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ADVERTISING uumniA ST., m rAirci:cc, at. , IJSBWB V. i X. M 0 VOL. 1. DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29; 1870. m. Si. -3 - "" j j " 'j ' J) TV T J 11 u ir u . i '. j j s .... J I Issued Every Satarday Afternoon at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. . 3YP. C. SULUVAFi. OFFICE- Main street, between Court and Alill streets, two doors south of the Postoffice. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year, $2 50; Six Moutas, fl 75 j Three Months, fl 00. Subscription mutt be paid strictly in advance 'ADVERTISING BATES. Gnasquare (10 lines or less), first insert'n, $3 00 Each subsequent insertion.. ........ ....... 1 00 v A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. professional eards will be inserted at $12 00 4er atrnum- Transient" advertisements must be paid for n advance to Insure publication. All other advertising bills must be paid quarterly. Legal tenders taken at their current value. , Blanks and Job Work of every description furnished at low rates On short notice. K advertising bills must be paid monthly. M ,.. A Legal Tender. " Saul Sereleaf ws the paraxon of bachelors. His age was a ptrzzle in chronology. If you judged, as jockeys do, by the teeth, you would set him down at thirty for they were perfect - as white as pearl, arid not one mis sing. His glossy chestnut . locks- granting it was 'not a wig he wore bore similar testimony, which was fur ther corroborated -by a figure whose symmetry spoke well for that handi craft of nature, or of art, whichever "was entitled to it. He hoarded with Mrs Nothermsnn, a . Tcspectable, widow, who furnished ac commodations to a few firstclaas single gentlemen, partly fur the sake of soci ety, and partly not. . Mr. . Sereleaf was a man of very rgtcady hahits. He had taken up his abode with ' the widow, on first coming to the vplace, and had never tince 'thought of ehanging. Indeed, neither "party had any reason to be dissatisfied, Mf' S.'8 room was always tidy, the widow chatty, he affable, and his tills nevera day in arrear. What more was wantingtQ make things plesant? After a time, Mr. S. got to be senior ' 'boarder. Others had come and gone, but he remained ''permanent." To sit facing - the j widow at the - table, say grace, carve the beefsteak, and lead the " conversation, were prerogatives more finnljrhis, by prescription, than they 'had ever been of the dead and gone j Nothermaon, by marital right. It was with Mr Sereleaf whom the -widow counseled irvher trials, and in whom she reposed her confidences. He converse I with her, read to her, and accompanied her to ehurch on Sundays; and any tittle difficulty in the "sermon, .or knotty point in the trimming of a lady's bonnet, he would clear ny on the way home, in a manner equally charm ing and attractive. . Whether the twain, in time, would have been . mofc or less to each other, bad the widow adhered strictly to her rule to receive none but Vsiogle gentlemen" as boarders', is one of those questions always unsolvable, touching . what. would have happened,, had some thing else taken place that never did. V; Enough to say, Mrs. Northermann, , yielding to inflential references, arid the V. 0ffer 0f t a tempting price, let her best suit -of vacant rooms they were next 40 Mereleafs to a family composed of " "etitlcman and his wife and baby. Babies were Mr. Seroleafs abomina tion. He looked upon.them ns toddling monuments of original sin. IJe had no r patience . with them, or with anybody 4 that had them The sight of one gave .twa tjm, aud the sound drove him r frantic, ,,,-7"' -rt In this particular baby, all Mr. Sere- JeaTs 'objectrons to babyhood in the jabstract .were summed up in the con. icreteHIt was subject to croup ; and " when it hadn't croup, it had colic ; and i:heit it had neiiher, i( waa trobled rith teething, i lr i ,.The .first night Mr. Sereleaf stuffed the blanket in his ears, but he might m well have attempted to, stifle thun r der.iHe tried to couot himself to sleep, iitut the squalls put him out; and when he strove' to count them, they became iConfluent and undistincuishable, ' . He 'in sleepless -agony. Something bad to " be done.