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I,IHMJL IR J!l K A T E » O F A D V K K T lM .V r. fh f Säftlilij Sollt (fountg One square— ten lines or less—first ins:r lion, - . . - - ? 3 00 Each additional insertion, IS ISSUED EVERY MONDAY MORNING. J. H. U PTON ^ Publisher. Term *-«O n« year, $3 00; 150; three months, $100. six months. TOMS FOB CLUBS: F ire copies, one year, $13 75 ; Ten copies sne year, $25 ODUanti for any greater number at $2 50 annum. V ¡Sub»cp/j>tion m t*t be pa id »trie tig in advance. Y O L . I. D A L L A S , O R E G O N . M O N D A Y , O C T O B E R 5, 1808. _____ N O . 29. SW' 1.*9 $ 1 J rr~' ■"•T.'-i- -Ti-r. 7 * hold a few quotations from some of tin* I nearly Gw years, and during this whole W O R D S T H A T B L R r\. most learned physiological writers in tone had never manifested the least dis our country. l)r. Thos. S. Kirkbride, position to injure any one. - The cir- A True Piophet. H O T E L . of the Deuusylvuuia Hospital for tho cumstnnci-s -m rounding the first case To His Excellency G eo . L . W ooes , Main St - , Corvallis, Oregon. On a certain occasion Daniel W eb j appeared to warrant the belief that it Gaveruor of the State <>/ Oregon : Insane, says : “ It becomes the officers of Hospitals was more of accident than of design, ster, the great apostle of the Constitu In compliance with law, we herewith W a l l a m e t rniversity. li. S. Altree, î : Proper. for the Insane steadily to impress on the j but in order to guard against all danger, tion and the Union, speaking of the transmit our third biennial riport of the (Session o f I S C 8 - 0 . condition ot* the “ Oregon Hospital1 fur friends of patients, Hiid themselves, to as we thought, lie was confined to the Abolition party, said: oard and Lodging on reasonable term? remember how difficult it is to say that house. A lew weeks subsequent to the Meals at all hours. i the Insane.” “ IF TIIE INFERNAL FAN AT- auy oue is absolutely incurable. Kv< ry first act, the \\ arden. one morning, upon T " ? a l M! ! ^ K » » » / . « I T . I W M e number of State end pr.vn.e ease, 'no matter what its character or opening the patient’s d<*or, found, him I f 8 AND ABOLI i lO N ISfS K\ Kit patients remaining in the Hospital dwatioii, should bo.placod under, the standing there with a heavy s’at which GE1 BOW ER IN I t lK llt HANDS, J. té. L E R O , , PRACTICAL It A K 111'R and H A IR RTLI 1>AY O f N O V E M B E R , S e p t .'l , 180l5 : cireuiustunces believed to he most favor lie h.id wrenched from his bedstead. THEY W IL L OVERRIDE THE DR E S S E «. Males able to secure a restoration, and should and with which he aimed a blow at the i C O N S T Iil ilO N , SET 1 HE Sl - Indepentlcnee, Oregon And Continue Four Months. Female — — — — — -1 le steadily kept there. I f the patients Warden, who retreated, followed bv the DR EM L COL 111 A I DI«I’ 1ANCK, do not then recover, they will probably patient. At this time, one of the other) ^ H AN tiE AND MAK.E LA Wo 1 0 The M U T U A L DEPARTM EN T is now es Total - - - - - - 80 improve, and, at any rate, will not be inmates, who had just come from his ^ l I ’lllLM SE LV Eit, LAY ^ jv J- II. C A A T E K IU 2tV, 13. I>. tablished as a Number o f patients admitted from come worse from lack of pi oper care and bed, and seeing the trouble, en leavored LEN I H AN l)o ON I HOSE \\ 110 PERM ASEST ISSTI1VII OS. to interfere, whereupon he turned and j DITLElt \\ 1 1 II 1 II»*#At IN T U L ilt treatment. Sept. !, 1SGG, to Sept. 1, 18GS: PIIY’ SICI AN & SI*RGEON. “ It is behind the age, at this day, to dealt him such a heavy blow as to frac ODIN IONS OR DARE QUESTION Malts - - - - - - 42 The means of illustration in each Department D I X I E . O R I X O J i. AND speak of institutions f r incurables. If ture the skull, which resulted in death 1 li E1R IN F A L L IB IL IT Y , Females — — - — — IB edieal Examiner l<>r Muuhattun life Iu- are ample and the course of iustructi-u thoro’ F I N A L L Y B A N K R U I 'T T II E there