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DEVOTED TO HEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE DEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
VOL. 10.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1876.
NO. 39.
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THE BELL OF FREEDOM.
PHILADELPHIA, JCLT 4, 1S7G.
At tho portal of the State House,
Lake some beacon in the storm.
Round which waves are wikilv boafm,
Stood a slender, boyish form, 01
With his eyes fixed on the steeple,
And his ears aijapo with trroed
To catch the first announcement
Of the signing of the deed.
Aloft in that high steeple
Sat the bellman old and gray ;
He was sick of British power,
lie was .sick of Uritish pay;
So he sat with lean hand readv
I On the clapper of the bell.
t ti'i. i i i . i . ,
iicii sinaieii irum me portal,
The happy news to tell.
See, see! the black crowd shivers
Thjronprh all its lenirthv line,
As the boy upon the portal
liooks tip and gives the sign;
And straightway at the si-rnal
The old bellman lifts his hand,
Ami sends the rood news waking
Iron music through the land! '
How they shouted ! what rejoicing!
How the old bell shook the air,
Til l the clang of Freedom milled
The calm gliding Delaware!
How the bonfires and the torches
Lighted up tho night's repose!
And from out the Humes like Phoenix
Slaughtered Liberty arose!
Circumstimtiul Evidence.
A XAIIEOW ESCAPU FROJI THE GALLOWS.
On a handsome lawn fronting an
old ivy-grown mansion in the State
of Virginia, ono pleasant afternoon
not many years since, a group of
youny peoplo of both sexes Avere
gathered. Standing u their midst
was an old woman bent down with
age, looking as if she stood on tho
brink of tho grave, but her dark,
res less eve showed that there was
vigorous life in her mind, if not in
her body.
She had been telling fortunes for
tho young people gathered around
her, and to but one she had foretold
a bright and happy future. The ex
ception of this rule of blessedness
through life was a handsome boy of
nineteen, with a dark, passionate
face, and an expression that would
indicate perfect carelessness.
Eive years before the opening of
this story an old gentleman and his
nephew moved to Virginia from some
northern State, and buying a farm
had made it their home. Afr. Moreer
and his nephew Frank were treated
with kindness by the gentlemen of
tho neighborhood, and they received
invitations to visit the plantations
near them. Frank soon became ac
quainted with all in the country, but
his uncle never left his farm, and
seemed to shun society. For this,
many reasons were given, but the
true one was that lie had lost all his
family, a:id Frank's parents having
left him to 'Air. Mercer's charge, lie
determined to devote himself to the.
boy, and found sutlhrient enjoyim-nt
in his eomp-i:iy and cui! iv.tt in"; his
farm. Though reported very weal
thy, and that he kept a large sum of
gold in the house, Mr. Mercer and
Frank' lived in a (juiet way and made
no display.
Tints passed Frank's youth, from
his fourteenth to his nineteenth
year, when our story opens. A man
of superior education, Mr. Mercer
had been h is nephew's teacher, and
had imparted tmto hint much knowl
edge of the world of letters and peo
ple, so that Frank at nineteen was as
well informed as if he had possessed
a cultivate. education. There were
those in the neighborhood who re
ported that the bov was rather wild
! and dissipated, ami this found ready
ichevers in others, so that rrank
had some enemies and manv friends.
Thus we lind him; and the evening
of the commencement of our story
lie had bom invited to an entertain
ment given bv a wealthy planter to
lis children.
Mr. Dewcos, the planter, had three
hildren, the youngest and loveliest
of whom was Mary, a girl of twelve,
Mary and Frank were the best of
friends and loved each other dearly.
So when the fortune teller predicted
t dark and stormy future for Frank,
the tears arose to tho child's eyes.
md she said, "Don't listen to her,
Frank."
Hut tho boy laughed, and turning
on his his heel walked away.
Two days after he left home for a
week's hunting in the mountains,
but the second night after his de-
arture,the neighborhood was arous
ed bv the startling news that old
Mr. Mercer had been murdered by
his nephew. One of the servants
passing the house at night, heard a
cry, and seeing 1 rank s window open
he sprang in and walked across the
hall to Mr. Mercer's chamber.
whence the cry came. Lying upon
the Moor, was the old man dead,
while near him stood his nephew
with a bloody knife in his hand. In
fright the negro rushed from the
house and gave the alarm. Persons
from the neighborhood were sent
for, and Frank was seized, against
every protestation that he did not
kid his uncle, and thrown into jail.