- He bad been a boarder,' in the house' for five years, and had never .t- 7ct .uttered a complaint. He was very JotK to 'do it now j but .needs must vhen a certain person drives. , - propose to Mrs. XiorthcPmann" --and be emoto bb fist upoa the table, The next night it was worse. He j couldn't even say hia jrayers-rfin fct, didn't feel like it. He paced the room j -.n-i-j.i .1 .i ... . by way of emphasis I'll propose to Mrs.Northermann," he exclaimed, " to put me in another room, come what willl" ;. .ry , The air of moody melancholy with which Mr. Sereleaf moped through the following day caused tho widow much concern. - Nor was her trepidation abated, when, after tea, be intimated a desire to see her,alone. , J "It is with much hesitation' he began, in an agitated voice, when they had reached M rs. Nort nermann's back parlor, it is with much hesitation that I venture to speak " Here he quite broke down, and the widow turned very red, and. trembled violently. " I am sure, Madame,'!1 Mr. Sereleaf resumed, " if you only knew how much I have suffered " , j j "Oh! Mr. Sereleaf !T sighed the widow. . - J ' '' ; ' "Mrs. Xorthcrmann P said Saul, making a desperate effort to come to the point, J have come to propose " But before he could explain what it was he had " come to propose," the lady gave a little scream,; and started to tall IJe caught her, olf course, and rbouted for help. The first to appear s the mother of the ekecreble baby. " What's the matter ?" tilie exclaim edj bursting into 'the room atf if dis charged from a catapult. "I was only proposing," Saul com mencd. ".And a pretty tupps you've made of it!". .the lady cut him short, at the same tithe relieving him of his burden, and advising him to leave the room advice whic'i he gladly followed. Mortified and confounded Saul pack ed his trunk, called a porter, and sneaked from the house like a thief in the night. From the hotel at which he lok up temporary quarlrrs, he dis patched a note, enclosing the balance due to his landlady, and something over, in lieu of notice, btit making no allusion to his sudden departure, or the Hrcum stances that Jed to it. It was snrne.'., weeks'-later that Saul presented hitnclf at my itfHco, and re quested; a-private interview. We at once withdrew to an inncr;room, where, with much hesitation and ninny blushes, the story of the "proposal was told substantially as the re.vW; hiA already. heard it; after which -Mr. Sereh-af placeil in my hands 4hn following billet, which he had just received: Birir.Evit.t4 Maj 10, 1$. S. Skrk i.kaf, Esq. Sir.- Our client, Mrs. Cleopatra Nurtbormnn, wixacs to be apprised through os, At yonr earliest convonionre, of jour patpo3c, touching the fu!6(lment or non lullGHruout of a certiio promiio of marriage recently made by you to licr. iWo denire an early and explicit anawer to tha qt!?tion Tc you intend to marry lier, orjl you nut? Yours, 1c, ScncrsTenlA Skixskr. 4' It was much like the. JJardell and I'ickwick ca.. and the letter sounded so Dodsun & Foggish, that; it was im- postiide to repress a smile. ! V4 What's to be done V queried Saul, anxiously, " First and foremost, you might marry the lady." j Saul Shuddered. t "br the next place " Hut what paed was undec the seal of profes sional confidence. I dispatched a note to Meson Sell ays ter & Skinner, soliciting, .$ Mr. Sere lerfV attorney, a conference on the following day, and asking them to have their client present. 1 At the appointed hour, I found the lady and her legal advbers (Jrawu up in order of battle. . ! 