were no other objections to them within a few hours. anU complete. Material tor M suranee to . ot N. \ . — and there are many grave ones— the \\ bile such cases arc deeply to be re COUNTRY A N D DELUGE I T Total - - - - - - G1 P R A C T IC A L A N A T O M Y fact that Omniscience alone can tell gretted, and should at all times be w i t h b l o o d .” Whole number o f State and private J O \ I> THE J E W E L E R , with certainty who are in ibis condition, guarded against by all reasonable means That par'y did, by diut of sheerest Will be supplied. Students, upon arriving-in patients treated in the Hospital lfuui S ta te S tr e e t. S a le m . O r e g o n , should be sufficient. at our command, yet the experience of jugglery, finally get into power, and town, are ft <|Ut**t«‘«l to call on the Dean, who Sept. 1, ISGG, to Sept. 1, 1SGS: s the place to go ami ge< your watches. will give any information desired. “ Among the pleasant results of treat all *ho have the charge* of in>ane pa Lettesf the result is before lire country. 'Jake clocks and jewelry repaired in good style. addressed to the Dean will receive prompt at Males - - - - - - 102 meut in this institution within the lust tients, teaches that, alter jpvery effort 1 warrant all my work for one yea r; if it is Female — — — — — 81) tciitiou. three years, has been the recovery of and device has been exhausted, su h heed, Datiiots! not right. I make it right. ao unusual number whose diseases, from ea«cs will, from time to time, unfor R E M E M B E R T U E S II O 1» M E D IC A L B O O K « Total - - - - - - 141 their long continuance and discouraging j innately occur. A F o r MLR SENATOR i h s i m ’ TE— IN THE POST 0 V KICK E l’ ll.I>ING. The number of State and private Can be procured in this city. character, seemed to offer but the faint- j These two cases, which transpired A D a i n f u l S t o k y .— Y est rd.ty th e X. R. Fiue watches repaiaed with the great patients discharged, from Sept. 1, 18G0, est hope of a favorable change Every j within a few week? of each other, are n o lice re co rd s an o m e e d tliat a m m est care. S3, i :\ v y v n i i ri TI. !> ., ti. . , to Sept. 1 18GS. was titty. such case is an important lesson, and the only deaths by violence that we have | hud been picked up on Magazine street, Dean ul the Metiicul Faculty, O f those discharged, were cured, teaches more forcibly than any essay had to r cord since the establishment of in a sick and destitute cow1iri«»n. and D r . w 7 ll. J EEFRX ES* 2S6 w SALEM, OREGON. males. IS , females, S ; total, 2G. I in that can be written, the value of hope tills institution , a period of more than taken to ¡he Uharitv Hospital. These proved, i: ales, - ; lemahs, - ; total. 4. and r perseverance that will not yield six years. few lines Were all. Tie y gave no warn Not insane, females, 1 ; total, 1. Died, on account ot discouragements in hos No case, of suicide has ever occurel in'' of a h:s*oi'V that was full of tho V I I Y S I C I A N . et S U R G E O N . males, 13; teníales. 8 ; total, lo. Es pitals for the insane, and that the ar iu this Hospital, notwithstanding many most eventful aiul mn»rkaule advon- A T C O <T ! A T CO^iT ï Ï I'.O l A. O IÎE C O X . caj ed, males. 3 ; total, .'J. rangements of no institution can well be and persisieut egorts have been made tu^es. For this siek and destitute m n e NumLer remaining in Hospital, Sept. -1 r s x i i K nrnb-r-igned having concim ici to close too good for even the most unpromising by ] a'ients determined to end their was once a Statesman, a Lepieseu'ativo Special attci t i <• n given to Ohstetries j J_ out their entire Stock, consisting o f 1, 1SGS ; Males, GG; females, 2«3; class of patients. Although the prac .leys in this manner. Those who are and Senator in C mgress, a d a lawyer d Ut a 8 s ot wouitu. total, 9 l. tice is often exactly the reverse, still it not familiar with asylums, can know of distinguished ability. At one time taciterai Yïercâ.ainli-c, O f the patients discharged cured, 0 is not the le.