "mother tongue" in Astoria, A ' 'stickleback" has been washed ashore at Astoria, and Astorians aro wondering whoro It camo from, as that kind of Halt is only found In European waters. Knot iif Iho Hfoiinlalna Tho livo stock of Wallowa Valley havo gone Into Winter quarters. Prof. Plummcr tickled tho Weston pcoplo with a full grown ontertalnmont on the l'.'th inst. Tho Mountain Sentlnol publishes nearly a column of names of delinquent subscribers in ineir "euony list." John Keller was found dead a few daya slnco in his feed lot. in Middlo Wallowa Val ley, where ho had gono to food his stock. Heart disease. 1'ngol Nonndi Tho seating capacity of tho now opora houso at Seattlo SSI. Tho Stellacnom Express is to bo resurrected, with Mr. 3. L. Maxwell as publisher. King county has 28 schools, 1,005 schol ars, and appropriates ?3,S03 03 for their sup port. Miners sro making Peattlo tho outfitting paint for tho Skagit mines. Vires are Retting ta be mora than frequent at Victoria. Three biases last week. Yieiofians ars tha waask fsr one of ika f larftst shlya af II. It. aavy, bow das at Sa- qaiaiMt. TT. Byres Daalsls.has bwa alas-M airy aa Uraey af Vaaasavar. Tke railless of Taaeaavsr sn psyinj $1 M far Crst-alass wheat for fiiadiag. Over 000 letters, according to the Indepen dent, saaie to Vancouver by tbs last atoamor. Iilako Tarrltarj. Tho school district which embraces Rolse City paid (3,000 last year for publio schools. The Roiso Statesman of the 11th inst. aaysi A man natnea Jlenry vvohikini, generally known as "Hash Harry," died suddenly at t ir:i..... .i... i..-.i:- x....- i. ii.!... jV... ,T IIIIIUU.II .AiailllUJI .juuev ! nj,u snjt Tuesday evening. A coroner's inquest was hold and the verdict was that the man died from apoplexy. Deceased was well known in Roiso llosin, whoro ho resided for several years.' no was a nativo oi itanovor, uormauy, and was aged about CO years. avoatkvrss Orasroa. The English company on dalico creek aro now piping with about 1,000 inches of wator. For tho first time in seven years the tingle of tho "merry sleigh bells" could bo heard in tho streets of Jacksonville ou Tuesday, the 0th inst. H. F. Phillips has sold his 320 aero farm on Griffin creek to 1). R. White, of Plumas county, Cal. Tho now proprietor is expected to move on tho farm in a few days, Al. Hadley was killed at Silver Lake, in Lako county, says tho Stato Line Herald, by being thrown from a wagon while descending a hill, and the wagon and load falling on him. Tho brake gave way, and bunco tho accident. He waa 27 )ears old, and leaves a widow and two children, i:sl nrttic Mniiiitittiis. Mr. 11. McCartney, assistant superintend ent of tho N. 1. R. R. Co., reports 50 miles of tho road already grided i also eloven thousand ties, between titty and scvcnty-tlvo thousand feet of lumber, and a large number of rails at Wallula, awaiting shipment to Aiusworth, Western Wasblufton Territory. Tho (louring mills of Pomcroy, W. T., are ruunlng night and day. Papers have been ordered drawn for the in corporation of Yakima City. Tho grand jury of Walla Walla county recommend that a new court house bo built. Ruildings reported as springing up like Tho Finny Tribe In Council. mushrooms at Medicine Lake. Four becun and finished within a few days. A . . 'I A WUa Man. Ono ilny hist week, siys an exchange, Mr. Mark Congor anil two other gentle men were in the mountains ubou four miles southwest of Fhienix hunting deer with hounds. Whilo sittiug on a log awaiting tho approach of gamo they ob serveel n man coming towards them, but who evidently did not see them. Tho nun approached eloso enough to lo rec ognized as MoseM Klliott alias Frank Williams, who was reported to havo left for California some time ago with n bond of horses. This person is tho most im portant defendant in the case of tho North Western Mutual Life Insurance Company versus Jeremiah Hlliott and others, and as it might bo thought that we have a wild man in our midst we give tho above to allay all fears. With no other object in view than n respectful obedience to tho public in structions in that important mnttcr of tho fish in council, wo append tho follow ing additional details of this deliberate assembly on tho high seas. Thero was a strong feeling in favor of displaying the national emblem. Accordingly n stripod bass, with more than thirty-eight starfish at his head was unfurled to tho brtczo. "Hurrah l" shouted n halibut, upon which thero was a general clapping of fiiiH, tho red fish, and white fish and blue fish Binging in chorus, "Tho lied, White and Blue," "1 move," cried tho had dock, "that tho perch go to tho top of tho flag, in order that victory may perch on our banner.'' A salamander hero nroso and at tempted to sing "Tho Uonnio Blue Flag," but his seditious efforts wcro received