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A 'J'XUIOJUL' v.r v I'l'I, Y BUSINESS CARDS. STATESMAN & VZIOXIXT IHSIKD KVKP.Y Fi:!HAV. S. A. CIARKKTPttblP' IT. P. OFFICI AL PAPER. SUB.iCRimON-Prjm DAILY STATESMAN AX UNJOXIST. ...... nrn!nl excel Monday. N EW SADDLE SHOP. I -5 ' ; - -" - m ill ' m DOWNER Ac JORDAN Hav commenced lb manufacture of SADDLES AND HARNESS, At the old Headquarter baildinj. directly op posite Btarkev'e block. Meet people know u, so we say to alt old friend, COME 15D SEE IS. We are alo a&vose to make mw friekJe and customer. Kulem. Aiiiiimt 8, W. XIf gALEM FOUXDKX " AID 1 a, the publisher, if mailt in the presence ot lh Pot m VS"OSce In gtewart' BrtckBullrtlng, Cp gtalr Clrange of Ifame. .September 15, 1869. There is a prepidieo existing ia some minds against the Unionist, caused by cir cumstances that we cannot control and are not responsible for. It is not necessary to argue the causes producing it, but the fact is undeniable, though not felt immediately at bom, where our circulation and busi ness baa largely iacrea.-i.-il uituin six weeks. It seems impossible to convince people at a distance that' the. new moiingecient is not in the least connected with the old. So. for the purpose of completely indcrrtifyir.g this pper with its new control, we assume ag lit) the name of Gi:ki; S tatesman, to which we are as much entitled by purchase as th;tt of Unionist. The latter name will be kept in view for a lew months (in a sub dued form) to prevent misunderstandings. Wo have every reason to be satisfied with the success already accorded us, for our lists, both daHy amlwe;fcly, constantly receive additions.' We are each week pub limbing more reading nutter, and shall gradually increase it us mr means permit. The business of the puner has a'firm basis. the point from which it is published is the second in business importance, av.d the first with respect to political considerations, in the State. With tbesv few remarks of ex planation, we confidently commit the Okk oo.n' Statesman, new series, to the good will of the people. Land Monopoly. California groans under a most aggra vating state of land matters, for not only is the title to much of the soil in that State involved in interminable litigation, but speculators have monopolized the best of the public lands by purchase, at the lowest Government rates, turning out of posses sion thousands of actual settlers who were desirous of purchasing the lands they oc" cupied, but the speculators were before hand with them and paid down the money the instant the lands were in the market. This state of things is most ruinous and discouaraging to the best interests of that State, lor actual settlers are not only de prived of homes, but emigrants who would loiate, wander up and dow n the length and breadth of the land seeking public lands open to pre-emption, and find a wide area in the best part of the State owned by epec ' ulators. who will only sell at an enormous price, and care nothing for the advance ment of the country so long as they can grow richer. This is not carrying out the spirit and in tent of the laws and the will of the people. Thousands who visit California in search of homes and find this condition of things existing will come to Oregon, and we should watch carefully the best interests of our State, and endeavor to prevent the enrichment of the few at the expense of the ' many by the absorption of the public lands - -in the bands of corporations or individuals with no restriction as to price at which they shall be sold, or providing for their sale only to actual settlers. H may be neces" sary to endow Kailroad companies with lands to enable the construction of much needed enterprises, but some restriction can be enforced as to price and quality sold, to prevent the evils complained of. State Fairs California and Oregon. The California State Fair is pronounced a failure by the papers of Sacramento and Han Francisco, So far as concerns the ar ticles on exhibition in the Pavilion. In one respect it was o success. A great deal of money was taken in enough to make it a financial success. The old debt of the Society can now be paid ofT. The display of horses would have honored any State in the Union, so the Sacramento Union says, and thinks the farmers had made progress 6ince last year. The display of fruits was meager, so was the show of vegetables and the products of art and mechanism. The Union rates the farmers and mechanics of that State roundly for their neglect in these very important particulars, which was the more to be regretted as there were many distinguished strangers present, visitors ' from the Eastern States. The total receipts were $18,620. This is not commensurate with the Oregon State Fair receipts last fall, when the receipts were about 11,000, the population of California being five times greater than that of Oregon, and tho receipts a little moro than half ns much more. We would call the attention of all the people of Oregon to these facts stated con cerning the State Fair of California, and j urge upon them the need of making every effort to have tho coming State fair of Ore gon a success. To this end there must be a gool display of all our products. The plow, the loom and the anvil should fur nish each abundant contributions. Fruits, flowers, vegetables and cereals ; every spe cies of domestic handiwork open for entry, works of art and fancy work, every species of manufacture useful and necessary .should compete in excellence for publie apprecia tion. This is theonly way by which our State Fairs can be made interesting and that interest maintained from year to year. There are the stock raisers whose entries can be made of greater importance than any other, for a fine animal will command more admiration than any work of art All the people of our State should realize that we are on the eve of development now more than ever before, and that it is iDdispensible necessary that we labor to rai?"-first class products, and take all possi ble pains to have our resources and advan- toges made known to the world. A New Old Name Last evening on opening what we called the Unionist, we made the important discovery that it had doflVd that name, and donned the euphone ous one of '-Statesman." Shakespeare, a rather obscure fellow, who sometimes was 'guilty of writing witty truths, once said. "What'8 In a name Perhaps a good deal, reasons our friend Clarke. Lingering around the old defunct cognomen may si lently lurk some talismanic power. There iteration of that once familiar name, may possibly strike a responsive chord in the breast of some subscriber. Seriously we endorse the change. Commercial. 