-s true that the most unfor hut little of the continue*! care aud he was the idol of a great party in a were inmates of the Hospital less than tunate and unpromising class of patients vigilance required to ga '.td these un neighboring State, ami th ‘re w-is no > - "*A nyft : u < * < T <w u f . l t » ) ’ ; ueh as three month; six, between three and require some o f the highest a'tiibutcsof fortunate beings from 'i*1 taking of position of place and coofilence he Al \ VM)LK, Dry Coods Hrocerlcs, flotnltig. •**»*-»«- >ix months; seven, bet weeu six months Christian character, and the most dis 1 heir own lives, or that of those ini me could not have held. But, like many I> E .ì T E * T » . and Siio; Hardware. Cro kery, Tin and one year; a..d lour, for more than criminating intelligence, lor their pro diately around them. others, bis in emperatc habit# s mu for one year. W are, Drug's and M ctlkiiici« e tu , etc.. Rook FFICE on State street, over Gill. It is a noticeable fact that, of the six feited him the I'. -pect of tits friends and per management.” Store, Salem, Oregon. O f th ose discharged improved, two Will sell the same In the association of medical super teen deaths which we have reported as the confidence of Ids p'-ty. Sinking All operation* performed by u* are warranted were under treatment less than three iutendenta of the various i. .¡ne asylums hi\ing oicured during n the .... past two j lower and low- r in the pit of ruin, he to give satisfaction. months, and two for more than one A t C o s t . but one resulted from acute dis dissolved his fatni'y connections. His in the United States, held iu 18G7, in ye* jr-iP One of the firm m ay be found in our j our. discussing this "propo-iiion, Dr C. II. eu-e; all the others, with the exception wife abandoued liim b:s childr n f>»r r>ffi<e from S o'clock a . M.. until 1 I* of each W e w ill also soil ou r Tinnroveinents». T h ir te e n m ules n od th re e female.-* day. s. D. M c C a u l e y , Nichols, superintendent of the (Joverii- «if two from violence, were doomed f om sook him. and. ul ue in the world, he E. V. 11. ALE X A N D E R . Storehouse, Warehouse, Barn, Stable, have eied since our last report. I8ly incut lusaue Asylum at Washington, the vtr; nature of their diseas *s. Ure wa# pi k<'J up iu tlj'* streera o f New Granerv and some other Outbuildings, j O f those deaths, five resulted from said: regard this a a high compliment to the ' Orleans siek and destitute, without “ Asylums exclusively for the chronic healthfulness of the locality and the monoy and without friends. Th-ro ire together with Five Acres of Good ! pulmonary consumption ;_ one fr-i* or- H M 7 .S ÍL V if ( W I S H ’ E L L , r • | irauic disease ot the brain ; four from dependent insane will, in my judgment, various surroundings which give tone many hero who will ivcoguize the mail. Land, set in Timothy. There " is on i epilepsy - . . .... ’ one from . ^ j and general debility; A r c h i t e c t » a s i l i P r a t i s e a l i.auj, .-wri if established under the most favorable and vigor to the system, thus warding - - Y 0. Piatt/une. the premises a Splendid V eil of V ater. ; atUft, Uiar)ja j two from the exhaustion circumstances, be atteuded with untold off physical disease and atlprding to the HOUSE CARPENTERS, R emedy f o r \ sfuma .— V {Vien4 WING & APPEL. of chronic mania; one from epileptic moral suffering on tin* part of their tin* brain and nervous system the very best who is desirous of r* li ving the .-uiler- ---------- I convulsions ; and two from physical in. happy inmates. The tkillful and lui opportunity of recovering their normal I N D 1’ E N I) E N 0 E O R E G O N ings oí the afflicted offers gratuitO’i>ly £>5""A11 those indebted toil#. either by ; ju r ie s to tllU braitl. mane cate of the chronic in connection tone aud condition. \ Y ILL take Contracts for lluildiug Houses .,r bock a-eouut, aro expueted to call ami settle the foilowing reined * lor ary asihuritic with the acute insane, is more economi N A T IV ITY . I f of every daseripii«>u a'ol kind in t«wu immediately. IMPROVEMENTS. readers who may chance to read this •lui fottutiy. Salist.o lion guaranteed. 