DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 27. 1870.
NO. 26.
VOL. 1.
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IV II AT SONG SIIALI, IT HE t
What shall it be? What fong
Wilt win your fancy, dear,
And move your heart to'sing
As mine i-i mov;d to hear? r
Shall it be gay or sad
Bright as the linnets' strain,
Or full of unwashed tears,
That dJiideu lifu -with pain ?
I touch the l:oys and w.vt.
Watching those dreamy eyes,
That hide their thought, as stars
Are hiJ in bluest skies;
N furtive flash betrays.
There is no tell-tale gleam;
H!p me then, dc-ar, to try
And read your waking dream.
Say, shall the song be ripo
With manners of the past,
With rosy blossoms shod,
With sunsLio erercast?
Shall scenes and sounds that were
In pleasant memories strong,
And song give life Bjjaia
- The day j when life was song?
Shall sadder fancies 2nd .
An echo in the tone .
'Till we are moved to. weep i,
. O'er sorrows not our vwii ? -Or
shall hcroio deeds
Move us to fierce delight,
As wben a clarion thrills
Tho pulses of the uight?
Shall laughter bubbUng rie,
Like streams that seaward go,
And, prodigal of life,
Wrestle to overflow ?
Or, 'neath a deeper spell,
Say, shall the musie move,
Stirring the hearts of alt -
Shall it discourse of love ?
Ab ! dreamy eyes that hide
Their burning thoughts so well,
A burning cheek reveals,
A tilcnt lip can tell,
What need to ask the strain
That joulb to youth will bring?
Lve it baa ever sung,
Love it ever will sing.
An Immense Contract.
The most extensive contract ever
awarded in this State was negotiated in
Philadelphia, on Friday last, between
the Central Improvement Company (of
which Philip Collins, hsrj., of this place
and his two brothers, Thomas and Peter
were members), and the Shenandoah
- Valley Railroad from Shepherdstown,
via Charlestown, Front Royal, Lexing
ton, &c., to the Virginia and Tennes
see Railroad, near Salem, a distance of
33 miles. The whole line, which will
' cost nearly 9,000,000, is to be com-
pleted and ready for the cars within
two years, and our word for it there
will be, no failure, either in time or
manner, on the part of a firm composed
pf such men as the Messrs. Collins.
We wish Mr. Hoi lad ay would ope
fate upon the principle above set forth.
But he thinks the profitable way to
build railroads is to commence but nev
er complete one, and always bo in a
great hurry and bustle and employ a
great number of Chinamen abbut the
pitting of every Legislature, -and es
pecially where they only, meet once in
woyearp, ; ; . vX
The following is the seventh and last
pection of the late naturalization law :
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
naturalization law Are hereby extended to
.. aliens of African nativity and to persona of
African descent. r
, Approved, July 14, 1870. ' '
Docs James O'Mcara and his mas
ters (Holladay and Williams) endorse
tit? and docs tho Oregonian findorso
the principle and policy t If not,
.' would it not be well, for that journal,
l according to its own idea of tliipqa, ! to
Identify itself with the Democracy ?
V tgubscribc. for jo JUWCAN. S
which passed the House of Represent-
atives at its last session, brought for
ward by Bingham, from the Judiciary
Committee, to regulate the mode of de
termining the ratification to an amend
raent to the Constitution of the United
States, as an argument in favor of
our leader of last week on that iuhjetit.
By this bill, if it should become' a law,'
but under Divine Providence wo ttope
it never may, tho Congress of the Uni
ted States may propose any amend
mcnt to the Constitution it -sees fit,
even to perpetuate itself in power j re
fer it to Legislatures then in session,
who had been elected by the people
without any reference to the proposed
amendment, induce them, through con
siderations of money or promise of fat
offices, to adopt the proposed amend
ment instanter, report it to the Secre
tary of State, who would immediately
promulgate it as a part and parcel of
the fundamental law ot the land, and
if the people should be unanimously
opposed to it, elect their next Legisla
tures upon that issue, and should con
vene them before the requisite number
of States had ratified tho amendment,
still they arc, by the provisions of this
bill, debarred the privilege of undoing
what the former Legislature had been
purchased to do, their will completely
thwarted, and the people compelled to
submit to a law repugnant to their
cherished institutions and which they
hate. If this be Republicanism then
we have misunderstood it. Wve say
that so long as the present system pre
vails, let the pcoplo of each Stato say,
through their Representatives, at any
jime before the requisite q umber is ob
tained, whether or not they want an
amendrocBt to pass. , No harm can re
sult from the latter course, while by the
former the people can be. completely
cheated out of their rights. We here
place ourselves on the record against
the passage of the law.
