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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
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Trnm of tt vevtiin:
Trr -lit ui r;is -m.-nts. iJichtdiniC
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)n'' tjoiutiiii. ono yi'iir lJ.'.ift
Halt
tMiilt.T
liu-iuf.ss Canl, 1 s'luarc, nv yo:ir U.uj
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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",
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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.
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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
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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
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