with "Go to pot," "firocatcr," etc. Tho harmony of tho meeting was hero disturbed by the conduct of n lobster Ho rushed up to tho horse mackerel and hailed him with : "Old horse, givo us your fin; how aro you I" "Got out, you red-nosed son of tho pot," retorted tho mackerel excitedly. A duel was imminent until tho lob ster explained that ho had bcon Buffer ing lately with a boil, which had made him somowhat irritable. Ho held out his cluw for forgiveness. Tho mackerel declined to tako it until somo friends re ported that tho lynch-pin wns nil right and thon the lobster and mackerel shook, which made thu crocodilo cry and tho whitto blubber. "Let us havo a littlo music," yelled a young tomcod. Tho Hwordlish complied with this stiRxestion nn( untie; with much spirit nnd feeling "Tho Uwortl of Bunker Hiil," tho lamprey eel ncojinpanying him on tho lluto. A Rtnr fish, who mado change nt tho cntrnnco (having been se lected to that position in face of a pro tost that boing tho Ntar fish ho would bo light-fingered), nt this stage reported a htmngcr hooking atlmlsston. lie waa waited on by a committee on credentials. Thoy found n careless, easy-going chnp, bespattered with ink, and froo nnd easy with his fin nt tho lunch-counter. "I'm cuttlefish," ha explained, "I'm s re porter." "Let him in," said tho com mittee. "I should liko n seat as near tho mermaids as possible," observed the reporter, making u memorandum of the timo of his arrival on tho back of a whito fish. An old frog, with ono eyo out and a green pcuey coat on his back, hero iH-ggcd leavo to read n paper on "Mu tual Protection, tho only Piscatorial Safety." Hj said, when ho was young, in tho polywog period of his existoncc, as it wore, ho waa ablo to point a moral or adorn a tail. That timo waa gonoby. Ho had ceatod to bo a tail-bearer, no wished to lustre, howovsr, a legacy for posterity. "A hind lcMr," ariaJ a vein U tha convention. The Terr retimed: "The oomiat? year is leap year, and the frogs should tako somo action thereby " "Ulil hiroahall, ahoa ted several del egates. "I will hiro a, haul," retorted tho frog, indignantly, "and havo ovory mother's son of yo hauled over the coals." Here tho whalo shouted, "A ship, a shin in sight." "You aro blowing," said a shark. "I declare this convention neljourned without date," roared tho chairman, and in a moment thereafter not a head was seen abovo the surface. Tho Death of Mrs. Dickens. Tho death of Mrs. Charles Dickens, thu widow of tho great novelist, is an nounced from England Sho had bcon ill for nearly two years. Sho was known only becauso she bore tho name of tlio man whoso powerful and charm ing works huvi boon so widely read in England and America. Unhappily, Mrs. Dickons and her husband became estranged from each other many years ago, and nt ono timo thero was much talk in tho press nbout it, Tho troublo seems to have grown out of her inability to thoroughly follow him in Ids literary life. Sho appears to havo been no of thoso ladies who nover could enjoy or understand Dickens' novels , and, strange as it may seem, it it not ditlicult to find many who will uiako that confession. Ho found so much to tay of tho poor and lowsr classes of society, and was so contemptuous to tlio aristocratic side of society, that many conventional natures havo been repelled instead of attracted by his works. Mrs. Dickons may havo com plained of his themes or his style ; may have ovinceii want ot appreciation ot and regard for his genius; may havo been uncongenial ami insipid in her con vcrsation and tone ; no one out of the immediato domestic circle, perhaps, ful ly knows ; but it is certain that they lived practically apart for a long time. But whatever the reason, this domes tic unpleasantness waa tho shadow in Dickens' life and fame, As n strong aud successful man, tho favorito of soci ety and literature, it would have leen nobler and more chivalrous for him to have borne with any real or imagined weakness of his wife, and been to her tho husband he promiseel to bo wlteu both wcro young. The very qualities ho so vividly demote! and illustrated in somo of tho finest characters of his nov els would have been better illlustmtcd and exhibited in his own home life, had hejbeen thoroughly devoted to tho wife of his young mauho jJ. Nan the Nowaboy. Nan tho Newsboy Is nmong tho latest of tho odd characters which spring into fumo from time to tune out f the vn ricd lifo of tho great city of Now York. A year aco lie formed a littlo U.uui, con sisting of himself nnd two others, to patrol tho East river docks at night nnd rescuo persons from drowning. Somo charitable person heard of tho boys, gavo thera a floating station to livo in, boats, neat bluo uniforms, and a weekly salary to devote their whole timo to tho work. Nan's real name is Wm. J. O'Neil. Ho ia a thorough strcot Arab in his manners, and uses tho dialect common among ragged newsboys nnd bootblacks. Tho regulations by which .tho associa tion should bo governed, according to his idea, nro few and simple. As jotted down with other matters in his rough log-book, they nro : 1. Mombers shall do whatever tho President orders them. 2. No ono Bhall bo a member who drinks or gets drunk. 