Ihe feeling against the youth was
intense for the negro told the story
of how ho had found Frank, and a
wayfaring peddler, who had just as
cended the steps to stay all night,
corroborated hrs statement.
The trial came off, and the charges
were made known. Frank was
accused of starting upon a hunting
expedition as a blind, and then re
turning from tho mountain at ni-ht
had entered the room.and attempting
to remove a large bag of gold kepi
by his uncle, had aroused him, and
upon being discovered, had driven
Ins hunting knife into the heart of
Mr. Merc-er. The gold was on the
floor, its weight having tornthrou"-h
the bag when it was raised.
The knifo with which Mr. Mercer
was killed was one he had given to
Frank some days before, was a lar-To
hunting knife, encased in a silver
scabbard.
Pale us death, but showing no
signs of fear or guilt upon his hand
some faee.the prisoner sat unmoved
by his sentence, which was to die
on the gallows. When asked if he
had aught to say, Frank arose, and
looking around the court-room, in
a clear voice answered:
'I have! Circumstantial evidence
has condemned me. I admit it looks
as if I did the deed, but I am guilt
less of murder. Dropping my percussion-cap
box in a mountain
stream, I returned home for more,
for without caps my gun was useless.
It y.as a lovely night, and I deter
mined to enter the house by my
window, get the caps and return
without waking my uncle. I tied
my horse to the fence, sprang into
the window and then heard a loud
crash, a call out, and a shriek in the
direction of my uncle's room. I
rushed thither a dark form dashed
by me in the uncertain light of the
room and I fell over something on
the floor. With fear in my heait I
arose, lighted a candle and saw my
own knife, which had done the deed,
lying near. I picked it up, and
thus I was found by tho negro and
seen by the peddler. As God is my
witness I did not murder the good
old man who has protected me
throughout life, and whom I loved
as though he was my own father. I
am guiltless of the deed, but submit
to my fate."
A silence fell upon all; there were,
however; but few who believed the
3'Ottth's statement; among the latter
was Mr. Dewees and his family who,
through all, remained his staunch
friends.
Frank Mercer was to be hung to
die an ignominious death on the
gallows and hundreds Hocked to
the little town where the execution
was to take place, to see him die.
How disappointed they were to find
that the night before he had escaped.
How, no one knew; buf ho had left a
note addressed to the jailor, thank
ing him for the kindness shown him
wliile he was in his charge, and his
regret that his escape might cause
him some trouble, but saying that he
had an opportunity of escaping, and
took advantage of it, for he had no
idea of dying an ignominious death
for au act he was not guilty of, mere
ly to gratify the curiosity of a gap
ing crowd. Freedom was ottered
him, and he accepted it, and he hop
ed he would yet be able to prove his
innocence.
Tins was about tho substance of
the letter, and when it was published
in the local papers, there were some
v, ho were glad that the boy had es
caped the gallows.
Mr. Mercer's property was in hjs
will all left to Frank, and it was
found to be considerable. .Trustees
assumed charge of it, and before long
the quiet community had settled
down to its usual routine, and the
escape was in a short time almost
forgotten.
Ten years had passed away, and no
word of the fugitive had been heard,
and people believed him dead. Ono
exception was Mary Dewees, now
grown to womanhood. She had
never believed him dead, and through
her life had treasured Frank's name
in her honest heart, the mystery
which hung around him but adding
strength to her regard. Her sisters
had married, her mother was de id,
and together with her father they
had lived on the old homestead.
Husiness called Mr. Dewees to
Havana, he took Mary with him, and
they set sail for Charleston in a tine
ship running south. They had been
some days a, sea, when in the dead
of night ihe fearful cry of "lire" was
heard, which aroused all from slum
ber. In vain were efforts made to
quench the ilames. The seamen in
fright rushed into the only available
boat, and it sans with tnem, and leit
them struggling in the ocean borne
away by the wind and waves, while
Mr. Dewees and Mary, the captain
of the ship, and a few others were
huddled away upon the stern, await
ing the awful doom that must, to all
appearance overtake them.
