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-WEEKLY STATESMAN & UNIONIST ISSUED EVKKT F1UDAY. 8. A. CLARKETrabllsber. U. S. OFFICIAL TAPER. SUBSCRIPTION Per smVJm, S3 0 moe.Sl-M) DAILY STATESMAN AND UNIONIST. Psblithed every moral" except Hondsy. Subscription, by th. yer, t$.0. Advertising, per square of one Inch, per month, 12 00. Advertisements In Diilt and WKLT, 8 per rq. of one Inch per month. ' . Remittance may be made by mall, at the pablUher, if mailed In the presence of the Fost- Orbfflce In Stewart'sBrlck Building, Up Stairs To-Day. The formal inauguration of tbe Suez Ca nal, is fixed for to-day. This is the begin ning of a new era in the traffic of the world, working a chanze in business affairs compared with which the last spike on the Pacific Railroad was a mere trifle. The latter was of great importance to tbe Pa cific coast and to the Union, but tbe for mer is ol iuterest to the wliol mercantile world. We have been bo long accustomed to to talk, Snd to bear others talk of the revo lution in trade that was to result from the opening of this road acro'3 the continent. that we bave come to believe it. Fople bave learned to expect to see a Jierfrct rush of freight and travel acros the road between Europe and Asia ; to see Saa Francisco tbe toll gate of the world, just as it b as po long been the sucker ol the Pacific coast: to see emigration flock to jour shores in perfect crowds ; tbe country filled up with earnest, hard working, go-a-bead men all. sorts of industries pros pering; real estate "advanced to fabulous figures v and old Oregontans -all get rich bj simply setting down and watching the world come to them. Such was tbe pleasing picture drawn bj fancy, but what has been the real stale of facts. Instead of a vast emigration to bring our untitled lands into cultivation, we bave here and there a straggling family. And instead of California making a profit on all the Asiatic trade, she is losing ber own retailing, and she sees that Europe will never cross America to arrive at Asia, for the simple reason that there is a nearer route. From Liverpool to new York by steamer, thence by rail to San Francisco' and again by steamer to China would be better than the circuitous toute by the Cape of Good Hope. Bat to-day we witness the consummation of. an immense undertaking. Africa is di , vorced from Asia. Tbe lied Sea and the Mediterranean are oue. Vessels load in Liverpool, sail up the Mediterranean and down the Red Sea. making the entire dis tance to Cauton, less than that from San Francisco to the same place. Canton is in longitude 113 east of (ireenwbich, less than 8,000 geographical miles. San Francisco is in 120 west, that is, a little more than 10,000 miles east of the former place. So that we see there is good cause for Europe to jubilate over the event which to-day the crowned beads and mighty magnates of so many nations meet to honor. The whole affair is gotten up on a (scale commensurate with the demands of the occasion. Representatives of tbe leading journals of the world, as well as of the several courts are to be there. Emperors, kings, queens, statesmen, newspaper men and celebrities, are the Invited guests of Turkey and Egypt, the Sultan having fur nished steamships elegantly furnished for a two months' excursion. To-day the flotilla will enter tbe canal at Fori Said, to-morrow proceed to Ismailia, remain there one day, tbe next to Suez, and there finish tip with grand eclat on Satur day. Next week the telegraph will be loaded with accounts of the doings and sayings of that brilliant assembly. Two weeks later the mail will brings us elabo rate reports of the excursion from begin ning to end, and by that lime trade will go on in its new channel as quietly as though Africa had always been a seperate conti nent. ' Fires. The telegraph from all parts cf the na tion comes to ua daily freighted with ac counts of disastrous fires in all the cities. The Firo Demon seems to be let loose upon us, and no great stretch of imagination is needed, to fancy such a personage in reali ty spreading ruin and devastation through the land, and gloating over his work. But we know there must be some natural cause for such wide spread, simultaneous effects, and doubtless the explanation is this. During the summer season there are thousands of fireplaces that lie idle for month', and frequently by decay of the surrounding woodwork or by the accumu lation of light matter, these get into a con dition that is far from conducive to safety. When the first cold weather sets in, rooms that have been warm enough before re quire the aid of fires in these long disused and perhaps dilapidated fireplaces, stoves, chimneys and flues, and accordingly tbey are all set in operation at about tbe same time. The result is that tbe news of a fire in Salem is answered by that of another in Helena, and while tbe wires are flashing accounts of a conflagration in New York, they are sending back statements of another in Chicago, 2nd so on throughout tbe entire continent. Tbe moral of this is, that ail places for fire should be carefully examined before bvii od. after having lain idle for any length of time, ard tb.n fuould be carefully watched afterward Letter from Ecla. Eola, Nov. 9. 