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DALLAS. OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 19.
1873,
She Sibtral Jlenblinm
.Official Paper fir Polk County.
U Issued Every Saturday Morning, at
Pallas, Polk County, Oregon..
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GOOD NEWS!
NEW GOODS !
FOR TUR PRCS KMT SEASON,
river to a hotel, and told iiiO. that .1
must change my name. And say that
w rm
,j,y ........ ' i . . , , - M niv mfl!
Wn stiit..? .Toe:" that 1 w is ninety I Urn, but tney sua i iiu-i, coo. . r .t j , nr AwiU'
one yen. old ; that I was the father of and they would pay mo wel " -J rVat Mr. John WMV.MM?Q
SS.
We respectfully call the attention of
Public to our Welt Selected Stock of
the
T n..a
Ladies' and Misses' Hats,
Gents Furnishing tJoods,
Cloves, fialteri. Etc
Hard rare.
Groceries,
School Baofca,
"'-.r. .ti.... . i, I l.,.m in i it St. Louis, l reujatediy torn ,unor
ami UavioSoii in v true name, wneiu a
ICa-kaskia ; tuat I went to Tennessee
ami martied Khaaheih Ornthers, in
Dixon county, Teiine!.. in the year
181; that I lived with my wife,
Klizabeth, in Divot county about sx
months: tint I then moved to Cb t Main
coun
one
and
with
sop:
tains
iill'l
A UONUlIU'tJI, STOHV.
The Confession of John C. M Xou, Ilere
tofbre Called W rentliilj; Jots."
TUB STATKMKS'TS Of OTIHiR WITNKSSKS.
State of Oiiejiom, J
County of Multnomah,
1, John C. Xixon. heio duly sworn,
depo.se una say : I h it toy true name
i John C Nixon ; that I wis born in
Loudon, Cuhmd; Tin' I am about
ixy yearn of a j;e ; that I was reared
iu Q leens County, Ireland, tint ill I Was
seventeen years old ; th.it my father's
resjidenee wascilled ,lMilfurd Ciittae,"
about seven loiie Irotn Cirlow, and
about three jnile- 'from A thy ; that my
father's intue w-.t"? r t drriek li. Nixon j
that my mo(.eVnuiden name Wis Clcsr- f H 1 .y this time, ml we then eame haek ! St
i
Moore and Davidson told tn yhat I
would u)t have to be tjouo loujr than
" or I three month. I did not want to come to
t,n I fvh f f "SoDtcmW.' IB 2.
Mitehnl! k Dolnh'H offieo, 'at I'qtflanf,,
by a youn'z mm whom thoy ent 'owa'
I (1(1 n"l Ml"" YIII'M w
was from and all about myself.
Moore, D.iyilson and his wife, an-1
m.sel!', all stiirt.Ml to Oregon to'et'ierj
iiniviu-r at Portion 1, I slai-l one nibt; j
next d.iv 3ioore to .k me to (Jre'on ; T,'V m
j
to come down to Oregon City wi'h ln )
to Moore, to h u-fi lum -piy m
S'2.000 that they failed to pay m: i'i
the s-ttlement. loskel Mooreto
me t hi S 2.00 ). rtiey h id agreed
a S0):), and hi I pii nJ, but.,
Staticr.cr-,-,
l.tte llencber; that htie had a brothei j t, .St. Loins, ami be wtuited me to o ;
mined Charles, who l;vd in iU:l!'..x ; ;;". i.l.o lo . t..vr-,o, but I toM bin. j
county, North Carolina ; that one ot my j I would u' to my b u' l.n- h u-e. j
lather's (nSters itnnied a nun by th--j where I bud been iioji.if.r. .Mo i ;
''.. I. ... I. . ! ; .. . .1 .. I r .. I,i i l ....... ....vr iiu.rnr Iiiux lilt f I VtM" 1 e
IIUUIU ul VOi.t, nil1; iiwui J ..... ! (.in"" hva; hi a. iu - - .