'Mr son, said an old man 'beware of ptrejudices. They are like rats and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easy but it is doubtful if they ever get out' YOL. 10. Eatcs of Interest. In a country where high rates of interest prevail, high prices naturally exist for ah merchandise and also for labor. The Pa cific Coast has hitherto thriven by an un natnral pressure, which is becoming lessen ed year by year as trade and agriculture, labor and capital, come to work in more regular and legitimate channels. Interest in 1849 ws 10 per cent per month ; in "OS it was frequently 2 per cent, per month, while in VJ we find it 10 per cent, per an num, with one per cent, per month as t.;e legal maximum. This shows progss to wards regular business and fixed principles, but even ten per cent, per annum, would be a monstrous exaction in all the states, and five per cent, is a high rate in the mar kets and financial circles ol Europe. When we were 22 days distant from New York, with communication so -infrequent that two months were required to receive an answer to any business proposition sent by .mail, then the world hesitated to consider us neighbors and to invest money in our miikt. All this is chati'd . tor by the con struction of the Pacific Kailroad we are brought nearer to New York than Chicago was 25 veara since, aud the telegraph af fords instantaneous communication in all pressing matters of business. There is no further reason why capital should shun the Pacific. The inviting aud extending fields of enterprise and com merce continually opening here, must ut tract many millions of added capital and make money plentier than it has been be fore. As a result of the new older ot things rate3 of interest must be lowered and that would bo one of the greatest boon3 possible to this new country, where many enterprising men frequently undertake operations, on the farm and in the work shop, as well as in the walks of trade, that require more means than they can them selves command, and having assumed to struggle with this load! of debt drawing high interest, they are eventually swamped by the very means they have adopted to win success. The fact is, trade cannot be conducted in well established communities with money at a high rate of interest ; the result has a thousand limes, in this very State, been disastrous, and good men have been irretrievably involved by this means, who would have succeeded and thriven, could they have competed for success un der favorable circumstances. There is no great good, of a financial nature, that could bless Oregon so much as to introduce abun dant capital to reduce the profits ot ihe money lender. When the East and the West become more intimately connected in their relations, then the question of currency will come before ns lor an abrupt consideration. 11 we have Eastern money introduced among us. it will come in the shape of legal ten ders or not at all. If Eastern currency comes, have it well circulated. It we be come homogeneous as a nation aud assimi late the West with the East, we will soon find ourselves adopting currency as a basis of value, and gold will be disured a a circulating medium. It is a grave question to decide, and it may be necessary to decide it soon, for unless we accept eastern capi tal on the terms offered, we may have to do without it. There is nothing in this article to favor i i the general idea of running in debt reck- ,.civ Wi- refer to the introduction oflm' itii the frozen fields of the Arctic, man Foreign capital for the construction of great improvements, and the opening of a wider commerce and more extended trade, as well as for increasing the manul'acturing power of our Slate. For these and all oth er purposes we want money at reasonable rates of interest. California os tub Steal Agaix. A gen tleman from Linn county, by a letter calls our attention to tho fact that "two sacks of wheat" are credited on tho list of the California Stfte Fair to " John Barrows of Saa Francisco." Mr. Barrows is a well known Oregonian, and took from Albany two sacks cf wheat, otic to leave at the California .State Pair, and the other to exhibit as a specimen of Oregon pro ducts at the State Fair of Indiana. No one who knows Mr I), will believe for an instant that he claimed residence in San Fran cisco, or failed to claim Oregon as his homo, and there is no solution of the mistake referred to, except that the stealing game hitherto practiced bv effacing Oregon marks from all our products, and substituting brands dated in California, has penetrated the management of the California State Fair, and induced the miserable swindle we call attention to. Ore gon owes California very little of good will or any good at all. San Praneisco mer chants have got rich by our trade, and en deavoured to prevent the world from knowing that such a country as Oregon has an exis tence. This stata of things is about ended. The timo is at hand when we can be independ ent of California in everyTespect. The sooner he better. The Cai:sr of Orphans. The ladies of the Oregou Children's Aid Society are making ar- rangements of a permanent character for pre senting the claims of that Society to the pub lic, at tho time of holding the annual Fair of the State Agricultural Society. A building has been erected, ia which will be kept a sales room for the disposal of fancy articles, and any thing, in fact that may bo on hand for sale. In this building will be kept a dining table for the accommodation of the hungry multitude, and as the ladies of Salem will per sonally superintend and provide for the guests, there is no room to doubt that the very best of entertainment will be provided. They desire the facts to be made known that they have succeeded by several years of effort in raising the means to ciect a good Orphans' Home, that this is now in operation, restricted in its efforts, however, by tho want of means, and this Fair and restaurant, to bo opened on the State Fair Grounds, is a way devised to assist to the means without claiming too much aid