1869. I notice by last weeks paper that you speak with some uncertainty in regard to Madame Rumor acount of tbe poisoning of Mr. Zumwalt, of this county. The name was John insU-ad of William as given-, and there is no doubt as to tbe truth of the statement Mr. Zumwalt was a young man probibly about 20 years of age. He took a drink of whisky at the State Fair, and was taken sick in a very short time. Tbe physicians (Dr. Jessup, and I believe Dr. Carpenter and one other) pronounced it a case of strychnine. All that medical skill could do was done for him but without avail. He was frequently urged to give tbe name oL, toe person win gave him the liquor, but be persisted in replying that it was a friend, jnd be would under no cir cumstances disclose the name. An effort is being made and with reason able prospect of success, to erecta saw mill at or near Eola. An enterprise very much needed In this vicinity. Respectlfully, . Thomas Piarce. Fibk at Empiric Citt. We hear by Dr. Chitwood that a lire at Empire City last week destroyed ' tin hotel of Mr. Vande- pool. As " Van " used to live near hear, in Polk county, and once sold fanning mills to all this county, the news of his mishap will interest rainy old friends and arouse their sympathy. - ., , YOL. 19. Letter From Boston. Great Iaterest Manifested .-. In New England - about Oregon. Ignorance Concerning Ua nt tbe Bail Amusing Illustrations Crowds of Good Peo ple Coming. Boston. Oct. 27, 1869. Ed. Statesman: I have received your paper, which you bave kindly sent me. have received the Jbarmer regularly for so xe time. I find these papers valuable aids in my efforts to turn public attention here to a part of the world the Yankee na lion, "all tbe world, and the rest of man kind," seem to know but little about. In all my wanderings I have found few who know anything of Oregon, while there is not a spot on the globe as familiar to hu man ears as California. I never saw a Carib Indian in Central America, a Peon in Peru, or a Lazerone in Chili, who diuVt know all about California. The most intel ligent people in those countries had not beard enough of Oregon to know in what part of the. world iv Hew I got tired of trying to explain in Spanish to the people of these countries where I lived. I finally found relief in telling these people that I was from California. Everybody knew all about my country then. A most as much ignorance of Oregon exists among the mass es in New England. I will give several in stances, out of hundreds I might mention: I fell in with a well dossed, intelligent looking old gentleman on the Boston Cora mons. I took him for a clergyman be might have been something else. Ue ask ed me what part of the world I lived in, and I said in Oregon. "Ah ! yes," said he, "that is down near Mexico, I believe." On the steamer, bound from Boston to Bangor, I related this incident to a young lady who had beenHeacbing school in Massachusetts. She smiled at the old man's ignorance, but left the impression on my mind that she was not much better informed herself. I said to ber, I guess you know where Ore gon is? She straightened herself up, and rather indignantly replied : I should think if I didn't I bad better go to school awhile longer." I said well, what is the Capital of Oregon? Sho hesitated a full minute, and said, ''Omaha, I believe." Up in Maine. I found one man who had a poor opinion of Oregon and the West generally. He said : A friend of mine has been out West and traveled pretty extensively, lie says he don't see that that country is so much better than Maine." I asked what part of the West did your friend visit? Penobscot replied "lie went out to Penn sylvania." He had probably seen the noses of the sheep worn off and bleeding, in try ing to reacn tbe grass through the rocks, and thought the great west was not just what it was cracked up to be. York State and Pennsylvania are generally thought to be a great ways west, while tbe people al most nniversally regard Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa as almost as far west as man can safely go, unless, perhaps, be should go to California. There are very many people in New England who are getting the western fever. They almost universally think of settling in the Mississippi Valley. My ob ject is to induce them to go further, und I am succeeding beyond my most sanguine expectations. Since my lecture in this city. Oct. lltb.I bave been sought after by men and women, from different purls of the country. Some of these people had never thought of going west, but they now have tbe Oregon fever so bad they can hardly wait till spring to sell out aud fix for the journey. Others say they had been think ing of going to Iowa, Kansas or Nebraska, but they bave concluded to go to Oregon. After I had finished my lecture in Tremont Temple, a crowd of men rushed forward to ask questions. Some of them followed me to my room and talked till midnight I notice that all these people who are going to our country are intelligent, and ol the best class of people here. An editor said to