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SALEM, FRIDAY, : : : SEPT. 24.
Legislative Report
The public expect us to furnish full re-
ports of the proceeding of the adjourned
session, and as the 20th was the appointed
day our reporter was duly oq land. The
.only person ahead of turn was Col. White,
the well known efficient Chief Clerk of the
Lower House, lie had made an especial
effort and reached Salem several days be
forehand, and was well fortified in his po
sition when the day came. Col. Chapman
was on hand with the greatest punctuality.
The Colonel had been several days in at
tendance upon the Supreme Court, and to
Gt himself for the Legislative Strife he had
attended Wilson's circus on the Saturday
evening previous, and watched with keen
interest the entry of the intrepid Lambert
into the' den of raging lions ; when, it ever,
this Legislature does meet. Col. Chapman
will Improvs the lesson and have the legis
lative lions well in band. They may "shake
their manes and Wave their tails like the
Cedars of Lebrfnon," but they cannot make
a worse fuss than Wilson's Africau lions
did. We "predicted the Other day that Col.
Chapman would be here, and he most cer
tainly was here. We thought Gov. White
aker would be here, but he failed the come
,tjo time. We bad hopes that Cox would be
'here, but that distinguished statesman has
neglected the Caucasian race in its lime of
need, and the last we hear, he is devoting
. his time to the scrub races of the Umpqua.
Mr. Stout was the only Senator present
-that has been heard from ; he was present
and ready for any emergency. Fortunate
ly no emergency arose. The only reason
the Legislature did not meet was becanse
these" two -gentlemen did not run against
each other the first day ; neither did they
tail out with each other, which would have
disrupted the Democratic party entirely.
We met the Colonel in one of the refresh
ing' evening showers, and ho looked, under
his umbrella, as placid as a summer morn,
lie is yet good for many a siege, and will
never give this Legislature up if ho lives
fdr a thousand years.
SECOND PAT 8KPT. 21.
Col. White was on baud at breakfast and
would, have opened the session immediate
ly after it a quorum could have convened
Col. Chapman did not appear, and if he
Jjad.it is very doubtful it be could have
transacted business without an assistant.
It is reported, by one of the Supreme Court
Judges, that Chapman and Stout held a cau
cus and .then adjourned to L'ept. 1, '70.
The result of the caucus is the following
slate : For State Secretary in 1870, on the
Democratic ticket, Col. W. L. White ; for
U. S. Senator in 1870, Lansing Stout ; for
Congress, next spring, W. W. Chapman.
State warrants are still below par.
THIKD DAY.
We regret to announce that the attempt
for a session of the Oregon Parliament this
tall is pretty sure to prove a failure. Col.
White has abandoned the field, Col. Chap
man likes our allusion to the lions, but
thinks, as in the case of Daniel, there 'will
be no harm done as he won't bother the po
litical lions if they wen't trouble him. He
declares that he is not a candidate for Con
gress, so we take that back. With the e
few words we dismiss the subject. It is
impossible to get this Legislature together,
impossible 'to wind it up, and eo it will
stand a thousand years from now as one of
the incomplete efforts of antiquity. Thero
is some satisfaction, however, in realizing
that it will rival the long Parliament of
Great Britata. That did finally end, but
this one uever will. All it needs is some
Cromwell to call it to life. If such a man
as Cromwell was to arise and tell it to
"git," it would cerUiinly'gif together.
have lately attended its affairs Mr. Meach
ara has his plans well laid and organized,
and feels in good heart and good spirits as
he becomes aware of their true condition.
Judging by the results manifested, the of
ficers in charge heretofore bave done well
by the Indians. The facts we have stated
are eminently satisfactory and conclusively
rebut the charges often so indiscriminately
brought against the Indian service.
SUPREME COURT.
Salem. Sept. 21, 18C9.
DECISIONS.
Thos. Banks, respondent, vs. L. II. Crow,
appellant. Appeal from Douglas county.
This case was an action on the case for the
breach of a contract to convey real estate.
Plaintiff in the court below offered to prove
tbo contract by parol evidence, and the
court admitted the evidence, to which ex
ception was taken; Held that such a con
tract must be in writing, and cannot be
proven by parol evidence. The case was
sent back for a new trial.
Harlow, appellant, vs. Humphrey, et at.,
respondents. Appeal from Benton county.
This case comeB up on a demurrer to plain
tiff's complaint. The records of the court
below don't show that any entry of final
.augment was made. Held that where final
.udgment was not entered on the decision
overruling the demurrer, no appeal will lie.
Horsely, appellant, vs. Sels, respondent.
Appeal from Grant county. A motion to
dismiss the appeal was overruled, and the
judgment of the court below affirmed, the
court holding that the circuit court could
order its disbursing officer to pay any kind
ut money it saw fit.
The case of S. E. Stone, respondent, vs,
Oregon City W. M'f 'g Co., appellant. Ap
peal from Clack&mas county. 1 be case w
opened, and the arguments continued till
to-morrow morning.
Important Decision C'Ontriicure
Jlilcnr Dinposrd Of.
L. Howe appellant, vs. Douglas county
respondent. Appeal from Douglas county.
The plantiff. appellant, as Sheiiff of
Douglas county from August 1st. 186C. to
July 1st, 18G8. averred that he performed
certain services for which that county were
liable to pay him, and set forth his claims
thus :
Writing 84 notices for collection in
each precinct, for the vears 1806-7..$ 21 00
Posting the same ...... .- 42 t)0
Mileage to and from, posting tho same. 445 20
Mileage to and from each precinct, to
collect tares for tho years 1S66-7. 142 00
Serving venire of tho 3 panels of jur
ors for May term C. C. 1SR8.. 45 00
Writing notices of same 7 75
Mileage on same C7 CO
Return on same 7 75
Mileage for serving subpenas on 32
witnesses before grand jury.... 83 40
Mileage in serving 42 notices on judges
of election, at the June election ltifiS. 331 00
Mileage in posting 42 notices of elec
tion for June election 1S68 331 80
The Coast Reservation.
Cendilion .f the Indiana Their cm-
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pacify for bring Civilised.
Superintendent Meacltam started week
before last, in company with Senotor Will
iams, for a visit to the Coast Reservation
and the different tribes located upon it.
There are two full agencies and one sub
agency on this extensive Reservation,
known respectively as Grande Bonde and
Siletz. Alsea being a sub-agency. The ex
cursion embraced in its range Silets and
Grande Ronder and the visitors found
everything in a flouaisbing condition, the
Indians being generally contented and
happy. The present condition of the In
dians at Siletz and Grande Konde demon
strates very fully that Indians can be civil
ized ; cau be taken and mao men and wo
men of in fact.