from individuals. larmers are requested to bear the good cause in miad and bring some thing in the way of proyisions to supply the tables. All ladies, and others, are requested to furnish sueh faucy articles or other material a can be sold at the fair. This statement is made by request, and other papers are re quested to publish the same and so aid the cause of the Orphan. There are twenty-five horses ia training at the Linn county Fair Grounds, and others re coming in. It is thought tho Fair will be a great success. Fate of tir John xranlikn. The world has been, for a qnnrter of a century much interested in the late of the gallant crews of Arctic explorers, who sail ed from England in May 1845. Many ex peditions were sent out for their rescue or to learn their fate, and at last, in IS'K Capt. McClintock, an Arctic explorer of re nown, returned with reliable information of the deaih of Franklin and the 129 men un der bis command, bringing back relics of their Arctic experience and their sad fate Interest in this narrative has died gradiij ally away, to be again revived by the dis coveryor the pretended discovery of a document, that must have floated by Arc tic currents lor 3.000 mites to reach the Pa cific ocean and be stranded on the southern shores of California. The San Francisco Chronide gives the story, for the truth ot which it doe3 cot vouch, and we quote from it The discovery. Was jnaiUif?- James Daly, of the firm of Daly fc Rodger, lumber merchants, ban Luenaventura. -Mr. Daly walking on the coast, accidentally stumbled on a worn-out battered looking bar. made out of seal-skin and hermetically sealed Curiosity induced him to open it and in side he found the following remarkable documents RECORD OF SIR JOHN FKANKLIN S DEATH. It consists cf a piece of paper, Li by 10 inches in size, and so unit dated that it is ex treuiely difficult to decipher what is on it. Printed in six languages is the following Whoever finds this p..per is requested to forward if to tue fcecretary oi the Artrai rally, London-, wiih a note of the time and place at which it was found ; or, if more convenient, to deliver it. for that purpose to the British Consul at the nearest port. The writing is as follows : II. M. ships Erebus and Terror, May 28, 1S4. niieret! in the ice in Eat. vu (leg 5 win. N., Lon. D8 dejr. 2i min. V Having wintered in lo-o at Leechy Island ia Lat. 74 deg. 43 min. 28 sec. N., Lon. 91 desr. 31 min. 15 stc. V.. after hav ing ascended Wellington Channel to Lat. "7 deg.. and returned by the west side of Cornwallis Island. Sir John Franklin commanding the expe dition. All well. Party consisting of two officers and six men left t e ships on Monday, 24th May, 1817. Graham Gork. Lieut. Chas. F. Des Voki x, Mate. Around the margin and on the available space outside the printing the lollowing is inscribed : II. M. ships Erebus ana Tenor were de serted on the 22d of April, live leagues N. N. W. of here, having been last seen Sep tember 12, lf4(l. The officers aud crews, consisting of li5 souls, under the command of Captain lVll. .M. Crozier, landed here in Lai. C'J deg. ",37 min. 1 sec. X., Lon. 1)8 deg. 11 min. . Sir John Franklin died on the 11th of June, 1847, and the total loss :n the expedition by death has been to this date, nine officers and fifteen men. F. II. M. Ckozikk, Captain and Senior Officer. Jas. F'itzjamls, Captain II. M. ship Erebus. - " And .start to-morrow. 2(iih, for Lack's Fish river. The above is a transcript of this strange document committed to the care of 'Green land's icy ocean'' just 21 years ago. Who shall tell where it has been since? In what iceberg's frozen bosom has it trav ersed the northwest passage, aud whither during tiiose long years has it wandered in its Aret e prison until the tropical sun of the Pacific thawed it free and gave it to the waves to bear whither they would. It is a relic of interest for all. It is the parting word of a few brave navigators committed to the waves in the hope that an allwise Providence might direct it where -friends. ! relatives ami countrymen could hear their i.t ... w",,nn,,,, ;,(i V,,m ih tinv.. it . . was written and ihev ail found craves be- alter man of their noble band slowiy suc cumbing, to the freezing grasp of that fear ful region and dying tVir i'rent.all tiiose in:l holds P.nst dear. Ilow strxuue that alter 21 years the frail bark on which they relied to send t!:eir mcs-iige should at la.t eo;ne to shore in California, thousands of miles from England, and that the telegraph should flash its news anil imp rt, to those at home who had long forgotten them. SUPHE5IE C0UP.T. Salkm, Sept, 17. The question argued on Thursday as to what mav constitute a quorum of the Su preme Eeneh of Oregon, was decided yes terday morning. The Court held that the statute prevent ing an attorney had been employed on a case before becoming a Judue, sitting in judgment on. its trial was constitutional ; that three of its Supreme Judges consti tute a quorum, any two of whom concur ring may affirm or reverse any judgment appealed from the Courts below. In the matter of Ileatherly vs. Iltdley and Owens, the wholo day was consumed in the argument, and the case was submit ted. Salkm, Sept IS. 1S69. The Court laid down the following : Rule 32. No motions will be heard until the cases in which they are filed are reach ed in the order of Districts, unless by con sent, of counsel. Rule 33. The argument upon a motion for any other purpose than the perfection of transcripts, or dismissals of appeal, lor causes apparent on the transcript, will not be heard until the case is called in whica the motion is tiled. KCLINGS. Delay, et al., apellanta, vs. Chapman, re spondent. Motion to suppress depositions I and to strike them lrom the files. The Court held that a certificate of the Commissioner of the Land Office at Wash ington City that did not state the copies had been compared with the originals, was insufficient, and that copies certified to in that manner could not be read in evidence. Motion in that particular sustained. Court also held that a witness could refresh or as sist his memory from a document or intern ment or a copy, written by a third person, if he could after so refreshing his memory speak from his knowledge ot the facts and not from the instrument itself. The Court held that a deposition not offered in evi dence or read, though