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-. !.' ".' '..V "... ...... 1 " - ' , U-. G O S i1 O o PS J A v Ax s. . ? o o o 38 o o o o O e V OL. "7. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18. IS73. IsO. 38. o :Vi:"::g3SS?SS2 , , ,- .S (1 il ii mfi m wf4J 111 4 mm 11 I frill n P" o o r I J fey 6 rM A LOCAL DEMD33ATIC KEWSPAPE3 F O K THE Faraer, Ilnsirss 3Ian, i Faaiiiy Circle. issri:i kvhuy Friday. V. Is OLTINTER, j: hit oil a xi) run lis urn. OFFICIAL PAPZS FOS CLACZAIIAS CO. Oi-"I';cr.--'n Dr. Tlwssins's Rrick, no.xt door to JoU.) My rs' sfoiv, iiitnirs. SinI-' Copy Vrnr, In AdVHneo $2."j0 .... l.."0 Trnm of tt vevtiin: Trr -lit ui r;is -m.-nts. iJichtdiniC 1 -Till iH'iic i .-';u:ir.' i; tvvcl jli-S Kill' U f-li i 2.-")" For'-acii sirn.-'tiU'Mit nis-riioa l.in) )n'' tjoiutiiii. ono yi'iir lJ.'.ift Halt tMiilt.T liu-iuf.ss Canl, 1 s'luarc, nv yo:ir U.uj 0;liJTl ' XO 7 7C'7iW. oiii:(a) i.oik;!'. no. :j, i. i. o. i. Mictx cv; rv Tliursilnv (M iiiii'4;it 4 't o'clock, in the r--.V?; i xhll Fell. .us Hall. ;.D"in -i' f-trcct. .M cnilc l:-)C tlii'Dr- i-r arc il to attt-inl. iJv oi'dt-r N.i. I. O. O. I''., Mi t is on th( S-oi-.l Foarth Tu-s- ZlZ& .l::v . vc.ii.r:, f;U-h montli, j.t . . ! K. in 1 In' ;u !j... s' Jl;,ll. M-. iiilj-.sof the DcLrrcv ajv Jiiv iu'il to attend. V A. M.. Hoi isiits r tru!ar c-oin- a lii'ii.i.aUoiis 'on tin Firt :;nd 'ii if j .s.ii iu'i!:ivs in each month, J ul 7 .'. lock li tlu'IUli ot'Scj). tcin .i r lo i In- la'lii of March : and 7'j M-I.i!-; !.-o;a li;c lJ(;ih oi .March to tl.o -Kn ' r t j t-;.i'ot. i;rvlhr-n in .trood .t.ui lili a:c i.i itcil to i.tu-ll'.l. !iy onic." o!' Vt". M. ! 5.rs i::t:A."ir.?ii-:N'i' no. o. (. F., M -r-. at O.l l I-Mlow,' ry H.iii oMtli. Fir-t aidT!i!.i-ilT.i..-,- t,- lay 1. 1' ( ii!ou;;i. I'.itriarclis ' in .)'i ta!.(liii! arc ii'.vilc ii to attend. .: ' ,s x s s a n i k r.:is:( i.'..v .'.xi sx uf;i:).v, o i: i: ; t y c i r ; o i: a o x. u ; ":-S;a;rs in '."aTiriaan's Hrick, M;l,;i -,r.e!. :ui;:i!tl. I' u.i i :.,..- t.i.euiji b."'"! ;'!'!( '!" ( ; :il 1 ! low's '.Vim ,i'rnrr T'irs' Hii'l Ali T .'.'r-t. le-ui.i.c-conn r til .Miii.i a:-.a S.'v. sir THE EMTEiFl! Go q a si t j 3 to, fc-Bb ok:'.. ;; ix -Xjuj 0 D J J-'J-: L 1, O W'S TEMP L L 'urn. r of I-'ir-t and Alder street;-, be ia r- ..'on City oil Sat lirJavs. . ov. : i s. irl'EI.AT. ciias. i:. v.',k;:k.. ?Z I ; S A "r V" & R FT1 PT f.J t. rf-. U . W 1 111 ta k fl O7.0M CITY, ,-rirrrfj d'i- K.'K f!i: :-iMan's l.ricjl. Main st. 'ai ; .ri.-V: T' C .lTTCS.VlS .U!J tC't.:LL0r..S AT-LAW. OronBCity, Grccn. cyVi!l practi- e i:: tin- C.un of the s; i!--. ri:n a!t . ;.tioa tiven to cases in q ttu- l . S. i.aiiU 'Iti.- ::I trefoil (.'it y. ")apr.7J tl. 'Li. rl 15 A 11 I ZX", ( . ATTORKEY-AT-LAW, in:i:i;ux nrr, : : on eg ox. FF I CK Over Tope's Tin store, Main street. ilmarTi-tf. A. KOLeTNEre N 0 T A It r V 15 L I c. ENTERPRISE OFFICE. OUKGOV CITV. J01IX 31. IJACOX, n books, Stationery, IVrfuni- vTT. ry, etc., etc. tro:oi City, Or'j;on. t P'?At Cliarman A AVarner's oM stand, t I lately oeoiip.e.l ly S. Aokeman, Main St. AY. II. HIGHFIELD. f Et;il,IUUea sime ' !'., ut the o2l stand. I J. j 31 ;iin Str;Tt, Orrrcn City, Orrion. I f9 An assortment of Wat lies, Jewfl- l J clX, ry.an.i Setii Tl.omas Weight Clocks a'l ot wiiiel art-warrantett to bf a? k O represented. f , R'?a;rin done on short notice, and ' j i an kfu Uor in st patron age. M flEV YORK HOTEL ' tlKu-.fehes tiafthaus.) f'f N"- 17 Fra"1 S,V ."nwlto th.- Mail T Steamship Landing, f PORTUMl, ORECOX. I f H.ROTilFOS, J. J. AVILHi:S? Truprirtors. o DAYS OF .MY YOUT2I. Days of my youth, ve have glided away ; Hairs of iny youth, ye are frostt -.l and jrniy ; Eyes of my youth, your ko n sight is no i Hon. ; Cheeks of my youth, ve are furrowed all o't; Strength of my youth, all your vior i s jrriiie; Thouiihts of my youth, vour ;ay vis ions are llowii. Davs of niv vouth, I v.ih not vour lie: 11: Hairs of my vouth, I'm content ve should fall: Hvc.s of my youth, ye much evil have seen ; Cheeks of my youth, bathed in tears yo have l.ci "u ; Thoughts of my youth, ye have led me astray; Strength of my youth, whv lament your delay. Hays of my acre, ye will shortly Fe jiast ; l'ams of my ajte. i t awhile vou can last; ' .Joys of my aire, in true wisdom deli-rlit ; Kycs of my a;re.lie reliLrion voutix li';!it ; Thoujihts of my a ire, dread ye not the cold .oil ; Hopes of mv aire, be ve Fixed on vour jbd. l:Y A MlXsTllKI.. Oregor.. w ith t!iy fertile vales. Ilidi witti Ike 'fruits of earth thou art ble.