The travelers were surprised to find that
the indians were dressed in civilized garb,
wore bats and bonnets, coats and dresses,
boots and shoes ; not a single blanket or
moccasin were seen at either place, but
they were astonished at the sight of wo
3 men whose faces1 were fully tattooed, in the
- laj of their savage life, who now appeared
in full dress, hoops and chignons, aud jew
elry. ' Net the least surprising fact that
was met with was the Sabbath turn out at
v Grande Rondo, where at least a score of
famUies-aaade tWr -appearance at church,
Tiding la good wagons behind two-horse
. teams, the wnole family attired in comfort
able garments, the children being clad like
ay-bite folk's children.
At Grande Rondo the Indians want the
iands divided and segregated into individ
ual Turns-; at Silets the cry is for wagons
and plows. In both cases progress is evi
denced by the expressed want. These In
dlans are living in comfortable houses, bit
to their meals, at tables spread with dishes,
and knives and forks, and sleep on bed
steads. Ben.Simpson.Ss evidently the right
man for the place. He has charge of rem
aaots of fourteen bands, once the worst
fighting Indians of Southern Oregon, who
, obey, him like .children. . Under his influ
ence they bave become civilized and peace
able. At Grande Rondo the Indians run
' manage and keep in repair a threshing ma
chine, without assistance, and these are the
. same Indians who a few years ago carried
the bow -and arrow in the Oregon forests
where they were raised.. .
The Indians ore industrious and earn
considerable money by labor. At Grande
Ronde they reader efficient help to the set
tlers in the harvest field ; at Siletz they
rV liav oiauy opportunities In connection
with fisheries and the commerce of the Bay.
' Skeptics bave only to go and visit this Res
ervation to recognize the facts stated. Sen-
- ator Williams was both surprised and pleas
ed, aiid will gc back to Washington able to
- 70eb for the condition of the Department
as perfectly satisfactory. The Indian De-
pftrtment in Oregon may be said to be flour
Vvcf, despite ths many disadvantages that
Total $1536 00
And admitted a payment of .- 201 CO
The answer denied any services for the
county except as stated in answer, thus
putting in issue each averment of the com
plaint. It admitted service of venire of one
panel of jurors and alleged payment there
fore in the sum of $ lo. For serving said
venire, for May term of court 18li8. writing
notices cf same, return and mileage the de
fendant paid plnntiffall he was entitled to.
550 25. For subpenaing 32 witness for
grand jury full payment is averred in the
sum of S43. For serving 42 notices upon
judges for June election 1808. a payment
is averred in the sum of $98 80. which de
fendent ulk'ges was accepted in satisfac
tion of service '" by plaintiff.
For serving 42 notices ol election, a simi
lar payment 98 80, and acceptance is
averred, and the defendant declared that
all the mileage for serving said notice of
election, and upon judges, did not exceed
1.976 miles, and that the amount paid there
tor fully discharged the same.
No replication was filed.
- - Upon the trial, the issues tvied were sub
mitted to the jury for special findings, and
tneir verdict was as lollows :
We, the jury, find that the plaintiff actually
traveled as follows : Milt.
For collecting taxes for 1S67 315
For serving notices upon judges of elec
tion (total) 307
For serving notices on one panel jury,
May term, 1858 204
Posting notices (tax) 1807 309
Total number of miles actually
traveled ia performing till the
above mentioned services 1,134
Wo the jury find that plaintiff trav
eled, actually and constructively,
as follows :
For collecting taxes for the year 1807
and serving notice on judges of elec
tion for 1868 4.4S4
Serving notices on one panel of jury for
May term, 1S68 1,412
Posting tax notices for 1867 4,420
Total number of miles as actual
ly and constructively, traveled
in performing the above service,10, 318
(Signed) Wm. Vickers, Foreman.
Upon this verdict the court found the law
to be with the defendant, and gave judg
ment against the plaintiff for costs, etc.
Plaintiff appealed from that judgment,
setting forth us the grounds of error, in his
notice of appeal
1. The court errerl in refusing to admit
the evidence offered by the plaintiff as to
the writing and posting of notices for the
collection of taxes, as appears by the bill
of exceptions filed and made a part of the
record in said cause.
" 2. The court erred in rendering a judg
ment against plaintiff, In favor of defend
ant, for its costs and disbursements.
3. The court erred in not rendering a
judgment in favor of plaintiff, against de
fendant, for the sum of $740 b'tt."
Willis & Watson for appellant Strahan
& Burnett for respondent.
Wilson, J. As the appellant filed no bill
of exceptions, we must confine our exami
nation of this case to the second and third
grounds alleged to have beeu error; and,
in fact, from the verdict of the jury, it
seems that the only issue tried was whether
the appellant was or was not entitled to
constructive mileage for certain alleged ser
vices. As in the case of Crawford vs. Abra
ham, 2 Ogn, 163. this court is to give a con
struction to certain sections in the code,
and thus establish a certain rule, which
shall operate alike in the different counties
in this State- We are aware that great dif
ferences of opinion exist as to the true
meaning and operation of such sections.and
that the different county courts havo applied
the law in their varyiug discretions.
This case exhibits but a few of the ques
tions that bave arisen in the different dis
tricts under the fee bill, and we regret that
we cannot now give a full construction to
that law, which should cover all those mat
ters. Tho sections mainly calling for con
strucl'nn here are these :
Sec. 14, p. 738 : Every officer or person
whose fees are prescribed in this act, who
shall bo required to travel in order to exe
cute or perform any public duty, in addi
tion to the fees hereinbefore prescribed,
shall be entitled to mileage st the rate cf
ten cents per mile, in going to and return
ing from the place where the service is per
ormed." Sec. 15, p. 739. Mileage for any service
by Sheriffs shall in all cases be eompnted
from the county seat or place of holding
court, in the county in which the officer
performing the service resides. Jcc.
Sec SI, p. 903. That the Sheriff of each
county shall be tax collector thereof.
Sec. 32, p. 9(W proviso. The Sheriff, be
fore entering upou the duties of coljeclor
of taxes, shall execute an additional bond
in such sum as the County Court of the
county may direct
Sec. 33, p. 903. It shall be the duty of
the Sheriff upon receipt of the tax roll
from the County Clerk, immediately there
after to give notice by posting up written
or printed handbills, three in each precinct
within bis county, to the effect that he. or
his deputy, will attend at the usual place
of voting in each election precinct in his
county for the purpose of, collecting taxes
Sec. So, p. 905. Tlta Sheriff shall be al
lowed three per centum on all taxes collect
ed by him, Ac, which percentage shall be
paid by the county.
It will be seen that sections 14 and 15
cited, undertake to declare the persons to
whom mileage shall be allowed and the
rate thereof, and the manner of compensa
tion thereof as to the beginning and end
ing of travel". There is no general provis
ion found elsewnerem the uode applicable
to the 'mileage or a person whose fees are
not named and fixed by Chap. 18. in which
these two sections are fonud. Other laws
either provide specially for such compensa
tion, or by their siiencee lead to the con
clusion that none was to be given.