it was on file in the suit and was attempted to be used in the argument lor the first time, should be sup pressed. Henry I ailing, respondent, vs. A. M. Os- born, appellant. lhis caso was taken up to-day and the evidence read by the attorneys. Salem. Sept. 20, 1863. In Supreme Court yesterday morning, Justice Wilson delivered an opinion in the case of ex-Sheriff Howe, appellant vs. Douglas county, responuant, which affirms the decision of the Court below. The opin ion was not completed yesterday, but we will be able lo lay it before our readers to morrow. The case of Delay, et al., appel lants, was taken up, tho evidence read, and the arguments of two of the counsel made. The case will be submitted to-day. Terms on which the English Government will settle the Alabama claims are renorted. but our Government would not consider them for a moment. SALEM. OREGON, : THE CITY AND C0TJIITEY. NatHi-dar Sept. 18. During the last two days, the rain gauge showa a fall of sis-tenths of an inch of wa ter. V.re acknowledge the receipt of a basket of excellent fruit from Scott A Farrar, who con stantly keep on hand a fine assortment of fruit. Don't forget that the great world renowned World Circus comes to Salem to-day and is to: perform this evening. It should bo the finest show ever heard of in Oregon, for it has the most magnificent show bills. Messrs. Uzafovogo & Wright have a rather full exposition of their business in a new ad., to be found ia this mornings issue. They aro at the old stand with plenty of goods and with more coming from San Francisco, as soon as John Wright can buy and ship them. Attention is called to the auction sale adver tized for to-day, at the house of Mr. Myers, at which a largo lot of household furniture will be sold and also a dwelling house, form erly owned and occupied by Itev. Mr. Hun jrate. James O'Moara, Esq., late editor of Idaho World in Boise Basin, has returned with his family to Salem, and expresses his intention of visiting Lower California, with a view to permanent location in a milder climate. The winters of Idaho were too severe for his taste or health. Lauge Cor.T. Mr. O. NT. Cady will tako with him to California a colt of the Leviathan stock that promisos te make a fine draft horso. lie is a few weeks over three years old, weighs 1,700 pounds, and is 16 hands and threo inches high. It seems to us that it is bad policy on the part of our stock growers to let such horses go out of tho State. Mr. Morris advertises that he will not pay certain notes given to Geo. A. Edes, and states reasons. Mr. Edes rejoinds that the reasons given are false, both of which notices appear to-day. Mr. Edes desires us to state that he has no acquaintance with Mr. Morris, hut his agent took his note as security in a matter in which Mr. Edes was interested for $50.") ;thc other note, for $tl)4, Mr. Edes never saw, and has no such claim against Mr. Mor ris. Wc rcrrrct to learn that tho attempt to bore an artesian well at tho Statu Fair Grounds has been temporarily abandoned, on account of the difficulty of procuring nin of experi ence and suitable appliances for continuing tho work. Since tho above was in type we learn that if any person can bo found compe tent to undertake the work, it will be imme diately recommenced. The several brick blocks that have been in process of construction all summer, are ap proaching completion -and wear a finished look that adds greatly to the Wisincss appearance of our town. We shall take occasion, when , they are ready for examination, to describe the several buddings more fully than can be done in their unfinished conditiou. Some of them are elegant in point of architecture. The Supreme Court in Etra Session. This austere body met last evening at Dick's Oyster Saloon.in very agreeable extra session. Two of the distinguished Attorneys of the Court had, with praiseworthy enterprise, sent to Shoalwatcr Bay for oysters, nntl to British Columbia for English Ale.wherewith to refresh the Bench and Bar. Tho proceedings were characterized by a remarkable unanimity .f feeling;everythicg offered was taken down, no exceptions being made. This was not a case in which tho Court reserved its opinion, for by the true rules of etiquette, no opinions were asked for. Chitty on Bills was the prin cipal authority in the case, but the two Attor neys referred to will settle all the bills. Par. sons on Contracts would have been cited, but none of the parsons, fortunately, had any hand in this contract. The question of a quorum did not arise, as there was a full bench and a full bar, and all retired fuller than they came. There was no occasion for a Bailiff to hunt up absentees, or for a Clerk to call cases. The proceedings did not lag, and the whole Bar were delighted and satiaUed, for the first time. We do not'remember any doings of this Honorable Court that we have evor understood so well or could mako so good a report of. It is lucky the houso did not fall down while this session was occurring, as the State of Oregon could not have been identified after tho loss of those forty gentlemen. ; KiiitdstT, Sept. 1J. Mrs. Brearly uses as accompaniment for her songs on Monday evening, one of the Mason & Hamlin Organs, from the store of J. K. Gill. Stock Purchased. Messrs. Jos. and Goo. P. Holman purchased yesterday, of C. JI. Cartwright, one hundred shares of Pioneer Oil Company ttock. Died. At the residence of his father, Mr. Thomas Jordan, in Polk county, on Wednes day, September' 15th, of congestive chills, David Jordan, aged about 8 years. ' Grain Stashing. Mr. R. W. Hamilton informs us that Mr. Bronk, living near Eola, has sixty-threo acres of good excellent wheat uncut, that will, in all probability, be worth less, owing to the rains. Melon- items accumulate. Uzafovage A Wright had some, from Santiam, so large that i farmers bought and carried them home for. seed. The weight of one was over twenty- nine pounds. Lecture ox Mondat Evesisg. Mrs. Au gusta N. St. Clair, a professional writer and lecturer, will lecture at the Wigwam to-nfor-row evening, ' Sept. 20th, assuming for her subject the incidents and impressions of a tour through the South in the winter of 1S67-8. The lecture will be interspersed with anecdote, and made both interesting and instructive. Mr. and Mrs. St Clair arc great travelers, hav ing visited the various States of the