'This is a singular case," I began. " It is a very plain one, at all events," interrupted Sehuyster. In addition to our client's testimony, we have that of another respectable lady, to whom Mr. Sereleaf mado a full and, free confession 6u the spot."' " ? i "I have nrjf come to argue the case," I answered, "but to propo e terms of settlement." j t . sThe firm conjointly rubbed, their hands in anticipation of niouey : to be handled. ,;T, ' !' i "' "Please send your boy i to conduct hithor a gentleman waiting in a carri- tge at the uoor," l auded." r Schuyster looked at Skinner, " and the widow at us all, but the boy was seat.' .. , '"; . ; - : y At the end of several minutes a stumping sou ud was heard.: The deor opened, and a decrepid; shriveled figure, supported by one leg and a crutch, hpbbledlin. One of Swift's Struld brugs could scarcely have looked more ancient or dilapidated; lie was minus arfcye, hollow-cheecked, toothless, and bald as Time. , . L have come to makej a porsonal tender of my client, genflemen," I said, in fujfillmeDt of the contract ho is accused of making with youp This is Mr. Shereleaf The widow started in amazement, at first a look of incredu'ity, and then one of conviction, flashed over her coun tenance. 4 rv . i. - i . v. : she cried. , " The wig, cork leg, gtass eye, false teeth, and plumpers are all here in the carnage, 1 proceeded, " and will bo duly tendered in a separate lot. The widow staved to hear no more. ner lawyer nau a snrowa suspicion that the tender was a sham, and that had their client accepted mine would have backed out. IJdt they couldn't afterward bring the widow lady to try the experiment. A Thousand Year4 Ago. t It is certainly one of the greatest curiosities in history, that exactly one thousand years ago, in the year of our Lord o-i 0f the people of Jb ranee and Germajiy fought under their kings upon the same soil, that of Lorraine, for very nearly the same reasons, and with the same result. This happened as follows: The empire of Charle magne, and that of his son who sue ceeded him, Ludwig I, called Pious, was divided by bis three son, "the irandsons of Charlemagne, in 813, at the Congress of Verdun, betweeu them selves in such a manner that Lotbaire received, besides the title cf Kuiperor, Italy, and what was then called Middle Franeonia, a strip of land running from the North, Sea to the Mediterranean, and there joined Upper Italy, a broad strip of land containing modern Hoi land; Belgium, the! Lorraiue and Al sace, and all that part of Southern France tying between the Khone and 'oanc "and the Alps on the cast. Ludwig received Fastcrn Franconia, which was from that time called Ger mania, or Germany, and from which he, as Germany's first king, was called Ludwig the German. ; Carl, who was called the Bald, from his bald head, received Western Fran conia, from that tim called Franconia, or France. Lotbaire died it 855, and igain subdivided his empire among his three sons. The oldest, Ludwig,' he gave Italy and the crown and the title' of hniperor; to the -second, Ludwig, the northern part of his dominion, com piisunga part of modern Holland, Bel gium, ami the province called up to this'' day Lorraine or Lotharingen the, Alsace, and the land extending down Xo the Soane. To the youngest, I'arlj he give all the land south of the Sonne' to the Mediterranean, under the title of Kingdom of Provence. In bC9 Loihairc died without heirsj after he had become previously pos 9scd also of his brother Carl's King doui of Provence, and it was then that Carl, the Bald, King of France, stepped forward to take solo possession of his nephew's - kingdom, comprising all the eastt rn part of modern France, and extending from the Meuse to the Rhine, and from the Hhone 'to the Alps, and from the Nonth Sea way down to the Mediterranean. He was completely successful,'- for his nephew, Ludwig, the