-.t. IV-auiiii'l mountains, intersected with ilahs: 7-and of prospt rity '. Haven of rest. ( ;!oi:u.-ly Deaulifi'd State of the Fnion : Yo:m.i.est I l '.tire.vt ,f .'.il the land. Favored wilii mania. Id idis.-ln of nature; ienial, thy s as,us : prosperous land 1 Unequalled, thy harvest iields golden with grain. V.t nealii iV.Ir .Summer's l;reezcs wav ing. Iti ulets Mowing thi-ou.'rh e-very ; lain 'lcci.'aiir with sleek; in thy streams Ihr.-y are h,v. iilg. Happy thy sons' Coiitentment prevail imlc;' I.o-,ity thy daughters; joyoi s and 1'i'i-e ' I Ic-nie. my adopted land. soul enslav ing." Fa a.aii'rd Oregon! Hear to me. Oak tJnov::, Foi.a, W . st am) :jy tsu: itii;iiT. Stand by the right, where'er you be, In honor pha e your tia.t ! ' T.ioiigh men m-ij,' i-i oli' and tall you weak, S.ill I: t your every act bespeak .V mind ti...l w all i e ju-t. by the rigiit wlien foes r.ssail! M.iici laaveii wilii i .ra very on. A iid you shall gain the gloi ions prize hi; a ill Li.i' future surely lies For ktiior lioLiy o!oiie. Stan. i I ;.' the right, even though you 1 in i There's iroui lc in your path ! Fr ; ve is i hi man who dan s to st;-,nd ill: i'eai L--s la-art and active iiaiai, A. id sei.i iis the scellcTS 1'Uth. Stand l.y the right, and you will find Suei (., a i i in nwrtoo; S:.aed i y li.e r;g:it, the true, the just! Ill li a cii pl.ice your onsaai. trust To maniiood tM-r he til'.e. .Stand by the right! The :-kies may lo v. er, Thi' sen may cease to s'irin:', F.at you will oral that in thi- storm Heaven haih placed a hlessing warm .V 1 kssina :di divine. SIIOP.T-S I )L5S. A. large party AH of us. A good motive Locomotive. Shocking i vents Earthquakes. Fancy biea.l A roll of the eye. Loose Habit s I ressi n g-g; j w n s . Overland route Up in a balloon. Musi; by Handel A strict organ. T3ie " slave of the ring" A bride. Mischievous t oa els: ngs-3 Iod oe t r i n Nature's tailoring apotatoopateh. Women Avho judnt should i:evtr faint. lc; retails in Sherman, Texas, at 5 cents a pound. Corn dodgers Sensible folks Avho Avear big boots. When is charity like a boo ? When it begins to hum'. The Heme Circuit Walking about Avitli the baby m the night. AYLen i.- a cat like a teapot ? When you're teain' it (tea's in it). Why is the earth like a Colt's pis tol ? lecause it is a revolver. 1 lie surest Avay to lo-e your health is to keep drinking other people-'s. New Hook ' The Strav Wig," bv the author of "Wandering Heir." ' Why is a kiss like scandal? Be cause it goes from month to mouth. Mr. r.ailey, of Danbury, says: "I do not lecture myself, I am married." Why is necessity like a great manv lawyers? Because it kia.ws no 3av. ()Uerry Would it not be proper to call a dancing toa-her a hop-merchant. Why can't Scott ' run" for Con gress? Because he can t get over a Hill. There is one thing sadder than to see children die; to see them lead evil lives. Tin ', in-;, r-.Jo,. rnnl denies that Louisville girls Avear daggers in their garters. Josh billings says that a red her ring Avill keep a man dry better than an umbrella. Why is mid-ocean like Broadv.av? Because there vou will see the bi'T "swells." A revivalist asked an African if he had found the Lord. "Golly," said Sambo, "I am de Lord lost." It is suggested that Foe's bird must have laid the delirium tremens, as he Avas raven on a bust. What is the difference between a trick of Avar and a game cock? One is a ruse and the other is a rooster. "Much remains unsung," as the cat remarked to the brickbat when it sudden a- cut short her serenade. THE TI1VJ2 KTOItY OF ( Al'TAIX JACK OWX SOX OF CA1T. MVKDOCK, LATE or lixcolx ror.vi-Y, kkntfcky. From the .Stanford, Ky., Interior Journal. The central lk'nre. vhich is now attraetin.ir more public attention than any other m the United States, is .lack IModoc, tl)e last of the distin- I UIO lllllll- I guished Indian braves. He is a cap j tive in the hands of his enemies. j manacled as il he was a professional i i':V" hrreaittr show a complete histo ; reuhanded murderer or a common j r.Y of land grants, the exposures i highway robber. Since the heroism, i already made will sink into iiisigin'ii- oi ins ilexes liegan to draw toward j him public notice, manv newso-.oeis I 1 . . V X...1 .. .1 r 1 - xia c cjxccicii a (iiscovci v 01 ins pal- I outage, and out county after another j theft enter all departments and rami I in Kentucky has claimed the li mor