Union, England, India and Australia. They have come overland from Denver in their own con veyance, lecturing by the way, vsaiting the principal places in California, and thence overland to Oregon. The object of their trav el hither is to acquire material 'for future lec turing tours, and no doubt they will be able to say good things for Oregou. Miss Brearly, a well known vocalist from San Francisco, ac companies Mrs. St. Clair, and sings at each lecture. She has great flexibility of voice and is a superior singer. All who desire io hear one of tho most popular lady lecturers living should be at the Wigwam on Monday evening. FRIDAY, .SEPTEMBER 24, 1809. The great World's Circus performed last evening to an immense audience, larger in lact than could be accommodated with com fort. The result seemed satisfactory to Mr. Wilson, judging from remark at the close, and the general expression of all in attend ance was that they had witnessed a first class performance. Mr. Wilson gave all he pre tended to do, nd the great posters were not belied. We shall have more to say hereafter. A.vn-FmcTioN Vaclim Water Wheel. II. A. Johnson, Esq., of Jefferson, has ehown us an improved water wheel with the above name, invented by his brother, A. P. John son, ot l me Valley, New York. One of the best mechanics in this State, after examining j the cut of the invention and the principle on which tho wheel operates, has expressed the opinion that it is of great value. A wheel twenty-four inches in diameter, with nine foot head, runs a forty-eight inch circular saw. This wheel requires no oiling. Mr. Johnson intends to make a, visit to Oregon, to tako steps to introduce this important invention into operation here. Bio Turnips asd Plentv op Thesi. Mr. W. II. Adair, who has a market garden in Xorth Salem, informs us that he sowed a quarter of an acre to turnips the last of July, the ground having been thoroughly prepared and plowed twelve inches deep. He has pull ed a bushel of large roots off of seven square feet leaving, the small ones to grow still more. This would give a yield of 8SS bushels per acre as the field averages thus, and as the small ones aro improving the time this wet weather, there is no doubt he will have over a thousand bushels per acre of yield. Somo of the vegetables are approaching the si.o of a peck measure. Ho attributes his success to deep plowing.. Life Insurance. Tho card of the New York Mutual Lif'o Insurance Company, that will be found in this issue deserves attention as a proof of the benefits, of Life Insurance. Within fifteen months iuf his death Mr. IJun tington insured his life" with this well estab lished Compauy for the sum of five thousand dollars, paying $140 premium on the policy. Tho administrator of his estate has receipted for fivo thousand one hundred aud three dol lars, tho surplus $103 being profits duo oa the policy for the year, leaving only thirty seven 53-100 dollars actually paid for a policy running flf'teen months and returning to his ' familv five thousand dollars. This shows a return of SO per cent in dividends on the pre miums paid, a most gratifying showing for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. This proves that in this Company in surance comes at tho lowest possible rates, and when a man has tho misfortune to go to his long account the insurance money comes to his-family with no loss of time. The suc cessful showing stated above is due in great part to well organized business aud good man agement. Tub American Year Book-. Mr. J. N. Reynolds, of this city, is agent for the sale of this valuable work, which contains S00 pages, is well bound and offers a thousand facts, for convenient reference, that constantly comes into practical uso. The work has an atro nomictil department that gives all the impor tant phases in this science during tho current year. All the important statistics of tho Uni ted States are given in it. The whole world is summed within it in facts and statistics of every nation for the current year. It con tain religions statistics, essays on mining, agriculture, finance and literature, and, as we said before, a thousand facts everybody ought to know, and therefore everybody ought to have it. A copy of this important work is left at this office, to be seen by those who desire. Tneiriny, Sept. 31. Raising. The late rains have raised the Willamette river about a foot at this plaefl. Marmf.p. September !Hh, by Kcv. Fa ther (Jfieps, Mr. .Tames T. Crump to Miss. Julia (i. Wilson. Compliments of parties re ceived. Mauried. At the residence of officiating minister, at Salem, Oregon, by tho Rev. T. M. Martin. Mr. John AV. Brooks to Mis Ann Eliza Savage, nil of Marion county. Jude Jacobs, of Washington Territory, passed through this ct" on Sunday last, on ! bis -way to Jaekson county. He will return in a few weeks with his family. Judge J. has held one term of court in his district, and is well pleased with his home. Lcnar Rainbow. As the moonlight broke out of tho rifted clouds in the oast List even ing, tho west was spunncd with the lunar-bow, shaded with silver stripes. The sight attract ed considerable attention until the beautiful vision passed away. At Cost. The advortiseuiont of J. B. fc M. Hirsch, promising to sell out at cost ttieir gen eral stcck of goods, has a great deal of mcan iug to it, ns will be discovered by any person who will call on them as we did yesterday and make a purchase. Mr. Edes has transferred his drugs and med icines, htore and goods, to Mr. Souther, who will carry on the business at tho old stand. Mr. Edes en hereafter be found, during busi ness hours, at the office of Mr. J, H. Moorca, in Moorcs' blook. Hon. L. S. Grover, who has been in poor health for a portion of the summer, has gono below with his family, intending to make a trip tta!ifornia and remain there a month. It is hoped that the voyage and change of climate will prove a material benefit. He will probably leave for San Francisco on the next steamer. Repvblicasism is America Mr. J. H. Brown has on our table the work by this title, published by R. Guy McClellan, who resided in Salem some two years b'iucc. The adver vertisement of it will bo found in another col umn, and as it is an elegant book, containing many portrait of eminent Americans and much valuablo information, we have no doubt Mr. Baown will find many persons desirous of 