Kuiperor in Italy, and his brother, Ludwig, King of Germany had both their hands too ' full to claim their share tjf the inheritance But a year later, in 870, just one thousand years ago, suddenly a large and well appuiutcd 4lcrman army crossed the Rhine, broke fnto France, and defeated Carl the Bald and his armies at once, and so completely, that ho was compelled to sign a treaty of pcacs in tho same s year, by which he ceded-to his brother Ludwig, the Ger' man, all the eastern part of those lands which he had appropriated from his nephew, and comprising the modern provinces of Alsace, Eastern Lorraine, and the territories around the cities of Trier, or Treves, Cologne. Mastricht and Utrecht, down to tho mouth of the river llhine. :. ; The first grand fight for the Rhine provinces on the part of France, and the Alsace and Lorraine on thct of Germany, which is, after all, if not the sole cause, certainly one of the prinei pal causes of the present war of 1870, took place consequently just one thous and years ago, in 870, with the same result. Weekly Register. A correspondenC ; says of the Suez Canal that while it is a success, the dif ficulty with it is found in the fact that it is not, and never; will be done Storms of sand and land slides oombine" to defeat the bject for which it was con structed, and nothing but a perpetual dredging will keep it in a passable con dition making the work of keeping it dear of sahd - bars a constant repetition of the original work.' ' t i Subscribe for the Uei'vblican. 'Wreck of the CoatlneutaL By the Colorado we get the fol low ing particulars of the loss of the Conti nental On the night of the 9th, the steamer Constitution signalled and noti fied tho passeugors off the Capo of St. Lucas, and on tho 10th, commenced taking the wrecked passeugers--eig,hty, all told on board the steamer Colo rado. Ail were in a very destitute con dition, none of the passengers or crew having saved auyt lung but what was on their persons. The Continental left Mazatlan on her return trip to San .Francisco on the 2d inst. On the same night, while crossing the Gulf of Cali fornia, she encountered a severe gale. For some time .it blew a perfect gale, the wind coming from every quarter of the compass. The ship labored heavily in the heavy chopping seis. Several leaks were sprung, and fir a time the steam pumps kept the leakage under, but the coal boxes parted, letting the coal loose, which, getting into the pumps, effectually closed them. The pasQngers and crew commenced baling and throwing the cargo of salt (all of which was in bulk) and hides, Sea . into the sea. They worked incessant for twelve hour, but were unable io keep the water from rising to. the hold. Until the fires were extinguished, strong hopes were entertained of saving the vessel. The scenes was then said to have been one of the wildest excite ment. Soma of the passengers threw their gold into the oceau, and, in des pair, cried to Heaven for aid. Very few ladies were among the passengers. Life preservers were used, with which they jumped into the small boat. Order were given to take to the boats during the night of the tiSth, and they remained in cloe proximity to the steamer until 9 o'clock a. m. of the 30th, when they left her to her fate. It is supposed that she went down on tho night of the 30th, as on the morn ing of Oct. 1st, no signs of the vessel were disccrnable. Of the six biats, only three of them landed at St. Lucas. - The others were driven up the coasl," two of rthe forty three miles north of the- Cape, from Whence they had to make their way over the burning sands, without a drop of water, to Cape fct, Lucas, at which place slaughtered cattle and other kinds of provisions were issued with a liberal hand.