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f 4 V iras lift a i OREGON CITY, OREGON, SOY, 10, 1876, The rrofcaWe Result. Hayes' Klectlon ClafmeU Ty One EIer-( toral Vote. Oregon Kctlccuiedl O Up to the hour of going to press, the news received by telegraph -with reference to the elections seesaws in such a waynow the probabilities neing for ITayes, and next for Til den that we are left olmost wholly to lean upon or hopes for conjec ture as to the final result, it would seem that Ilayes was- elected by "tho follow ids' voter Jfaye. TVdcn. Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Colorado California Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Iowa, Illinois Kentncky Kansas. Louisiana. Maine Maryland ....... Massachusetts. . . Mississippi Minnesota Missouri Michigan New York New Jersey Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire . North Carolina. . Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania. . -. Rhode Island South Carolina . . Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia. . . Vermont Wisconsin 10 G G 11 15 11 21 5 8 7 12 8 8 is 35 9 10 11 3 w o 22 21) 1 7 12 8 II 5 W Totals 185 18-1 We don't feel like crowing any yet, and we may possibly have to remodel our count in the next issue. Oregon has gone 'Republican by about 800 majority, and is a sour grape for our Democratic friends who have been routed, horse, foot and dragoons, everywhere so far as heard from. We expect to be able to give the full vote in our next issue. The Liquor Law. o A bill was raised by the Legisla ture making it a j cnal offense, pun ishable by a fine of one hundred dol lars, to sell spirituous or intoxicating" liquors to minors, or to persons who are intoxicated or in the habit of be ing intoxicated. This forfeiture may be collected at suit of any citizen of the county where the offense is com mitted against tho bond of the liquor dealer. This law, we look upon as one of the lest a fi d by the Legis lature, for we feel confident that the most depraved man in this country would not desire that boys have a free run of the faloons, or that they be legally able to contract a habit in their youth to destroy them in their older years. We suppose that the part of the law which prohibits the sale of liquor to persons intoxi cated or in tho habit of being intoxi cated will lead to endless litigation. Tho wives of inv b ?a1e dr:iikers will sue the liquor sellers, and often a drunken man will do the same be cause he was sold "rum" whilo in c toxicated. We are glad the law has passed, but fear that it will be the occasion of more law suits than have ever passed through chancery. The patent office at Washington shows itself to have been more than self-supporting during the past year. Its receipts for fees and other ser vices were 8787,000 and all its ex penses, including salaries, were but 001,000. There were 22,208 appli cations received for patents, and 15, 911 patents issued, during the year, besides 3.G13 patents allowed, but not issued, for want of the final fee. Also 1,037 trade-marks and 499 labels registered, and 2,913 caveats filed. Ouly two patents were extend ed. Tho government agricultural re port of the condition of the cotton crop through October gives tho fol lowing per cents, of the condition for the several states: North Carolina, 84; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, 85; Florn!, 80: Alabama, 70; Mississippi, 83 j Lonisiana, 82; Texas, 91. Ten nesse, 91. The impairment has been caused by the equinoctial storm in North Carolina, drought and rust in Georgia, caterpillar in Florida and Alabama, the boll worm in Arkan - Bas, and frost in Tennessee. o The biennial report on the pro gress of Oregon gies the white pop nlation of the state in 1875 as about 105,000. ngainst 87,000 in 1870, but. though the growth of population is slow, a prodigious- amount of wealth is produced. Nearly GO 000 acres of land are under cultivation, G,250,000 bushels of wheat were raised, over 3,000.000 bushels of grain. I,SG3,000 pounds of wool, 1.555,000 pounds of butter besides 4,800 barrels of sal mon and 80,000 cases of canned sal mon, the salmon fisheries alone be ing valued at 2,000,00. a year. ELECTION RETURNS. Maine. New York, Nov. 7. Maine is Re- publican by 15,000. Maryland Baltimore, Nov. 7. Tilden's ma- Jority 10.000- Georgia. Georgia is Democratic by 50,000 or 00,000. Nevada. Dispatches from Virginia City to the Democratic State central com mittee concedes the State to the Re publicans by 800. Mississippi. Louisville; Ky., Nov. 7. Private news from all over Mississippi re ports the election of five and perhaps more