What journalist or public man in Ore
gon favors it ? but let our proposition of
last week prevail, and then the people
can ru, as they should, and one more
relic of monarchy will have been erad
icated from our institutions.
EARTHQUAKE IN THE MEDITERRA
NEAN. The Grecian Archipelago has
again been disturbed by a volcanic up
heaval, and with terrible results. For
two thousand years, we are told' fearful
convulsions have from time to time
changed the face of nature in that region.
Islands have suddenly risen out of the
depths of the sea, and as suddenly dis
appeared. In the recent earthquake,
the Island of Sintorin, which 'belongs
to the group of the Cyclades, celebrated
in the poets, and which since 18GS has
been consuming with hidden fires, was
riven throughout its whole extent, and
its capital, Thera, reduced to a heap
of ruins, while an adjacent island! was
swallowed up by the Mediterranean.
It does not appear that this latter was
inhabitated,' and we can only lament
that it was not the home of the Greek
brigands.'' ,?f
Santorin is a corruption of St.;Irrne,
the name given to the island in the
third century of the Chris tain era. ' Io
ancient times it sent forth: the colony
that founded the Libyan city of Cyreno.
Its chief production was the vine,
which flourishes best in volcanic coun
tries, and from which the inhabitants
madeone millon gallons of wine annu
ally. The full extent of tho calamity
of last Friday will be known only when
accounts can reach us from Athens. '
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Following are the business transac
tions at tha Roseburg Land Office for
the mounth of July: Cash' Entries
3,245 71; under the Homestead Act,
2,437 10; Donations, ' 5,275 04; Agri
cultural College Script, 320; Land War
rants, 320 tota. 11,508 75, , A m
- II. Beaslv, of Douglas county, lost
six hundred bushels of grain by Ore last
week. The grain was stacked near the
house, and is supposed to have caught
from sparks fVom the chimney. V f
There is now a population of over
300 in Goose Lake valley. " About
twenty if .amiliei arrived there last
month; ' :" ' " , - i t-? uL K-.iua 1
A Joke ou the Choir,
Many years ago there was in the East
era nart of Massachusetts, a worthy D
1)., und although he was an eminently be
nevolent man and a good Christainyet
it must be confessed that -he loved a
good joke much better than even 1 the
most inveterate jokers.' t It was, before
church organs, werc niuch in use ; it so
hannened thatthe choir of the church
had recently purchased a double bass
viol; Not far from the church was a
large pasture. and in it a huge tdwn
bull. .One hot Sabbath in the Summer
he got out of the pasture, and Came
bellowing up the street. About the
church there was plenty of untrodden
grass, green and good, and Mr. Bull
stopped to try the quality; perchance
to ascertain if its location had improved
its flavor ; at any rate, tho doctor was
in the midst of his sermon when
'Boo woo woo,' went tlie bull ,
The doctor paused, looked up at the
singing scats, with a grave face, said:
"I would thank the musicians not to
tune their instruments, during service
tliue; it annoys, me very much.''
The people tittered, for they well
knew what the real state of the case
was. " ' ' -
The minister went on again with his
discourse, but he had not proceeded far
beforo another "Boo woo woo" came
from Mr. Bull. ; "' '
The parson paused once more, and
exclaimed.
'l have twice already requested the
musicians in the gallery not to tune
their instruments during sermon time
I now particulaly request Mr. Lafevor
that he will not tune his double bass
viol while I am preaching."
This was too much. Mr. Lafevor
jot up, much agitated at the thought
of speaking out in church, and stam
iiicffd out : ,
It isn't me, Parson B j it's
th that mischievous townbullT'
Wiikhf8 thk AitM.noLEa! A
friend of ours had ordered a pair of pan V
at the tailors, giving the latter to under
Stand that ho was io no hurry for them.