By section 61, . cited, a uew duty is im
posed on the person who may happen to be
Sheriff; he is made tax collector is com
pelled to give a new bond, wholly different
lrom his official bond as Sheriff aud noth
ing is said in Chap. 18, commonly called
the fee bill, as to any lees as such tax col
lector. His office was created at the same
time with the passage of the fee bill, but
made no reference to it, and under said sec
tion 31, he has to perform ceriain duties in
voking tie necessity of traveling. That
duty, however, abridges the necessity for
far more exteuded journeyings in that, by
posting such notices as are required, the
tax-payers are obliged to wait upon him in
paying their taxes, instead of his waiting
upon them. Section 35, as cited, provides
the compensation which (the tax collector
is to bave, and the act of which it is u part
undertakes to fully define the duties and
liabilities of such officer. We think it was
intended by the Legislature that the allow
ance of compensation should cover all the
expenses and labor he might incur or per
form in collecting taxes. Ho is not in such
capacity, a person iucluded in and provided
for in sec. 14 of Cbap. IS. The Legislature
provided that by a less einouut of trevel
he could obviate the necessity of ;i greater,
and by a gross amount At' percentage indi
cated their intention of making tha'. a lull
compensation. Upon the first und lat
points in the special verdict we think tho
Conrt below found correctly as to the law.
The question 113 to posting notices of
election does not se.'m to hae been sub
mitted to the iurv. probably from inad
vertance ; for, if the duty ot'beiving notices j
of appointment upon judge', of the election j
could carry mileage, ceriu'.nly tiiut ol pok
ing notices of the eleclio' iu each precinct
is equally meritorious. Our decisionjiow
ever, of the one will b an indication oi
the construction on that point, upou which
Ccunty Courts may bereat ter act.
Sec. 11, giving the right to mileage, ap
plies its privileges to witnesses and Sher
iffs alike. Their fees are contained in the
same act. and in similar cases should have
similfir allowances. This Court held in 2
Ogn., 105, our rule to be thus: '-The
claim for disbursements mutt be for the
number of miles actually traveled, and the
number of days in actual attendance as a
witness only," and us a rule still further
delineating the rights of a w itness, that "in
two or more cases, between the same par
ties, at the. same term, a witness would be
allowed but fingle mileage and attendance,
Ac." The full force ot those rules does
not apply here, but the intention there
manifested is plain, that the claim must be
lor the number ot miles actually traveled,
and serves some purpose iu guiding our
findings here.
Sec. 14 wo think means this, if in execut
ing a public duty an officer, of that class of
persons provided lor, must necessarily trav
el any distance, he is lo be allowed ten
cents per mile for his actual goin; to and
reluming from the place where he executes
that duty. And we think that section lo,
read iu connection with section 14. pro
vides in the case of the Sheriff, that no
matter where he may be when a process is
put into his hands, he mny iu estimntin;; his
mileage count from the county seat. This
evideutly arises from the luci that his of
fice is there by law, and he is supposed to
be present there ready for any business
connected with that office. That is his of
ficial home, und the Legislature intended
his official travel should begin there.
Applying this construction to the case
under consideintion. the notiee to the
judges in each precinct is required. It is
one act in which the county is the sole
parly made liable. In fact the notice to be
served is but a single paper on which the
returns must be made. While in the pre
cinct the Sheriff i3 where the three per.-ons
live who are to be served,and it is sup
posed he executes his duty speedily and
carefully. He travels but once, with a
single paper in his possession, sent by but
one party and following the spirit of our
ruling, as cited, we think the law does not
intend to pay him for labor which he does
not perform. The services of no one can
be required without just compensation, but
unless plainly provided for. that which re
quires no service, no outlay of labor or
expense, is not a claim upon which we
ought to give an unusual construction to
the law. We think the Sheriff could claim
his mileage for serving the notice belong
ing to or necessary to to be served in each
precinct from the cjunty seat to the resi
dence of the farthest one named in such
notice to be served. No evidence is here to
Show other than the truth of the timing of
the jury as to the actual number of miles
traveled by appellant, aud certainly the
amount alleged to have been paid him by
respondent more than covers th claim due
upon verdict.
The jury very properly found that the
appellant served a venire of but one panel
of jurors, and found the miles actually trav
eled in execu una: that service, and lrom
that finding we think the court paid apel
hint all be should be entitled to receive.
The constitution of the statute must be
made in subordination to the rules so long
known and well established, and to that
construction the court must bring an ex
ercise of common sense aud reason. Sup
pose the Sheriff has a venire for a panel of
jurors, in a single process or paper, and it
turns out. as may happen, that ten juiois
live in the same part of the county, say
Dtty miles from the county seat At forth
est three days are sufficient to serve them
and make return. He may travel enough
additional miles in going to each jnror to
make the whole, distance traveled 120
miles' For this he receives an allowance
under our construction of twelve dollars
besides the serving of venire on each juror.
If ho were entitled' to have a mileage for
each man served, as is claimed in this case,
the number of miles so claimed could not
be less than 1000 ; and then his three days
labor would realize him about 35 dollars
per day. We know hardships inav arise on
either band ; but we find no analogous case
in the statutes iu which any other officer or
person has such extensive rights as are
claimed by appellant. On the contrary the
constitution ot Oregon and the Legislature
have sought to obtain services in almost
every other office at low rates therefor.
Were we to give the construction claimed'
by appellant, the counties of large territory
in this Slate would become hopelessly in
volved, and such result is manifest in this
case. j j
The jury found that the Bheriff actnally
traveled, in executing the duties in items
two and three. 51 1 miles, which, at ordinary
rates, would call for an allowance ot $51.10,
exclusive of the fee for serving. We may
fairly presume that those services could
have been made within nine days. Under
the second part of the verdict, upon the
same claims and the number of miles is
5,896, calling for an allowance or $589 60.
exclusive of service ; in the one case about
six dollars per day, and in the other about
sixty-six.
The Legislature has left it to some extent
uncertain as to the proper construction of
sections fourteen and fifteen taken together;
but we incline to that view which is most in
consonance with equality and right and
with the intention manifested in the econom
ical character of our constitution and laws.
If the Legislature had expressly provid
ed for. or made It apparent, that the
better construction should have been in
favor of the constructive mileage 'claimed
by appellant, we should then hafre been
constrained to hold differently.
Under our construction, we think the
court belcw was correct in its holding the
law to be with the defendant, and we affirm
this judgment
TELEGEAPHIC SUMMARY.
Henry Wilson, who used to be paymaster
in the Navy, has been drawing checks on
Government which are worthless, as be is
notjin office, has been dismissed.
Admiral Hoff says the execution of
Spikemun. an American, by the Spanish
authorities in Cuba, was cold-blooded mur
der. The Pekin authorities write Bnilingame
that his course iu the United States is fully
endoised.