Ui tie from -Millord Cottage:" that I j I he ri vef to the m-r place we v,icj
hhl an old m iiden aunt inm -d Janeji'ne d .v bef oe. lt
i.- . i .1 .. i. . .1 ! i'.i Hw. ...... XI .1.,tii i.r .Jo ins.on i 1 l" " . .
iy. lventucKy inni my w. e ,t o . -j ; ! , nr f Wrtlli n trt .,rt nl an I IPi"
,on,and that hi. name was Fo.iee. took ,:4e r..,u theCnsto t ,e note .u whle "cr'. Kai
that he ha,l red liair ; that I iive-1 O.e.on Cty; ,he econd d iy (I .Innk '" lJe .J' ilann;ih) wi p.t.jo.t,
my wile about t.ve years ; tint we ; -i was, .uisi i oi i v A . . i :.. i. r.n.,itn,;,, " I toMM.rfi.
i,ated;lh itl ueut to the n.o-m - ; Job ,,,.. came to my r-om at the hotel. ( , ' Mi)0r()) j j nnt that f
i. i i- i-.:... i t....t.,i u . ..t inn in Sr. Lotus: Ina fie i .'i mm (. ; n .
and trinpe-i jor a uvm-. .'n-'-u: j .... - ..'...-. - . ; i . ,L.f h h-ul toht :mrr i
I .'d over the r.ver only a part of j .aid t you kuov me L w.s in ; - - ; Moore a id
Willi 100IC ilO .jiui.'. ,
liOUiS
. . ff.t ' : .) .1 r. nnu) ft .
i . i f it . ... ... .Mf. re i v ; ' 1 ....
lavejs n. lie men eo'iiuienev. ui- . T . n i,. :r
. , i . .... i ro!.,r!vou will do as I to! 1 you, but il )oa
in' i ; !i'.' ; i ui woo i wan, .jo , ... . i
.... ir.11 ri-ri"--ib von will "O to 1 Vniton tar?
1 'v.-' J 1 though, h. wuh a 1:-1--Itr,hl- lhhlM Uotl
pirm-r ol Moore and -' ;fl , . tlnt t wn,lH tel, U anyh V
num..- w;u:ii,h,relc:im. Iron; he 1 r . M:V , ' - l t0Il?
milK ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL
J. JOURNAL, is in evtiry respect a Ijirnt
Class Magazine. Its articles are of the highest
interest to all. It teaches what we are and bow
to make the most of ourselves. The informa
tion it contains on the Laws of Life and Health
is well worth the price of the Magazine to every
Family. It is published at $3 00 a year. By
special arrangement we are enabled to offee
it.. PunirvDi.niiirti. Journal as a Premium ir j rv.ma an I Examine our Stu bef-ifd pui
v uv s unu'- -
a new tubseribers to the Ohbgoh Rkpi blicas,
or will furnish the Phrenological Journal
and Oregos Rep'c blicas together for $1 t0 j , Prodnrs taken in exchange I r
a Fact liverythin Found in a Firs.
Clas Uetail Store.
We can assure onr Patrons that we will W
up with the times.
Nixon : that I had three brn'h- ls ,.,, am
i . l
jot paper.
h n
mk afi'l wioff ilown vvoa! lie
Fedetick IL, Walter T. and Unbelt j wanted me to slu ay. I eo j ,1 a ve
m ; that I lud ono hi.-ter natiif '.luestoo
forothe;i L. Nixon; tb it my fai her ) xu-.tu bv t hf
He to d me there "Was u
nimi of i'uiie Carurbars,
find i is m oher who had il l hi Uie
ion ;uid tei't a lar.j aiiiotint oi piopeiiy
chasing elsewhere.
W commend the Jocbsal to all who w tnt
-
a good magazine '
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Gools. '
&. J D.
Dallas April 22. ISTl.
LEF.
1-ti
r. C.'.SULLIVAX.
Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law
pallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all tbe Courts of the State. 1 j
DALLAS LIVHY FEED
I
8TL C SIMPSON
si.nPso.
Attorney?! at Law.
E li HTO.SU
Cor. Main and Court Street,
iThos G. Richmond, Proprietor
i .
AB VI
moved into Carlow several irs beboe
I leit hom.
Un the l:Lh of May T left
home :ind went to Liv. rpo il, where my
father ace. 'tnpani -d me, he tben re
! turned home, and I .shipped for Amer
ica, and after- leac '.io- New oi k I j orty, hut bad no n-bt to
wt fit to Norfolk, thence
City to IMentoii ; thence
... . it i r i... ....
t. Harms ueneip.i s : until mere i we:o ine
to Clatksvilie. Teti'o'?.se,
Hryaiit ; thence to New Orleans, t cue,
to Alexandria, the net! back ao;,.in to
NewDrl'-ans.i thence to 'fo ld eounV.