'possessing it. Clbvelasd. Some paper asserts that tho Tryon family at Oswego deny the truth of the story ttfd by us concerning Clevelaud, the spiritual lecturer. We had no interest in de nouncing the man. Our informants were two of the most influential men among the spirit ualists of this State, who desired the publica tion made as they considered it necessary to make his character Known . We gave extracts from the letters of Cleveland's wife, in Eng land, now in the bands of a well known cler gyman to whom they were sent. We could have dealt with him much moro severely if we had chocen to to do. Doxatios Paiitv. The )adis of tho Con gregational Church inform us that there is to be a donation party for the benefit of their pastor, P.ev. P. S. Knight, to bo held on Wednesday evening next, at the Odd Fellows' Hall ; doors open nominally at 75 o'clock. A general iuvitati ui i.; extended to the public, and the intention is ( have a pxrticularly nice time and something nd to eat. There is no doubt that the. inteni'mn will be pleasant ly fulfilled in bo;h rrspecls. Thoe who have any Willingness to luriiish provender will send it around in good season, at lean the la dies hope they will. Somebody who feels verv proud of having " rode to the Wigwam with Vice President Colfax," aud had to write about it to the Van couver Httj'iHttr, also wrote to that paper, "tho notice of his speech in the UsiosiST gives a poor idea of what he said." This ex cited individual differs materially in opinion from those two old newspaper men, Colfax and Bross. who sent a message to the editor of this paper, complimenting the report of their speeches as a particularly good synopsis and asking for a number of copies of the pa per to be sent to them at Eugene, which was done. One more ride with Colfax would lie too much for this enthusiastic cuss. Death op Almira Holm ax'. Tho sad notes of tWe tolling bell, last evening, announced the death of Almira Holman, only unmarried daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ifolmnn. She was born in Oregon, was widely known, loved and respected, aud her death has caused a loss, not only in the home circle, but every where that she was received and welcomed. Many will mourn for her ; many who were associated with in every good word and work will receive the new of her departure, for the better land with unfeigned sorrow. Though only in the flower of maidenhood, Miss Hol man was an active and consistent worker, to be found when duty called. There were rea sons why the world appeared particularly bright and beautiful to her, and tho future, with its hopes assuming shape, all smiled be fore her, but death is no respector of persons, and, passing by the aged .matron tottering to tho grave, he claimed for his own this form, instinct wiih life and youth and hope. Mrs. St. Clair's 'lccturo last evening, was at tended bv a very Uy.r audience, which was well entertained and manifested considerable appreciation'. As a lecturer she appears to excellent advantage, speaks in a clear, dis tinct manner and has good descriptive powers. The South, visited aftrr the war and viewed from a Northern stand point, formed an iutcr-e.-'ting theme jind waj impartially treated. To-night her lecture will be on woman as maiden, wife and mother. Mrs. St. Clair has a kin.l, motherly look and will not take strong grounds on "Woman's Itights." This i3 her favorite lecture. Tho distribution of prizes will take placo this evening and will cause great amusomcnt without probably enriching tho most fortunate. Wo have no hesitation in promising her a largo audience this evening. The singing of Miss Brearly was a good fea ture. GENERAL NEWS. Jackson- Coixtv. Mr. O. D. Applrgate communicates to us the following items of news, received by correspondence from Jackson county. ArciJenial!; !to(. G. Comstock. Esq.. of Applegate, in Jackson county, was shot dead a few days ago under the lollowing circumstances: lie was hunting with his brother-in-law, from whom he had become separated, when the latter seeing an object moving in the brush, which he supposed to be a deer, fired, and discovered, to his in expressible honor, that he had killed Mr. Comstock. Mr. Comstock was a young man ol ejcellwit character aud his loss is mourned by the community. AnoiUer Accidental Shot A stranger ac cidentally fired his gun a lew days ago in the bar room of the Ashland House, the gun being in a vertical position. The ball grazed his bead, passed through the ceiling, through a bed up stairs from which a man hiid iust risen, and then through the roof. I'oi; flaxd Items. We learn from the Or tgoidan that Capt. Fisher is succeeding well in raising the inacniuery ol tne steamer ganger, l'art of it is already rescued, aud all can be raised Gotids supposed to have been stolen tit the late fire have been discovered in an adjoining room, where they were probably put for safety The Herald tells of a nearly fatal accident oc currintr to the new building. St Helen's Hall, now erecting. Mr. Barron, a work man. fell beneath a pile of stacked lumber, and was terribly injured. He is cared for by the (d Fellows, of which Order he was a member The Orifiamme took to San Francisco 250 tons of freight and a large number of passengers The hotels are becoming well filled by arrivals from the upper country. The opposition Monticello boat, Carrie, has stopped running for the present Large shipments of wool and paper went to California on the Orillamme. The Portland Library has received many new books The steamer U.S. Grant, in the river trade, is undergoing re paiis. W. F. & Co. KoBDto. S. C. Mills, agent ot Wells. F argo &. Co., has furnished the Herald information of the robbery of the express near Malad City, Idaho, on the nights or 'Aug. 31st and Sept. 8th, when over $60,000 in treasure was takeu. One fourth of the amount stolen is offered as a reward for the capture of the r&bbers. Idaho Territory has been a favorite field for such. operations, but this last is one ol the biggest '-takes" ever recorded. '-Curly Dan.r' with six Indians, was m hot pursuit of the party who committed the first rob bery. No news is received of the capture of either party, but Wells, Fargo t Co. are sure to hunt them down, if money can ac complish their captain. Some Travei.im;. John Wilson, proprie tor of the Great World Circus, has ben a traveler iu his day. He ha'5 circused in ev ery province in Soulh America, on the Sanf wich lslamls, in Jlexico. -Tahati Islands. New Zealand, Australia, East Indi, Africa. Arabia. He passed up the Mediterranean sea with his show ; exhihited in liaiy, ana Sn .. . 