5tt WING A A FI*EL. O f the ninety-one patients now re. cal than the seperate ski lful and hu Since our hist ren *rt, we luve made article. He says : LouDvilU P..lk county, Oregon. Sept. 2S, *t»S. maining in the lL>spifal. fifty seven are mane care o f tl le chronic insane can several valuable i.nproveineiGs th reby I f any one will follow the simple natives of tie l nited Slates; twelve ol possibly be made. adding greatly to the comfort of tie directions which I gire l know it wi.l *• L am aware that it is assorted that J . E. C O I* L I \ S , Ireland; ten "f Germany; two of Nor patients and to the ceuv inienee of the T H O S . B O Y C E , way : one of France; one of Austria ; | the chronic insane can be properly sup institution. A beautiful fir grove has give a permanent cure. Give tho per ATTORNEY AND C3UN3£LDA AT LAV, son subject to tho asthma a dos«* of ported by thems' Ives at hs> cost than ì d v i : r t 3 s i \ g A(* i : a t ! une of Sent land ; one ol England ; three been surrounded by a high fence, add plain flour of sulphur an J mola «s every, of I’anada; one ot Chiua; aud two they can he in first-class (sometimes ing larg.-ly to the plea-ura ground. In DALLAS, OREGON. day. It is u sure cure if its adminis NO. 30 (SECOND FLOOR.) called curative) in-t.tutions, hot 1 have are hall' breeds. this quiet, shady retreat, where the tration be persisted in whether the per not at any time, from any source, read PECIAL attention given to Collections, M E RC 11A NTS’ EX CH A N G E, FORM OF INSANITY. temperature of the most sultiy «lay is son having the inalai! « he old or voti ig. or hoard w hat uppers to me to be the ¡ti.il to matter# conticele«! with real Estate pleasant, the patients resort at all times. It is a very «-heap remedy, unti perle« t y C alifornia Street, below Montgomery, O f those reitiainirg, the form o f dis shadaw of an argument to support the wheu the will . permit, aud spend i _,..i ., . weather . 1 * , harmless. Ill*’ quantity of mi pinir ¡<» ease is, mania, sixty; monouiomaiiia. assertion. I am in favor of large in SAN ERAS CISCO. their time iu the various exercises and 1 begin with should be sin ¡il— - not enough J. c . C A R H W E L I* five . melancholia, four ; dementia, six stitutions. in which th# usual propor amusements provided for them, watched D E A T IS T , with the molasses or h<-m y to create any tions ot chronic and curable insane iu teen ; and idi >cy, six. over by faithiul and competent wardens. B L A C K S!!! ITIIlKCt. thing like diarrhoea, but just cuouglt to P O R T L A N D . ORICDON, O f the whole number now on hand, a particular community are treated, bo- A wash and dry house has also b en keep the bowels regu'ur. It must ! e NEW SHOP. thirty-two are considered curable; forty^ cause reason and experience both teach D EN TAL O M «— NO Si) First street- lv erected,- and has facilitated greatly the tiik« u every day as well wheu the patient that the demands of the most enlight pposite Salem, on the Spring Valley mud. two incurable; eleven doubtful; and six operations in tlii- special department. brea lies Well as ill.” ened philantlirophy can be fully met at 1 o f a uiile from tbc Ferry, tlio under are id.otic. J . XV. M cAFKU, M. D.. ESCAPES. signed have opened a Three private patients wore reported less cost per individual in large than iu So M any “ I fs .’ — The Frangfmt The escapes for the past two years in the Hospital, Sept. 1, 180G, and two small collections of the insane.” ( Kv. ) Vet mitt a says : The proclama Blacksmith and Wagon Shop In a convention of the superinten have been less, by one.half, than tur the have been received since ; all of whom tion ol Secretary S«*wa-?d, announcing dents of the poor ot the State of New preceding period o f two years. Where all kinds of work in their line will be have been discharged cured. the ratification of the Xi \i l t amend- Office— near residence, corner of Liberty and executed promptly and with dispatch. The number of patijnts adin tted, The ratio of recoveries to the admis York, called to discuss the condition m tit to the Coi gtitutioii, m >-called, is Court street#, Salem. lt f j. xX 'R E P A IR IN G done to order.'