Kentucky, and tbere Wotktd in a sl-te
for a man u wii'- l T i'ii An ders u ; 1
ll.wi. wiit tu :v!,ar!.-'oui,
olina, with home
tin u shi- p ; j aboard
. i ,. .... ... '
-S ! , I M III I." 1 U"!
i.moi -.fun.
hil l,, J i.l. t, in 1.1 l! . i.li.i- I). I
. ...
;s S iOU
tn ti iid his ilmri'T was waiting, and
be m i-L ro. I do not wa it to tell o'j
loans oi as he never did me any barm.
I was taken ironi Oregon City to the
o;o-tte stdeol the r-Ver, and staved a
1 day-; L
1 a VI i-on's.
was tben hcnt to tireen
in Mutton comfy, alter I
ind bad b tt no one to inb. ril It , bui w, t.'. there, .Moore ecUl luC C-Vvi uy
th T'! was two or tnn-e men in tireen iivuioti.
ii 1 '1'lie tet'nr Moore 'rore ?'r rn to
am
that tti rs
t li-.Mt-.Mi who w re . rascals
wi ml let-.. -md went about to-.t the prop ! st, jdy while him and me were at the
.. ... 1 .1 .i i t...r.o , 1 1 .. " f I. .ill. M u.nliri. lO
... .ii'. ,.... -. - - - ii - .... , ,
' i . .
d ,-of the month of May lstf;.l tol.li
(Jren C. Davidson that 1 had male M
confesion to Ilanmih of the wholi
secret about myself, who I wis; whet,
I cene fratrj. Wtio inlueel tn to eom
here, and what they brought jne lu ret
for. Davidvm then sid ; : "We .nr.
all ruined ; I will lose my .000,. an-,
V i will i to r:?niteoti ary for Xs$:
if any pron aka you about the m'atte'fV
tell tl.rm I had np'hin to do with it.
! tint Moore did it all f. - ' ;r
by LliX abetb he 'and a man name lavio-on wantiu
to my uti le's j tne to eotue to Ofo-i and per-ria'e
I went ,f. fjib.-r of Linie.' irtrbers, so
with ( i em i'al ' . b at I.e. Pavidsoi and other c ,
the tit- ! nv. 1 lie foil .win H s
M
tmik f roto tn-
did with it.
Vh-a I -nt to flren
o. ;
N-.t
Will Livtlt UtI--'-ll.
i !i (a:
horse- :
a Mt! i i i
theti went to
tb C.ir.dt''a ; there
p. ir i.s I can retiietnher. what .Moort
vi,.te down for me to sMi ly : I mu!
siv my is itne wi. Jisepb 'I !ienas. or
' NS"i sliinj; J-e." tint I was n'.ey.
sc i- oM, I'l l T Ti. ttie fa'b. r ol
i'iiio-o Ciruther--; that I wi ti trn ie
1C as k a -k i i , t h 1 1 1 i d ij to t t
.i.ii ti.:rtiid MoziJo'th tV.rutiiets, in
hixoti eontv. in 1 1 1 : t Lot I l'Vi
I thtre ah-iu s'i m mihs and then tii ve 1
I ' to t'ot,-. tin county. Kentucky, and
i!d if"' i looro citn-! up, an
auo
!e- av
Ldonotkuo. what he! The for?-;' U a trn : and orrect.
statement of my n :ne anI f.nnily C-oi
T)r;,br, ! n-"?i n, and the circumstanees urUr
i which I was induce 1 to ciroe to tjr
d wrote another.
ii w it t- toe ; it w
me at M
Ch
fAVtVrt t'TTRCH SKI a 1 1 1
&, S T OIV E . i Ti Stand of Mr. A. It. Uhirl-.v. w hv re
! fitted and re-Mucked it in auHi iimuiii-r
I will .atifattorily meet every w.m -a uio .i
i
muuity.
! Huiei. single or ('otible. l!nrli, C'on-
I cm-iI W'airoiis. t-tc, fir..
furnished at ai". hour, diy or ui,;ut, n
I Mmrt in. nee.
OFFICE Tn Executive building oppo? t 1 Superior saddle llf)ie-. let by the
i-dineieU Hjtal Siieoa M v t a 7i I - y e i j,av M. rt..
