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WEEKLY STATESMAN & UMOMM 1SSVE0 EYKKV KUWAIT. f S. A. CLAEKiTrablisher. k U.S. OFFICIAL PAPER..'- SCttCRlPTIOX Per mmim, t't.80; f mo.$l.0U DAILY STATESMAN AND UNIONIST. Pnblinhed erery innroine eseent Mondsy bJr",,Uon,by.h7year, 3 . Advertising, per cqnare of one inch, I' month. I9.IH). A-lrertisemenu In Dm.r ami Wkeslt, f . per tq. of one inch per moath. . Remittance may be made by mail, at the rlk of the publisher, if mailed in the presence of the Posi- 00 tS?OfEce In gtewart'j Bricte BulJgjBg, Up Stairi Change of Kame. September 15, 18G9. There is a prejudice existing in some tniutls against the Ukioxist, caused by cir cumstanefs that we casnot control and are not responsible for. It is not necessary to argue tbe causes producing it. but the fact ii undeniable, tliougn" not felt immediately .it lioou', where our .cirrHlntton and busi ness has largely iEcrea.se d within six weeks. It seems impossible to convinc pewple at a distance that the new Kiaiiaprement is not in the least connected wiih the old. So, for flie purpose of completely hidentifying ibis paper with its new control, we assume :tg kin the name of Gk'krux Statesman-, to which we are as rjoch entitled by purchase as that of Unionist. The latter name will be l-jept in view fur a few months (in a sub dued form) to prevent misunderstandings. We have every reason to be satisfied with the success alnwly accorded us, for our Hsis, totu 4i1.!y'ifid"wefkty,tron3tatrtty receive additions. Wo are each week pub lishing inoj'e rearing; muter, and shall gradually increase it as cur means permit. The business of the jmper has a firm basis, 'the point from which it is published is the second in business importance, and the Erst with respect to political considerations, in the State. With these few remarks of ex planation, we confidently commit the Oke ;ox Statesvax, neic series, to the good will of the people. Ancient Machinery for Harvesting1. . The recent loss of grain, for lack of ma 'chiuery to save it, suggests a thought of wonder at the fact that crops sufficient to leed the world have ever been grown and saved by the tedious process of hand labor. Still the want of some better way seems to have been felt, and efforts to substitute some taster mode of work made, much earlier than is generally understood. Many people suppose that reapers and mowers are " new-fangled " Yankee inven tions ; but although the machines now in use are of recent date, the idea is older than the discovery of America, llistory in forms that oren were successfully employed in France, if not elsewhere, to drive har vesting machines, in the days when our English forefathers were unclad savages. Pliny the Elder, in his "Natural History," written eighteen hundred years ago, says: "There are various ways of reaping grain. In the fields of the lowlands of Gaul, vans of a large size, wi:h projecting teeth on the forward edge, are driven on two wheels through the standing corn (oats and' barley are called corn) by an ox, yoked in a re verse position, with the machine forward of the ox. In this manner the ears (or what we call the heads of barley or panicles of oats) are torn off and fall into the van. In some places the stalks are severed in the middle by sickles, and th! ears or heads of grain are skipped off between two hatchets." This is not exactly a reaper, but the machine lately patented by the Pavis Brothers, of Yamhill connty, which heads and thrashes at the same time, with this advantage only, that the ancient machine could be driven by an ox, while the modern requires ten horses. The principle is lost, and is now much sought after by which cutting can be done without a very hijrli r.tt of speed. Palladiue, who compiled twelve books on husbandry, says: A.J). oOI, "In the Galilee lowlands they employ a more expe ditious mode of reaping, requiring the as sistance of a single ox during the whole ol harvest time. A cart is constructed which moves on two wheels. A low box is con structed of boards, oa the wheels, aud the boards in front are lower than the rest. I hind this cart two shafts (or thrills) are fastened, like the rods ol a sedan chair. To these an ox is yoked and barnessed. with i ,, bis head towards, the cart ; and the ears or heads are gathered in the box, the driver, regulating the elevation and depression of the teeth with a lever. v We are so much in the kabit of extolling, the present as the age of invention, that it is hard to believe ourselves not up to the standard of eighteen centuries ago in every branch of mechanical science, but such is the fact. We hear ne more of these, machines dur ing the dark ages, and it is probable that being confined to one sectiou of country, and the world without the printing jiress, the idea was lost and tho people of Gaul (France) went back to an equality with their leea enterprising neighbors. la 1785 a reaper was proposed in Eng land; though new tested, this machine, pro pelled by horse-power, was to clip tbi heads of grain and deposit them in a box. which, when full, could be removed and an mpty on substituted. This was probably a complicated machine, as the description speaks of a drive-wbeel, pulleys, pinions, tooth-wheels, iron coitbs or teeth, etc. Fifteen years later a rear.t r was put into actual service, which a bey could nuinnge, and with one horse could cut a two ft swain and lay it out cf tbo way of Ihe horse. Next Mr. Gladstone talented what we would now call a self-raker, worked with drive-wheels, pulleys, bands, tc. I In 1807 Mr. Plunkett constructed a reap-! r in which the horse drew the machine In stead of pushing it, which up to this time , had been the usual way of operating, and to which we seem to be ogaia returning. Prom that time inventions and improve ments have been plentiful. It is said tbat Mr. Mann, et Scotland, invented and work- d a machine tbat could reap ten acres in ten hours "ith one horse, though if this be so, whore s the machine sow? It would enrich the fortunate owner very speedily, j The fact seems to be that nothing satis factory in the way of reaping machines was attained until Mr. McCormick astonished everybody with his reaper and mower in 1830, since when much tine and money, 4ind labor and experience, have been