The payments for the present month aie
heavy, and the national lebt will probably
not be much reduced.
There is a great deal of surmise as to the
course of the 'Administration on the Cuban
question, the current reports nre not based
on any certaintj.
New Your. Sept. 18. It is stated fbat it
is not the io'ention of the administration
to push the settlement of the Cuban diffi
dullies for the present, nor do anything
that would be likely to irritate Spam or
provoke a war. Matters will be allowed
to drift along as they have been doing, in
the hoe that the Spanish Government will
finally accept the Sickles proposition.
Portage City. Wis.. Sept. IS. Patrick
Field, confined for highway robbery, was
ta'.ien out lust night by a masked -mob and
buu. This is the second case of lynching
in this vicinity witin a week.
Ex-Presiclent Fillmore has been appoint
ed a delegate to the .Southern Commercial
Convention, and selected to organize the
Convention.
An iron-clad of 1.500 tons, with a large
body of men about three hundred was
boarded by the commander of the ( rev
head Indians, near New Bedford, lust night..
She carried 18 guns, hud steam up and was
taking material on board lrom a schooner
alongside. The steamer is believed to be a
Cuban privateer.
A terrible accident occurred on the
nifjht train lrom Charleston, on the South
Carolina Railroad. Before daylight, a large
tree which had fallen Hcross tlie trestle at
Congara Swamps, threw the'vengine and
part, ot the train into a swamp. The en
gine blew up. setting lire t) the cars and
trestle, burning (iUl) feet of the latter. The
engineer and fireman were killed.
GENERAL MEWS.
Jackson Covxty. The Sentinel says that
Jimmy McCully shot and killed a bear on
Butte Creekvlost week. This is quite a feat
lor so young a hunter; and no doubt there
are many of his school mates in this city
who envy bis opportunities. The ranch
men on Butte Creek are much troubled by
the frequent visits to their corralls of a
large grizzley Acampmeeting is to be
held nenr Williamsburg, in Josephine coun
ty, commencing October 1st The Sen
tinel learns that a citizen of the Goose Lake
country was murdered by the Snake Indians
aboitt two weeks since, near Camp Bidwell.
Seve.al Indians bave been arrested, and
the chief Winnamuek" promises to deliv
er the murderers in consideration of the
release of the Indians confined. It is
thought that no geueral disturbance will
grow out of ihe difficulty Parties
recently from Goose Lake, report that a
very heavy i'rosl has lallen in the upper end
of the valley, and that all tender vegetables
are killed. The indebtedness of Jose
phine county has b-en reduced to 31,680 90,
exclusive ot State indebtedness.
Portland. A deck hind on the river
steamer Wenat, was seriously if not fatally
injured, on Monday last. The injury, was
caused by the Wenat and Couch coming
together in tlie river f c r the purpose t ex
changing passengers. The unfortunate man
was caiiLrht between the boats as thev came
in contact The lhrnUl sajs Mi;tt eggs !
are Veiling at wholesale i,r iui ty (.-ills pt-r j
dozen The ( vniiiu i r'.u! sjs th.il uioii- j
ey is light, but "this is iln.iol by the Ihrn'.d.
The local of the llevnul h,is m-. n Out) liar- i
rels of lime on a wlunf iu Pm.taiid. i
The work of piling the foundations I. r !
the Custom House ;it Astoii.i hs com- !
nienced ....... The Mate ol the Imrk Ad'- ;
line Elwood has been anvMed fur an - i
suult with a deadly vMp:i on the hill j
seas.
Sept. IS. It is stated that Napoleon has
advised Gen. Prim that Spain had better
negotiate with the United States for the
the transfer of Cuba, and expressed the
opinion if the war continued there, Presi
dent Gant would be compelled is inter
fere on the score of huniauitv. lie cited
his own example of leaving Mexico as a
precedent lor Spain to follow.
Spain boils over with excitement among
the people on the receipt of Cuban news.
On Saturday morning last a man. who
registered bis name at the Cataract House,
Niagara Falls, as Curl Schurz. proceeded to
Table Rock at the Falls, placed his watch,
coat and money in charge of a boy stand
near, walked into the water a tew feet
from the brink, and was soon carried over
the precipice and dashed to pieces in the
whirlpool below.
A schooner left yesterday with a party of
men, ostensibly bound on a fishing excur
sion, but thev nre supposed to be going to
Cuba. Another parly lelt Bostou far Hali
fax. They are supposed to belong to a
similar expedition.
Libertv of worship will proclaimed in
Cuba by Spanish authority.
Embarkation and reinforcements to Cuba
have commenced. It is staled that Admiral
lopete will command the fleet'
The prospects of the Duke of Genoa as a
candidate for the throne are improving.
His marriage with the daughter of the Duke
de Montpensier is proposed.
Nevada.
There was a snow storm in Nevada, on
Saturday.
Two miners named Robert Roland and
Thomas Job. lately fell down a shaft iu the
Gould & Curry mine and were instantly
killed. ,
The Virginia and Trurkee Railroad is
being rapidly constructed.
Gold in New York. 137.
Liverpool Wheat 10s lid.
Market for wheat in San Francisco
at $1 50fc I 60.
quiet
Nkw Yokk, Sept. 21. The ship Yosemite
cleared for San Francisco with 1.000 tons
of ordnance etc., lor the Mare Island Navv
Yard.
The distillers in some of the whisky dis
tricts propose to form an association to aid
the revenue to detect dishonorable distil
lers.
In Supreme Court, the case of Stone, res
pondent, vs. Oregon City W. Mfg. Co., was
argued and submitted on Wednesday. The
The deciiion of the Court below in the case of
Sylvester ; vs. Ilartless, was affirmed. The
case of Dearborn vs. Tatton, was reversed.
Yesterday the case of Pease, administrator of
the estate 'of Moores vs. Kelley et a!., was
argued and submitted ; also the case of the
State, respondent, V6. Ellis, appellant.
Richmond, Sept. 21. (ov. Walker was
installed as provisional. Governor to-day,
taking the ironclad oath. Gov. Wei
lurned over the ofiico to his new incum
bent. The first appointment of Gov. Walk
er is Capt. Cameron, a confederate officer.
as his Secretar.y
SvitAcrsu. Sept. 22. Nearly all the dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention
have arrived. It is said Horatio heymour
will not participate in the proceedings
Gen. Slocum is mentioned as temporary
President, but Lieut. Gov. Beach will be
permanent President. The platform will
be ratiier conservative, und will not go as
far as the Ohio Democratic platform. The
leading points will be a demand for the
restoration of the Southern States to the
Union ; general amnesty : fulfillment of
obligations of contract with regard to U. S
bonds ;"sopposition to the Fifteenth Amend
ment ; opposition to amended State Con
stitution, except the judiciary "article
There is general good feeling among the
delegates, and a larger share of confidence
has been witnessed than at any Democratic
Convention for years.