Will practice in all tbe Courts of the 3d Ju
dicial District.
Lieut lius-ei! who I wa. and that Vi
1 was u relative f the lL-uehe s, h."
reb a-ed me fr :ti the sliip, and I went
to tL-i.c!.'! 1'ri ;i-r"s. to I i aiV tii-' eotl'i
ty. Noith ( 'aroiiiia ; fiom ibn- I went
fa Abraham IL'iiebi ; Iro.u f.ene' f.
Wiitninoroo, and so :.. $ abur
i i i i i
.-e in, oi
,s like the one-"u to personate the father of iMn-Cf
Louis, exceot that ; Carnther. m 1 zve mv tru-nnny nr-
j!,. om-u! St. Latps mile tne say I connection with tlio Varut.i
only h i on son, and the one he wrote j n It n w in ,ko this PtaHtuent that
!tvids nV m.de m- kv that j those whom I have tvron-ed may be
s ti i. i ! i ,...f iii
I ba I two sot,i-l iniee and J..bn-aud j enuoiej to ow, . .v.
.i.aiv v,jou t . ' t..." - i ...
:-: . ..;..., il.r... Suhser ibe 1 in presence oi
in.mthsufierl went to C.reen David-j Wilcox, I, Urook-, . KbriVth Nixon
l.nV, in )roon ; I tu lied thi paper j ( , Godbohl, John IJv;tvy. .
in Ibe pr "dice of Up en lavi Ison and STATE OF OiU-OOX, ...")
t .i-i.i- .. . : i i i '
his v:te: 1 stu lie i tuts tuner nuui i
w oe it out. ati 1 s tiiey h id to writfc ! CoUXTT OF MULTN'O'TAT, )
third on Abiut four
JOHN C. NIXON, rs
of Ualh
R, p Boise P I Willis
pOlSG & WILLIS,
Attorneys at Law
OREGON.
Will practice in all the coarta in the Stue
F'15 731y
jron "j. daly,
Att'y & Conscllcr-at-Law
DALLAS, OKECJOtf.
Will a- nctice in the Courts of Record and In
eiior Courts. Collections attended to promptly.
' . OFFICE In the Court House.
41-tt
R. SITES, M. Ii. I OttOBBS, A. M., M.
DRSSITE & ORUBBS,
RCASONAnLB.
i T. O. KICIIMONI
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to If
wiih ti uit ami xat le i tor .Muiote,
bam i. I arrived in Mobile a'
vV Io'o, all d there vmlkul mi aati.-aio
but lor a time, A'hoat trie year ISlo
i I married a uirl n lined Lfiztheth Toier,
in Baldwin eotinty, Aliba'na,
j lived in that !aie find Missis-
t l.onii.na until 1 h!t anil went
I I .. ...',!! . , I. I Ii....,l will.
o r k i ' i -i nun i i - - .....
! my wife abo.it live year-; tint 1 hid (lie third on-. Ao mt t-mr or us - . . ; ,
'ur,n: that his name was Fimce. ; ,n mths ar 1 irent to IliViJsan's in T hereby cnttfy th; 10)
! hvI (ini 1., hid.edh.u; that i left ' Ore n. he paid e 1 TJ-h While I j diy cf June, A. !. li-L Pfi
, ywib-u. Kentucky and wet to (V ,s al Or-n. C-V. after the p. ytu -nts appeared before me John ( .Nixon, trtiir,
Sn nnt i-us an i trapped for a Jiving ; m t he summer ot 171, 1 had SiH he.nt: by m duly iw. did den and
1 a ;,'Mt I afterwards nut mr wife ni w it b m-, an 1 l tost, or some one sime . -y utaT o -i. j. - '
1 . 1 e . I .1...alf If Oil irill 'I Fl I fll'f':i Iff.lVll'l i .l l'Lr.B.BBE, ,lltw - j
i a ti oer an i w. .n ,,. at t. ionis rn i HPicr im i-e , - r - ; - - . ., . sj
,eh-mer loaded I m ,e. ,1 mv wife an 1 son from St Louis to ' in the room w.th :u, the niit I lo. in- to rand sucr.un- sain
- . ..... 1 . t . . 1
l hive
-pni and
t i
to
L-oiis, in lT'.L and from th r; came to
DNTIST.