me, a few days ago. in speaking of my lecture, "you had a very intelligent audi ence ; didn't you notice it. and didn't you notice how tbey were interested?"' I said I thought I had a better looking set of men and prettier women than I had seen at any lecture before, but didn't suppose others would think so. He said, "you had on au dience more than usually intelligent." I merely mention this to show that our ac. quisitions from this part of tbe world are going to be valuable ones. I am now re ceiving invitations to lecture in different parts of Massachusetts, in Rhode Island, in Tennessee, Illinois and Ohio. Men and women have been from the country, to ask a hundred questions, and to get advice about an outfit, &.C., tc. These people are generally tbe sort to settle a new country. Some bave means, some bave just about enough to take them to Oregon, while others declare their pur pose to lay np enough by spring, by indus try and rigid economy, to paj their pass age out One widow woman, of forty-five is of this class. She is energetic, healthy and good looking. She has a sewing ma chine,' but says sbe has not been abie to make anything mote than a living here Sbe baa tbe Oregon fever high. Sbe wants her children and friends to go. Her child ren and friends want assurances from me that tbey shall find employment, so that tbey shall not starve after they get there. This woman says : "J can do anything ; I can run a sewing machine, ean do house work, keep a boarding house, nurse child ren, or go oat and work in the field or on the farm." Men with families come to me and say, "I have just about money enough to take me there. Can I be assured of shel ter and food for my family, for my labor, as soon as I get there ? Or, are my children liable to have to sleep on the street without food for the want of employment? This kind of questions will be put to me by thousands before spring. I believe you will have a swarm over there from this way before long. Now what shall I say to tbe questions of these people ? ; I cannot de ceive them it is not in my heart to deceive anybody. I tell them of your overflowing granaries, of yonr flocks and herds, and of tbe nobleness and liberality of very many Oregoniana. I say M I have no doubt but you will be provided with food and shelter lor your labor, till you can find steady em ploy ment or secure permanent homes." But they want to be assured of it, for it seems like going to a far off, strange country almost out of the world. Now, will the people of Oregon give them this assurance? Do they want these immigrants? I know they do. If the? expect to get them, they must organize some kind of an association, wide-awake, energetic and broad enough to look after these people after they get among you or rather to which they may look with confidence lor what I have allud ed to, without being swindled or mistreat ed. want the mouthpiece of tb -t associa tion to permit me to give to these people the assurance they demand. I am in cor respondence with steamship and railroad men, endeavoiing to get the fare reduced to the lowest possible rates. These people expect me to do it, and are anxiously wait ing for information. I bave undertaken to send people to your State. Without tftse settlers your State will re lnain us it always bus been aud now is, al most unknown, and without any influence at Washington or anywhere e se. Mow is the golden time to strike for population This Srcureii and'everything "else follow.?. Capital doesn't go into the woods for in vestment. Secure a population and you need give yourself no trouble about Capi tal. No power can keep it away from you. I am spending my own time and money in trying to serve the State, and in trying to serve the thousands I know will be benefit ted by going there. All I ask of your peo ple is, that I shall be authorized to say to these emigrants that they shall be kindly received and looked after immediately after reaching your shores. You bave some large-hearted and noble men in Salem, in Portland, and in all the counties I might mention. What do they say ? I want an answer immediately. W. L. Arams. Portland Letter. POKTLAXD, No 7. 10, 18G9. Firit Trip or the Locomotive. Ed. Statesmax : If anything would rouse a man from his insensibility to what is going on around him. that thing is a railway. Now, it is a truth which I would not conceal, that I have been asleep for two weeks ; and I seriously doubt whether I should have wa kened for a fortnight longer bad not the iron horse snorted so loud tt forenoon as to wake till dwellers hereabouts, except those who sleep beneath the Lone Fir. At 9 a. m. to-day, the first genuiue locomotive that ever ran over a genuiue railway track in the Willamette Valley, left East Portland and went screaming and-. puffing through the forests toward Milwaukie, very much as if the occupation was natural to it ; and, indeed, I presume it was, for the same loco motive has done service on a track in the East years ago. It moved off slowly and majestically. This afternoon it came back upon a speed somewhat improved, when those who accompanied it declared that they had enjoyed a magnificent