Shortly alter ordering them be found
it necessary to make a trip to the me
tropolis;, and of course wanted the new
pants to wear. Accompanied by a
friend who is somewhat celebrated for
his many practical jokes, he drove up
to the tailor's in his buggy, and as his
friend was about getting out, he request
ed him as a favor to say to the tailor
that he wanted those' pants finished by
a certain day. The friend promised to
attend to the matter, and with a face as
long as that of a horse, he called on the
tailor and informed him that the gen
tleman who had ordered those pants
wanted them right away, aud as he
was going on a hunt he wanted them
cut six inches shorter in the leg, so
they could bo "foxed' at the bottom,
and the cloth thus cut off added to
lengthen the waist. The tailor suppos
ing the order for the ; change in the
' style" to be all right, proceeded to
finish tho enrment in good shape by
the required time. tAtj the appointed
time, the owner of the pants called,
was handed the completed garment,
and unsuspectingly proceeded to get
into them. On getting fairly into them,
he found the waist reached his armpits,
while his . leg was exposed from tho
knee down. Seeing the comical figure
he cut (ho weighs in the neighborhood
of 250 pounds), and at onoe compre
hending the situation, he gave one
quizzical look at the pants, and then
in his shrillest tones vociferated
'Here, -, where in h 's the arm
holes I" It is a safe bet that 'somebody
will have to pay for those pants before
the summer is over and gone." AU
bany Rig titer, - ti '
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Running a newspaper in tho sum
mer time is very much like, a-two bun
dred and fifty pound 1 female going
throucrh-vlat man s miser? in the
Mammoth Cave. " They got through
jut can t tell how, v tn.
On a tomb-stone at Florence is thi4
inscription :
''Here HesSalvino Armato d'Armati,
of Florence, the inVentor of spectacles.
May God pardon his sins. 1 The: yea
1317." -:?.v:- c !
"Every man his own angel," is the
way thenew flying machine has . been
announced" r.tii'Hn.. 1
; When is1 a Chinese most like veg
etable ? .Why, when a cuo cumbers
his heady of course. i i . f ;
; j Why are types like criminals f Be
cause it isn't proper to ' lock them up
wjthdutproof;'--';-,.-:, T- n
Telegraphic Stutiiiiary.
B&US8CL8, August 13. Advices
from Metz, through private channels,
teem to confirm the story of the removal
of tke Prince Imperial from trance.
He has not been seen in court or church
since; Sunday. It is reported, oh good
authority,. that kugeme has made prep
aration to go to England, by way of
UCigiUJi, in case 01 neceusity.
JjONdon, August ii$ A special to
the Telegraph says reports from Carl
shue this moruiog anuounee the eapitu-
lation, of, Strasbourg after a short bom
bardment. , . .
Sharp fighting took place in front of
Metz yesterday. A considerable force
of Prussians advanced into the environs
of the city as a reconnoitering party,
to discover if the report of the town
having been evacuated by the French
was true. They were taken by suprrisc
by a fire from the batteries, and forced
to retire.
It would appear that, the Prussian
advance has received a decided check
at this point, and a great battle cannot
much longer be delayed.
Paris, Aug. 13. Dispatches to
the Minister of War say that a recent
reconnoissance made near the enemy
indicate that the Prussians have an in
vading army of 750,000 men between
Cologne and Rastadt. The chiefs of
the French army are fully prepared to
resist this torrent of invasion. Over
400,000 troops will in a day or two be
united between the Vnsgea and the
Moselle. The bulk of the French
army is now concentrated around Mets,
where the first detachment of the corps
of McMahon and Failley arrived yes
terday. The retreat of the troops was made
in good order
The abandcomett of Alsace by the
French causes great anxiety, and dis
content at and near Strasbourg. That
place is well provided for in war material
and provisions, but the garrison, it is
feared, will not be able to hold out long.
Iowa Wiikat. The Iowa RegUttr
of July 27th, speaking of the wheat
prospects in that State, says :
The month of July closes well agri
culturally. Through May and June
we thought wa were io a fearfully bad
row of stumps. All the prophets and
all the oldest inhabitant agreed that we
were to have no wheat and oats worth
cutting. The opinion became general,
and times were' blue. But the proph
ets were wrong. Timely showers came
and tho crop of small grains was saved.
Its harvest has now been in progress
for two or three weeks, and is prob
ably, taking the whole State over,
three-fourths done I u Southern Iowa
cutting is about done, stacking well
started, and threshing begun ; in the
North, this will be tho busy week, and
will nearly finish up tho cutting. Of
the wheat, there is but one report all
over the State, which is to the effect
that, while the yield is not so great in
bushels, it is of the best, ! being the
plumpest, firmest, and brightest ever
raised in the State. The crop per acre
will be worth more than any we have
had for several years, and the prospect
is if Napoleon and the Prussians carry
out the big job of war they have com
menced, that it will bring the most
money our, wheat crop has ever
brought. Old residents say they have
never ' seen wheat of such superior
quality in Iowa. ;
nonainus Burning Accident.
The Portland Advertiser says : "Mrs.