-Q-T and relief of the insane poor, it was has b«‘en less, by one thud, than they sions is forty three per cent. altogether unsati.-!'actor\ t«» the Jacobins .MANN k 1’ IEIU E. ;¡ti The deaths amount to eleven per cent, “ resolved, that insane persons consid were for the two previous years, ai d the It contains ho many “ iii*.” He pro- ered curable, and those supposed incur increase has been less than one thiid. of the number treated. J . E D A VID SO N , JI I> > eladms the amendteent ratifi.-«l if tfie TO To yeur Excellency, we tender our The highest number of patients at able, -h*uil<l not he provided for iu sep St;it« s of Oli o and New Jersey had no sit cere teiwiksfor the continu'd interest PH YSICIAN & SURGEON. any one time was ninety-four; the low arate establishments.” right to r*Hciud their rauUc.ition, and r f o u n d r y m z n I nd manifested in the prosperity of the est number, eighty ; and the average I N D E P E N D E N C E - - - OREGON. HEALTH. if the pret«*nded g*<v« run»ent of the BLACKSMITHS number under treatment during the Asylum and the welfare o f its inmates. Southern States toumled on the C«»n- But few J. A. APPLEGATE. W. C. WHITSON. , cases . of , acute diseases . j « have :'ii*l als*» for the p«-rsonal kindness and whole period, State aud private, was gressiomil rec instruction acts, are coil- Ciimbcrlaiidund Lehigh occurred since our fast report, ana those I , r . i encouragement extended to ourselvc-. eighty seven. Applegate A VI oil, stitutionul and valid It. is unkonl o f have readily yielded to treatment. J ne To Dr. J. S. Giltner, Siate Visiting The number of males in the Hospital Attoruies at Law, COAL and PIG IRON. causes which, have contributed largely Dhysiciau, we return our wkeowledg Seward to be suggesting tb*se ugly since our last report, was one hundred DALLAS, : OR EGOS. to this continued state of good health. meiits for his profe-sional aid, counsel, questions. am] two; aud the number of females, lO<H) TONS. ‘ Office — In the Court House. are, healthy location perfect drainée ol aH(, ,mJ lor hu slrl(!t altend thirty-nine. / That man is hiuiself deserving *»f pity, t no premises, an abundant supply ot I ance to . the • , In Store and Afloat, For Sale by duties of . «• his position • iu t be who can become personally acquainted The highest number of males, at any pure spring water, the cleanliness and half of tho State and its wards. J. R. DOYLE, (L G . C U R L . one time, was sixty eight; aud the high with th«* temporal and 8piiitu.il coudi, San Francuco. [lOly] 413 1415 P acific ot est number of females, twenty-five.— thorough ventilation of the buildings, To our Superintendent, Matron, and A N D C O U N SE LO R a r atto rn ey nutritious ami well.cooked food , and ex. Wardens, our thanks are d ie for the tion of the m isses of the populati u in ! The lowest number of males, at any » LAW, ercise in the open air at all times when faithful performance of the varied and a gr*‘at city, and not be moved Th *se I one time, was fifty-nine ; and the|low w e e p s t a k e s m the weather wou’d permit; to these, in arduous duties of their several pu ¡turns, who fold their hands, and sav it is use- I IIH ASIII.lt, est number of females, twenty one. IL L practice in all the Court* ofR eeotd conjunction with such medical treat and for their kindness and consideration hiss to attempt any rescue as they stand For the past four years, the percent Never Clogs and Far the Best. and inferior Court# o f this ¡State. beside tills surging tide ef evil on which ment a- each special ease demanded, are age of recoveries has been forty three, to be attributed the favorable results always manifested to those under their immortal souls are being swept on to Office, in Watkind# A Co’ s Brick, up stair#. at DODD’S, Salem. 