j iieaiions of public affairs, that it is I of being the birth-place of his father. ! not only the big whales that occupy 1 during tlie time we have been partial- j their time in gobbling tlie greater I lv engaged in the collection of facts : portion of the means, but the small which shall forever set at rest the disputed question, " V ho is Captain ; and the representatives of the great I "-it named .tar.e Nixon; lead l had Jack, and who are his parents?" j American HepubJic at Vienna are ! three brothers Frederick 11.. Y.'al From the. best information Ave have j caught in tlie net or swapping peanuts j ter T. and Hubert Nixon; that 1 had bei n enabled to gather, lie is a son of a native of Lincoln county, Avho.se name Avas joiix :.irmocr:. The exact date of the birth of John ilurdock Av are not able to ascertain, but may safely say that he Avas born near Crab Orchara, in this county, some time near the beginning of the present century. The reader Avho is i i iar witl i li-,:t luiWinn fit' tlui c:ivli- , . . .. . 1 , ,-,!,! xisan oi ivemucay wnicu relates ui J.iauau inearsioiiS aviii remem- , , -it l;er that upon one eccasnm a band , T 1 , , , . . ei xiiiuaiis aiiaei..eii i at nousL' oi the a Avidow near Crab Orchard, and in the lirst rush upon her house but one Indian i-ueceeued in eectir.g an entrance before tlie door Avas barred; this one a-, as grappled by a lame negro in the hou.-e, Avho held him until the Avidow Lady spoken of dis atched liiiu v.'ith an axe. She then directed the negro to unbar the door and let another Italian in, Avho met Aith a similar fate. This piece of work met Avitli a similar fate. This piece of work she kept up until sev eral of the savages Avere killed in de tail, and the remainder abandoned the attack. THIS AVO.AIAX had been tAvice married, and John Murdoek Avas her child by her lirst husband. John, like all other eople, .V,. a,.- -a-, -.-co-.,. ,, . . . 1 .1 iii'n ..li.i very early age developed a darn ;;ud ia.a: oordnai tlaiugh I'jot i,.c-..i;;e- :l cousiee bk amour.t of st. rev. liia-ss. caution ami low cunmag-. V' hen the war of F-12 between the United States and Croat Uritain had faiily l.uirst upon the Canadian bor der. .John, though quite a outli. onh-ted in a regular regiment com- mar.ofit b-, Col. Tahl, of V.; cue county, -wiiiie passing tarongh the town of Stanford on its march to the north, ill served with more distinc tion than privates usually attain to, and soon became noted for his skill iiial success as a acout. Yhile in the "Ujoyinout of his popularity he was guilty of an act of gross insurbordin ation breaking his gun over the ad jutant's head for which lie Avas tried by a court-martial and by it senten ced to the ignomonioiis punishment of being " lHTlimj .VXI O-MlOLll." This punishment he endured silently, not oilering nay resistance or utter ing a wnrd of prote.-t. The next day John was iui.-.-iug. and in his bag- Aviiici! was ieir. Avas louml a 1, scrawl announcing his purpose to join the Indians anil wreak vengeance upon tlie Avhites gem rally. Nothing further an as iie-aivl from him for seA eral yeais; but ajjofv Tire veai: T'j') some fur traders Iiappened in the same region where h" was tra'pning, and to fhem lie made liim-;ef linov. n. He stated that after his desertion of the Avhites he ivel alternately with the Crows and Biaekfoet; but, "a feud springing up between iheso two tribes, each one suspected him of adhering to the other, so he deter mined to shrft for himself. During his sojourn Avith the Indians lie had acquired considerable intiuence oA'er man-.- o f th. m, !I1 1 to such as he eouhl trust he announced his pur pose to form a new tribe or band out of such portions of Uh' various tribes as were in reach. He succeeded e'o:ai his CM'l' and form ed a band of roving, desperate MAitAFDrns oft of tiii: ii:si:i:ters chiefly from the Ci-oavs, Blaekfeot. and Bannock tribes. They wore Cue terror of -weaker tribes. But soon found they must have squ-iws to keep up their numbers. In imitation of the followers of Bomulus, thoy madearaid upon the Nez Forces, and carried oh' maidens and. squaws. One of these maidens. Mur.loek, the ehi--f or captain of the marauders, took to Avife. ami the is.-ue of this reunion numbered live in all. of yvhich num ber the present Captain Jack Modoc is the rirt. THE 11AM, after its organization, was knoAvn as the Murdochs, Avhich has since been corrupted into Medocs. In accordance Avith the Indian cu.