Eliza II. Barber, of Portsmouth, N. II.,
widow of Jethro L. Barber, was burn
ed to death Sunday afternoon. Her
grandson Daniel had left her about half
an hour before fire was disoovcred in
her room ; she , was then sitting at - a
table near and back to a stove, eating
strawberries. Shortly before 5 o'clock
Mr. David Marshal, a neighbor, discovi
ered smoke issuing from the house,
and, and, with others, entered Mrs.' Bar
ber's room, found it on fire aud full of i
smoke, the ' old lady lying dead upon
the floor, her clothes being burned off,
and her body blackened and burned to
a crisp. The fire was: speedily extin
guished, and it. was found that the chair
on which she' had been" sitting, was
scorched, and ! a oloset door against
which she had fallen was badly scorch '"
cd and had some of ; the, flesh from her
face adhering to it. Her body present
ed a horrible spectacle. ' No doubt the
fire was communicated to her olothing
by the stove.!) Mrs. Barber was seven
ty eight 'years of; age, was lame and
feeble in health ; so much so that she
probably had not sufficient strength to
raise her voiee loud enough to be beard
bv any one la tho house or on the
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS, d-C.
Att'y Si Counsellor-at-Law
McMIuuvllle, Yamhill Co., Oregon.
' Particular attention giren to the study and
practice f Criminal Lair, Clleetim of Claims,
Notes, Account, etc
JT, II. SITES, M. BM
Physician - and Snrgcon,
Having r
k4 vr&eUee. will rite apeelal
attention to Obstetric, and the treatuent of
the diacaae of Women and Children.
0-Office at hit reiidence.
, II. E. BOXPt n. !.,
rhysician and Surgeon,
j : lallas, Oregon.
OFFICE At NtehoU Drag Store. So
j W. D. JEFFItlES, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
1 )' " Eola, Oregon.
8peeUI attention given to O bate trice and
Diiteatei of Women. -. ' ltf
j J. 12. DAVIDSON, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Independence, On. 1
1 T. V. B. Embree.
PIIYSICIAIV&SUItCJEOI
AMITY, YAMU ILL CO OEEUOX.
Jtf Office at rciidepce. Hjl
Attorney and Connsellor-at-Law,
j SALFJl, OREGON,.
Will practice in all the Court of Record and
, ; Inferior Coarti of thU SUtc.
OFFICE In
tair.
Watklnda A Co'a
Brick, np
1
i P. C. SULLIVAN,
Attorney & Counsellor -At -Law,
j Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all tbe CourU of the State. 1
; J.X.OLUM8,
Attorney a&d Counsellor-at-Law.
j Dallas, Oregon.
Special attention given to Collections and to
maturi pertaining to Real Estate. 1
i J. A. Apjilegale,
a!tTOJBE V-AT- liAW,
I Dallas. Polk County, Ogn. 1
JT. WAftDLAW, M. !.,
Physician and Surgeon,
T lwIevMe, Folk Co., Ogu-
II M recently returned from the Atlantic States
And ogeJ bU profeMtonal aerviecs to the citi
acnl of the Count.
Particalar attention given to Female Dis
eases. 2-tf
n. a. Kifinitr.
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ftTIVICrllT & LOKD,
Att'y&Counsellor-at-Law,
Corner Commercial and State Streets,
i Opposite Ladd A Bash's llauk,
" 1 " ntf l.U lltlt.'T'OV.
Will nractlce in the Saprcme Court and the
. . - o-- 1 1 nui.i T
Circuit uouru 01 wt oocwuu id , uhu u-
dicial Districts.
8K0. B. VORHBV
B. UfcBLKT.
l y ka jl a ju m ,
rarm mrm nmr W(VTFV
; j ; Altorneys-At-Law,
I.AFAYETTE: - -'. - OREGON.
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MAEIIOUT ; ElAMSE Ve
Ali'y&CounsclIor-at-Iiaw,
5 Lafayette, Oregon.
S-tf
a. r. rossll.
P. rEBBT.
Hal EttaU Attorney
Notary ihlif.
Ileal Estate. Brokers and
j . Collection Agents,
Northwest Cor. of First and Washington
' j Streets, .
PORTLAND - - - - OREGON.
Special attention given to the tale of Real
Estate. Oolloerlons Made U Qragon and the
Territories, :v .. - : , ,..;". i
Property, town lota, Improved farms, stock
ranches, lands, Ams, situated in tho beat portions
of Oregon and W, T., for sale on reasonable
terms. '; 4' 8-tf .
