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).
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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
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,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"
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