-.tom, young Jack Murdoek being the first born, Avas given the name of las fath er, and at the hitter's death suceeeeled to the captaincy of the tribe. THE XEZ TEIICES never forgot the injury, but were too weak to avenge it. They are known as the "Warm Spring Indians," and have sided with the Uniteel States in the recent conllict Avith the Modocs. This in brief, is the history of Cap tain Jack's parentage, as Ave have learned it. Since he is of Lincoln county origin, it is natural that our sympathies should go out toward him, and Ave trust a better fate aAvaits him than that Avhich is now impend in cr. . wjjam mil liepulIicaii Corruptions. Tlie C'iiicianati Couiinerrinl savs that tlie niavnilieent LeJK-faetions 'of ! a generous Governmen are perverted Lv professional eorntitionists into j the iniquities of Credit roln'lier, and j this is only an in;1( x pointing the i "' iit!ier 2ii0,000,i(.!) acres of : 'nb,ic lands have gone, together i yvi.h untold sums of public moneys. If the powers that be are displaced, so that a full and fair investigation 1 cance n.iniiareil vit:i tne enormities i " et to Vie reveale:!. ! ... ,:.,!.. 1 J.1. . . . '- eiian-n tiocs me mama for ' fry assiduously follow their example, upon an entirely illegitimate basis. lia-'-caltiv is liilectious. Like mas- ter, like man. A government is set up in a sovereign State by a Federal Judge, throng means and instrumen- I talities Avhicii are denounced by such bright lights of the la-publican party as Aiat. Carpenter, in unmeasureil terms. The will of the people, as Hot-box, is thwart ed by a proceeding unknown to law, oecep.cv, or C(,i;iia(in sense nut the , Sla(p f Ij0uisi:ll!.. is to.d..v 1(V a . lf , . t ,t . , i. -, set ot oiacials Uom a Uepuoiican ,.,.,.,,:-., ? i v,,, ... i i i ciJinnm tee oi Congress have ueclarod to lie in poAver by means of ini'amou- Avrong. If the hea.l of the National Govern ment Avill sanction such things and sustain them by military force, Avhat guarantee is there that, if the vote of aiiA' Shite is noet.ed, tae same means l Aviil not 1) uscd, backed, by the same force? If there can be for, a Federal Judge thu scrupulous to do h. 1 in Louisiana ready and un- how much safer are citizens of other States Avith Federal Judges wliose status of scruple lias been already determined, and Avhose readme: alone remains to bo te.;ted? Mr. Attorney General Williams, Avho is little known to the people of the United .dates except as lit; has made himself famous in being the author of more misrepresentation to the public ii ailairs than c regard t Louisiana i over be a'o;:ed for b- an' a. tei'ls every " The one a ,co: .i 1 CO iii uaonw that is suiiel i aim wrong, thai the people of Louis- t! li'-! iaaa, and g tin; do ia to mind tl; let l-olitics alon Mr. Attori.ov SOUth geV -ir own hi .....n .- iness in -ees a man . ning, ami in the last agoio;s of in dead of e. t'-miing I'lO' hebme- le.nd leaauks that t.h best thing that he can d( is to j.iind his own business a:al pay no further attention to the staenc'.' of na ig'af ion. Bntii is in vain to at totnpt to spealc in proper terrn, of the iniquities that are being daily and hourly porpotra- tel. SiUiace it to say tuc people are ripe for rebellion again-t public; mal administration fraternizing with Tri- vato thievcrv. There never v.-.-is a ! time more lpro.tiems for hono--t and honorable men to throw oil' the shaek ols of party, and assort the dignity of the priag' citizen and the majesty of simple honesty. There are suliicient of these latent forces, guided Avith discretion, to sweep the country through all the elections of the future. Jcfi. C. Jhivi- hoav ii: TI:eati.i komi; i.'.v i.aii;;s. oft: I t'AKOI.I- The Chester (S. C.) ll-,rte,' says this distinguished warrior, Avho has lately succeeded at the head of sev eral regiments of lY'dcral troens in capturing Captain Jack and his fiand ful of Modoc Avarriors. has a, fame in that section of t lie country. It says: "It is not one that a warrior would envy; but such as it is he should j have tile, benefit of it in this the hour j of his glory. He was an o.'Iicer in ! Sherman's army that swept through this Stato in sbo. Whether ho com manded a corps or a division avo do not recollect, nor is it material to know. As the army of the north ap proaoho (iu. u0 nf Chester county it came ujion the home of Mr. John Douglas, in Fairiield county. A courier came to this house and de manded a room for the head-quarters of