1 T ' . Inlifkrnifl ia fact, over contiuenf al Europe. California has ben visited, and now he is exhibiting through Oregon. If this pretty tail travel ing can be beat, then our reportorial hat is at the disposal of that party. Wilson will possibly he remembered here as the person having the elephant on exhibition some years ago. Herald, IWj. MeMiNXTiiXK Watkb DrrcH.-Tbe McMinn ville Canal has been completed to Sheridan, kix milea. Twelve wiles more are to be NO. 8. dug to reach MoMiunville. The work is very important, and is being entirely done with Yamhill capital. A man named Meraer, formerly of Alba ny, somewhat addicted to drink, was found dead at Yaquina Bay. "by the Indians. He was crossing the Bay in a canoe, and it is not known whether he threw bin. self out or fell out in a fit. . He weut to the Bay lor the purpose of improving his health, and leaves property ia iA-lbany Mr. and Mrs. D. Irwin, of Corvallis, were lately injured in attempting to cross a bridge at Corvallis. The horse- broke through, Mr. I was thrown out and hurt in the chest, aud Mrs. I. somewhat hurt A valuable horse is badly injured... ..Andrew McCoy, of Linn county while cutting a watermelon awhile since cut his left wrist. The wound proves serious as an artery was cut, and he may fuse the arm and hand It is claimed by an up country paper that W: 1J. Smith, Est!., who lives In Lentou county. harvested one field nd realized 5i bushels , of wheat per acre, and that his entire crop averaged over -10 bushels. Mr Smith must be u good farmer, and deserves, no doubt, all the success accredited to hini. The Linn county J Fair open next week, we have to acknowledge the receipt cf a complimentary ticket ,. party of wood choppers at work near Albany have found seven bee tree, and lakeu the honey from three Mr. Charles 1". Gay has received letters patent for the Guy Plow, for the next 17 years !. Messrs. Pilev, liubart, Ketchum and Anderson, of Albany, have killed (13 deer in six weeks, while on short excursions to the mountains Tlie Dem ocrat says tue amount of wheat stored in Al bany this week is in excess of any former week, being 30.3C8 bushels. Total up to the present for the season, 175.409 bushels. George Titus, a colored man was arrested at Albany, and fined five dollars and costs for pommeling two of the native si wash. j Much regret is felt at hearing that the wife of Dr. Plunmer, Superintendent of Telegraph Company, is at Sau Francisco suffering from mental derangement. She was on the way East to visit her friends, and it is hoped she will speedily recover. Poirn.AMt iTcM.s.-i-The Ore-jwdan says an eminent divine of the Catholic Church, Rev. F. X. Weniger, arrived by the Orifiarame, who has devoted his time for twenty years to uiissiouary labor and is the author of several religious works Mr. J. W. Carter is expected to arrive by next steam ear with a dramatic compauy for Oro Kino theater. Portland Portland has con tributed S2.")(. coin, and $31fi, currency, for the Avondale sufferers The Ortqa- v'xati complains of ruffianly gangs of boys prowling about Portland Tho Kattie Eessie will have; on her voyage to China. 200 Chinamen as passengers, anil scraps of iron. .broken glass, dead Celestials and such for freight, besides produce Tho Pio neer Ease Bailers are thinking of invifing the Red Stockings to come to Portland and play them a match Workmen are en gaged squaring round the old M. E. Church, on Second street, to make stores of it. . . . The Herald says the schooner Alaska sailed . yesterday, for the Sandwich Islands, with 88,000 feet of lumber, 200 barrels. 250 half barrels. 02 kits 'and 20 cases of Salman, ol boxes fruit. The Times says there is a Literary Club organized at Dallas, who have in contempla tion the discussion of the womans rights question The Times accuses us of mis- pelling the name of " Macauley." The 27mcs is right ou that question; so was oitr copy. The Frenchman's name we won't quarrel about It is supposed that Ihe rain has caused the postponement of the Elleodalc Campmeeting It says Gen Nesmith was last week offered $50,001) for his farm near Dixie. .... .Samuel Goff. ot Dixie, who has run a thresher all the sea son, says the mean average of (train threshed by him ha3 been eighteen bushels. The lioseburg Ensbjn says the navigation of the Umpqua is resolved upon, and Mr. llaun has gone to Oregon City to negotiate for the purchase of a steamboat, to be used for that purpose. The exchanges South all speak well of Ihe lecture of Mrs. St. Clair A party of prospectors have latel v been to the head waters of M vrtle Creek and North Umpqua. and report the exis tence of extensive diggings. Another par ty is gone out for further prospecting. The Seattle Intelligencer says : Mr. T. Hanford aud bis brother while crossing Lake Washington in a Urge canoe, made a capture of a bear swimming across the Lake; they killed him with a small knife. Mr. D. T. Denny shot near Green Lake an elk. weighing 630 pounds Parties are starting for the new mines on Saltan River forty miles from Snohomish. The steamer Varuna, which had been run away with, was at Victoria in charge of authorities The PortTownsend Mts- si'je tells of hallibut caught oa the Sound weighing two hundred pounds Indians returning from a grand potlach up the Sound had lota of money to spend. Oregon' Citt. Tho Enterprise furnishes the following items: Wednesday night two mules owned by Chas. Stewart were stolen from Mr. Wilkinson's pasture. Sher iff Myers followed the trail of the thief toward Foster's aud recovered the mules. Thief got away The rains have not yet interferred with the progress of work upon the railroad The Clackamas pa per mill has turned out some paper made from the fibre of cottonwood. la appear ance it is something between straw and ma nilla, though stronger than straw paper. The Baptist Sunday School has re ceived by donations $10t for the purchase of books to be added to the library. Tbe Soi.emxitt of Children. It is a very solemn and serious matter for you to be intrusted with the care of God's little children. One would think to see the mat ing that goes on in