3. Any member not down in Dover dock, and miss ono night except in Hick ncss, shall be fined nfty cents by ordor of tho President. 4. No cursing allowed. Spelling is not Nan'fl strong point, and I havo taken tho liberty to arrango this according to tho usual cus tom. Nor docs ho keep records in a scientific manner. Cnso A, in his lint of rescued, sets down only, " A Jow boy." Case 5 is " A rod-headed boy who fell in the water, but could not find his name." Tho first meeting of the association took placo ono pleasant day in June, 1878. "Wo wns a ijittin' on Dover dock," Nan says, "tellin stories. Wo got talk ing about how a body was took out 'most every day, and somti ono said two hun dred was took out in a year. Wo hecrcd nbout tho lifo-savin' on the Jersey coast, too. So I snvs: 'Say wo makes u' 'soci- nlion of it, boyH, for to go along tho docks iiickin' 'cm tin regular.' 'All right!' they tays, nnd they nomernatcs mo ,for preserdent. Wo thought wo might as well be (loin that, as loauu on corners." Might as well bo bravo nnd humane fellows, that i., us idlo and dangerous loungers! Yes, indeed they might, and this modest way of putting it ia infinitely to Nun's credit. Tho thrco have nothing very distinc tive in their appearance, excepting their plain uniform. Nan has a rosy com plcxion and a serious mannor. Ho has sold papers almost over hiuco ho can re momber. Edward Kelly is paler and slighter, and has quito a decided air of dignity. Gilbert Long is sun-browned, ami has a merry twinklo in his eye. Ho looks as if likely to bo tho most reckless ly persistent of tho lot in any daneprous straits, Tho beya were all born in Cher ry atreat. Long has been a tin-smith's apprentice, and Kelly a leather-cutter. Thoy have with them also flro unpaid volunteers who snrro at night Tho forco is dividod into threo watches. Cherry atreot and its vicinity abound in tonemonts, sailor boarding houscsand drinking saloons. Tho uppor part of South street is a kind of breathing place for this squalid quarter. It is much favored by idle urchins ojpccially, who find n hundred ways to amuso them selves among the boxes aud bales. A breczo blows from tho water across tha edgo of tho dusty, cofl'eo colored piers, and gives a broath of fresh air. Tho fish dock and tho old "dirt" dock in i'eck blip oo summer evenings aro whito with tho figures of bathers. Often, too, oven when tho law was moro stringent against it than now, they found meant to swim in tho daytimo. They wrcstlo and tumble over ono nn other, remain in tho watoi for hours, swim across the swift stroam to Brook lyn and back, and divo to the muddy bottoms for coins thrown to them by spectators. This was tho training school of our life-savers. Accidents wero vory fr9 quent here, and tho boys mado many rescues without thinking vory much of them, Their house is n littlo box of n place, painted bright blue, moored under tho shade ot the great Brooklyn bridge, and close to both tho Fulton nnd Uoosefelt street ferries. Tho front door of tlio establishment, as it might bo called, is through n hole in a dilapidated fonco; thon down a ladder, and perhaps across a canal boat or two to where it lies wedged iu in tho crowded basin. Thoy havo a rowboat and a lifo saving raft of tho catamaran pattern. Inside, tho station has threo bunks, some lockers to hold miscellaneous ar ticles, a small stovo in tho corner, nnd a small case of books contributed by tho Seamen's Friend Society. These nro largely accounts of courage and inge nuity in danger likely to bo njipreciated by boys in their circumstances. When they unbend nftei duty is over, Nan plays tho banjo nnd what he calls the ,cordeeu," and there is quits a social time. Nan had saved eight persons, Long six, and Kelly four, before tho associa" tion was formed, and Nan had received a silver medal from tho United States Life Saving Association. His most gallant case was the rescuo of three young mon overturned from a rowboat by collision with tho Harlem steamer off Eleventh street. He was selling his papers on tho dock at the time. When his notice was attracted of the accident, ho at onco threw the papers down and pluuged in. Ho was "When you drowns," ho says, speak ing'fcolingly from experience, "not n. thing you ever did but it comes up in your head. Then, maybe, after that you hoar a k'.n' o' noiso liko music in your ears." Long's best case was the