Congressmen, and sa3S the State is Democratic by over 30,000. Information f omsame sonrces states that in Louisiana the straight tickets, so far counted in the city of New Orleans, show a Democratic plural ity. RUode- Inland Providence, Nov. 7. Partial re turns from all parts of the State show Ilayes will have from 5,000 to G,000 majority. Alabama. MosTiioMEKY, Ala., Nov. 7. Elec tion quiet throughout the State. As far as heard from Hayes' majority in i this citv will le 1,000. The few box es, heard from indicate a large Demo cratic majority in the State. It is safe to say seven Democratic Con gressmen are elected. . New Jersey. New Jersey Nov. 7. The State has gone Democratic by 13,000. Iu-vvn. Iowa goes Republican by 45,000, and elects all member of Congress. Urrgon. This State has gone Republican, electing Williams to Congress, and the Republican electors. The ma jority is probably 500. to 700; Com plete return may reduce it, or may run it up to 1,000. New York, Nov. 7. New York county: Tilden, 112,208; Ilayes, 58,050. Tilden's majority, oJ,uoO. Three hundred and sixteen towns outside of New York and Brooklyn show a net Democratic pain of 3,53(3. Brooklyn probably is 12,000 Demo cratic. Tilden's majority in Kings county, including Brooklyn, 17,088. Buffalo City gives a Democratic gaiu of 3.41G. Sonlli Carolina. Charleston, Nov. 7. Official re turns from various parts of the i State show large Democratic gains ever where compared with the vote of two years ago.' No Republican pain yet reported anywhere. The Democratic committee are'jubilant. yii n ii oho t n. St. Pail, Nov. 7. All. returns from Minnesota indicate a heavy lie publican majority. All candidates for Congress are elected. Michigan. Detroit. Michigan, shows a Demo cratic gain, but the State seems Re publican by 10, 00 majority. IUitioix. Illinois is estimated Republican by 20,000 majority. Indiana. Indianapolis. Nov. 7. Returns from 80 townships give Tilden 13, 37G au.l Haves 13.134. The same pla ces in October pave Williams, 13, Connecticut. Hartford. Conn.. Nov. 7. Fifty nine townships including Meriden, the onlv city vet reporting, gives Hayes 11.007; Tilden, 13,335; Hayes' majority, 1,050, Hayes' vote over Robinson's last spring. 3,280; Til den's over Ingersoll, 1,190. Those 57 towns gave st Democrattc majority last spring of 1,028; Republican gain. 2,090. IIartfort. Nov. 7. Democratic majority 30,000. Nov. 8. Republicans claim the State by GOO majority. N'wrtli enroll na. Wilmington,Nov. 7 .-Returns thus far received show almost universal gains. Wilson, county gives a Dem ocratic gain of 400. Indications all favor a decided Democratic majority in the State. Republicans claim the State by a small majority, hnt admit it is very close. Democrats claim the State by 5,000 to 10,000. California. Nov. 8. The State has gone Re publican by over G.000. The Latest. New York, Nov. 8. There is growing confidence in Hayes' elec tion. Crowds already cheering for President Hayes. Times, Herald and Tribune claim Hayes election b one. Columbvs, Nov. S.--There is great excitement here over the an nouncement that Hayes is elected. His Trivate Secretary is sending out telegrams claiming a majority of one for Hayes, Chicago, Nov. 8. Democrats ad mit the resnft defends on Florida. The supposed keeper of the b-nes of Tom Paine died recently in Ens laud. ile kept his dark secret well having only affirm, d vnon ,.,. i, had them in his possession, hating received them from flrvt took them there from America. When asked further in re-ra d to H.p matter he refn ed answer, and it is now feared it will never be known what Las been become of the bones. There in being a f ill-blooded negro after an. uut of !J00 deaths in Savannah in.ui yenow lever since August i not one full-blooded black nor is included in the list, and none have uaa the fever A Vienna journal has invented the story that Russia made a treaty with ... miru oiaies, m Augnst. by which the former ceded Okhotsk, "... u.ij.u-enr territories, to the lat Cr,' ,,,)L1'?"P fo-r .veral ironclads uu xo,owuiWv roubles. PHILADELPHIA LETTER. Philadelphia , Oct. 11th, 1S76. Once again within the charmed precincts of the Main Hall, the de- I scriptive indication reigns supreme, ! and down the winding aisles wo go to gaze on treasures from afar. Of course, tho varied exhibits have ex perienced no material change of ap pearance since last our pen faintly summarized their beauties; but cer tain representative displays seem worthy of renewed attention, and to these we shall now refer: Twenty-two acres sheltered by a single poof, and abounding in pavil ions, show-cases, monuments