New Youk. Sept. 21. Washington spe
cials say that the Government repudiates
Sickles' anions as exceeding his instruc
tions, and pledges itself to censure him.
Nkw okk. Sept 21. A London special
to the Herald says that it has been agreed
between England and France that there
shall be no interference from this side be
tween Spain and the United States on the
subject matter of the Cuban revolution and
Americau diplomacy at lUauria.
' A conesnondent to the Londpn Tunes
intimates that U. S. Minister Sickles has ig-
norantly made grave diplomatic blunders
at Madrid, and that the U. S. Senate will uo
itself credit by refusing .to confirm the ap
pointment of a man who has made so bad
an appearance in diplomacy.
Foreizu. .
Madrid. Sent. 21. The journals of the
citv are violent against the presumed un
fiiendless of the American Government
Some of them urge the immediate declara
tion of war if the Cubans are recognized as
belligerents. The Ministry, after discus
sing the proprietv of returning Sickle
note unanswered, have decided to postpone
their reply until the arrival of Gen. Prim
California.
The slander suit of Johnson vs. the Bul
letin, for 550.000. for commenting upon the
swill milk trade, has been decided in favor
ot the defendant.
San Francisco. Sep!. 22. Gold in New
iorK. id4vi37. .
Liverpool Wheat 10s 2d.
San Francisco Wheat dull at $1 50
l oa lor tair to-good shipping ; choice snip
ping si uu.
A Yreka dispatch states that serious In
dian difficulties nre likely to occur in Sur
prise v alley. A party ot thirty iarriors
have demanded at Fort Bidwell the release
within ten days, of the Indian prisoners
held as hostages for the delivery of Indians
who committed daring murders in that
neighborhood during July.
Much of the grain in Del Norte county
is aestroyed by the rams.
Pliebe Cozzeu, one of the Women's
Rights party, is studying law. Bein
pretty, wr phonld think she had
enough courting to do at hoce.
the great, were lightly passed over, as some
thing scarcely worthy of notice or atten
tion. A cold apathy to the betier feeling
of the heart pervaded and c haracterized
the whole lecture. A ihoitsiul lectures
like that would fail to rekindie that depth
of delicate feeling and love which should
and does exist in the heart of every true
woman, though at times it may be latent,
whereby their actions and lives are devo
ted to the welfare and lntppines of their
families or those with whom they associate:
As a literary production, in style and logic
it was neither remarkable nor praiseworthy,
and there was very little in it to commend
it to the public patronage, aside Irotn the
fact that it was delivered by a woman. It
might be summed up thus : Labor is health,
happiness andVduty. which is all well
enough as far as it goes. Mrs. t. Clair
spoke again in the Court House on Sunday
evening on the subject of " Mormouism."''
She said the Mormon woman were the hap
piest of any class of women she had ever
seen, but did not say whether their happi
ness was owing to their religious belief
their domestic relations, or their clmate"
Her lecture was rambling and disconnec
ted, without order, force or logic, and
might be appropriately called, a lew .pro
miscuous remarks. L.
The Currency Question.
Senator Corbett made, over a year ago,
some suggestions in the Senate for tlie
adoption of a,sj.-urreney based on a gold
value, and to be substituted for the present
ai L.lde and iluct uating circulating medi
um, and since (hen it has been proposed
that !ii s result can be accomplished most
elf, finally by issuing gold notes and de-
The Butter Trade.
clarini;
the present currency redeea-able in
The Sacramento Union says the western
butters makers are rushing their be6t churn
ings across the continent, paying five cents
per pouud lreight and underselling the
California butter makers in their own mar
ket. This butter is sent to Hong Kong,
Pekin and Canton, by Liverpool merchants,
and the California butler remains in the
market at the same old prices. The fact
that butter is brought across the continent
and shipped to Asia, shows that we should
make butter in California and Oregon in
greater quantity and at less price. The
Pacific lUilroad will revolutionize business
on this const, aud indeed the work has al
ready commenced. The current of trade
now sets direct from Chicago instead of
corning entirely from San r runcisco. The
first result o! competition is to reduce the
price of all articles that can bear transpor
tation, the next result will be to reduce the
price of labor here, and so enable us lo
successfully compete. These results at'e
certain, and they will be inexorably and
speedily accomplished. When business is
is done on the same terms as at the East,
then we can hold our own, and compete
with all sections without fear of "'.dlure-
Snakk Indians Pnovinr.n i-'oit. Ati ap
propriation was' made last winter for the
removal of the trolling bands of hostile
Snakes, vanquished by the troops under
Gen. Crook, and which have pince been lo
cated at the military posts in Eastern Ore
gon. The order for this removal has just
uirived. and funds are forwarded for carry
ing it out. Superintendent Me.icham is now
organizing the expedition for this purpose
which he will accompany. The Indians
will be gathered uud provided for at
SPJECIAL NOTICES.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON.
Offioe, No. 64 FRONT STREET,
Adjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon.
SPECIAL COLLECTOR OF CLAIMS.
Acc ounu, XoU's, Bondi, Praftn, and diercantlla
Claimior every Hencrip. Ion tlirouM ut Oreicon ml
the Te'rrhorit-s. WILL BE MADB A Sl'ECllLTY
AND PROMPTLY COLLECTED, m w-II whh
due r Krd to economy in all huiineM matters In
trusted tn his care, and the proreel paid over
punctually. i
REAL ESTATE DEALER.
acpIS
The Dai.i.ks. The jlnnu'iinn r ha
following items ot new.-: asco ouniy
Fair opened last Wednesday. Large num
ber of people in attendance and everything
lovely llevival at .Methodi.-t Church
still ' -loini; on., (,'ui'e a number of acces
sions to the membership Transporta
tion is iiiueli wanted to carry the large
amount of poods that are daily arriving
liom below lor the meicliMits in the interior
The Loon Creek mines in Idaho Territo
ry are proving to be a big tiling. We give
the following note corferning them from
the Idaho Sintrsimin of September 10th :
During llie last two days we have con-vei.-ed
with several persons returned from
the Loon ('reek di.csings. and there is but
one opinion expressed in regard to them,
and thai is that they are one of the richest
if not Hie richest ever struck in the Terri
tory or anywhere else; that it will take
sometime to pet a large number of claims
open, but when they jret fairly at work the
yield will be most,astonishing. There a-e
various rumors about a new district being
struck, the most reliable ot which is ihat a
prospect of thirty-five cents to a dollar and
twenty-five cents to the pan was found, and
rue hundred claims recorded iu a single
day.