"Sail ho!"
The joyous cry came from the cap
tain who had been straining his eyes
over the ocean in hopes of seeing
some vessel coming to save hint.
Swiftly Hying towards them came a
low, rakish, three-masted schooner,
which ever and anon sent up a light
to prove to those on board the burn
ing ship that succor was near.
Hark! the deep boom of a gun is
heard, and as the captain listens ho
exclaims, "Miss Dewees, we are all
right now; cheer up, for there comes
a vessel of war to our relief."
"Ship ahoy!" came in ringing
tones from the schooner, as she
came near the burning ship, which
was being driven rapidly along by
the wind.
"Ahoy!" answered the captain.
"Throw a long line from your
ship, and I will send 3-011 a boat,"
came in the same clear tones.
The line was thrown, the boat at
tached and after a little dilliculty
the people from the ship were trans
ferred to the schooner, and Mary
was soon in the comfortable cabin,
reioieincr over their escape irom a
j -j
horrible death.
At breakfast next morning the
young captain descended to join his
guests at the tauie. as no eniereu,
Marv sprang toward him.
"Frank Mercer! Oh, it is you
13 it not!?"
t one trlaneo at the beautiful
girl though years had passed, Frank
Mercer font was no other recog
j nized the playmate whom ho had
i loved so well, and whom he had nev
er censed to think of .
Dewees came forward, and what a
jovful meeting was there; but seeing
o r.i,i ,a of bitter memories com-
! ing over the young captain's face,
Mr Dewees said: "I irst, let me re
lieve vnnr mind of one thing. Your
i innocence in Virginia has been thor
! rmrrhlv established: for a negro run-
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p.nTTPTTOY
away, hung the other day,for killing
a woman, confessed just before his
death that he had murdered your
uncle, and your arriving when you
did prevented him from getting the
gold, but made his escape from the
house. He knew your uncle kept a
large amount of money, and you be
ing away, as he thought'he procur
ed your knife, and with it commit
ted the fatal deed."
Frank listened to Mr-Dewees, al
most breathless, and then, when he
concluded, he bowed his face m his
hands and wept like a child.
"Hut come in, we are hungry' and
need breakfast, and are dying to
know how you became a captaiu in
the Mexican navy."
"My story is easily told, my dear
friends, for, after escaping from
prison through your kindness. I
went to Mexico, entered the navy,
and having rendered some service,
rose to my command, which has been
the means of saving your lives.
Little more can be added. Frank
resigned his commission and return
ed home, where he was lionized by
the whole community. He came in
to possession of his estates, Avhich
were greatly increased in value, and
six months afterward, in the very
town where he was to have had the
hangman's halter placed around his
neck for death, he had the noose of
matrimony thrown around him for
life, and the bride was Mary Dewees.
Thus his life has been both dark
aud bright in a remarkable degree.
A Retrospect of Centuries.
One hundred years ago, Ameri
can Independence.
lwo hundred years ago, King
Philip (the Indian) defeated and
slam; lumens corpus in Lugland.
I hree" iiundrcd years ago. mas
sacre or rt. Ji.irtnolomew; opamsii
Armada preparing.
1 our hundred vearsago, printing
inven'ed; Isabella the coming queen.
rive hundred years ago, the days
of Tamerlane, the Turk, and Chau
cer, the English poet.
Six hundred years ago, Ikuiol
and Ibutce, Itiehard B.icon ; St.
Thomas Aquinas, House o Haps-
bnrg founded.
Seven hundred years ago, Kicard
Cceur de Leon and Saladin, Sultan
of Egypt, measuring swords in Pal
estine.
Eight hundred years ago, Wil
liam the Conquerer.
.Nino hundred years aero Hugh
Capet the Frenchman.
One thousand years ago, Alfred
the Croat.
Eleven hundred years ago.
Charlemagne and ILtroun AlKashid.
Twelve hundred years ago, Mo
hammedanism making lively work
in Constantinople and other places.