brought iate service ia making the best la bor saving machine, nad still, although much has been done, there is a large and lempting f eld left for the inventer and im prover. ' Poktlavb. The Ilemld Bays that Mr. Bowmaa has boea sent to San Francisco to lix up a new locomotive engine, which is to bo shipped on the return steamer (Moses Taylor), for the nse of the Oregon Central Railroad, East Side. VOL. 19. To Portland and Back. Th-d people of Salem are enjoying unsnal facilities, this season, for traveling towards Portland. The river boats have ruu all summer with a regularity never equalled before. Just at present the roads are a little heavy, with the rains, but the stage makes good time aud the absence of dust is a luxury to be appreciated this delightful weather. The first fact of importance that strikes the traveler's attention, when bound down stream, is the work going on at Oregon City, where the track of the railroad is mostly ready for the ties, the rocks having been hewn away for that purpose and thj difficult way prepared, ibe P. T. Co. is havini a work of equal maenitnde done in the basin, where a large number of labor ers are at work within a coffer dam, con structed to turn the water while men are engaged blasting the rocky reef that ob struct the iiannel, npl other men are wheeling away the debris and piling it up into a strong wall of uusoury on the land side, making a very substantial work. In two weeks the work wili be completed, aud when it is done and the water turned in. loaded boats can pass in aud out of the basin at any season aud any stage of water. The general complaint at the metropolis is that times have been very hard and mon ey scarce, and th admission is made, with some relief, th.it trade is reviving, and, at present, money is more abundant. . The wholesalers of Portland are turning out immemse quantities of goods to go up the rivers. One well known firm, sold goods to the value of $35,000 last week a heavy trade for Portland. The hotels seem to be doing well. The Occidental has been lately refitted and im proved, as well as extensively added to. This, and the Cosmopolitan, are the favor ites of the people up the Willamette river ; both have been obliged, of late, to turn off many transient visitors. Both are deserv ing cf the patronage they receive, and will do everything possible to retain the good opinion of their old customers. - The steamer, Friday evening, carried away' several of our townsmen, Hon. L. F. Grover and family and Mr. and Mrs. Myers. Judge Deady. also, went to San Francisco, where be will hold the United States Courts until January. Returning by stage we saw the progress of Railroad work along the line. The labor doing at the Clackamas for the bridge, is at a point where a solid rock' foundation can 1, J,.-, tnr nl! the 'vins and ahntrnents. 1 The Railroad Co. has a large number of I hands employed making a road lor the county, where the county road has been oc cupied. This new road is well constructed along the bill sides. We understood from one of the foremen of the work that every thing was going with a view of having the trains running this fall. Orchards along the road show a pro digious growth during the last month. Ap ples that seemed to have made their full growth, have added one third to their ize since the rains commenced. Cheap Gas. -Among the inventions ex- j hibited at the California btte air,says the j and Jruer life, for an abolition of the exclu Sacrameuto Union, was a machine for the siveness that separates it from other Chris manufacture of gas from a refuse product i tian denominations, at least to the extent of coal oil termed gasoline." The latter ! tbat will ! .necessary to establish peace now costs seventy-six cents in currency in i and brotherhood, if not unity, within all Chicago. Yet, at the present high price, : the realm of Christendom. ' It would be no gas may oe mane irorn h uere at aooui two dollars a thousand, which will be a large J saving on our present extravagant expend iture lor gaslight. Another advantage of the machine is that it is adapted for private use. Any house may be supplied with a machine capable ol supplying all the gas j needed, the machine costing from seventy- j five .dollars upwards, accordiug to size. The cost of gas in this and other cities is now a heavy tax. and this aud other inven tions for decreasing it should receive the attention they deserve. Ferocious. The Humid has left the main issue and turned aside to abuse the States man becau-e we saw fit to report the pro ceedings of the Democratic Legislature. We are accused cf burlesqueing that Hon. (?) body. According to our way of think ing it would be a difficult matter to travesty tbat body worse than tbey did themselves by their farce of the 4th of March last. If tho Herald's party has got itself into a ridiculous position that' paper should not get mad about the matter, and allow itself to be b:d from its aggressive war on the Uni n League, the Bondholders, and Im perialists," for the purpose of " replying to different editors on the enemy's side." Capital Qiehtion. The New York Tri bune speaking of the National Cap.ial Con vention which meets in St. Louis on the 20th of October says : "Our own judgment M that New York is the best and Washing ton the worst site for our Capital ; b.:t Ui Convention will only serve lo brinjr the question fairly before the people, and top the erection of costly pil alter pile at Wellington with money that oi;(tht to b used to reduce the National Ibt If only in tbat viw the movement inaugtira -d by St. Louis U of great importance and prom lie, and e urge all interested tu g it rmpbuos and support." Lai.t I.tr.. Stokv. IJ. F. Butler, in a contrniinicatioa to the Boston Jourtvd, re- viem the arguments and asserted fact of Mrs. Stow in tb Lady Byron scandal, and Conclude that th tltajr false. He finds no rTldeoco to suppoit the assertion that Iord Byron was pui'.ty of the incesttous crime. He don't doy but what Lady By ron detailed the slory to Mra. Slowe, but be concludes tbat it was only the imagina tions of a disordered mind, and tbat whatev er crimes Byron may fcave bern puiliy of. the commission ot this last cannot truthfully lie charged to him. The South. Th latest advices lrom the