New Mixes. The Grande Roudc Sentinel
has accounts of several new mining discov
eries in Eastern Oregon and Idaho. A new
and very rich quartz mining district south
of Carlin. The discoverers have refused
400,000 for their interest. Another rich
mining camp has beeen struck on a small
stream running into Salmon river. Idaho
and Eastern Oregon are without doubt the
best mining regions on the Pacific slope.
Another large fire is raging iu ihe
Blue Mountains Oats and barley are
selling in Grande P.onde Valley for 14
cents per pound, and wheat at one dollar
per bushel.- Tt e Sentinel says these prices
will not recede any this year The
Chinese population isdeaving Huker county,
and hunting up winter quarters.
Portland. The Oregonian says that a
party of six young men started, on (be
morning of the 21st. for the tcp of Mount
Hood. Those excursionists will, no dbt.
have '-a time'' A number of Portland
c-.pitalists are investing in the McMinnville
water ditch entei prise V large the
atrical troupe came up on t1 e Moses Tay
lor from San Francisco Tbo total val
uation of the taxable property in Multno
mah county foots up over $.' .200,000
The lleralil says the hotels are rapidly li'.l-
ing up with boarders The ladies of
the Hebrew Benevolent Society will give a
ball in Portland next week, on which occa
sion some new and unique features will be
introduced.
Eexton CorxTV. The Corvallis Mercury
aays that the Alsea Valley, situated in Den
ton county, has a population of thirty-five
families The Corvallis College is in a
more prosperous condition than ever be
fore Judge Thaver will deliver the
annual address at the State Fair
Students for the Agricultural Department
of the Corvallis Col. ege have been sent up
from all of the Senatorial Districts save
two. Washington and Yamhill nre the de
linquents The steamer Ann was sold
at Corvallis, on Wednesday last, on an ex
ecution from the U. S. District Court. She
was knocked off to the Long Tom Naviga
tion Company at $:5.82o. She will be run
as a freight and passenger boat on the
Long Tom and Willianiette rivers.
I- 1-1 ...I. T,
j i.i i , r .t, .c . ,.ifl 1 Prague s mver on niatuuui i.esei vaiion.
i coin, or bv the substitution ot these gold , -
the; .i "r . .i , r . i.. it,-.. ' for the coming winter. This arrangement
notes therefor at the rate id se ent v-h e or
,, r,-., i .. i ,. 1 is only temporary, a permanent home will
tents mi the collar. 11ns lias been Joi j i . i
r ,, , ( ,, i ,, ;,,., be provided for them at some future period,
some tune the full value of the legal tenner j 1 1
n,.t, i'i'!icr:il!v ometliin" over their mar- ' '
ket value. We cannot see any reason why
A CARD.
Pa lev , O., Sept. 18, 1S69.
$G,103 32. -
R-eelved. fr" r. 3. N. IIomiss, A(rent
of the MUTUAL 1.1 ve INSURANCE COMPANY of
New York, Draft N. M.IW on the Bank of New
York, payable to the uHrr of Mr. MaT A. H CUT
IN 31 on, t.. t!io ainrioit nl five Thouuand One Hun
dred and three : 2 luO dollars currency : aaid draft
being in full for claim and profits on Policy No. SOj04-
on life of J. W. Pkrit Hpstihgtox.
Signed MILS. MARY A. HUNTINGTON,
by R. P. Eakhakt, tier agent.'
Original amount of Policy.. $5,000
Amount of .Dividend, 1 year.
Amount paid.
103 82
. . . $3,113 82
Referring to the above, we would state that the
Policy was Issued on the 15th day or March, fS68,
and had, therefore, at the date of Mr. Huntington's
decease, June 8d, 1S69, been In force only fifteen
months. The amount of Mr. Huntington's premium
on the above policy was , $140 S5
Cash dividend for one yeir lt)3 8i
i
$37 53
Actual c:stof Insurance, nr.ly
Being a return of over K13HTT per cent.
In addition to the above dividend o' $103 32, tbere
will be a " Post Mortem Dividend," to be Paid to the
heirs wU-n tlie next dividend of the Company if de
clared, which ill be on the 1st of February, 1ST0.
MARK' A. KING & CO , Portland, On.,
General Agents for Oregon and Territories.
this plan cannot be conveniently, ea.-lly
and safely ailopted. Eastern market quo
tation are more or less fictitious, being
based on a currency that is irredeemable
u:id fluctuating. There are hordes of spec
ulators whose business it is to thrive by
raising or depressing the prices of cur
rency and stocks, and the present condi
tion of our national finances offers, an in
ducement for unlimited rascality on the
stock exchange and in nil financial circles.
It were worth something to remove the
means by which corruption and-dishonesty
so thrive, and this can be done by so puri
fying and establishing the national cur
rency as to make it permanent and uni
foun in vnltie. thus baulking reckless spec
ulation, preventing tlie depreciation of val
ues, resior nil; cena niv io iiuoe u'-aiu anu 1.
civing every man the means to determine i mm i -i . 1 . , ,i- ti i,
" , r . . ' . . . . ,. ! 1 lu; philosophy is thi!?: I lie velocity
una maintain tus financial standing. ; i i i ' i .1 it i
, . : (if the blood through tlie liody, und
It. seems easv eunuch to carry out this I .i i . t .i t J i . ir i i
3 i the heat ot lue body itself, depends
project, and we can see no other ay -so j . he ' titv of ;ltmos.
simple and convenient. At present l-""' phcrie air taken in to the ltiu-s. Na
dollars in currency bring., about three in ture n,ea!iu,.e!, lhat 4Jantiry by the I.os
gold. Kvery note is then worth three- j jm j tl,e n)uuth jt
louniis ol us lace, a computation mat is. ; i ... i ,t , ,
' i" j '
lluw to Hkeatii. The action of
recviiration shouM never be carried on
through the niontliV "(Jml breathed
into man's ito.strilx the. breath of He.
The conecti.es.s of the inspired writer
of old i.- fttllv sustained bv modern
philosophy and physiology. The j
mischievous habit of etirrvin on llie !'
action of respiration through t he mouth j Ladies wanting their Photograph taken
instead of the nose, is tint oi i"ill of al- ! and wishing to know how to dress, and what colorr,
most all the diseases of the tlilo.it and !-. o dress in, can call and getoneofMosiTGOi.it.
Sale Postponed Notice is given that the sale
of Sawykh'3 Farm, and other property, advertised
some time since to take place on the 2.rth of Septem
ber, is Indefinitely postponed.
JOSEPH SAWYER.
French Prairie, Sept. 17.
lungs, and even consumptii'U itself.
Medical writers tell its that tin; exces
sive perspiratio;; to which some are li
able to in their .-leeji audi which is so
weakning to the system, is mainly the
result of sleeping with the mouth open.