General Jetl'C. Davis. He brought Avith him a carpet, Avhicii lie put down in the room, and other com forts ami conveniences for Lis com mander. Soon afterwards General Davis arrived and took possession of th quarters that had been prepared for him. Mrs. . the daughter of Mr. Douglas, and the Avito of Lev. T. W. E. , who Avas residing in the house an.l taking care of her aged father, appealed to him to protect the property on the place. He as sured her that he would do so, ami told her to pack up the articles she deemed most valuable and deposit them in the room he occupied, and that he aa'ouI.1 be personally respons ible' for their safety. She did so, packed up in a trunk everything she doomed r.f special value, and plae-od it in his room. When he left the house she Avent into the room to recover her valuables and fouuel that the trunk had been broken open and OAerything that Avas worth carrying off had been taken away. These facts can be established by witnesses whose credibility- no man would dare The first of tlie office-seeker's annrr noAv is said to be as follows: 'O I long to be a O ranger, And Avitli the Orangers stand, A bunch of clover in my arms, . And a pitchfork in my hand." 1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY i ') Statk of Oi:r.;o.v, ) Cufxti" of Icltnomaii, ' 3-, Jolm C. Nixon, beiiit; Jr.lv I "worn, depose and say: Tliat my ! true name is Jolm C. Nixon; tnat I was iiorti in jjoauon, Imgiaud; that lam about sixty years of age; that I was reared in ().ieeiis county. Ire land, until I was seventeen years old; that my father's residence was eaile.1 " Jlilford Cottage," about soven miles from C'arlow. and about three miles from Athy; that my father's name v as rreoencK li. Aixiii: ' my taoiher's m.aidon name was hat ar- i hnte Reiu-hcr: that ;-he had a brot1. .otli- er nana'd Charles, v. iio 3iei in Hal ifax county, north Carolina; that one of my father's sisters married a man by the name of Cook, -ho lived about' a half a mile from '"Miiford Cottage;" that I had an old maiden 5e si.der named Doroikea j.. Nixon; I mat my lataer moved into Carlow several A'ears before I left home. On the Kith of alay, IKi-i, I leit home and Avent to Inverpool, Avhere my father accompanied mo; lie then returned home, and I shipped, for America, and after reaching Xcav York I went to Norfolk, thence le, Fdrzabeth Citv to Edenton; thence j to my uncle Charles lleiiehers; i irom mere I Avent to Clarkesvi!!' Tennessee. Aviiii (h.-nei-.d In-vant: thence :ins. thence to Alexandria, thence back again to New Orleans, thence to Todd coun ty, Kentucky, and there worked in a store for a man named Tom Ander son; I then A.ent to Charleston, South Carolina, Avilh some hordes; then shipped aboard a small seko'in- or V Ovev ; tin n went to nmr.ig- ton, North Carolina; there shipped on board tha cutter Dallas with Lieut, itusseih As soon as I told Lieutenant F.ussoll vho I Avas, and tiiat 1 was a relative of the Bene hers. h- rei- ased j. a: from the ship, and 1 A-.-ont to G:'.i. BrA-ant's, in Granville count v Noitli Carolina; from there 1 Ave nt to Abraham Benchers; from thence to Wilmington, ad shipped aoear;L a acuo.mor io;j.'e,i aviUi lum ber and Avent to lavaua; there the schooner La.dod Avith fruit and sailed ior .-ioin!;-. .Alabama. I irrivou m .x ibiie ai -out is; i ir isd'S, and there Avorki-d on toaudo.:t for a time. Abo n I married a girl named Lhsahath Toler, in Baldwin county, Alabama, j'rom my l:r: t arriAal in A Lilian i I have lived in sissmiti an.l Lou- j that State and Mi I ?s;aua until J lelt and Avent to St. Louis, in isTii, and from there came to Oiegoii excepting since the Avar, j when 1 made three or four trips up the Mississippi Liver, begging. I 1 separated l'r oiii my wife about lift.vu years ago. Afver o;;r sear:i- tion I made Scarborough rdeivin's ! ami a man named Chandler's, in Baldwin county, Alabama, my home, j excepting about two years, until I i came to Oregon. I left Baldwin L 4 coai tlie last time about the lirst of August, Ii.s70.ou a begging trip; I Avent by Avay of New Orleans. When I left Baldwin county I left nine head of cattle, one hundred and thir- ty chickens and throe hundred and iifty dollars in money Avith a man by the name of Chandler; ha lived ala.ut sevt uteou mih n ; Mobile, near Scarborough Melvin's Avho Avas stepfather of my Aife. begged m the principal towns Oil'. toe ri or until I reached ot. Louis, Missouri. I had been there live or