18tf charge. and will compare favorably with our ruin, those who refuse to do anything which we have to report, and the gen In conclusion, permit us to express because th«* plans they think to be best results of the best institutions of the eral good health that has prevail, d, and M UST S ETTLE UP- the hope that this most unfortunate are not adopted, and ilmsc who strive, BOV HAITI A L A W S O \ , country. This gratifying state of fact- T HAVE SOLD MY ENTIRE STOCK OF „ liu lu | ' es us t n . i u u e j e ffu « » I d be still prevails, amongst the inmates ot | class of our fellow citizens. b»r wiiom for any reasons, to hinder the labors o f A Dry Good# and Groceries to J. U. Brown, our institution. Attorneys k Counsellors at Law, and | we h vr. hi bored f«*r ye.n« to provide a oth- rs who are endeavoring to aul them, all those indebted to me by book account, halt of those placed under OUT Cure, SO We take pride in saying— and w.- comfortable li one. with kind and jndi will confer a favor, by coming forward ¡aimed- that they may soon be restored to reason, believe we are not overstating the facts cions treatment, shad in the future re should never be ealLd Christians.— SALEM, OREGON. iatcly and making settlement, either by Cash anJ t() th ejr lrien J 8 or Note. J. G. Brown is aurhomed to settle , _ , . , 1 — that our patients appear to be as well ceive whatever of kinUnes.s and elnrity Occident. all accounts. ! • * " c Drge number of those considered OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE n27tf cared for in every respect as thtisc.of the it may require to sti.l afford to them W yoming Nor O rganized .— T he W. C. BROWN, j incurable and doubtful, shows couclu same clast iu any institution in the those blessings. Territory of W yomii g cannot be organ sively the great importance of the early GEO. II." C H A V C E , J- C. HAWTM.IRNU, I d purfuance of arrangemontfl Just entered tre a tll)e o t „(• ,|10 ¡ „ s ln e - Bat. even Union. ized at pres« nt « wing to tbe fact that A M LOKYGA. into *s per above announcement, i mane my , . , , , , « D E A T H S B Y V I O L EN C E. th** iffici-r- !ipr"in'c>l were mit confirm* bow# to all customers ot tbe bouse ami desire amongst this class, there are doubtless DENTIST, September 1, 1'->G8. ed prior («» the adj* 'trnn ent <»f ('ottgress. Two cases of homicide have unfor a continance o f their favors. Tbosa desiring some who, by proper and Continued SALEM, OREGON. T h** v p' ojile of i in* T'-rritory ire still good bargains in dry good#, groceries, etc., treatment, will vot recover and become tunutoly occurred since our last report, Mortgages Blank at tue S ignal subject t«> (be Î iws ot DakoU, *U COD** and were committed by a patient who Office mt Re * id «: 11 re, on Front between Z d Z X toS L .* °r * , »« /“' «j»'«*»- K-ni ¡«nee of ih. ia:!ure. £bem*keta mil Centre street*. n21 lU3m J- Q- BROWN. | In this connection, we cannot witli- bus been an inmate of the Hospital for I Office. m en’ C O L U M B IA N Ui N'P" - A liberal deduction will he made with yearly ¡i !v riiscrs, or per*«!.* advertising largely. L' gai tenders taken at their current value. Communication« of ¡1 personal character will be charged L.nf mlverti.-iug rates. Blank* »1 every ii erijitiun furnished at low rates on short notice, ' Legal and transient advertisement# must h« paid for in advance t > insure their publication. Advertisements not marked the length of t time lur which they arc to he published, will be iobertcdlni furbidilcu a:nl wliargotl aeeurdingly. All advertising bills must be paid quarterly D E P A R T M E N T OF REPORT of tho Physicians of the Oregon Hospital for the Insane, for the Tears 1P67- 8 . M E H tffl l\ ll X lltffilV . It I O s O Physician and Surgeon Salem, Oregon. W S V