and fountains, and floating the insignia of thirty-six countries and their col onies tho richest and most powerful of earth is a sight well calculated to improve our Yankee self-complacency. The immensity of the expo sition is grand in the extreme far transcending in its complexity ordin ary comprehension. Fassing Mexico's rich mineralog- ieal collection, wo enter the triumph al archway inscribed in letters of emblazoned gold "TheNetherlands." Great maps, illustrative of the recla mation of Znyder Zee, grace the walls; Hollands choicest products load the-tables; and copies of every work notable in Dutch literature, gay in morrocco and vellum, fill the sur rounding cases. Belgium shows a wonderful piece de resistance in a carved pulpit huge, in size and sub lime in execution around which are tastefully grouped articles suggestive of that productive land and industri ous people. Brazil's mauresquo pa vilion opens to the gaze glittering stores of precious stones, auri feronn and argentiferous ores, and other products of her distant province:-! and vast territorial possessions. Next, Switzerland stocks her booths with rare curiosities of delicate hand iwork and patent labor Swiss-coi-tape clocks, musical boxes and tovs. Adjoining is France and hsr colonies. The prevailing idea of modern Gal lia, appears to be an orderly arrange ment. Silk and ceramics aro dis played in regal splendor and profus ion. A porcelain set of chamber furniture of remarkable beauty and yet studied simplicity, is appraised at 100,000 francs, for which price (32f),0C0) it awaits a long expected purchaser. Jewelry and bijouterie glitter from hundreds of cozy recep tacles, and delicate patterns of ex quisite laces arid Increased attractive ness to costly show-eases. Tho Central Pavilion is devotM to the ornamental art, and here the principal nations msss their skilled workmanship in friendly competition for artistic honors. England dis plays a collection of gold ami silver plate, enamelled ware, and numerous electrotype reproductions of antique works of metallic art. Tho 'Helicon Vase," the result of six years of pro found study and assiduous labor, occupies a 2-rominent position. It is a superb repoussee design represent ing the progress of Poetry and Scnlp tare, and is valued r.t 30,000. Ger many is distinguishable by a rich display of majolicas and delicate glass fabrics. The porcelain exhibit is nnsArpassed, and "unzer Fritz'' may well be". proud of his subject, Konigh, the manufacturer. The prin cipal picco, held at G,000gold, is a vae threa feet high, embellished with a car fully executed copy of Raphael's ma-ter-pioco, "Aurora" the glory of Dresden Gallery. An other vase, commemorating G rman ic victories and progress, is val ued at 4,500, and is noticeable for originality a;;d expressiveness of de sign. France shovys a matchless chimney-piece, compose.! of bronze and marble, and ordered for tLe Louvre at a cost of 05.000 francs Surrounding which are many ot!,er articles if the 'same and different materials, a-1 evidencing a high or der of workmanship and appreciation of the beautiful. Tho Austrian sec tion fairly bhics with glittering glassware. TheBep.im exhibit is simply indescribable in its beauty and delicacy. A pitcher, marked "only $115," is superbly lovely. Ethereal as-a soap bubble, sparkling translucently, it seems to have sud denly expanded from clear and crispy air into a forui of grace and symme try. A decanter receives adornment in a life-like enprav np of Phaeton driving the chariot of the Sun: the very breath of the horses is visible as it issues from distended nostrils, and one can all but feel the qui verg ing of poor Phaeton's hands and hear his labored breathiusr. a-s he ineffect ually strives to curb their fievv speed t:.,... r i i - i . .. Some of these vases-are britrht with colors and glowing with loveliness, fair and delicute creations, they are the extremes of fragility and loveli nessthe material presentment of melodious poesy. To the west stands Great. Britain, flanked by her mauy colonies. From all these lands, some deep in the night of antipodes, and others glori ous in the light of northern day, come offerings rich and rare, quaiut and curious, ornamental and useful. Canada and India exhibit separate displays, and, as indicative of their progressive achievements, are worthy of close and studious examination The latter shows costly camel's hair shawls, and gorgeous brocades and silks. The famous Docca muslin lies in piles of intangible mist filmy and delicate, a dress pattern in a pill-box! Apocryphal as it sounds, we grate fully receive the information, mus