six days, Avhen a man overtook me as I Avas going up the street, and took me by the hand and asked me Avhat my name avus and A-.iiat I Avas doing. I told him my name was John C. Nixon, and that I Avas beg ging; he then asketl'me where I came from; I to!. I him I came from Mobile, Alabama; he ar.ked me many ques tions, and among them how long I had been in St. Louis; I told him ii.e or six days; he asaod me it bog ging a. as not a hard Avay oi making a living. I told him it Avas, but 1 had to do it, for I had no money. After coia-iderable conversation he said to me: "You are the very man I Avant." He then said: " Would you like to make seven or ei-iht thousand dol lars?" 1 t.dd him 1 would, it I would not have to go to the peniten tiary or jail; he told mo that 1 would not have to go to either; lie told me Lis mane av as James Moore; that ho Avas from Oregon, and that il I Avould go av it h him and do its he Ava'.ited me to, he Avouid give me eight thous and dollars, 1 told him I did not Avant to go to Oregon. Moore said, " Well, if you Avou't go, I know an other old man that will." I then told him I believed I Av ould go. He then took me over the Mississippi river to a hotel, and told me that I must change my name, ami say that iua name Avas ".Joseph Thomas," or ''Wrestling Joe;"' that I was ninety one years old; that I Avas the father of Finico Caruthers; that I was born iu Kaskaskia; that 1 Avent to Tennes see and married Elizabeth Caruthers, in Dixon County, Tennessee, in the year lbKJ; that 1 lived Avith my Aviie, Elizabeth, in Dixon county about six montUs; that I then moved to Christian county, Kentucky; that my Avife had one son, and that Lis name Avas Finico, and th.it he had it a hair: that I lived v.'ith my A.ife about live years; that I Avent to the mountains and trapped for a living. Moore and I staid over the river only a part of a day this time, an.l we 'then came back to St. Louis, and he wanted mo to go Avitii him to a tavern, but I told him that I Avould go to mv boarding-house,' where I had boon stopping. Moore, came next morn ing and took me over the river to tb j same place Ave Ave re the day before. iie tuen got paper pen ami 'ink and Avrote down what he wanted roe to sluu , so x coniti answer questions. He told me there Avas a man lv the ' The Joe Thomas ( Wresliiajf Joe I'Taml. r nanio ol xir.uv Carutln rs, and his nnuaer wno had ued m Oregon had left a large amount of property an had left no one to inlu rit it, but tin: nd it tnere Avas two or three men in Ore gon Avho were rascals and sAvindlers, and were about to get the property, but had no right to it, and that he and a man named Davidson Avanted jne to come to Oregon and personate me miner ot l mice Caruthers, so that he, Davidson, and others could, get the property. The following. is, a.; near as I can remember, What Moore Avi'ole down for me to study: I must say my name was Joseph Thomas; or " Wrestling' Joe;" that I Avas ninety-oiio years old; that I Avas the father of Fin ice Caruthers; that I Avas born in Kakakia; that I Avent to Tennessee and married Elizabeth Caruthers, in Dixon county, in 1S1C; that I lived there about six months mid then moved to Christian county, Kentucky. ami A. orke.l em a mill; that I lived with my Avife about tive years; that I had one son; that his "name was Finico. and that ho had red hair; that I left iy wife in Kentucky and Aveuf to the mountains and trapped for a living; that 1 afterwards met my Aviie and son at St. Louis and other places; that I moved mv wife and son from St. Louis to Harmony ! Mission, Axissouri, and that Green Davidson As ent part of the Avay Avith me, and that there was two trapners along; that I settled mv Avife on a creek near Harmony Mission and v.eut trapping again; that 1 saw my Avife every once ru a Avhile; that Finico came down to a creek where I Avas trapping to see me two or three times; that my wife and Finico lived near Harmony Mission about ten years aiKl then moved to Oregon; that I met a trapper in the moun tains who told m.: my wife and son had gone to Oregon. Moore and myself staid two days' time over at the hotel, so as to give me time to ...I .. ...J.. -ir.. 1,1 ;.. .. -i ! Avrdien down for me. so I eouhl mswer the (i .ies- tions the magistral AVonhl -k me avmcu avo got back to St. Louis; avo ' then AVelit over to .vs Ave were going ui irom me ierrv-ncai 4'.. Moore gave me a one-hundred dollar bill; we met Green Davidson on the stri ct, and he took me into a store and gave m a new suit of clothes; Davidson and Moore took me to a great big house I think it -was a ho tel; from there Davidson, and a man ! 