South, state tbat the cotton crop is gathered and equals three million bales of four hun dred pounds to the bale. At twenty five cents per pound, the present market value, this would produce aa income of three mil lion dollars for the cotton crop alone, leav. ing out what may fee realized on her corn, wheat aad sugar cane, products more abundant this year than ever before. Thus it will be seen that the South is financially on as good footing as in the days of slavery. Free Heligious Thought. In the maroh of progress and enlighten ment that marks the nineteenth century the religious movements have kept pace with the steps cf science, and the minds of men have become more free to think than ever before. The age has come when man more nearly understands the vast resources of the creation around him; the powers of the air, the earth and the sea, are no longer the genii of the fable they are the living, practical realizations of the time. Man is becoming morally, as well as politically, free. Each political movement is a resolu tion, every national change a concession to the rights of the people.' and soon, there is reason to believe, European nations will realize constitutional freedom, even if they remain to be governed in Ihe name of their ancient dynasties. And with this inclina tion to freedom comes the conviction to the mind of enlightened Europe that in j relig ious matters they have also a right tq think aud to act upon conviction.' The Church of Rome stands by its ancient rites aud ceremonies, the old time superstition and its determination that the word of God shall be dealt out to the children of the church as its IUshops shall prescribe. Rome alone fails to receive- and cherish the principles of freedom characterizing our age. It s'eeps while the thunders of revo lution roar around it, upheld by the treach erous bayone0of France. Pent up within the narrow limits of the Papal Dominions, it has no longer a tomperal sway, and 'ails to retain its wonted supremacy over a single European State. The time is at hand when Rome too must waken to the necessity of free thought and free speech ; when the Christian people en rolled under its banners, claim something more than the right to believe, and it will be strange if the coming PIcumenical Coun cil does not develop something more tan gible and worthy than a new dozma con cerning the Holy Mother. It was lately that we read a most interesting account of the preaching of Father Hyacinth, in the Church of Notre Dame, in Paris. With elo quence and earnestness unsurpassed.be pro claimed! the living truths of our religion, and thousands listened and wept with emo tion as he taught. Since then the telegraph informs us that "the papers publish a letter from Father Hyacinth, announcing that he abandons his Convent and ceases hence forth to preach in 'the Church of Notre Dame at Paris. As the reason for this step- ha declares h-; cannot obey tho orders of the Holv See. He protests before the Pope and Council againft the doctrines and ! practices ol the Ioman Church, which are not in accordance with tne principles of Christianity." Austria and Italy, even, are favoring the marriage of priests and the abolition Of Convents, and this is being hastened by the discovery of an act of horror, extending through the last quarter of a century, en acted at a Convent in Cracow. ! . Mind cannot be chained in an age like this. The pulse of all tho world throbs with tue hopes of freedom, and we may confidently look in the near future for an infusion into the Roiuah Church of a newer gam to the world to have the church under j one control and interest ; human nature j cannot pe entrusted with universal sway and Spiritual affairs. Dot to have the chris tian church one in faith, and bound in fra ternal feeling, however differing in forms of government and minor points of faith, this is the event that all should hope for and that the future must have in .store for us. The eliurch has no need for power or wealth. When the fishermen who were the first deciples become the examples of modern christiaoity, there can be no wars within the church of which they "were the first Apostles. St. Helen's Hall is the name of an ele gant structure being erected at the south. jvest corner of the Portland Plaza, near the Court House, intended for a young la dies' boarding school, and also for a day school. This enterprise is under the super vision of Bishop Morris, of the Episcopal Church, and is couducted by the Misses Rodney several accomplished ladies, who have undertaken a work of great import ance to our State in offering a pleasant home and excellent educational advantages to young ladies. There are many families who are not able to command -such advan tages near borne and will rejoice to know where tbey can place their daughters with confidence. Upon the completion of the building referred to, room will be had for many more pupils. Such is the suceess at tending the commencement of the school tbt when we were at Portland Jast week there were seventy scholars in attendance. orue of whom were from abroad as board er. We bear of a number of persons in thi place who intend to send their child ren th-re as soon as the accommodations art tended. Portland folk complain that times have r.wn brd and mmey scarce the past sum mr. Wot the many elegant blocks of brick ..rr nw g..in,r up in that enterprising f!uh a. thry harp Iwa at ome pnt period, Ihey Uck much of being brd up there. Thre is no better t-t o! permanent pros perity than to k" valuable improvements in process of construction. Three-story blocks with iron fronts have a decidedly thriving look. Portland bat the advan tage, business centers there and iu mer chants only have to deseive the trade of the Columbia and Willamette to easily j piw it 1et them keep up direct trade with the East and they will have still more occasion to build and improve. Dt rivu a late trip to Portland we visited the Herald establishment at tho invitation of Mr. Patterson, the business partner of the concern. The offices and composing rooms are very convenient and well ap . . ..... pointed, ana we nave no nesitation in as serting tbat the business department of the Herald is most ably conducted, as of course it has to be to carry it through those Chi nese