- . BLuie is attached to Capt. Dal! for deserting the ship during the night. The carpenter makes the assertion that the timbers of the loiip were rotten and unsafe, and that she was liable at any moment to go to pieces. The Tribune publishes the following dispatch, in reference to-the land known a the Puget bouud Agricultural Com pany's lands, and says it'is informed that it relates exclusively to those lands in Pierce county. c judge Lin to be an error as the same kinds of lands in Lewis county, if we understand the matter correctly, are exactly in the same situation as those of Pierce, and we do not believe the Land Commis sioner has made - any distinction .We hope, however, Mr. Garhelde s letter will explain matters fully. The con dition of douation claims iu those couu tries is the principle matter that inter ests the settlers on theso lands, as ac cording to all jnstico'. they are entitled to their donation claims. There has scarcely been a doubt that pre-emption claims would be protected : V Wiiinoton. Sept 12. 1870. Received at Oiyrapia Sept. 13. 1870, at 9 A. M. To Suroetfir General Kerry. Commissioner protect pre-emption. Has donations under advisment. Par ticulars by letter. S. Garfield e. The negro soldiers of Cincinatti are so jealous of each other that tho officers have totally uaiica iu ineir ouoris at discipline. JThc Major was honored I Willi a uoiiiiuaviuii ua uiicviui 01 nio County -Infirmary, a short time since a circumstance - which c'aused so much envy among the rank and file that a meeting was ticia ana resoiuttous passeu breaking up the organization and call inir upon him to resign his' commission. The major declines to be bullied, and declares that "the Constitution must and shall be preserved." It js now de cided that tho disorderly clement shall bo expelled and discipline enforced, even though it should be at tee ex-pease of losing everv man in the 'batiallion. 1 Male 1 adults at tho University of California - aro s to ' bo 'uniformed and drilled as cadets. The female students, it is presumed, will be the vivaodicra of j the several companies. . . ' Siu mjjnniMi iMiM.MB.i;yntmif; PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC J. 11. SITES, M. m, PhyMici.aii ami Surgeon, Iallas, Ogri. Having resumed practice, will eire special attention to Obstetric, and the treatment of tho utri:iifc-? of Women and Children. jpr0fi!i at hia rtiidt;nce. 1 V. 1. J Uia'itl USJ, ft I. 1)., tMi5.ici.jn aiitl- Surgeon, liola, Oregon. Special ttttent!hn given to Obstetrics and Diseases of Women., Itf J. IJ. DAVIO.SON, m. i Physician and Surgeon, Independence, Ogn. i V. K. K inhrce. 12I YS I I AX &, S LT K G E AMITV, YAMHILL CO., OREGON. pi3- Office at reaiienie. ' , Wyl Attorney and Counsfellor-at-Law, SAIMM, OHCGON, Will practice in alt the Court of Record and ' Inferior Couru of thU Sutc. OFFICUIn WatUads A Co' Brick, up stair. I" : I. . Si J.IIVA.V, Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all the CurU of the State. 1 J. L. COLLINS, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. m Dallas, Oregon. Special attention given to Collections and to matters pertaining Ut Real Estate. 1 N. b. k t u: nr. 1 w. P. LORD KNIGHT n& I,OItI,,: At I'y&CounscIlor-al-f.aiv, Corner Commercial and State Street, ;OpioUe I,add te llunli's liauk, SALLiSl OUlUiOX, Will practice in the Supmne Court and the Circuit CourU uf the Seeoud and Third Ju dicial Ditrut. 