Thirteen hundred years ago, Old
Chosroes, the Persian, lives by mur
der, and the pope is made a secular
judge among kings.
l'onrteen hundred years ago, ihe
Saxons lively in Pritain; Clovis es
tablishes the I rench Monarchy, and
the Oisigoths conquer Spain.
Fifteen hundred years ago. The
lloman Empire having legislated
many years in favor of capital and
against labor, begins to fall to
pieces.
Sixteen hundred ago, the world
had nothing better to do than to
broach and 'denounce heresies, and
get up religious persecution.
Seventeen hundred years ago,
Marcus Aurelius, Tacitus and Plu
tarch. Eighteen hundred years ago. Je
rusalem destroyed, and Herculaneunt
and Pompeii buried.
Eighteen hundred and seventy-six
years ago, ail the world at peace,
and Christ born.
Six thousand years ago, Adam
rose to the dignity of a large real
estate owner, but by poor manage
ment was driven into involuntary
bankruptcy.
Mrs. Lincoln's Estate. It was
announced, several days since, that
Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abraham
Lincoln, had been released from
guardianship, a jury having declar
ed that she had been restored to
reason and was capable of managing
her estate. Therefore her son, Mr.
Itobert Lincoln, her conservator,
rendered his account, showing
the estate amount be to .?Sl,obO 35
and additions are being annually
made in the shape of government
bonds, which art purchased with
the surplus of her income. This
year over $-1,000 worth of bonds were
added, and but for the great outlay
incident to the unfortunate position
in which she has been placed, alarge
investment could have been made.
A copy of the report of the conserva
tor was sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and
the following reply received: "I
have received the amount forwarded
by llooert Lincoln for the last year,
and subscribe" my name to it as being
correct."
Pev. Mr. Gibson, a San Francisco
divine, after long experience, says
that he is of opinion that it is about
as easy to convert a Mongolian as to
vaccinate one of Col. McAllister's
brass cannon, and he is forced to ad
mit that he never knew a Chinamen
master the ten commandments who
was not a confirmed thief. Those
who are still further advanced and
know the catechism are few and far
between, being generally hung or
imprisoned for life before getting
through with it.
The few men who are still earnest
advocates of the theory that lager
beer does not iutoxicate, still cling
fondly to the good old custom of
winding the clock at two A. M. with
a hair brush. Burlington Hawk-Eye.
An Ohio man makes bricks, but he
is high-born aud calls himself "a
sculptor in clay."
Of? RAMCROFT LIBRARY,
Farm Products of Various
States.
In respect to agricultural pro
ducts, Iowa produces the largest
Spring wheat crop of any State, the
production of the United States be
ing 11 2. 5-19, 533 bushels, and that of
Iowa '28,708.312 bushels, while Wis
consin ranks next with 21,375.435
bushels. Ohio raises the most Win
ter wheat, 27,025,750 of the 175,105,
193 bushels produced in the United
States.
Pennsylvania supplies pne-fifth of
the rve produced in this country, or
3.577,011 bushels out of 10,918,795.
Illinois grows a larger quantity of
corn than any other State, or 120,
921,395 of the 700,9-11,219 bushels
tho country produces. Illinois also
takes the lead in the oat crop, grow
ing 42.78!), 581 out of the total 2S2,
107.159 bushels.
California produces thelargest bar
lev crop, or 8,783,-190 out of a total of
29,701,305 bushels. Xew York is
the largest cultivator of buckwheat,
raising 3,904,030 of a total of "9,821,
721 bushels. Mississippi takes the
lead among the cotton-growing
States.
Ohio produces more than half the
flax of the United States. Kentucky
grows more than half the hemp crop
of our country. California produces
nine-tenths of our native silk co
coons. Ohio contributes one-fifth of
all the wool produced in the United
States, or twice as much as Xew
York, and nearly twice as' much as
California. Xew York produces
more than one-fifth of the hay crop,
or nearly twice as m.uch as Pennsyl
vania, which furnishes the next lar
gest figure in that line.
Xew York furnishes more than
two-thirds of the hop crop ol the
country. South Carolina supplies
nearly half the 'rice crop produced
in the country. Georgia is next, or
7,000.000 pounds ahead of Louisiana.