1. tiirai: uis name av: me to a picture gallt- ; Johnson ) took .'a and had i:iv j-iciure taken; Davidson or Johnson. .1 can't remember Avhich, told me to Avriti; "Jo-e.i Thomas" on one of my pictures and not make a mistake: avo then r turm to the hotel and they sent for a Squh- ; I repented to ia" .squire ii.c le.-son avuh-u Moore had y.ritten dov.-n i',,r me to study, as well as I could remember it; as soon as I had done teiiing- my story there Avas a man (I think it Avas Johnson) took a paper or deed, and gave it to the Squire. Aviio read it to me, then Johnson (I think it Avas) signed the name of Jo..epIi Thomas J to the paper, and I touched tlm pen; -Uoore teen paid the Squire So. Davidson and Moore thou took me to Lebanon, Illinois, where David son lived, and hit me at a hotel; Moore said bo av.-.s going to New York to got money to pay me, and I Avas to stay nt Lebanon until ho came back; I think he was gone ...... .it t V;I1 back he took m ill. .of .,..,. ,"!...... !.,.., i ; Avian ;,o came to St. Louis to a t-ivern, s:nd paid me sl.c.'d, and said he Avouhl piy mo the balance of the s.'i.bbb avium wo got to Oregon, and th is over Avouto o,Cii) m re Moon and Davidson told me that I would not have to be gone longer than throe months. I did not want to come to Oregon, mm-1 com well. Wl. edly toll true nana and they would pay mo in ei it.. Louis I ropent- Moore ud D. iv :l. son mv Avhere I Avas irom, and all about mvself. Moore, Davidson, and his wife, and myself, all start".! to Oregon to gether; arriving at l'ortland, I staid one night; next day Moore took un to Oregon City oa the cars; McCoavu or Johnson took me from the cars to a hotel at Oregon City: the second day (I think it Avas)'..ftcr I g(!t to Oregon Cit;. Johnson came to 1 said he my room at the hotel laid met me in tit. Louis; said don't you know me? I Avas in St. Louis with Moore and Green Davidson." He then commenced talking to me about Avho I was, and Avhere I came from, and I. thought he Avas a Part ner of Moore and Davidson, ami commenced telling him what my true name. av.is, ;uv Avhere I came from; he then said his dinner was waiting and lie must go. I do not Avail t to toll on Johnson as he never did me any harm. I Avas tak en from Oregon City to the opposite sid.e of the river, 'and staved a f-w days; I was then sent to Green Dav idson's in Marion count--; after I Avent there, Moore sent me S200 bv Groen Davidson. Tlie paper Moore wrote for me to study while him and mo wore at the hotel opposite St. Louis, Missouri, he took from me; I Ju not know what he did Avith it. When I wont up to Green David son's, Moore came up, and wrote .another, and gave it to me; it was like the one he gave me at St. Louis made mo. say I only had one son, and the one he Avrote'at Green Dav idson's made me say that I had two sons Fini-e and. John and that Jolm died at Harmony Mission, luis paper was given- me about three months after I Avent to Green Davidson's, in Oregon; I studied this paper in th presence of Green Dav idson and his Avife; I studied this paper until it Avore out, and so they liad to write the third one. About four or live months after I Avent to' Davidson's in Oregon, he payed me si, 700. While I was at Oregon City, j after the pavrncnts in the Summer of i 3WCCaw iiwjuiji "iPtfiM i 1871, I had .800 with me, and I i lost or some one sFd., it tvm ma and Green Davidson slept in tho room with me tlie night I lost it. All the witneses"who swore that t.iey knew me, and that mv name was Joseph -Thomas, swore i'alselv, for my name is John C. Nixon: I m-Aer shav ,ioe Aleck lininv life m I the Mountains or an vw here else until I saw him in Fort land; I never was a nuntor, or trapper, or moun taineer; I never Avorked on a mill of any kind; I never was at Harmony Mis-ion, in Missouri; I cevg knw Elizabeth Caruthers or her son Fin ice. My Avife's name was Elizabeth Toler. who I married in Baldwin county, Alabama, and by her Ave had two children. My -wife's father died, and mother-in-law married again to a man named Scarborough Melvin, who Laos in Baldwin county, Ala bama, sixteer miles northeast of Mo bile; Avhen I lived in Alabama I boat ed Avood and lumber, and kept a hoarding-house in Mobile, and after I got crippled I begged for a living. The whole scheme of