Epatms and Legislative editorials. SALEM. OBEQON, THE CITY AND COUNTRY. Naturday, Sept. 33. Fi.ve Weather. We were favored with weather yesterday. There was not a cloud to obscure the sun's rays. Our street presented a very lively appear ance yesterday. A zreat number of country wagons wore in town, bringing both grain and I vegetables tu market. To tiik PesiTEStrARY. The Justices of the Supreme Court and bar visited the State Penitentiary yesterday afternoon, in compli ance with aa invitation of Superintendent Berry. A train of seven heavily loaded freight wagons passed through town yesterddy, en route for Douglas county. If the people of that region can make a liviDg aud consume goods that have paid such a tariff as that, what will tbey not accomplish when by means of a railroad they have a fair show? IwEMOTotis Notice. The Annual Confer ence of the United Brethren in Christ, will convene at the Hopeful Church two miles west of Wheatland, Yamhill county on Wednesday September 29th. All friends- of religion are raspectifully invited to be present with us. Rev. Bishop Weaver, ef Ohio, will be in at tendance. Okkcos vs. the World for Apples. A friend of ours a few days ago, cut several bran ches from appple trees with clusters of 'fruit which would certainly stagger the credulity of Eastern fruit growers. One branch from the or chard of Mr. L. A. Savage, s inches in diame ter, length of the cluster 2 feet 2 inches, weigh ing 0J pounds, and having 21 apples, the smallest of which measured 9 inches in circum ferenco and largest 11 J inches. Another from tho orchard of Mr. Dennis. Diameter of branch 5 sixteenths of an icnh.length 11 inches, number of apples; 23, weighing 5 pounds. Still another from J. B. Beckner's orchard. Diameter of branch j of an inch, length of cluster 2 feet 6 inches, wheigbt 173 pounds, number of apples 64, measured IA peck. Gang Plows. As far as our knowledge ex tends, there is no State in tho Union which has so many new inventions of gang plow, put down to the credit of her mechanics as Oregon. And almost all of the different pat terns work well in land not summer fallowed. In summer fallow and loose lauds where there is rubbish of any kind, all the varieties, whether of Oregon invention or Eastern, man ufacture, have not done work as well as tho walking plow. It seems that they all clog more or less, and frequent stoppages are ne- cessitatc lotiie purpose cessitated fo the purpose of cleaning the f,,uled l,low- While uinS tho walk,n3 Plow in summer fallow, the plowman is constantly shaking it aud thus the atubblo and trash is cleared away, but with the gang plow it is ditforent. The plows have no lateral motion and consequently they foul easily. Our in ventors must find out some contrivance for clearing tho gang and thus butter iuit it for stubble fallow. This ia the finest field now open for improvements on the gang plow. Anything short of this will hardly pay for the outlay of study and money necessary for a new gang plow. ; Sunday, Sept. 26. Linseed oil, both raw and boiled, is rclailog in this market at one and a half dollar per gallon . Messrs. Logue & Wilson have just received a large lot of Welch's celebrated salmon, 1S6'J catch. Coming. The California stage has passed about twenty-five wagon loads of Californians who are coming up to our State Fair. Tho wind has whirled around and was yes terday coming from the north, so that we think we may reasonably look for some fine weather. Theatrical. The Oreyonian of yesterday says : Mr. J. W. Carter will leave for Salem this morning to engage the theater at that place, for a short season prior to opening at Oro Fino. The company will probably re main at Salem till the closo of the State Fair. Died. In Salem, Sept. 25th, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Norman and Etta Parrish, aged 3 years and 10 months. The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock this aiernoon, at the residence of Rev. J. L. Parrish. The M E. Sabbath School scholars will attend. Died. In Salem September 24th, John, son of R. and Jane MeAfpin, aged 15 years. The funeral services will bo conducted by Rev. Mr. Wilson at the family residence this morn ing at 1UJ o'clock, after which the remains will be interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The friends of tho deceased are invited to at tond. , Farming. Wc hear from all sources that tho farmers have taken taken advantage of the opportunity given them by the early fall rains, by sowing a largo part of their farms in wheat. ' Many farmers have- already finished plowing, and all are busily eugaged with seed ing. i Oct of Order. At the last drill of Tiger Engine Company, it was found tbat the cis tern by the Capital Hotel had only two feet of water in it. The boys further found that it required much exertion to remove the "plug.' These disarangements should be -remedied. The plug " in the cistern at the intersection of Commercial and Court streets bas every ap pearance of being wedged in. The proper offi cer should examine the various cisterns and seo that they are always in good working order Air Old Relic. It has only been about one generation since the old family spinning wheel was familar to every boy and girl, aaa to be net with in almost every household. But now times are changed and the family garments are made by machinery at less ex penw thaa by band, and now the old spinning wheel i a thing of the past and only remem hered u a cariosity. This was brought forci bly to wind yesterday by seeing the great crowd gathered about one of theso relies at Friedman & Gosliner's auction of household furniture. Taeaday, Sept. 1. To the Fair. A large number of our citi teos have gone to Albany this week, to attend the Linn county Fair. , Meters. Bowker k Smith expect to complete the walls of Mallory's new brick this week. Tbey commenced laying brick last Friday. Tbiater. Mr. J. W. Carter, who came up on the last steamer from Sn Francisco, with his theatrical troupe, will open the Griswold Theater to-morrow evening, with the comedy entitled Honeymoon. FEIDAY, OCTOBER New Goods. Our merchants are receiving their fall stock of new goods, and our streets present a lively appearance. Thos. Cross ia now feeding 1200 bead of hogg, and expects to receive five