Nearly all the rice comes from these
three States. Of the 272.731,311
pounds of tobacco produced in the
country, 105,305,828 pounds are
grown in Kentucky. Virginia comes
next with 37,080.301: pounds.
Louisiana contributes nearly all
the sugar and molasses from cane,
and Vermont nearly one-third the
sugar from maple, while Xew York
produces one-fourth of the sugar
from maple. Ohio and Indiana (the
hitter most) produce each one-eighth
of the sorghum molasses.
Xew York grows one-tifth of the
whole potato crop. North Carolina
prod n cos more sweet potatoes than
uny other State. Xew York raises
one-tifth of the national supply of
peas and beans. California produces
more than one-half of the native
wine. New Yorl- IJttUctui.
No Suushine.
"I like my house," said a lady to
me (says a modern writer) the other
day. "It is beautiful, nay, luxuri
antly furnished; it contains all that
money can purchase, all that wealth
can devise, but " and the lips quiv
ered, and the blue eyes filled with
tears "there is no sunshine in it."
My friend was young, and had been
married but a few short weeks;
her father's house in tho "coun
try was ono gleam of sun
light and beauty; this she had
left and had taken her place in the
proud city mansion, where all was
cold wealth, luxurious formality, and
no sunshine. My heart ached for
tl'e young bride, with her full house,
her full nurse, and her empty heart.
Xo sunshine. Ah me! How many
houses might label tin's upon tho
threshold. How many hearts have
these wor.ls written upon them in
letters of lire. Xo sunshine, and the
world so full of it. Tiny plants lift
ing up their graceful heads and re
joicing in the ireo ana neaveniy
glow; birds, happy and grateful,
soaring into the blue heavens in a
chorus of song; and we, with closed
and cold hearts, aching and panting
for what we have not. Xo sunshine!
And why is it? Why do we encrust
our souls with the impenetrable veil
of reserve, instead of letting them
receive, and yield freely, the warm
rays which would enshrine and
enrich them? Why not give
the smile of affection which is
craved? It costs nothing, and
is worth so much. Or the world of
approval, which would help another
up the weary road? Wherefore, as
some do forget the compliment which
would aflWd at least moment's
pleasure, but remember to repeat the
desnaring remark which gives some
thing more than a moment's pain.
Xo sunshine! Let it in it will come
if invited it will remain' if cared
for. It is worth the having.
Old Maips. The New York Ledger
comes to the rescue of old maids, as
follows: "Shriveled and withered,
you say they are! Men and women
grow old and grow gray, whether
married or single; but many an old
maid lingers to-day on tin's mundane
sphere who would have died long
ago, an unhappy but popular and
admired wife, had she consented to
marry some man whom she did not
lovebut did despise, and said 'Yes'
where conscience and God command
ed her to say 'No.' Long live old
maids, and lot no woman, from the
fear of becoming one, ever wilfully
and deliberately sacrifice herself. It
is the next crime to suicide."
Copy was out. The devil picked
u a paper and saic"., "Here's some
thing about a woman: must I cut it
out?" "No!" thundered the editor.
"The first disturbance ever created
in the world was occasioned by the
devil fooling with a woman."
A lady says there are more super
fluous men than women, and the
rest of her sex would like to know
where they are.
Scottish Character.
It was a pungent answer given by
a Free Kirk member who had desert
ed his colors and returned to the old
faith, the minister bluntly accosted
him. "Ay man, John, an' ye've left
us; what micht be your reason for
that? Did ye think it was na a guid
road we was pawn?" "On, I dawr
say it was a guid enench road and a
braw road; but, O Minister, the tolls
were unco high."
There is a well known aversion
among the Scotch to hearing read
sermons. One pastor in a country
district found himself in an awkward
predicament from this paper ques
tion. Having exhausted "firstly" and
"secondly," he found the remainder
of his manuscript wanting. In vain
efforts to seek the missing paper he
repeated "thirdly" and "lastly" ad
nauseum to his hearers. At last one
in the congregation rose, and nod
ding to the minister, observed, "Deed
sir, if I'm no mista'en, I saw 'thirdly
and lastly' fa' ower polpit stairs."