Cffiee one door North of the PoM Office
1? A 1,1 AS x
a
Particular attention given to the realatia
children's teeta.
work warranted ,Iantl'73 tf
()ri";on exeiOj-tintr since the
when I trade three or four tiif
i the Mi.-sis-ippi liver. I.eL'L'ine;.
- .
I st'ii'afid fruui mv wife ah-ou
our t.epirti
1 1 .r... .-.v W is.i.m. X:is,oen. and that
lire.-ti Daid-on went part ol the way A, t.ie w.fnV?-:S trhl SX.r
. It'll m-, and ton imre were t V a traji
per- aboie; ; that I netth-d my wife on a
eri -k near II u nifiv Mi!on and went
tnpoin a'ain ; that 1 aw my wile ;
every once tu a while; that 1'ittl e
; came d wti to a creek where I wa
i . . i
! ti it-i-sn-' to see me two or tui'M.. tuii-s ;
li
the said sTritemr
e that thT ! fftint and by him subscribed in iiiy
was i rreenee
Witness my hand nn 1 eHi :ial seal th
kip w in and that my nam 5
I...,.,.!. T....! iu -ir..r.. r.!...lf t'nr mv
nameis John 0 Nixon; 1 never saw day and year m this eoruGcite above
J e Meek iu my life, in the niounTains j written.
or anywhere eLe, until I f:w huu in i
war. i ft. at my
wile and I-'ini.'-' lived te ar
Portland; I never was
trapper, or mountaineer;
p ; Harmony. Minion tibout trn years tn1
lib u iu ived to Oteoon; that I met si
nt j trapper in the mount aiiis ybo to d tin
myvviteanl son had jom! toltre';
tioo i maoe !:"ai 'onroti j.h Melvin'sand a . M.,.,i mho ! staid to d y '''
man named Chandler in IJi'dwin MUti- time over at the hotel, so as to lOVf in;
hi teen
i I'aft i.l fruui my
years ao. A f U r
a hunter, or
I never work
ed on a mi I i f any kind; 1 never was
at II trmotiv Mi'spui, in Missouri; I
u.'Ver knew lv zibeth druthers or her
.-.n Pin ice. My wile's name wa
Klizabeth 'iobr, who I married
seal c. w. r.:;:aH.
Notary Public for Ore-otrj,
State of Onr.v.us, ")
y
forsTY rF Mrr.T.nMn, )
T. Elizabeth Nixon, betn- Gr? July
i i . r
in sworn, depose to ?y:
riiat I met
iiaiowot e oi-.fv, Alabama, and ty her j John C. Nixon, who jcincd th'n-
we had two children. My wife s father nrxed aflidivit, about the yr 1$ t;
C II K A P P A I T I iH O
A
S IA
most
II
NOW THROUGH XVIIT TIIF.
mv work this fn 11. I laice
B
ty, Alibima, tny boo e, excepting about i tim- to study whit Moore Ind written , died, and m ther-in law nvtrried A-nin j that my maiden n unc. was Klisibe'tt
two yearn. un;il I enn'j to Oregon. I ! down for me, so I could answer the ; to a man named Scarborough Melvin, ( Toler. an 1 my father's name was ,l)an
left Baldwin county the l ist time ! ,jue-tious a magistrate would ask me wiio lives in Ualdwin e nintj, Alabama, j iel Toh-r. As near a? I an reeo!lec
about the 1st of Anirist, 1S70, on ajbci we jot to St. Louis ; ! Hi .miles nnrthe;it of Mobile; wheii I j he died about the year 1S53. Abmtt
beooinjr trip ; I went by the way of we then went to St. Louis. As we ' lived in A hi h? ma I boated wood and i the year 1855 my motherl marrierj
. .1. . C . . t 1 .... 1 t. . n l...-i.l..-..v lintwn ...
were ,roiiii; u irom toe terry ooav . inoj uer, una cpi. ""i ....v, ...
the year 1855 my motherl married
Scarborough Mclvin. Irwat. bem in
1S:?2, ahd was f rty one year? old the
221 day of i'ebnnrv hsL I Grst iu'Vt
John C. Nixon -about - l?l0.5-af tiiY
father's honsc abont three. inile'froti
HIakely, in Maid win county Ahhafai.