or six hun dred more this week. Cox fc F.arhart received a lot of squushes yesterday, some of which, weighed over fifty pounds. The Portland papers have a wrong impres sion of the two dailies which are to be started in Albany. Tho paper3 themselves say that the publications of the daily editions will be Issued only during the continuance of the County Fair. Medical Journal will be the title of a new publication which will be issued about the I2th of October, by the Medical Department of the Willamette University. Dr. Fiskc is anuounced as editor. The Journal will be, issued monthly. Win. Davidson, Esi., offers bis Services as a general business agcut at Portland. lie re ceives very important trusts and has confi dence of the business community. The Messrs. Bradford, who went East by the last steamer, left with him accounts, mortgages, notes, real estate, stocks and other interests to tho value of fifty thousand dollars, so Mr. Davidson in formed us last,weck. Messrs. Breyman Bros, are the first to bring on full fall stocks, as will be seen by their new ad. They havo bought with tho market iu their favor, and intend to create a market here in favor of their customers. Their store is so full of new goods there is hardly room to turn around in it. They have made a specialty of ladies' dress goods, and our fair readers will be busy for a month learning the new names. Griswold's Theater will be opened on Wed nesday evening by Mr. Carter, with the ex cellent play of tho Honeymoon. As will be seen by reference to our advertising columns, Miss Carter, Messrs. Bates, Barry and other ditinguished players will appear at that time, and no doubt our citizens will appreciate the opportunity for witnessing agond performance. This will be the opening of the theatrical sea Son in Oregon and the first appearance of this company. Advantage of Education. The other day policeman Coffey found a white pony running around loose and took him up. A (icrinan saw the pony, thought it looked like Lis, but knew that his was safe in pasture, miles away. Said he : "Wait a bit, and I will tell you if it is mine. "' So, with a motion of" i t-l , V . 1.1. I - - t ' ms iihuu, iia vim me uny in lie (town, a ir:cii : he had taught biin, which the pony immedi ately performed and was turned over to his master. Another illustration of tho advan tages of early education. Mr. Thomas Cross has lately visited the Uuipqua Valley in connection with his meat packing business and expresses himself as as tonished at tho number of stock hogs to bo found there. It seems that the Umpiiua Val ley engages heavily in fattcuing pork and curing meats, and lust year it turned out al most as much bacon as was shipped from this valley. A great quantity will be prepared the present season. Mr. Cross made arrange ments there for the purchaso of 2,001) hogs, and received, last Saturday, one drove of 7'0 that he is nowfecding. He expects another large drove, in a couple of weeks, and has con tracted fur a largo number to be fattened and thxn driven in. Last year he received a large drove of hogs fattened in the L mpijua, and thev arrived in excellent condition. Vr'T.iiu Many Days. Once we tilled the soil but did Dot get rich ami neither did the soil :i!'l ever so long ago, a doen r fifteen years at least, we bought and planted beside the family-homestead, two grille vines, it we ever did anything well, it wus the planting of those vines. Tho holes were dug broad and deep, filled up with rich earth, bones, old shoes, rubbish and manure, for science and experience had been questioned, and the act was done with toil anil sweat that became a great adventure. Teu years ago the -homestead was sold, but the-grape viues grew with out our presence. Neighbors camo ami gath ered cuttings.'which have grown into fruitful bowers elsewhere, while the parent vines have spread broadly and bravely over tho walls of the eld house. -Lately the present owner brought us a fine lot of grapes, that we might eat. "after many days," the fruit of our own planting.-- We did eat of them nnd never did grapes taste better, and Mr. Pringle has our thanks, lte is at liberty to remember, every year, who it was that planted his grapes. The Nkhalem Valley. A correspond ent at Oak Point sends the follow ng to the Ortqonian: As there is considerable in quiry abont the Nehalem valley, 1 will give you some few items In regard to it I have visited this valley feix times, striking into Ihe valley at five different places. We were hunting for prairie land and prospect ing for gold and silver. At one time ve made a large cedar canoe and traveled down the Nehalem until we came to the crossing of the military road, which is et Lie lower end of the valley. Traveling time from where we launched our boal,22J hours. At the crossing we took -walker's traiu," 35 miles to Astoria. The valley is 1,1 .1 t Pi Una 1 y- r r nnsl f rsm j between u auu n lut"- " j one to ten miles wide, principally covered with soft-maple, alder, crao-nppie, viue maple. elder and salmon-berry, very open and easy cleared. In several places I saw large groves of soft maple covering from 150 to 200 acres. The Nehalem river is about 200 feet wide, with rapids from one to five miles apart The water is from four to ten feet deep between the rspids and runs very slow ; on tpe rapids it is from one to two feet deep at low water mark. The water has a reddish cast, similar to tbat of the Mississippi river. The bottom of the river is solid sand stenc. We round several ledges of hard sand stone which I fKtnk wnnld be excellent for building pur poses. We also found large ledge of iron, some gold and silver bearing quartz and a small vein ot copper. We found eeveral pieces of coal that pad washed down and lodged on the bar of the river, which burn ed Very readily in our camp fire ; also a led"e ot course oil-stone. There is a good ril nnened from the settlement on the Clatskanie river (.opposite. Oak Point mills) to the Nehalem ralley, distance ten miles. I was informed yesterday that Mr. West bad twelve men cutting a wagon road to the valley from Westport. The Texas cattle plague bas made its ap pearance in some of tjhe southern counlies of California. On a ranch in San Louis Obispo county, fifty head of dairy stock stock have taken the disorder. Fears are expressed that the disease may spread over the entire State. 