A country laird, at his death, left
his property in equal shares to his
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iw o ous, w no uvea together many
years. At length one said to the
other, "Tarn we're getting an hi now,
you'll tab a wife, and when I dee,
you'll got my share o' the grund."
"Na, John, you're the youngest and
maist active, you'll tah a wife and
when I dee you'll get mv share."
"Od," says John, "Tarn, that's just
the way i' you, when there 'o ony
fash our trubble, the devil a thing
you'll do at a'."
A young man sitting n the front
of the gallery in the church had been
up late on the previous night, and
had stuffed the playing cards into
his coat pocket. Forgetting the cir
cumstance, he pulled out his hand
kerchief and the cards fell all about.
Tho minister looked at him and re
marked: "Eh, mon, your psalm-book
has been ill bound."
An cider of the kirk having found
a little boy and his sister playing
marbles on Sunday put in a reproof,
though not a judicious one. "Boy
do yon know where children go to
who play marbles on the Sabbath
day?" "Ay," sail the boy, "they
gang down the field by the water,
below the brig." "No' roared out
the elder, "they go to hell and are
burned." The little fellow called
his sister: "Come awa' Jeannie, acre's
a mon swearing awfully,"
Uoys Without Ambition.
There are thousands of boys born
into the world possessing scarcely a
trace of ambition. Such do not care
for distinction, or even for wealth;
if they can procure the humblest
fare, by constant toil, the aspirations
of their boyhood, and subsequently
of their manhood, are fully met.
They are negative characters, happy
with nothing, and suffer no elation
or depression, when in sunshine or
under a cloud. These boys, who
often afford much mortification to
ambitious parents, fill a most impor
tant niche in the world; in fact, the
world could not do without them.
They constitute the great army of
men who build our railroads, tunnel
our mountains, load and unload our
ships, cut down our forests, and
manipulate the red-hot iron masses
which come from our blast furnaces.
We caunot alter the temperaments of
such boys. Nature is stronger than
we are, and well is it that this is so.
We may hold them by the power of
wealth or controlling influences, but
when these fail theyr fall at once to
to their place, in obedience to a law
as irresistible as that which Newton
discovered in the fall of the apple.
Study to learn what they are capable
of doing for themselves; encourage
them to do well whatever work is
suited to their natures, llegard ev
ery calling as honorable, the labor of
which is honorably performed. Do
not try to educate such boy's for pro
fessions; but give them an education
which will teach them industry and
usefulness, and all will be well with
them.
A I.atly on SSlecpiiijr, Cars.
A lady traveler writing about sleep
ing cars and her experience on the
same, says:
A woman's toilet, to be satisfactor
ily performed, demauds some other
position than prone "upon the face.
Likewise, it is somewhat more agree
able to perform portions of the toilet
unobserved by the multitude. Men
either are not burdened with modes
ty, or they have minds that soar so
high above the feminine that they
give no thought to the embarrassment
attendant upon the method and man
ner of disrobing one's self in those
quarters. A woman carefully extin
guishes herself behind the curtains,
slyly unloosens the lace, envelopes
herself decorously in a large water
proof, not daring to lay aside her
chignon for fear of a surprise, and
proceeds to bestow herself away un
comfortable and depressed. The
stranger in the bunk above leisurely
Jivests himself of his outer garments,
pulls oil his boots loosens suspenders,
and bounds into bed with graceful
ease, rather enjoying the situation.
I think if there could be a ladies' car
for sleepiug and toilet exclusive of
gentlemen, it would be a great ad
vancement iu wayfaring civilization.
I thought so this morning, especially,
when 1 awoke from uneasy slumbers
to find the foot board fallen, and a
group of serene-browed men gazing
smilingly upon my sleeping beauty.
Let us have separate cars, good peo
ple, and we can ask nothing more of
you in the way of restful ease.
A girl treating a too frequent gen
tleman caller rather coolly, drew from
him the remark: "I fear you are not
dealing squarely with me!" "Hat's
because you are round so often," was
the quiet reply.
News Column.
Carl Schurz has declared in favor
of Hayes.
Dom Pedro sailed for Europe ono
the 12th inst. o
Spain will not exempt 5oreints
from war taxes.