ingly c nsider and soberly pass on. Across the main avenne is Russia, agreeably surprising the eight-seer C00RT2SJnDF BANCROFT LIBRUtt, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA and exploding, 'at one fell swoop, the popular fallacy of her pastoral semi-warlike state of barbarism. In india-rubber goods, , cotton, linen, woolen fabrics -ami metais, sue iui- njsie3 decided evidence of her proud position as an industrial nation; but : ningarray, without a well-preserved it is in the exhibit of jewelry, gold scalp, although it is a$ -brittle &, and :lver ware, bronze, furs, and; charred paper aud sloughs off readily decorated cloths articles of higher to the tpash. The hair is perfectly lnxurv that she -appears most cred-; preserved and, by its progressive itablv and excels most unexpectedly, j changes from the original color to Adler of Moscow, displavs massive i silvery white, the ages may be close oliarmincr in their ! ly approximated. Decayed " cotton soliditv Some are perfectly plain, 4 tilling the ears and nostrils; and ban and others "learn with bunches of , dages swarthing the limbst indicate creamy pearls,' sparKiing niamuuus, : softly-glow-iug' opals, lender ame- j thysts and quivering rubies. Their ! antique designs and splendor of color j vividlv surest Solomon in all his clorv the days of vast wealth and 'li:irhrif r.-arl and pold. llair beautitiers in the form of sheaves of golden wheat sprinkled with diamonds, look liko blades of rustling grass glistening with drops of purest water. Punch bowls, ladles and cups of exquisite workmanship, are profusely distributed throughout the section, and add their quota of attractions to the scene. Other than the adornment of pre cious gems, many articles are decor ated by arabesque designs wrought, in tula'work, and by the still more difficult and costly process of dam asking. In oxidized and rcjoussee silver efforts, the Russians are unex celled. Ropoussee, let me explain, for the benefit of the uninitiated, is j a style of high metal relief work, in which the projecting figures are all hammerer! out from Indiind, instead of being stamped or c-ist as is the more customary method. The amount of time, patience, and artistic skill required is almost incredible, and far exceeds in value that .f the coni nosincr metal. "The Adoration of the Magi," a standard production of j this style, in valued at 7.000. of' which sum probably one hundredth part is represented by raw material, the remainder being involved in skilled labor mental and manual The bronze display takes rank with that of semi-precious stones. Of the latter a malachite mantle-piece and accompanying clock, nr.! held at 1(),(M)0; a pair of vases of the same material, two feet high, at 5,000; lapis lazuli table, eighteen inches in diameter, at 750; ami all else pro portionately - "All common good bas common price ; Exceeding good, exceeding. In furs, it is unnecessary to say that Russia is unequalled. A sable cloak of rare beauty is labeled 2,700, gold; a black fox collar, 1,200; and so on ad infinitum to the speedy depletion of the purchaser's pocket-book and the visitor's rapturous astonishment. Next, we encounter a mural en closure surmounted by thegli tering arms of Spain. A triumphal gate way, triple-arched, with immitation of pink granite and bronze facings, and luxuriantly draped with hang ing silk, separates Espanola's col lection from the hurrying throngs without. Depending from the arch of the central entrance is a faultless candelabrum of oxvdated silver and brass in gothic style, contributed by i the King. In tho porticoes, young ! Alfonso displays carved woods inlaid i with gold, marvelous tapestries, vases I from the Royal Museum of Madrid, j and catalogued exhibit? from tho i Royal Armory. A richly carved i side-board, the hero of three interna- I tional expositions, occupies a distin- j guishod jMsition. Azulegos tiles j resembling mosaics are exhibited in j profusion of numbers and styles. Of ! damasks, woven in arabesque and ' abounding in durable colors, of la- ' dies' beautiful hosiery, wonderfully j delicate in design and texture; and ' of woolen blankets, tho warmest and ; downiest of coverings that e'er pro- t -I - 1 ! lecieu seeping innocence irom a midnight shiver, there is not space or time to write. The whole display is eminently creditable, and shows that Spaiu is not yet dead to the memory of her past glories. The silver manufactures, works in terra-coffee, wood ornamentation, and furs of Denmark are passed, and China anil Japan are before us rich iu lacquet-ware, ornamental design-", silks and embroideries. Nothing