- -i paint ! liv, ahi, ni. mm
Jtr llVSlCltXllS OJ3 CJ- I a J.'b Pece.- Nw i the time to
' hiring on or old Hack's and Wajrons as you
Surgeons,
OTFER THEIR PROFESSIONAL RER
vicea to the citizens of Dallas and vicin
... ... ..ii
will never gei lueoi p atiiieo cueaper.
in any way shape or lorm, is s jirnnu
fraud that I was hited by Moor- and
OFFICE la rear of
lru g Store.
Nichols S: IlycVE
Fel22 73 tf
PR. II U D SO M h. M.
PHYSICIA b SURGEON.
, ; OFFfCE. Over Souther's Store,
Cor Commercial k State Sts., Salem, Ogn
. . ? With Dr. Richardson.
Ko9,
KOTICE.
Shop on fie c oraer over Q 15. Ftylest
ALT, KINDS OF ' WORK , SEWIN
j tVaeiiiiail Iranian, Ac. done. by M
uraot l saart ndt.ici uri'J .n real nnub
Hi. All ( H- t l It ot Mi- 1ioum, iiu th we
part of Dallas will be iinmmiiatolr attoa le i to.
"VTOTtCE is hereby ffiven thut on the 2 day
'Jji of JuW.A. D., mi thero will be a meeting
at Bethel Polk County 0?. at one o'clock p. m.,
n said day of the Stock Holdr of the Lin
coln warehouse and shiopin company which
aid meeting will bo for the purpose of electing bearin; said petitian all pir-oas having an
Ar7iji:.
NOTICE IS IIEREEYOIVEN'TIIAT np
plication has been ma le to the County Court
for an order, to sell the following described real
poperty belonging to the estate of A C Daniel
deceased situated in the County of Polk and
State of Oregon to wit: Regining at .the 8 li
Corner of the Land Claim of Jesse Harriett;
thence West on the 8 line of Said claim 27 95
chains thence N Ua cha thence W 7 e6 chs to
the center of tbe county mad from Satein lerrv
to Spring Valley thence N 10 55 " W along tbe
renter of said road 1.15ft chs thence Kant 40 50
chs to the bank cf tbe Williamette rixer thince
along the bank )f said river to the place of
begining containing 68 46 acres more or less
3y order of theJonrtthe 5th day of August A D
1873 at 1 o'clock p tn of said day is set for
officers for said corporation
Dated at Dallas June 19th 1873.
J. S. Townsend,
II. N. V. Holmes,
E. C. Keyt, Cor'.
(Jane 21-fw.
interest in Kiiid iiii.tlr are hereby notified to
appear at said timuand idiowcau.io it any why
the prayer of said petetion should not be
granted.
Douo by order ot the County Court,
,0 F Daniels, AdmiuUtratri
the principal towns ulnui tho river I if. .was a hotel; trom titete imviooii
until I reached St. Lmis, Missouri. I ! and a nun (I think his m imc was
had been there five or six days, whon a I .Johnson) tmk in j to a picture iz Jlery ! Davidson to $we r to ; tiie whole storv
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ni;.u ivertook trie as I was coiner upwind hid my picture taken; IJ av.dsoo w is manufactureo: ami orilteo into me
tdreet, and took rne by the hand nnd
asked me wliat my name was aritl what
I wa8 doin.. I told him my nam 3 was
John C. Nixon, and that I was hc
jiinc ; he then asked tne where I came
from ; I told him I came from Mobile,
Alabama; he si?k:d me many questions,
and a mono; them how lon I had i.een
in St Louis ; I told hiiu five or fix
days; he asked tne if beine; vsas not
a hard way of making a liviu. 1 told him
it was, but T had to do if, tor I had no
money. After considerable eon versa
tion he said to tne : "You are the
very man I want.'' He then paid :
"Would you like to make seven or
eight thousand dollars?" I told him 1
would, it I would riot have to go to
the penitentiary or Jail - he told me
that I would not have to go to either;
he told rne his name was James Moore ;
that he was from Oregon, and that it I
would go with him and do as he
wanted me to, he would give mc 88,000.
I told htm I did not want to go to Oregon.