Goldsmith Maid lias trotted ber
rnilo again in 2:14.
Monroe Heath was elected mayor
of Chicago on the 12th.
Seattle cast over GOO votes at her
recent municipal election.
The land office has been closed at
Boise City for want of funds.
South Carolina is unable to pay
the interest on her State debt.
Over two thousand dollars hav
been contributed for the Custer mon
ument. Henry Clewes has
banking business in
New York..
resumed the
Wall street.
A trou ting party on Gale's creek,
Washington county, caught 300 trout
last week.
There were not more-than a dozen
drunk men in Ilillsboro during Cen-
tennial week.
Tan's burned 40,000 pounds of
candles to celebrate the festival of
Corpus Christi.
Frank Stadley. of King county, W.
T.. has been sent to the Steilacoom
insane asylum..
Tl:e president has noruinHted John
Kelly of Lane county for collector of
customs at Portland.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria has
invested the King of Greece with the
Order of the Garter.
In institutions for the insane the.
ratio of admissions to recoveries is.
said to annually increase.
Mr. Pratt, Commissioner of inter
nal revenue, will retire from his
office on the 1st of August.
By a vote of 29 to 10 the Centen
nial Commissioners have decided to
close the exhibition on Sundays,
The last words of George
Sand
were lAitssez la verdure, having
refer&flce to a simple grassy tomb.
Dr. Henry M. Field of the Evan
gellst has arrived at San Francisco on
his eastward tour around the worlds
Speculators, anticipating the com
pletion of the Texas Pacific Railroad,
are buying land extensively in New
Mexico..
A letter was received on the 12th
by President Grant from Victor
Emanuel congratulating America oa
its hundredth birthday.
The propeller St. Clair was burned
on Lane Superior on the 9th, and 2T
lives lost. Only five persons are
known to have been saved.
The President has signed the act
for the relief of the sureties of J. W,
Huntington, deceased, late Superin-i
tendent of Indian affairs in Oregon,
Murad V. of Turkey is described o
as good-looking, pasty-faced, thirty
six years of age, with a fat nose, a
small mustache, and a tendency to.
plumpness.
Forty-one guests of a hotel iu
Omaha were poisoned, some of them
almost fatally, by eating ice creamk
the flavoring substance of which con
tained"arsenic. J. Mo ran, State Delegate of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Pennsylvania, officially declares that
the order does not countenance
Molly Maguireism.
Cut worms are making sad hav&o
in the gardens about Corvallis. They
are destroying cabbage, tomatoes,
potatoes, etc. Not content with
stripping the tops, they are eating
tho young potatoes.
The Paris exhibition in 1878 will
cover Trocadero Heights and the
Champ de Mars, and these places,
separated by the river, will ba con
nected by two bridges across the
Seine. Paris has voted $24,000,000
for improvements.
IIoii. Pichard Williams, Iiepnbli-
can candidate for Congress, will ad
dress his fellow citizens on tho po'
litical issues of the day at the follow
ing times and places: Wednesday,
July 19th, at Lafayette; Thursday,
July 20th, North Yamhill; Saturday,
July 22d, Tillamook; Tuesday, July
25th, McMinnville.
Tho Senate committee on appro
priations have made the following
amendments to the river and harbor
bill: Increasing the appropriation
for the Lower Willamette and Co
lumbia rivers, from Portland to the
sea. from $15,000 to 830,000; Upper
Willamette, from $15,000 to $25,000,
Specials from Sioux City say tho
Indians arriving there from the
scene of Custer's defeat give an ac
count of the barjbarous treatment of
the bodies of the deceased soldiers,
liain-in-the Face cut the heart from Q
Custer's dead body, put it on a pole,
and a grand war dauce was held
around it. The Indians were jubi
lant and boastful, and sanguine of
making better terms on account of
their success.
The Yamhill Reporter says: "There
is a move on foot in this part of the
county to create a joint stock com
pany for the purpose cf putting a
steamboat on the Yamhill river. The
company is to be composed of all
classes of men, who find it necessary
to provide some means of protection,
against the oppressions of our trans
portation monopolies. Frieght to
McMinnville is SG per ton now, in
stead of $3 the former price. TimQ
something was done."
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