1, 1869. GENERAL NEWS. ' J0rLl C0TJET. The Albany Jfatsfer and Democrut will each issue a daily edition this week, during the County Fair Tho Drtiiocraf states that the project u bringing a ditch from Ihe Santiam river, into Albany, is being again agitated. The cost is t-slitmited at $:!0.000 The same, pwprr stales that an a-sault was made .on Linden Dowers by a Cherokee, durii:;r whicli i!k- tuind of the assaulted man WnS cut by a blow from a pistol..;.. . The wheat receipts for the week are 24,102 bushels. Total for the season, 'so far, 189.530 bushels. The Albany Register states that a large number of horses are being trained for the races at the Linn County Fair That paper states that some of the Saleru boys are going to contest for the prize offered by the Linn county Agricultural Society to the best velocipedist The lietjisttr says that if the weather shall be pleasant, the Linn County Fair, for '(".!), will discount all previous fairs in every respect. PoKTLAXfi. From the Oreijonian we com pile the following : The work of building a temporary wharf at East Portland, on which to laud the railroad iron now on the way, will be commenced next Monday or Tuesday Several merchants at Doise City advertise to sell goods for greenbacks and take them at par without auy increase in the price of goods Mrs. F. M. Phelps accidentally fell from the rear bal cony of the Cosmopolitan Hotel to the floor beneath, a distance of fifteen feet She sustained ri: serious injuries Mr. G. C. Robinson of Yamhill county, raised this year tweiity-ot:e bushels twenty-eight by weight of Norway oats, from eight pounds of seed A patent has been is sued to Robt. R. & E. C. Spelden. of As toria, for a plan for pumping by motion of oars Jack Harris, who killed Whit ney, says tho Herald, was held to answer at the next term of the Circuit Court for man slaughter. His bonds were fixed at two thousand dollars Stone from As toria is being used for the foundation walls of the I'. S. Custom House. Pokti.anu Items. We learn from the Ihrrt'il that on the afternoon of Wednesday, Jack Harris and Frank Whitney, got into a i quarrel about a debt which resulted in a rough undlumble fight, in the aflray hit ney was stabbed nine times, and almost in stantly died. Harris gave himself up lo ; the oilicers A hoisting engine arrived i on the last steamer .for East Side Railed, j The Oreyonian further says : A large nifm I ber of car wheels aud spikes for nailing rails, came on the same boat. Five hun dred tons of rails are now on the way to this place from San Francisco by the Fa!k burg and Aluiatia. Pm cou'S The Sacramento Union of g-rs California and Oregon Railroad Compa ny will immediately commence work at Marysville with a large force of laborers, under the direction of J. H. Strobridge." When the Companies get to laying track at both ends of the road, it begins to look like business. We of Oregon do not care how fast the road through the State is built. New Mines. The JlaunlainPtr has the following concerning new mines in the Cas cade Mountains : " Mr. Rogers anl party left the Dalles about the 2oth of July last, and traveled along the cast side of the Cas cade mountains to the neighborhood of the Three Sisters, where, on a small stream run ning west, supposed to be the headwaters of the north fork of be Umpqua. they found very good placer diggings, that will pay, from ihe prospects they obtained, from five to thirty dollars per day, worked with tl e ordinary sluice-boxes. They continued their explorations still ibrther south, when com ing to a new-made trail they followed it up the mountain, when they found three men engaired in quartz mining, using a large iron m. rtar to grind the quartz in. These men were not very communicative, aud nothing was learned from them. The quartz tbat was ?n sight appeared to be very rich in gold. They also found placer mines within about l.")0 miles-of the Dalles, on the east side of the Cascade mountains, which they suppose will pay very well, and to which Mr. Kogers intends returning in a few days, and aller be is belter satisfied us to their richness, he will make them known to the public. Portland. The Oreyonian bas informs tion that the steam tug boat for the mouth of the Columbia river will be at its post within a month. She will be called " Asto ria.'; Her length is 10," feet; beam. 20 ft.; depth of hold. 12 feet. Her capacity will be enough to tow in or out anything that ever runs in our waters, in any weather when vessels can live on the bar The Herald learns lrorp Mr. N. Ilium tbat the number of vessels which have arrived in Coos Bay during the last year was 111. and the number of departures 113. The Port landers are terribly exercised about ho9 running at large in the city. Ami ay at Dallas. Last Tuesday even ing, while Prof. Herman was giving one of bis magical aud ventriloquil entertainments at Dallas, he was annoyed by the conduct of several young men. who were offered their entrance lees back if they would re tire and no longer molest the man of won derful science, but they would neither stay and behave or be hired lo leave, and their bad conduct finally culminated in an as sault on the Professor, who was knocked down and badly hurt by one Wm. Whitley, who made the attack without provocation. Suit was brought for damages; which we learn bas been compromised. The young gentlemen also compromised their good name by their misconduct California to Okegox. It is a source of congratulation to the traveling public to know, as we are advised, says the Sacra mento Ecporter, that Charles Crocker, who bas been so successful in bis superintend ency in the construction of the Central Pa cific Railroad, will now ptoceed and super intend the construction of the California and Oregon Railroad. This means work, activity and success. Polk Cock ty. The 2imea tells of a hunt iug party which killed twenty deer in six days Wm. Clingan, of Dallas, bas a hog with Beven ears, says the jTimea; several are well defined and the the others are growing. That's a huge story but perhaps the bog is in proportion ..... .The young people of Dallas have a literary and debating club. The last question discussed was relating to female