society and it is a beautiful thing in its way that butterflies were let loose, ko light, and gay. and happy aro tbe hearts that sail together and play around each other. One would think to bear the cheerful congratulations that ac company tho putting out of a young life in the family elate, that there wu no re sponsibility connected with the event. And when there begin to be "angels unawares" coming inio the houehold, one after an other, how joyous it is! And the silver cups and little congratulatory notes are plenty. But how few there are who feel that, from the time tbe door of life opens, and a child is boru, (.d has drawn bis band out from near to his own heart, and lent something of himself to the parent, and said, "Keep it till I come ; take this, my own child, and educate it for me, and bring it to heaven, and let its improving and its profiting appear when yon and it stand together in the last day.',.' It ia a very solemn thing to bave a family, and to have children, of which you are not tbe parent, but only the gnardian and guide, aud in some sense tbe savior. Btechef. Bishop Kingsley sailed the other day from Sau Franciecor for China. MyCIIIlVE SHOP, Snlem, Orfron. O. IF. DltAKE, Prop. 8team Engines, 8w M Ilia, Grist Mills, Rpri, Pump and and all kinds and itjrlet of machinery made to order Machinery repaired at a abort no tice. Pattern-making don In all It various tot em, and all kind of Brast and Iron Casting furnlthed at abort notice. fjUatfl DR. L. S. SKIFF, DENTIST, SALEM. OREGON. TEETH made with the owe of Dr. Cool' a patent. The nntnre of this improvement consistain Kning the entire concave surface with line gold, making the plate one third thinner than the couimor plate.and preventing the acids of the month from ronirhenlng the plate and tnrniuK il black. Thi atyle of plate admits of a verv hue finmh. This work ha giveu entire Kit'iBfacUoa in every ce. ' Nitroua Oxide (Laughing Gas given lor the cainlesti eitractloti of teelh. The person foe into n pleasant sleep, and uwak oiuding.with the aching tooth gone. Dentistry performed a cheap as at any office 1 iu the State. OFFICK IN MOORE'S BRICK BLOCK, Commercial St.) Salem, Ogii. i R.i.leuce on Liberty St., between Court acd StU Streets. GEO. II. CHANCE, fTN Dentist. WlU Over Wade's Store, adjoining Montgomery' Gallery SALEM. OREGON. I AM iDserting artificial teeth by the ue of Doctor Warm celebrated competition patent. The nature or this Implement consist in lining the mouth with a urst class et of teeth, making the cost about one-half leu than the common price, thereby pjeventlng the concave urfc of the purae from becoming convex. Thl da of work enable a much larger clas of person to avail themselve or its benefit than formerly. FULL SETS t0 UPPER M PARTIAL SETS, In proportion. Tee extracted without pMn, by the ne of Nitroua Oxide Ga. 8epul7.-dw D U. II. SMITH, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist. SALEM. OREGON. Grliorolil's Block, corner Commercial and gtate itrects. All Plate Work done in my office, hereaf ter, will e reduced to Sao Pranclaco price, with all the 1itet imprormente In the adencc of DenUftrr. fiT All my Dental Work maranteed. j .W. MARTIN, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN i Clocks, Watches, Jewelry AND SILVER WARE. Commercial Street, 8alem', Oregon. 5 Jewelry made to order. All work and good warranted. Salom, AnK'iist -HI.. xz Carpet Store. "pyTICKLlN make a specialty of Carpets, Oil Clothe, Rags & Matting: Hat the largest stock in town. Sep. 5xs -james t: brown. Bookseller and Dealer In Mag&ilnes, Periodicals, Newspaper, Book and Novels. Willamette street, second door to St. Charles Hotel, Eugene City, Oregon. geplOz rp PEARCE, , ISTotary DPutolic, EOLA, :::::: POLK COUNTY. OREGON. Acknowledgement of Deed, Mortage etc., takeu. Particular attention given to collection of notes and account. Sep. 4xs gARKER BAXTER. BIACIiSMITIIING ADD WAGON MAKING. South east corner of Commercial and Cheme keta streets, Salem. Oregon. Order received for all business in our line and work promptly done. au8xztf JADD St, BVSll. 23 j3l 3NT X3L 3D DR. Q . Salem, Oregon. Buy and Sell Greenback, Government Secnrille California and Katern Coin and Currency Draft, etc., etc., etc. Sight and Telegraphic Exchange on Portland, San Tranclico, and the Atlantic State Collection promptly attended to. Salem, May. 7th, 1S69. - xsSia QOSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. (Formerly Arrlgonl'j,) FRONT STREET,... ..PORTLAND. The underlined renpectfuUy announce that h Ing purchased thl widely known and well kept ho wl, they are now prepared to offer npeiior accom modation to the traveling public at Greatly Reduced Prices. This Hotel Is located nearest th Steamboat Laod- Inir tTThe Hotel Coach will be atUodanee to eon vty paMencer to and from thtttontefrftcfaAarg. W. R. FEW ALL. J. B. BPKINGER. April 20th, 1869. xatf 411 -lAPrTAT. TTnTF.r.. M" I have leased thi popular public bouke lor three year ; am having il thoroughly REFITTED ft, FURNISHED, And intend to make it A. Xirst Clae Hotel, Such a should be found at tbe State Capital. WILLIAM H. LEININGER Salem. August 9, 1869. xrtf S. D. SMITH. GEO. rjIHE OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. (Formerly Weetern Hotel.) . COOK. Cor. First and Morrison sis., Fortlaxd-. MESSRS. SMITH efc COCK have taken tbi well-knowu honte, refitted aad r famished it throughout; built a large addition, makins: thirty more pleasant rooms, enlarjred . the dining aud tilting room, making it by far the best hotel in Portland. A call from the . traveling public will satisfy them that thee statement are trne. SMITH Sc COOK, Proprietor, Portland, Aug. 15, 1859. N. B. Hot and Cold Bath attached to the honse for the benefit of gnert. ' aaft.lxa Millinery. ' MRS. HOWELL gfvee notice that aha will soon be supplied with the Fall Styles, And prepared to provide cactomer W ith all article in ber line. She intend oon to ro below for goods, and in the meantime ia deairoo of disposing vf tbe stock on hnnd at reduced rate. Aog. 1J D RESS MAKING. Offer her servlee a Dress eiaker, to the Idle-f Salem. Having avpertor taoUSUt for OIrtchtr(r work, sbe eaa offer superior Indue saw e "? v public lor their patron.' Ph wW aJT 'B4 J at her residence m Orai' brick bundle. TJ Wagon's rnraltws store. -. ; . r2Stf i : 4 . t - r , -"'7 tfWr.CV - j -z7'J