Whether you walk, sit, read, write, or
sleep, keep your mouth shut, except
i wlien engaged in-conversation or nec-
bt' printed circulars, where all directions are plain.
and will save time and trouble. eepl -
eaily made. Fractional currency can be
redeemed in proportion and the postal in
come be ihns collected iu coin or its equiv
alent. Kvery man who has bought on
credit, payable in currency, can pay in
currency at it face. Merchants would
soon Fell and value goods at coin prices, real
estate will be rated and sold at what it is
worth, ami branches of business wou'd '
soon accommodate themselves to the sys
tem, gold speculations would come to a
timely end. and men throughout tho nation
look each other in the face with more con
fidence, and have no reason to feel dis
graced at the depreciation of our naliofial
credit.
Some way must be quickly devised ; to
biing the Pacific States into uniform finan
cial relations with the F.ast. We are not
independent of the world, as is proved by
the present money panic in San Francisco
Chicago has come across the continent on a
nice pleasure trip and has already caused
quite a financial revolution. There must
be a new revision of trade if we are, to
hold our own. and we cannot think of any
io sensible and simple plan to make the
currency question easy as the one pro
posed. Its effect on the national debt, would be
good ; the national credit would be estab
lished bjr it, und no one could claim to
have lost a dollar, if the (iovennent un
dertakes to return to specie payment by
any other method it will be fruitless, and
there is no reason why the currency notes
should slowly climb to a full coin value.
It will require a nice adjustment and care
ful calculation to determine how much Coin
must be in the Treasury to attempt this,
but the thing can be easilvdone and Houtwell
can do it if the present Congress so decide.
buljust sufficient when the nostrils
are used. An excess of air over-heats
the body,' while its passage through
the mouth otherwise injuriously af
fects the throat. The habits of chil
dren, in this respect, should be care
fully watched and regulated. Open
mouths produce a vacant and unseem
ing appearance, and may be regard
ed as very sure precursors of habitual
colds and sore throat.
Xo two things differ more than
hurry and dispatch, llurry is the
mark of a weak mind ; dispatch of
a strong one. A v.'eak man in office
like a squirrel in a ea'ge, is lab
eternally, out to no purpose ; m
stant motion, without geiting ufa jot ;
talks a great deal, but sayrery little;
looks into everything, bn Fees noth
ing ; and has a hundred irons in the
fire, but very few of them hot, mu1
with those that are he only burns his
Notice. I have left all my accounts and bills
Flnst parties in this vicinity with H. Y. THOMP
SON, City Recorder All persons owing me are re
quested to call un him and settle up.
T. R. BLACKERBY.
Salem, Oregon, Aug. 21, 1S69. aug22x
Don't Lose Your Time Come Early in
the Day. Moxtoomkrt Is doing some of the most
beautiful work io Photography ever done In the
Ststf. Call and see those tinted Card4,beautlfut and
clear.
Dr. Mary P. Sawtelle, Physician and Ac
coucheuse. Residence and office corner of Summer
and Marion streets, Salem. Board a .id treatment
at reasonable rates.
Sak-ra, August 5, 1SC9. , xxtf
Electro Silicon. This curicus and val
uable substance is confidently claimed to be the best
article ever discovered for cleaning -id poli'hlng
Gold, Silver and Plated Ware, and all imooil mc
lallic surfaces, of whatever -description, Including
Kitchen utensi'.s of tin, copper, brass, steel, etc.
-LrfTf
on-
Election Returns. After a thorough
canvass of the vote of public opinion, It must be
(.-ratifying to all these laboring under PrLMoHikT
Aftkctioss, of whatever 'character, to know that a
un&iiimous verdkrt has been yiven In favor r.f the
unequalled efficacy of Nswell's Ptlhoniky 8taor,
over all other remedies, for coughs, colds, consump
tion, bronchitie, asthma, croup, whoopiag cough,
etc, etc. '
In time ofaca prepare for
So get a boylTof Dr. K. Cooper's CKiVKRKi
s Tic JjfKM, an uneqtiiled preparation for
terjafPiarrhcea and Cramp. The Instantaneous
of Burns, Bruises and 8 rains.
fingers. Culton.
The Eugene Guard has tho following:
The skeleton man and bearded woman
have bought a farm in Lane county and
will take possession in the all. The Guard
says that in addition to these curiosities.
Lane county hits the tallest
Slate, the ugliest man in the world, a baby
with half its head scalded like an alligator,
and triplets and quartets weighing from 15
"to 40 pounds each The barn of Mr.
Shortridge. on Coast Fork, filled with this
year's crop, has been entirely consumed by
fire.
To Stock Owners.
Albany Letter.
Alabaxt, Oregon. ept. 22, 1809,
En. Statesman. The P. T. Company's
boat Success arrived here yesterday, very
much to the gratification of our merchants
and traders. .Owing to low water the boats
have not been able to reach here for the
last five or six weeks. Our wharves nre
all Oiled to overflowing with produce, wait
ing for shipment, and our merchants bad
begun to feel the want of dry goods, and
had hauled some from Salem overland ;
hence the coming of the Success yesterday
was bailed with manifest pleasure. Tbe
wet weather for the past two days retarded
somewhat the arrival of wheat, but to-day
it comes faster than ever before. I counted
over fifteen wagons loaded with wheat
coming into town at ouce. Last Saturday
evening, Mrs. Augustan St Clair, in the
Court House, delivered her lecture on the
duties of woman Jo her family, to society
and tbe public" to a very fair audience
The lecture was a common-place nfTair ;
good enough in itself, containing many ad
mitted truths, the proof of which requires
no argument or force of logic, and consisted
mostly of affirmative dicttims which singly
or in the aggregate "have little influence or
power to carry conviction to the mind or
to change public sentiment. Tbe majestic
lmnds of sympathy and love which should
and do direct and control tbe actions and
lives of all true women, and which may be
seen aud felt alike in all grades of society,
and equally essential to happiness in the
cottage of the peasant and tbe mansion of
The cattle plague that hits caused eo
much loss and disaster in the Eastern States
for several years past, has made its appear
ance, says tlie Sicramento Union, in Lower
. ., ! II ' .1 I . ,
man in tlie taiuornia, louowinp in uie irai-K oi ti roves
of Texas cattle, as it has in the States east
of the Mississippi. As the demand for
beef cattle has increased, the vast herds of
wild, oi only half-tamed cattle, roaming in
Texas, have been drawn on for a supply.
These wild animals have become almoat in
variably diseased on tho wny. and This dis
ease has assumed the form of a plague
that has followed in their track, destroying
thousands of cattle that have fed on the
pastures where they grazed in passing.
These facts nre sustained by reports of
Eastern journals, and substantiated by the
reports from California. AVe notice in llie
Idaho papers that bands of Texas rattle
are arriving to be wintered on Snake river,
and as some of them may reach Oregon,
we have every reason to use caution to pre
vent tbe spread of the terrible contagion
through this State., Farmers und drovers
cannot be too careful in efforts to aoid let
ting stock follow in the track of Texas
cattle. !