is here more beautiful and delicate tha?) the ivory carvings. They are the very perfection of human skill. Among those exhibited is an ele phant's tusk, two and one-half feel long, imbedded in a solid mass of ebony. Carved on this is the repre sentation of a rocky eminence raising from out a bamboo plantation. through the elastic canes of which 'Chinese cheap labor' is slowly push ing its way. Beginning at the apex of tho tusk attending up tho concave side to tho thicker end, is an ivory city on a mountain side wonderfully well executed. Here are losn-housos and palaces, shaded by pr ves of mulberry; streets alive with march ing military; windows graced bv happ -looking Chinamen r und tow ering above all, gay with bells and banners, are tho characteristic pago das. In the temples bow on bended knee hundred ot CVlestnd worship pers old and young, male and fe male; and yet in all its glory of con structive ingenuity, requiring three years of patient labor, this trrand effort brought in China but i?o'20, for which amount it became the property of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. Such is but one exhibit of many, for great and diversified are tin ivory treasnres displayed. In m not her sec tion these cunning Asiatics displ iy articles of food and medicinal com pounds. Smoked lizards and lish, insects and reptiles, of the most re pulsive appearance and sickening at tributes, usurp the place of more civilized pills and powders. Pre pared opium, in semi-liquid state, occupies another cae. So powerful is this drug that a whiff or two sends the devoteeintohis abnormal oriental sleep, changing scenes of pain into dreams of indescribable peace, and magically relegating adverse realities into elysiums of fascinating loveli ness. Agricultural products, .shoes, paper and silk till the remaining cases, while vases and broi.zes orna ment the winding aisles. Near by is Pern, who carries off. without competition, the palm for ghastly exhibitions. Everybody who has heard of her hideous mummies seems anxious to gaze upon their 'symmetry of outline and fullness of proportion.' Possibly they are re quired for variety's sake, but still it is shocking to weak nerves to be ush ered from scenes of surrounding beauty into this horrible charnel house of the 'dear departed.' The collection embraces skeletons and rnieTrgBr'M'' mummies of Auricanian Indians, a race, according to the most reliable published authority, extinct at least two-thousand years since. The bones are bleached and bare, but there is hardly a skull in tho long and grin-": me ujjuuci iu muuu mo tnc;ici.iiJS liquid was applied; apd may suggest a solution to the- problem of bor.y embalming one, of the lost arts of antiquity. To individualize, one of the upliest ami most horrible 'beau ties' of the collection is a female mummy with long gray hair and wrapped in a shroud wromght in feathers a garment rendered as fra gile by age that, if taken from its glass case, tho circulating draught would resolve it into primordial dust. A copper spoon, for use on the jour ney to the happy regions of the Sun, lies cross-wise in the mouth which is eternally shut by an ivory disc and encircling cord. Tied around the body, like rods on the axe of a Rom an lictor, are knitting needles and rolls of what once was cotton yarn; near at hand is a little bell of pure gold, to merrily announce her com ing, and several pots and jars which contained food and water, for sonl sustenance and bodily comfort, dur ing the trip to the distant heavenly abode. In addition to this sombre gallery of the- dead, there is a large collection o-f potterv, herbs and cur- ios thoroughly represenraxi ve or this far-off land of Pizarro's pride. j Argentine Republic lias an analo- i pons exhibit, while across the aisle Italy entices the visitor with rare mosaic work and marvelous sculp ture. Sweden shows an amount of attraction ne'er dreamed of asexisting in that region of snow and ice. Then Norway fixes our attention with startling jxipier-mnche tableaux of 'Folk life.' Hero stand Norwegians, men and women, youths and infants, clad in grotesque dresses of fur and woolen, and copied direct from na ture. Their attitudes are thorough' life-like, :sml the situation suggestive of hyperborean domesticity. A fam i ily group exhibits costumes of all ages; a marriage proposal snows the bashful suitor, dubious 'papa' md anxiou- daughter; in another two old women are busy at tho distaff; and so on through a lengthy array, all of which are strikingly realistic, but none more so than an affecting representation entitled "A Babv's Death." The last fluttering