saving of u son of Polico Sergeant Webb's in Dover dock, and Kelly's of a boy at Bay Hidge, who drow him down twice in tho effort St. Nicholas. d j ssy Tho Bonanza Fields. Tho Skagit mines in Washington Territory nro creating a great deal of ox citoment which will result in many nn unfortunnto hastening to that locality to find that ho has nrrivod too Into or that tho reports havo boon so greatly exaggerated that they havobcen docoivod. Thero nro parties in Portland who claim that "Prof." Tiernan is n fraud nnd knows no mora about mining than a Bcrkshiro shoto docs of tho Zulu war. Thoy speak from experienco thoy claim. A dispatch from Seattle last evening says : Iho livo Uassiar miners who leu Vic toria for tho Skagit mines on tho 28th ult, via Fort Hope, arrived horo last ovenitig via Skngtt river. Thoy wero nino days making tho trip from Victoria to Hope and thenco seven days to tfio mines. They prospected ltuby crock ox tensive). Each located a claim and report very favorably. They stato that men nro constantly arriving nnd locating claims. At the timo they left tho snow wns fivo feet deep in tho mountains and but littlo on tho creek. Another dispatch from Port Townsor.d said : An experienced Cariboo miner passed through this city to-day on his way from .tho Skagit gold mines, where ho and six others hnvo located 1,760 feet, which thoy intend working in tho Spring. Ho reports the work heretofore done us irregular nnd not of tho proper mining character. Ho washed out nbout GO cents to four pans ou the up per dirt, but had not reached the bed rock, which is probably eight feet from tho surface Ho thinks tho diggings will pay SIC a day to the hand when properly managed. Ho thinks at least fi.OOO people will Ioavo for tho mines in tho Spring and considers tho mines ex tensive. Alvont 70 elaims havo already boon located. Ho thinks tho trail from British Columbia via Fort Hope will bo preforrod to that from Seattlo ou account of tho low rates of freightago on tho former. The Border Rufllans. From Victoria, under dato of Wednes day, tho following particulars of tho Crimea committed by tho gang of outlaws havo been received: FasMngora by Monday's steamer fcam tho upper country aay that Usher waa auoc uy tne youngest ot tue Aioiansv a lad of 10. Oa being approach! W, Usher and lui party tho outlaws opal Ore, ono ot the shots wonndmg Ufl who dismounted and approached leaving his pistol, which ho doaaj mat soom to havo used, in his saddlo holster. Haro throw his pistol down and attacked Usher with it knifo, cutting him across tho faco and bearing him to tho ground. Young McLean then camo up and shot him through tho head. In the mean time it appears that firing had been kept up between tho other McLeans and Mo Leod and Palmer, during which Ms Leod and tho oldest McLean woro woundoel. Having emptied their pistols and seeing that Ushor was dead, tho two surviving omcers roue on. Tlio mur derers then proceeded to Palmer's houso and inquired for him, and on being told that ho had gono to Kamloopi, rode off, tho elder McLean remarking that he had an account to settle with him. They then went to T. J. Trapp's, and finding no ono nt home, took a Henry riflo and other arms. It is supiwsed that their next visit was to Kelly's, and that thoy mot with resistance from him. Ho was a resoluto and determined man. At all ovents, it seems certain that they delib erately murdorcd him. The wound re ceived by tho leader of the gang was probably tho causa of their shutting themselves up in tho cabin, whoro they wero surrounded. Thoy made several attempts to forco their wny through tho cordon by which they were surrounded, but thoy wero forced back, and on Fri day they surrendered. In tho skirm ishes two Indians woro wounded. He Missed Something. taken out dition. himself in a drowning con- Last evening tho steamer Wide West ran up to tho O. S. N. Co.'s dock, where sho discharged her passengers, after which she returned to Aiusworth dock to discharge her freight. At tho land ing n keen eyed littlo man cried : "I say, cap'n, theso haro arn't nil. I have left something aboard, that's it fact." " Them's all tho plunder you brought on board, an) how' answered the cap tain. " Wal, I see now ; I grant it's all 0. K. aceordin to list ; boxes, threo chests, two band boxes nnd portmanty; two hams, ono part cut, threo ropes of in yens and a tea kettle. But eeo cap'n, I'm duborsome; I feel there's somethin' short, though I've counted them nino times over, and nover took my eyes off urn while on board ; there's somethin' not right, somehow." " Wal, stringer, time's un : them's all I know's on ; so just fetch your wife and fivo children out of the cabin, cos I'm off." "Them's urn ! Darn it. them's uml I knowed I'd forgot something 1" iTaitun'. , Wfyy -j,-a-f !' vm UMW