suffrage. A noticeable fact in connection with the manufactures of Philadelphia is the fine do mestic condition of its workmen. Are you not a little surprised to hear that this city, with one-third less population than New York, has 40,000 more bouses ? Flat mead owy lands stretch out on alt sides of Phila delphia, affording ample room for growth, while poor, pent-up New York can only grow skyward. This tells the whole secret of the less pauperism, the greater comfort of the working classes, the higher morality of the who'e people of the former over the latter citv. Each family can have its aepa- ratw dwelling. NO. 9. SAi.EM. Sept 25, 1869. In Supreme Court, the case of the State of Oregon vs. Ellis, the Court intimated to the counsel tbat tbey should argue the question touching the jurisdiction of the Court below. Ellis, the appellant, was bound over by the Justice of the Peace to answer at the next term of the Circuit Court, but was tried at a special term of such court, hence the question of jurisdiction. No decisions were announced. DECrSIONS. Pease, administrator, vs. Kelly, the P. T. Co. and others.' Appeal from Clackamas , county. Decree below subjecting undivided half of a tract cf land at the Willamette Falls. , lo the payment of a claim of $9,0p0 and interest, growiug out of the assignment of a mortgage for the purchase money, which mortgage was assigned for a sum or money paid down to the mortgagee, and a condi tional assignment to have a new mortgage; on the same premises, executed for $9.000, ' which was not done. Decree below recersnl.' Held that as to the parlies to this suit there was a valid mortgage, duly recorded, which created an express lien on the land mortgage, aud that nothing in the nature of a vendor's lien exists. That the sale and assignment of thin mortgage, by the inoi lgugee, ami taking an , agreement and bond from the purchaser and assignee, providing for Ihe payment of t!:e consideration of the assignment was a waiver and reitnquishineiit ol all right on the part ot the niurigat'ee to subject the laud to the payment ol the si'J.OUO. The remedy, if any, is against the assignee of the mortgage alone. That the claim of 11 lJudson. claiming to be sssit-uee of one- third interest iu the mortgage, cauuot be enlorced in this suit. Stone vs. Oregon Mfg. Co. Appeal from Clackamas county. Judgment reversed. Held that if an em ployee works with or near machinery which is unsafe and from which he is liable to sustain injuries by reason of its being un safe, but of the condition of which the em ployee has full knowledge or the means of knowledge, he takes the risk and cannot maintain an action acainst his employer for injuries sustained by reason of tie de fective condition of the machinery. Salem. Sept. 27. 186'J. No decisions were announced this morn ing. The cases of Moffit and Meier, respond ent, vs. S. Collin, appellant, and Stephens and Terwilliger vs. Hannah et nl., were ar gued and submitted. The case of Campbell vs. Iloxter was taken up anil pending the argument the Court adjourned until to morrow miming. Lecturss on Oregon. W. L. Adams, Esq., writes us from Bos ton, as follows : " I expect to lecture this winter on Ore gon. Pamphlets do but little compared with a lecture. TLe people want to be talked to ; they want to ask a hundred questions. I have started men to Oregon from New England, from the Western and Southern States, from Central America and from Chili. The article published in the Boston AetCA-, was written by the urgent re quest of the editor, who thinks my lectures will create a sensantion in New England Klonas .' Fare on the railroad is reduced -to SloX Parties of fifty can go and return for $133. I have had a talk with the Presi dent (Ames) and am encouraged by him to expect a still lurther reduction."' The letter is on business and not intend ed for publication, but the writer seems to have strong hopes of being of use to his own State, as no doubt be will be. Mr. Adams speaks of bis health as improving and expresses the hope of being soon again able to resume active pursuits. He does not intend to return to Oregon until spring, and will probably try to have a settlemenl with the Government of bis accounts while Collector at Astoria, and to be rc liered in thj matter of money stolen from biiu while being conveyed, on Government account, to San Francisco. In this he should certainly succeed. Tennessee has been doing oue good thing since the war ; tbat is perfecting her educational system. She now spends for schools double what she did in 1859. The uinonnt is ridiculously small, however, compHreG wtth that spent in the suppres sion ot crime. In 18fiS, $450,142 was devo ted to the educational interests of the State, while $534,457 was laid out upon criminals by the State itself. The present State Su perintendent, General John Eaton, Jr.. calls the attention of the people to the contrast between Cincinnatli and Memphis j the former pays $623,540 for schools, and $307,956 for police, and the latter for the same services respectively $52,867 and 5 14 1, 1 02. It is gratifying to see Tennessee thus beaded In the riabt direction, if she is somewhat behind other States. Matynville Appeal. TiiAiNixo Tomato Vi.ves. A neighbor lady last year trained her tomatoes up small poles, over six feet high, reaching out above the poles. This case is a practical demonstration o the success that may At tend this method ot training. If I bad not seen it with my own eyes 1 could not hardly credit a truthful account of it The poles were set before the plants were, snd when the latter began to grow the leading shoot r ily was retained, ali others beipg kept t ough tbe season. As it increas ed in lei. r i, it was tied to the pole with common wood twine from time , to time, , simply like a morning glory or honey suckle. - The fruit, of course, set first at the lower end of tbe vine, and as the season ad- , vanced, higher up, until now there is fruit tbat bids fair to ripen ut the top of tbe poles. There it hung in beautiful clusters easily accessible, with no obstruction what ever, and no fruit rotting under a swamp of vines where the sun oonld not touch it Tni is all open to the snn and light and tbe wind. Tbe plant in short, bas a fair chance given it to develop itself, and it was ready and glad to avail itself of the privi-' lege. It there is a worm on the vines he cannot hide away, but can easily be f-und and destroyed, and tbe ground can be worked and tbe weeds kept down through tbe whole season as easily as among corn. The grower is master of the situatiort. and be feels it. and the pleasure and profit do- ' rived are thereby enhanced. The plants may be set ia rows four feet apart, and thirty inches apart in the uow. They will bear to be pet closer than this, but there witl be los freedom of move meat for tbe hoeing, tying, etc' Trf it reader ; it U as cheap as the common trel lis yes. cheaper; it i easy, certain, will ripen fruit earlier, and give yon more of it of good quality, from tbe same area in word, will please you. All the gold that exists in tbe Uni ted States to-day, saj a exchange, : could be placed in a square box less than fifteen feet in length, width aud depth.