breath lias just left the body, and the little face is ghastly calm; the mother kneels in silent agony and bitter grief; tho grand-father leans on his staff, sad and sorrowful; and the poor father, holding open a Norwe gian bible, clasps a little girl, who is. half afraid and wholly ignorant of a 'terror' whose force exceeds her in fantile comprehension. Devoid of life as are the figures, wo go away, when tho clanging bell sounds forth the hour for departure, with heavy sihs and aching hearts for that home of blighted hopes and pious resigna tion conscious that the little cofiin always holds the tenderest sorrow. R. M. I). TELF.li It . V F 1 1 1 C N RW'.i. lastern. Pahsox, Ks., Nov. 3. Da A. G Long, several years Indian delegate to Washington, died to-day at Tish omongo. capital of the Chickasaw j nation. j Washint.tox, Nov. 5. The Presi ! dent accepted the invition of the j Centennial Commission to the form--j al close of the Exhibition on the 10th ihst. He will be accompanied to Philadelphia by members of the Cabinet. Washinoto.v, Nov. G. In the mat ter of the application of Mrs. Balva A. Lockwood for admission to prac tic as an attorney and counsellor of the Supreme Conrt, the Chief Jus tice announced, as the decision of the court, that none but men are ad mitted to practice before it as attor neys and connselors. Chicago, Nov. 7. The voto for Cooper in some interior counties is nearly equal to that of Tilden. CiiK'Aoa, Nov. 7, 11:15 P. M. The following Eastern States have certainly gone fore Tilden: Connecti cut, Indiana; New York. New Jersey in doubt, but probably Democratic; Louisiana and South Carolina prob ablv Republican. North C irolina- is claimed by the Republicans. Par flic Coast. Ri:dpXX. Nov. 4. The California and Oregon Stage Comp itiy'b oae'i. carrying the U. S. mails jnd W. F. fc Go's express, was stopped lev t hree masked higii way men la t night at 12 o'clock, three miles north of this place and W. F. t C's treasure box taken, containg 1,100, and als the registered mail pouches, all of which were cut and broken open and handed back to the driver. B -n Hoiladay and party were not mo lested. Partie- are in pursuit of the robbers. LVNION. Nov. 4. The R-1--SO Turkish armistice is regarded as highly favorable to Russia, because it gives her time to export her wheat crop and put her finances in better condition. The effect on the the European wheat market natural ly suggests itself, lhe Turks can only suffer by the enforced delay and the best opinion is confirmed that Turkey must suenmb to Russia, and that war will notbeeome general unless provoked by subsequent im moderation on the part of Russia, which is not an ticipated. There is no reasonable foundation for the sensational story that Russia has already demanded the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Servia. A London dispatch states that Prince Bismarck is seriously ill. His doctors fear softening of the brain. The transaction of the U. S. Land Office at Roseburg for the month of October amounted to 441 acres sold for cash; ten homestead entries em bracing 1,280 acres; twenty final homestead entries embracing 2.752 acres; thirty pre-emption filings; one donation certificate. SUMMAUV OF STAT Ii SliWS. The Chemecketa Hotel at Salem has been closed. ; .-s. .Wheat sells for 75 cent aljfislgej at "Forest Grove. ;ij :. .' Greenbacks are very, scarce in, Coos J almost incredible; ! yuiintj' juoi " ,. .wini we nave I lliere are over c,uuv wuuna m i u.lllilll.-c. jivesrei Portland Library. Supreme Court will nieet the first Monday in December. " Eugene is reported to be free from -the smn-H-prrx. " r.nt four guards are now employed at the Oregon penitentiary. ' The" small-pox is-reported to have' disappeared from Engene City. Tho farmers are busily : plowing and putting in their fall grain.. Hon. W. D. Fenton is lying quite low with typhoid fever at Sal?m. Fifteen marriage licenses were issrt ed in Polk county in November.' Twelve marriage licenses were issued in Yamhill during October. Hon. James H. Douthit died at his home in upper Ochoco recently. Twentv-three houses have been built at Buena Vista in the past two years. T. Cornelius. of Washingtonn county, raised 5,000 bnshelsof pota toes this yfar. II. A. Grigsbv was arrested in Jackson county for wife last week. shooting at his Hon. W. R; Dr.nlwr is doing good j service in the tempereucc cause in Southern Oregon. There are sixty men and firms in Linn county who pay over 150 State and county taxes. The O. y C. R. R. Company is putting down new rails between Harrisburg and llalsey. The University at Engene is in a flourishing