bringing mo to Oregon as a witness in thrial about the Caruthers estate, and irs to my knowing anything about the mat ter m any way, shape or form is a grand fraud that I was hired by Moore ami Davidson to sAvear to; the whole story Avas manufactured and drilled into mo by Moore andDaA'id son; I had to learn my lessons like a school -boy; Moore generally Avfoto his; Davidson gave his verbally; Davidson was te-.cher. OneCtimo AvhiL 1 Avas at Green Davidson's when he lived at Fairfield, they kept me out in the Avood.s two weeks to keep away from Hannah, that hoC i Hannah) Avouhl kill me; Moore and Davidson put v.hito paint on my liair to make me look old. Last September I and Green Davidson came down to Oregon City to seo Johnson and Tease and the man j in tlie land oflie and to have them i nav me the So. ()!;) that Moore n creed to )aA- as soon as the suit but thev refused to pav the So.000. Avas over: fm- the reason that Hannah had giA'en them trouble, and nnally a-, com promised by their agreeing to give, me :MH0, as follows: Lease's note, due the 1-ith day of September, 1873, for .vT,b..7 33, and Johnson and the man in the laud ohica to pay the bal ance equally between them; the amount due from the man in the land emico and Johnson was paid to q me and Lease's note ileliAei-ed to mo somewhere about the l.'th of Sep tember, Is72, in Mitchell & Dolph oniee, at l'ortland, by a young maif Avliom they sent down to pay me; I do not know Avho the young man Avas. Iti March or April last I got Mr. John Phillips, of Salem, to come down to Oregon City with me to seo Moore, to have him pay me s'-2,(H)() that they failed to pay mo in the settle ment: I asked Moore to pay me the S-'.bdO. They had agroe'd to pay me s'S.OOtt. and had i:iid me dmt (').('' UK I told him I wanted him to pay me or I would go to Fortlanel and toll Hannah the whole soer2t. Moore said: "If you do he (Han nah) will -put you in the penitentia ry." I told Moore that he (Moore) did not talk that way in St. Louis; that he had told me that there Avas no danger. Moore said, in reply: "There is no datiger now, if you Avill do as I told vim, but if yon tell Hannah you Avill go to the penitentia ry for life." I told mini that I did not care; that I Avould tell it anyhoAV. I think that it Avas on or about Monday, the l:2ih day of the month of May last, I void Green C. David son that I had made :i confession to Hannah of the whole secret about myself, Avho I Avas and Avhere I came from, who induced nm to come here, and Avhat they brought . me her3fer. Davidson then said: " We are all ruined; I Avill los my So,0f), and you will go to the pc'nitentary for life; if any person asks you about the matter, tell them I had nothing to do Avith it, that Moore did it all." The foregoing is a true and cor rect statement of my name and fam ily connections, and the circumstan ces under which I was induced to come to Oregon to personate tho father of Finico Caruthers, and givo my testimony in connection with the? Caruthers estate, and I noAv make this statement that those whom I i ive -.-.rouged may be able to obtain jn-stice. Joiix C. Nrxox. Subscribed in the presence of F.alph Wilcox, L. Brooke, Elizabeth Nixon, C. M. Godbohl, John Hurley. State of Onneiox. I Cocnty of McItnomaii. j" ss: I hereby certify that on this 10th day of June, A. D. 1S73, personally appeared before me John C Nixon, Avho, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that the foregoing : tatement was tnfe, as he verily be lieved; that, before SAvearing to and subscribing said athdavit, the said statement Avas road to the afliant and by him subscribed in my presence. Witness my hand ami ollicial seal the day and year in this certificate above Avritton. kkal.1 C. W. Pahsh, Notary Fublio for Oregon. Keckontxo. The little son of a prominent Baltimore minister said to hi s father. "Fa, SJ. Faul was a South erner." "Hoav do you knoAv that my son? "Why sir in the eighteenth verse of the eighth chapter of Bo mans he sav: 'Lord, I reckon.' None but Southerners say reckon." Not Oftev. The Worcester flw---ays- "Two medical societies met in 'this citv yesterday. A Car load of gravestones also arrived during the dav. It is not often the eternal fitness" of things sticks out in this niaunor." A disgusted Danburian wants to Fvfrvw- if "woman was knoAvn to be tho equal of man, why it is that she can't whistle V 4 O O G O O 3 o0 o O O O o O o o o c o o o o CJ O CO o o o o u o o 0 o O o