Amocxt." In oral discourse and in
print, it is often used thus : "Amount of
people," 'amount ot wheat." '-amount of
wool." "amount of land." "amount of
goods," -amount of waterv' etc. Would it
not be better to say, number of people,
bushels of wheat, pounds of wool, acres of
land, stock of goods? and so on; would
not the- word quantity be better in connec
tion with many things than "amount?" In
one of tbe Salem papers, -not long' since,
the word amount" was nsed several times
in the manner referred to ; indeed, scarcely
a paper comes to band, from the Eas.t. West.
North or South in which "amount" does
not occur in some of the above forms.
Does not tbe word "amount" more specific
ally apply to- moneys, "or the aggregate of
number ? "amount ' of money tor instance.
Tbe above is more especially designed for
tbe eye of younjr persons than for those
who are advanced in years and settled in
habits. I1et..
Salcrn.fept. 21, 18C3.
Effect of Tkeks ox Cum.
The dryness of the Egyptian climate
is such that raiu is unknown in Upper
Egypt, and in olden tlmo it never
rained oftener than five or six days
in the year on the Nile delta. The
viceroy, j Meheinit Ali, caused twenty
million ot trees io be planted cm this
delta; these have now attained their
full fize, and the number of rainy
days has increased to forty annually.
Such is the power which man can
exert over nature in tho matter of
varying nieterlogiea conditions.
Var.
aVtiQ-Den
SEWING MACHINES.
S) HOME SHUTTLE FKWINO MA-fJStl"
CHINE a douhle-thrrad lin k. J5
si'iU'h Niuttle Machine ; stitch alike on both sules.
QlQ Celebrated C-mnvn-9en9 ramlly S - Q
O-LO Machine. Both marhlnrs futlw O I
van-anted for five years. Machines s-nt by sprrs
io any part oi me can. v. u. l. Agrnts wantr-1
in every town on the I
tion. t'l
sepl.dw;
years. Machines s-nt by rjpmi .
! C"ait. U. O. l. Agents wante-1 J1
he Pacific Coast. Liberal Coiumls
I'acibo lrinf MiM-hiti Co.. f
Vfi Mont,-. no. ry sret, S f . f
NEW THIS .MOKNINt;
7
a-
An old French countess, of the
most exquisite politeness, was about
to breathe her last, when she received
a call from an acquaintance ignorant
of her mortal illness. The answer
sent down from the chamber of the
departing sufferer was memorably
unique: 'The Countess de lumen'
sends" her compliments to Madame de
Calais, but begs to be excused, as she
is engaged in dying.'
'She died,' said Polly, 'and was nev
er seen . again, for she w as hurried in
the ground where the trees grow.'
'The cold ground V said the child,
shuddering.
'No, the warm ground,' returned
Polly, 'where the ugly little seeds arc
turned into beautiful flowers, and
where good people turu into angels
and fly away to Heaven,' Dickc7is.
There is in Benton county, Indiana,
a corn-field of 7000 acres, the cum
growing finely. It ia the farm of
Adam Earle, who resides in Lafayette.
Messrs. Earle and Fowler farm over
30,000 acres in one body, surrounded
with a board fence G5 miles long and
hedge fence 140 miles.
.'toRKOEs'oF Polygamy. In Salt
Lake City there are men who have a
mother and daughter among their
wives. One instance is known of a man
who has for wives three women who
bear to each other the relation of giand
mothcr, mother and daughter. Is it
not time that this horrible system was
ended ?
The Sentinel, in acknowledging a call
from Vi.:e-President Colfax, says :
We were proud to shake hands with him;
not because he was Vice-President, bnt be
cause he is a poor printer boy, tbe sole
support of a widowed mother, who baa by
honorable bearing and industry nearly
reached the most exalted position in our
country.
I live by my pen,' said a vulgarau
tbor to a lady. 'Yon look, 8ir, as IT
you ought to live in a pen.
To he lm,l
For Cask!
DryGoofls, Clothing,
r.ooi.s asm simi:s.
Groceries.. I'rotisioiis
Conpcrtviiif id all kinds.
WKLla-Cl'KHS. VA5HTins,
KtcEie., Kte.
- Country IVoduee tiken in exehunire for
Bc o ' M- WULiTKK.
Salem, Sept. 2?.
Proposal? for Blankets, &
Of kick Srr'T Ismax Afkirs. )
Salkm, On.. Sept. S3 18ri9.
BIOS Hre invited to furbish the fnllowinu r.
lieies of Woolen Goods, delivered at Klnm
alii Aifet.cy. on or before the 1 5th dav of No
vember next :
Mil) pair colored Hlm.liet. weighing not les8
. tlianeveu jxuiiiils per ,i.;'ir ;
4,00ft yards Heavy Twilled Kluuuei. colored
and all wool, wetuliii, m,i )e tian
oeven dtitiers per Viip;I.
Kids tor Hie above attj, le will be received
until CMtolier ..ill. noxr, al thi office.
o bids .-Htliuir f r coin will I considered,
and the rtht to reject anv oid ia reserved
oma , c . A i-MKACHAM. '
.r24dwl Sup't Indi.ii. A Hairs in Oregon .
Time f Up.
OERSOXS knowing iheiViMves indebted to
1 the uiidemjcued will n,ke notice that niv
call for settlement on r l.rrs the liih dav of
September, 1 a, pHBl. Xow , J
will be plaj-ed in the hands of the proper olli
rers for collection, an I juu cau all eave costs
uy immediately paying up
S.em.Sept.03.,Sn9. COULTER.
Jiotary Public and Special Collector
oi uaims;
n-
ion
be
A CJCOITNTS Note.. Honda. Drafts, Merca
ry. tile and Claim, of ,very desciipti,
thronKho.it Oregon and the Territories, will I
vutoj.Biin promptly collected. .
Real Lftate houuht. xtul ,,l,f
References Gov. Wood. 1. R. Jfoores, Cot
Karhart. A. B. Cosni-r. 'lia H h..-ij
vf ii i . ' ' . -". m.
uniiu.
Salem, Sept. '.'I:dw
Cli
eap.
O WfcET POTATOES for le by the Knnnr
lj or by tbe pound, st. 1
. oa ..PAOVAOE & WRIGHT.
- sjpt a? dJ
Two Shovr-Cascs
TTOR SALE at
r p-.'i COV Al EARH ART'S.
Feed
I AM now prepared to rnrni.h Oats, Short,
and Od Meal, alas low H price a. cni be
bad in tbe city, delivered to any part of the
city free ot -cnHre.
.,' J. M. COULTER.
Salem, Sept. 2t. . j
DRAFTS on San Kranci.ro. PortUnd, aud
the Kastern cities, bottht and told ; also
Government and State Bonds.
Sept. !3. B. F. BROWN SON.
rious
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