condition, the number in attendance augmenting daily. The Salem Statesman says: the characters of young men in that city are getting freckled fast. Hawkins, who escaped from jail at the Dalles some days ago, was recap tured at Eugene on the second inst. It is dttfpcult, on account of falling timber, to keep np the telegraph line between Coos bay and Rose burg. The Lafayette pooplo wonder why a boat does not come up to their town occasionally, 'as the water is quite high enough. The Bishop Scott Grainmer School is soon to l.e incorporated as a col- ! lege. It has 54 pupils enrolled, of i which twenty-two are boarders. Buena Vista don't want the river (bridged at Salem. Its aspiration to I rival the capital city wo i Id not be promoted by the bridge proposed. i j The Statesman insinuates that bet I ting on the result of the election is I a violation of the gambling act, to j all of which the legal fraternity de ; mur. Niel, who killed Halsev last week. a Mr. Hayes at has been indicted for murder in the first degree, and the trial is to begin on the th in stant. John Willia'us and Frank Srho field have jut been eonvie.tcd of lar ceny from a dwellingin Linn county, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The roads leading from Roseburg to Coos Bay and Jacksonville are re proted very muddy and heavy travel ing. The stages on both routes are now running on short time in cronse quenee. - Mr. Scott Baily, of Lane county, who, it will be remembered, acci dentally stuck a dirk iu hi knee last September, after a long spell of sick ness died on Wednesday last from the effects. It is reported that, a stratum con sisting of red paint. . vellow ochre. and cinnabar and coal, with, we sup- i pose, a mixture of gold, silver, iron i i - i aim lean, has ueen aiscovereu near Buena Vista. The annual meeting of the board of managers of the Oregon State Agricultural Society will be. held at the secretary's ofiieo, in Salem, com mencing on Tuesday, November 2-Sih. at 10 A. M. The Slieat Anchor, another vessel that saded about the same time from Empire City, and encountered the same storm wiiicii wrecked the Per-p-tui, is also thought to 1k lost, with ail o-l board. t Edward Hansen. William TI. Ihainlette, and Frank Toinpk;ns con victed and sentenced to the peniteij' ti--y for robbing the U. S. Mail in A;.te!ope Valley. have been pardoned by the President. At Canyon City, Ooetober 23, 1870, Miss Mary Sinclar died. - She was a woman of questionable occu pation, and we understand that it is intimated at Canyon City that she was nuisoiied. She left property to the amount-of 40,000. ' Te P, aker 'City Demon-nt says: Fet erltosrnns, formerly of the Virtue Mine, shot a colored man . named Morris in the Granite creek country last week. The ball lodged in his head. lie had the bajl extricated, and is now walking around the streets all right. Last week Mr. Flanagan, of Em pire City. Coos. county Treasurer, was visited, by a burglar in the night, who stole from- his pants the keys of the county safe. The thief then .robbed the safe of ;T. mill x nny to.ooij ot tue money was ill suver nan uoiiars. . G. W. C. T. Dunbar gives notice that he has appointed fh following State deputies; Rr. J. R. N. BelT Colonel T. H. Car.n. William Rnssei of Weston. Captain O. C. Appleate B. H. Allen, T. B. Hand ley, Asa Shreve. H. V. Grubbe, James II Frnsh, William Grant, Rev. J. W. Miller, Dr. J. W. Watts. Rev.E. W Dixon, Rev. S. S. McCain, William Harmon. William B. Carter. W. R. James. Prof. Ii. J. Rouse. Rev. II. C. Jenkins, B: F. Ramp, W. S. Mc Meen. Hon. Peter Paquet. Prof. T. H. Crawford, P. II. Fox. Isaiah Hurt, J. E. Houston, II. N. McKin- I ney, O. H. Walker I- " icioria. 'Wfcavo received a letter tTn Vietoriaays the Oxonian Pf oh a picture of the c0 ' ditipii of tilings over ther et the writer no personal ac- erence to a n-. son residing in Portland f. i - st2?4ipg or veracity., .TuQ point of the letter-we have not space fo publication in full-is that the- small tmris-an'epHienKc ther"e, Hal iIqJ o numerous Indian camps and vil!a-e about the borders of the city tb0 fit thy natives"are -constantly -aviE from the loathsome disease, ailtf" thai persons having iatepermitM to roam about the streets and go into business -houses without -any effort being made on the patt of the public authorities to . restrain them The writer says this utter disregard of the prevalence of the disease, has al ready exposed several person u have just arrived and who were t, apprised -of- its prevalence, t the contagion and some have died in conseqnence. All people on the Amer ican side are warned to give tho town a wide