- A room 100 feet wide, and ten feet high, would hold eight limes the total amount of gold in the known world. . : : f PROFESSIONAI, CARDS. JAMES W. PAEKER, Attorney Counselor at Law, epSS EMPIRE CRT, O-KGG. J. A. APPLEGATEv . . . .JAMES McCAIK, " Attorneys Counselors at Law aep38 DALLAS, POLK COPKTT, ORKOOM. M.B. LINGO, M.Dh I'li'Hieiau tin,d Hurgcon, , Omct S. E. Comer LlWrtr and Court streeta, -dtixoDaliy oppoalte Mew Theater banding, teptS BALIM, OKtQOW. rp PEARCK, Notary lutoiic, - KOLA, t J : t ': : POLK COUNTY. O EICON. - Acknowledgement of Deeds. Morijrsfrea tc. t taken. Particular attention given to collection of note and aesoiiou. 8P- F. A. CIIEXOWJGTII, At'torne.v tit ILdfW iepW CORTALLIS, ORKOOW. T. B. HAHDLEY. Law and. Collection. Orrici Up Stairs in 8twarts Block. ep2l SALEM, OREGON. ' - ' ' J C. SHELTON, M. D., Physician nti Surgeon, -V SALKM, OREGON. Office at bis residence, on corner of Front and Division streeta, northwest corner of the block below Marion Square. anfr28i W T. WYTHE. M.l.. l?liyMleIuu Ac Muih:mii XOLTH SALEM. Ollice auJ reniitencti - Commercial lrirt, vppo , b4t n8i.tcui-nef Mf. tuK. Uruvy. , tepS . ' . B. Oakpnti, U. I)., D. PirroH, M. D-, Re, oa Librrtj l., near- ftoutliot cor. 4lh Block Ijr oppoilte Cimgregstioii- nurth Willamette CulTer- al Church. 'illy. QAP.PENTER & PAYTON, I?li.Vsit;iiiiii Sc jSurfxcoim. Office. On Libei ty street, nearly oppoaita Congregational Chnrch. anK7jtgtf SALEM. OREfiOy. J D. McCURDY, M. D. Ili3'Hieian. and Nurjjeoiij SALEM. OREGON. i Office and Residence opposite Marion Iqort, Commercial itreet, Sakia, Oregon. 8lem, Augatt 4. 1S69. . agSa ' piIYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHE USK. mi. 31 All Y l SAWTELL PflTSICIAX I ACCOUCHEUSE, V offers her rvl:ci to tbe people Satwa and vMaltjr. Office aud Residence eorner of Sammer and Marloa streets, where patients will k taken far trratmoat, if they desire. I'rtces of board per week, iaclodlng treatment, from serrn to fourteen dollars. All letters fur adcio In future must fee accora pknled with Ore dollars. Palem. Augusts, 1S9. stf J. McAfee. rliyHicih.n nnd Hnrisroon.' SALEM OREGON. Office. Orcr Moore's Bulldlnr next to Dr. BU01 Residence corner of Cnion and Liberty Streets. Arm. nth. isev. rtr JL BELT. , D. B. KICK . BELT & RICE. l?J.yHicin.nH Sc Knrjooni, SALEM OREGON. Harms; associated thstnselyea tocether In th Itractice of medicine. Wilder their serrioas lo the eU- . liens of Salem and snrroandlna; erantry. Special attention rim to the dtssas or wooed. Office Up stairs next to Gray's Puotranh Gal lery, aiayltxtf gULLIVAN St. WHITSON, . . .. , , A , , . Attorneys at Law, DALLAS, POLK CQ.. PREGOS,, ranicoiar auemioa gtyeo to collection of notes acooants, lei ns, mortgages c. . .. r. a anxrrAjr. xitr w.c.wimosk B HERMAN, Attorney at Law Kotary Pnbllc OAKLAND, OREGON. ' Special attention paid to tho eoOaction ot claim, In Douglas. Coos and Curry eoanUea. xxll "J AMES TV. PARKER, Attorney at Law A Sotary Palllc. OAKLAND, DOUGLAS CO., OREGON. septiatf ' pOWELL FLIXN, . Attorneys & Counselors at Law and Solioltora ta CXaaoory, ALBANY,......; ; ...A..OEOO! L. PLINJf , Nor AST Ptsuc 4 .. Collections and eonyayaaeos promptly attended to. j.c rowau. uani. l. cotxijTs, - Attorney at s DALLAS, OREGON. Prompt attention given to ktnlaea. Apteftttf , Collections and transactions In JUal Bstato. Orfioa bp stairs In the Court Hoase. declitf gETH R. 1IAM31EE. Xotary Fablic L Beai Estate Agent SAL1AT, OREGON! ' Agent for PACIFIC IHSURAHCECO. Office. Proat Room, p stairs la LAUD 4 PCiU' bank buildln, . February 19th. T968. :.- xtf 1 L. JJILL & MULKEY, Attorneys at LaW) U .PORTLAND. OREGON.; 5 . ; tr. ura max. -. , , ,7m ' ... mtuua. , Offlcc, Corner Pronl and Alder 8ts., Carter BWk , CARRIAGE PALSTIXa. ' . . . v ... ' ; K. X. SLOAT, CARRIAGE ' AM) SIGN ' PAINTER, n Commercial street, opposite Ptarkty's block. , S-J-m, AogMt 8, 1869. - xttf " , QdSil SPOUT AH HOTn.C. v.i-, - ' a p (Porkwrrr Arrifocffa,) ' '- --''? v' - FRONT STREET,. . 2 .v. . . ; J.PORTLAND. :...f...".-f,K I'hs emdeiwiffed rtsuoutfany announce thai ha v" ing Mrohased thlawtaMr kaxrvn and wall hop ho- Ut, they are now pnptras So effaf (vpertot aocoas-, modation to the trayisOnf pobilo y 4 - - . . Greatly Reduced Prices. ' This Botei Is located nearest the Steamboat land J hip. it 'j !) t Jt.l gyThe Hotel Coach will bo attendance to en-, 1. tcj passengers lo and Irons tebmMTOyeAtti9. ' ' ' ft. TTALli. SIR. kyrii tOth. 19. ratf CAPITAL HOTEL. . . a v I have leased this nopoMr public bou lor three yeara; am hatsR it tuvrocg'aly r.. ..' KEFITTED FCRWtSIIEK And intend to znaka It First Class Hotel,- f Such aa should bo found at tbo 8- 0Stt - , WILLIAM H. LELwNGcit " Rnlnm. Amrnat 9. M69. 1 .v mt 1 ' a. D. SMITH. CEO. a. COOK. rw-mv. iirnnitHTii. wrvnrr. m ; j (Foraetl Weetora iXotol - hi '' '. Cor. ilrsJ and, ICorriaon at. Portlaitd. 1 ' - i . ' 7-7 - . MESSRS. BKITa COOK toto -tst.'." this frail known. rt, rafi'4 and ra- furnitbtd it tbroajfboat ; I .,;t m ia ad i.iioa, akin? thirty nora pi-at ro" , Mlsrjrrd ' tha dining and aittinsj roo-, r - H by far u . the best hotel in PortL- A t .Vom tba , , traveling public witl I...... tua tU ihaa. - ataMmcalt sra trw.- V .-- X tfj.- m'J 4 l8Mr, IA COOK, Papriet.ra.- M N. B.WIoi wiiCol4 eiCi3i:et tl Uttt boat for the benefit of guesto. . aug'VlM'jjjV J t