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.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
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