Moore said, Well, if you won't co I
know another old man that will." I
or Johnson, T can't, remember which, j by Moore and Davidson; I hud to learn
told me to write "Joseph Thomas" mi ; my lessons like a school boy ; Moore
one of my pictures and not r eueral'y wrote his; JDaviu-on gave
v m i
make a mistake ; we then returned to
he hotel and they sent for a sjutre;
I repeated to the Squire the lesson
which Moore had written down for
me to study, as well as I could
remember it ; n soon as I had done
telling my story there was a man (I
think it was Johnsan) took ti pap' r
or deed, and gave it to the Sj i re.
who read it to me, then John -on (I
think it was) turned the name
Joseph Thomas to the paper, and I
touched the pen; Monro then paid
the Squire $3. Davidson and Moore
then took me to Lebanon, Illinois,
where Davidson lived, ahd left me at
a hotel ; Moore said he was going to
New York to get money t pay tne
and I was to May at Lebanon until he
came hack; I think ho was gone about
em
ht d;t
ys;
when ho came back
toook me to St. Louis to a tavern, and
paid me 81 OOp, and said he would pay
mo the balance of the 8d,000 when we
hen told him I believed I would go. . got to Oregon, and when the trial was
lie tnen took me over the Mississippi I over would gtvo me 85,000 more.
his verbally, DivhLon v as teacher.
Vne time while t was at Green David
son's, when he lived at Fairfield, they
kept me out in the woods two weeks to
keep Hannah from seeing me; he told
me to keep away from Hannah, hat he
(Hannah) would killtiie; Moqre and
Davidson pfit white paint on tny hair
to make me look old. Last September
I and (ireen Davidson came down to
Oregon City to see Johnson and Pease
and 'he man in tho Land OnW, and
to have them pay me the S5.000 that
Moore agreed to pay as 'soon a? the
suit was over ; but they refused to pay
the 85.000, for the reason that Hannah
had given them trouble, nnd finally wo
coin-promised by their agreeing to give
me 83,000, as follows : Pease's note,
duo the 14th of September, 1873, tor
$1,057 o3, and Johnson and the man
in tho Land Office to pay the balance
equally between then ; the n mount due
from the man in the Land Office and
Johnson was paid to tne, nnd Pease's
note delivered to ma somewhere about
begginir trip ; I went by the way
Mew Orleans U'lier I I-lf ll.ld jpin
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county I left nine head of cattle, 130; Moore give me a one hundred dollar Mobile, and alter I got clipped I
chhkens, and $350 in money with a j bill ; we met, tueen Dividson on tbe bee 1 for a livinir.
man by the name of Chandler ; he lived l .Htreet, and ho took me into ! The whole seh me of bringing me
about 17 miles northeast of Mobile, j a 8t.re and gave me a j to Ore-j.-n as a wim-ss in the trial
near Scarborough Melvin's who was ' now suit of cloths ; Davidson and Moore about the C rut hers estate, and as to
Men father of my wife. I becged in ! took me to a great big h .o-e I think my kit-wing anything about the mat'er ' My father had ben tin to ti plantation
. ... J . . . . , . .... v . e M! I II . 1 I . -
(.1 Ills on iUluote river, nau wnen n
returned John C. Nixon came'4 home
with him This was the first timol
remember of peeing him. ' Mr. ; Nixon
made my father's hense a home from
that date until he married m?, on tin
25th of May, 18 L5, at that plaee. Jr.
Nixon nnd myself lived in atid 'tiear
Dlakely until about ltt0. ' f 'l'?'
Our first child, a girl, WMtborn,3M
mv fa test's house on the 1 ltli day of
February, 1818, nnd died M-f 10.
1848.' In 1840. 3Jr,. Nixon and nyT
eolf moved to Fish river,: where tjr
remained but a short time and thrsi,
ooved tolbiyou Manette; whereeMr.
Nixon commenced building a boat.
We remained there about three or
tour months, i. nnd thn ; mnrml trto
lialuxey on tle lake in MLssinpL ?3V
remained there four or. five moqt bp,
where Mr. Nixon kept a Wore." ,Yo
then moved to New Orleans, in 18rt,
where Mr. Nixon kept an oyster'saloy
on Circus street, near the t&rmsV'vof
(jrevia street. We then returned to
Mobile in 1851, w here we kept a fcoVn-ing-houso.
I think if was 4ou ,WaUr
street, between Congress arid Alam,s
street. In 1 852 -we "Went drf "the ' rail
roal from Mobile to' Cttrotiell. where
Mr Nixon engagcrl in hying track,
' Concluded on fiilrih pajt. '