. E D. SliOAT, ;
Carriage and Ornamental
sioi1 P AITTB n,
Ceanafcia ftrset, :
i Opposite Starksys TJloek,
it-tf t 'I-: . - A v ; 1,- . SALEM,
Att'y Corihsellor-at-Iaw,
:.i ft
f Lafayette, Oregon,
rv;'.F.;s. MATTE SPZUy ;...
Physician, Surgeon St Accone&sr,
Iluena VIta, Polk Co., Ogn.,
Will attend promptly to professional calls.
7:8ea
V JEN NI NGS LODGE No. D :MT
A A. M., Dallas, holds it regular eo
rXmnnicattons on the Saturday preceding
the Full Mown in each month, unless the meon
fulls on Saturday-then on. that day, M one
Also, on the second Friday in 'each m on ti
lt 7 o'clock, 1. Tor the purpose f improve-,
ment of the Craft in Masonry, ajsd fer sejeH
other work m the Ma-s&er may froja time' to
time order. " j ...
All liret h re n in gd ttntAtDg are Invited to
attend By order of tho W. M,
, J
EJ1 " SAiLOJe
SIAIN STREET, INDEPENDENCE.
171 INE WINES, LIQUORS AND SEOARS
. served to customers on short notice. ,
This establishment docs not dispense tangle
foot or anything of that character.
Call at the Cn.-t&$;
SASH AMD DOOR FACTQIW,
Corner Mill and -Main streets, Deliaai
Higgs &. CaiiiphcJI
TTAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Ii; a larce rarietT of Dours and
SaKhe. of all the common sizes, and of
lie otrsi wurniuaueuip, at mn
Factorv. which tbev offer for sale as cheap M
such articles can be purchased tdsejrhee
They are also prepared to 11 all special or
dcrs for work in their line promptly, cheaply
and accurately. : . j ; I s
Give us a trial, and yon will be satisfied.
2 RIQGS A CAMPBELL.
DAflK EXCHANGE SALQOfl,
Main sreet, S : : Dallas, ! Og.
TIT INKS, LIQUORS, FOkTER, ALEi
II I;ittcrs, Cigars, Candies, Oysters!
and Sardines will be scrrrd io cent)-
men on the outride of the counter, by s gentle
man who has an eye to "bis on the inside.'
So come along, boys; make 00 delay,
we will soon hear what you have to say,
32 W. F. CLINflAaT.
HURGREfl & SHiriDUfl, ;
Importers and Dealers in
FIJIlNtT U'ttlS
AND .,
BEDDING.
The largest Stock and the Oldest fcTfcr
ulture House lit Portland.
WAREROOMS AND FACTORY
CORNEE S AL1I0N AND FESST STRXTT8,
PORTLAND, OREGON ) "
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Farmers Attention !
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVIKO HAD
nearly twenty years' practice ta making
wagons in Oregon, we feel coufident we can do
as good work'as can be had f n any part of the
State. ' ' - . ,. .. . j.j. .
Iron and Hickory Axles,
(Tliisnl)Ie Skeins)
On hand and made to order on short notice.
Lumber Wag-ons. ........
..tI50l80
Ekpress Wajom,.
Call and exsmino, our , work. Repairing
done on short notice and on reasonable terms,
SIMEON T. OARRISON,
ASA S1IR EYE.
Dallas, April 14, 1870. 7m
FRESH AISEtlVAIs !
OUR STOCK OF NEW GOODS FOE
j THE
SPRIIfO TRADE,1
ts now open and lor sale at oar store, on the
Corner of Front and Mill Streets, Dal
las, Oregon. : ,. j
Wo invito the attention of onr patrons to
our New Stock, consisting of
Dress Goods,
Clothing, j
Hardwire,
' ; Croclery,
Oroceriee,
Boott if Shoes, . . ,
i School Booh, ,
: I Stationery, , fe..
In fact everything fonni In Retail Storci,
At Prices to Suit tbb Tlncj
'- . ... .
CQuntry Froduee taken la exeaange for
Those having old accounts an rcqnesicd to
call and settle by CASH or NOTE.
We thsnk the public for their liberal paU
ronago the past, and hope for a continuance
of the same. '
W N. A. J. D. LEE;
Dallas, March 1st, 1870. Ltf
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NOTICE I - , , r
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TITAT
the law firm of Viuoyard A Butler la thi
day dissolved by mutual consent. ; : , ' 1; J
, . i L. VINEYARD,
angl3-3w J : ' JI. J. BUILEB,