berth, and cautioned that, if tLey disregard the, warning, they do so at their peril. The writer also takes the local press of Victoria to task in very round terms for not giving the truth to the public, and demanding action by the local gov ernment ior the suppression of tLo terrible contagion. We have given onl- a meager out line of the case presented' bv the writer. omitting nianv details which seem too horrible for credence. While we do not vouch for the ac curacy of the story, it is evident that there" has' been culpable neglect for otherwise the disease could have had no such long-continued run as it has had iu so small a town as Victoria. The Oregon City Locks. The followng is a synopsi? of the law jut passed by the Legislature in regard to the dam and locks at this city. The bill f nbstantially provides that it shall be 'unlawful for those who - control, tbo -locks to charge more than 50 cents per ton on freight or ten cents -per heal for passengers, prohibits the delay of boats, etc. It further provides that there shall be a board of three com missioners elected by the Legislature at each session, they slialf choose a a clerk and fix his compensation. His duties shall be to keep a register o-f all vessels passing through the locks, a transcript and compilation of the freight list and nnmlier of passengers on each vessel. The board is authorized to bring and maintain all proper actions of law to compel tho company ow ning the locks to keep them in repair, and also to recover any forfeiture the company m y be liable to pay for any failure to keep and maintain the lucks. The bill further provides the ow ner of a boat suffering detention shall receive from the company 50 as a forfeit; that the boats passing thro' shall furnish tvrn certified ... lists ef freight one to the locks company, the other to the clerk of the board. These lists must be correct under a penalty of 5 per ton on an excess of freight on the boat abov? thf amount j in the list. The comn;is sior.ers receive 2'0 annually, "wmk or -play," and 85, a day for the tiai.j actually employed. Attorneys shall lie payed by the. Legislature on the certificate of the board. The com pany also required, to - certify to the Secretary of State an item;zed statemeut of the disbursemrnts and liabilities of said company in order that the net receipts of the company mav be ascertained. ' ' ' John Bright; in his recent speech, remarked that England had five hun dred million of dollars invested in Turkish funded loans. "It may he said," he added, "looking back to those loans, that at this moment there is not an ironclad that slum bers on the Turkish waters, there is not a musket, or a rifle, or bayone , or sword, by which a Servian has been killed in this war, or unarmed men and helpless women and chil dren, have been murdered in Bulga ria, that was not purchased and paid for "by money borrowed from the credulous people ot this country." The Tribune says: "The people of the Dalles, are very deeply excit ed over the new and rich discovery of silver in Iheir vicinity. Last Monday evenjng..Mr. John Lndd and a number ot others in the, interest of parties in this city procured fast horses-at the' abovp-named town and sttti-tbd.for the new Eldorado with the intentions of staking off claips. Mess i-s, F J u m m e r , Pa r sou s, White and a crowd of the first discoverers, learning their iideution.immeiliately hired trie, fastest teanutlioy conld find and, arming themselves with pistols, rifles and shot-guns, started in pursuit to protect their interest and tight in defense thereof if neces sary." To PnEVF-XT THE Skin fkom Dis- C OLOIUNG AFTEK A BLOW OK A 1 AXI" Takts a little day's'tarch or arrowroot, and merelv moisten it with cold wa- teraad lay on the injured part, iins must be done immediately. u as io prevent the action of . the air upon the skin. However, it may bo applied somo hours, afterwards with effect. , I -learned this when a resi dent in France. It may already bo known here. but I have met with none among. my own acquaintances who seem to have heard of it. Raw in('at is not always at hand, and some children have an insurmountable repugnance to let it be applied. 1 always make use of tho above wnen my children meet with an accident, and find that it keeps down swelling, and cleanses and facilitates the heal ing of scratches, when ftbey. happen to fall on the gravel In the garden. It isaul-that tit Ssndwiqh Ishan ders'betievp that Beelzebub waUea the earth in the form of a woman. And now and .then a man is to be f ou n d i n t h i s ' con u t ry ' who bel ieves so too, and that he has married that woman. " -