2tf GgO. B. CVUHkr. H. Bl'BLLY. CIIHUEY A: HURLEY, Allor;jeys-At-Iaiv, LAl'MYliTTIi - - - - 'OREGON, 3 If ITIAIlSOAr ItAJISEV, AU'yA:CtninscI!or-at-I,aiv, .Lafayette, Oregon. S tf K. r. Bl'";t.l J c. V. FKKRT, Jl'-'il E-lut At'ornry. J Xtarg Public ills I- & FE It R Y, Real Estate RroKer.s and Collection A;; cut, Northwest Cor. of First and Washing'oa 8trect, PORTLAND - - - - OREGON. Special attention given to the sale of Real Kstate. Collections made iu Oregon and the Territories. lit Property, town lots, improved fnrms, stock ram lit'.", lands. Jtc, situated the best portions of Oregon and W. T., for sale on reasonable ter.n. 3-tf E. O. Sil.OAT, Carrsa-e and Ornamental Commcrcia Ctrset, Opposita Starkey's Block, 21-tf SALEM. A. F. FORRES, Atry&Counscllor-at-Iaiv. Lafayette, Oregon, 3-tf ' F, MATTKSOIV, Physiciant Surgeon & Accoucher, nueiVa Vista, Polk Co., Ogn ' Will attend promptly to professional calls, , ,7:6m "IwEHi " SALOON, MAIN STREET, INDEPENDENCE. IIINE WINKS, LIQUORS AND FEQARS . - sorved to customers on short notice. This establishment does not dispense tangle foot or anything of that character. pr C ll at tlie Gem. T J ENNINUS I.()I)(jn No.'o'If. rA A. A., Dallas, holds its regular com munications on tho Safardnv nrecedini the Ful' Moon in each month, nnlcus the moon fulls on Satauljy -then-on thot day, at oe o'clock. ; ; i Also, on the second Friday in each month at 7 o'el ck, P. M., for the purpose of improve ment of the Craft in Masonry, and for such other work as the. Master tuityfVom time to time order. ....... , All Brethren in good standing are invited to attend By order of the W. M, A COX & EAKIIART, VJIOLESALE RETAIL GROCERS MOORE'S BLOCK, SALESI. ! Goods by the PatLae at Reduced Bate . nylQ 3tf . Under wood, Barker 'Sc Co, : - WACJOIV 'iWAKiERS,";, ..''"',. -, , . . Commercial street, Salem. Oregon; MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG ONS after the taot approved styles and the besUof workmanship, on short notice, and AT PORTLAND PRICG8I ' . Saddlery, HarnessV S. CV STIIiES, mio Main hU (oppoaiteThe Court Ilouse), Dallav, MANUFACTURER AND DEALErVjN Harncii, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Cellar, Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kindswhich ha li prepared to tell at the lowest living rates. 1 . jCiS-REPAIRINQ done on short ioTiitf U Ci AITERS. DO YOU WANT SOME V Fine Cloth Gaiters? if so. supply your selves at , J. II LEWIS'8. I Q UCKNSWARE IN KB UN DANCE r At J. U. LEWI'S, 'i F URN ITU RE I Uiireau9 1 lables, r ! ? ISeils'tead A Variety of CHAIRS, for Kite lien ajuS Parlor use, ' RAU-IIIDK DOTTOM CHAIRS; ' ....... : . 1 Of my own make. ' ' f;i'u Shol near Wayiiilre MlH I INVITE THE PUBLIC TO EX A WINE my stock. I shall be pleased tu chow you my gootlj. and better pleased when you buy. New Work put up to order, and Repairing lone at the lowest cash price. . , 6A12K EXCHANGi SALOQtir Blaln street, s : : Dallas, Ogn 1I7INES, LIQUORS, PORTER, ALF fl iUfcrs, Cigars, C ;an dies, Oysters, and Sardines will be served to ro tie- men on the outf ide of the counter, by-m entje man who has an eye to "bis" on the inside. ' So come along, boys ; make no delay, aid we will toon hear what you have to say. ' 32 W.F.CLINOAN HURGREfJ 4 SHiriDLEfta T Importers and Dealers in - f FURNITURE . AND , ' BEDDIXG, rhetarpest Stock and the Oldest Fer lilture House in Portland. W A R E R 0 OM S A N D F A CTOltY ' CORNER SALMON AND FRST CTfiEETS, rORTJLAND, OREGON. ARUIVAIs! , OUR STOCK OF NEW GOODS FOR, ' THE . ; FALL TRADE, ;, Is now open and lor sale at our store, on ft a Corner of Front and Mill Streets, DaU las, Oregon. - " . We Invite the attention of our patron's our New Stock, consisting of, , , v Dress Goods, ' - ' .... Clothing;, . .jnqnti ilardicaretii , ir Uroceries Boots & Shoe! ; School ' JTdo I stattoneryt ye In ract everything found In Retail Stores, At Prices to Suit tho Tines,' Country Produce .taken In ezelasgfor Gedi I , . . . , ... -a tins; r'ltp: , : Those having old accounts are requested to call and settle by CASH or NOTE. hsli We thank the public for their liberal pat ronage in the past, and hope for a continaasc of the same.- : : ; -4 w N. 4. J.Di LEE. Dallas, March 1st, 1870. ? i:u :i ,1-tf TOE ELLENDALE MILL ' COM PANf will give the highest market price lot wool, delivered at their factory in lVlk Co. Their Store Is also open, with a general s'ortment of Dry Goods, Uroceries, Uardwrre, Ac. ' ' ' -r Jtf .