excursion, and that the only thiDg which prevented their going to Milwaukie, which is some six miles distant, was that the road-bed was not long enongb. ! East Portlanders On a High (Iron-) Horse." The dwellers in East Portland are in high spirits, and suppose themselves to be at the very center of the commercial universe. My friend Uloodgood, who just arived from New Yori by last steamer, went over this forenoon to see the locomotive start. He had scarcely got off the ferry-boat when he was approached by a consequential looking East Portlander, with Iris thumbs in his vest, when the following dialogue took place: Fast Portlander ' Good mornin' sir ; come over to take a turn round thecityeh? Be you looking after city lots to buy, eh ?'' My Friend No. not exactly that ; being in Portland, with no meaus of amusing my self and acquainted with no one, I thought I might while away a lonely hour by com ing over and seeing the engine make its first start." R P. "You be a stranger in this city, then, I s'pose? Where may you lire when you be to home, stranger?" M. F. " I reside in New York." E. P. " Yes. yes ; well, that used to be a thiivin' village, and even under existin' circumstances, sicb as you see around here, I shouldn't be 'stonished if N' York 'ould continny to be a smart place it's so far away, you see ; but you bet your nest-egg we've got Frisco in a miqhty tight corner, eh?" Not daring to laugh outright, my friend turned quickly around and hastened away. He says be is confident of the future of East Portlance, as indeed we all are. Circuit Court Is in session here now, Judge Upton presid ing. The docket, us published, comprises about ? hundred cases, wbic no doubt, are particularly interesting to the parties immediately concerned, but tbe list looks remarkably dry and uninviting to an out sider. I an told by some of tbe lawyers that the unpublished docket is much more juicy in fact, that therc appears upon the couit records one case of damages for breach of promise, and a seduction case, both being against personsin high life here. It is a low-lived business on tbe part of either " Bardell " or ' Pickwick." Goaalp in General. I visited one of tbe meetings of the "Working Men's Association" the other evening, when I found there three small pol iticians.who run tbe thing, waiting for a quo rum. You know "Col."Chtpman,who is chief fugleman of this demagoguing organization, has a weakness for speculating in quorums. Well, tbe same old fate awaited bim ; his quorum did not arrive, and three little ku kluz demagogues, who had not done a days work in ten years, retired. I thought the thing was dead then, and expected to see an obituary in next morning's Herald ; bnt in this I was disappinted. Imagine my emotion on seeing the meeting noticed in next norning's paper as a most enthusiastic demonstration of the Working Men." Space fails and so will your eaders' pa tience. ; Villauoxtis. The tenible railroad calamity in Califor nia, full accounts of which are contained in the news despatches, has sent a thrill of hor ror through the land, for seldom ever in tbe careless railroading in the East, does such a horrible disaster come to our ears. This is the first accident of any magnitude re corded in the history of the railroads of Cal-ifornjjM-jMany of tbe victims are well and generally 'known. .. SALEM. OREGON, THE CITY AND COUNTRY. Satardar, Nov. 13. We bave received Keeler'a Monthly Price List from J. M. Keeler, formerly of Oregon and now in the Oregon commission basinets in N. Y., it is a volnme of over 200 pages, odb half of them advertisements, the other half Jobbers prices for every thing in the world. Shipping. Two scows arrived from Eola, loaded with whoat for the flooring mills at this places one large raft of logs for the saw '. mills, aud two of the P. T. Co.Veteanierg, with full cargoes of wheat and flour for Port-! land. Freighting begins to look like busi--ness. '. Wisd Stohji. It seems by the news we re ceive from down the river, that tbe storm of last Saturday did not reach Astoria until Mon day following ; when it blew with snob, vio lence as to cause some foars for the shipping outside. But as there has never been a vessel known to founder off the coait of Oregon, there seems to be little danger. ; - Sba G"ulls. Yesterday a solitary sea gull was observed slowly winging his way np the river, probably thinking be must be very near ly through to the other end, or perhaps that soon there would be water enough anywhere for a gull of moderate ambition. Another was shot by Walt. Smith a few miles down the river. It Ms not at all a common thing to see these sea birds so far from tbe ocean. Progress of thb Railroad. Mr. I. R. Moores, President of 0. C. R. R. Co., who came from Portland yesterday, says the loco will be running over six miles of the road to day. At this rate another fortnight will see the track laid to Oregon City, and before long we may expect to bear the excited scream of tbe iron horse on tbe eastern shore of the Willamette, above Rock Island. We have been " waiting for the wagon" a long time, and " the good time" seems "coming," when we can " all take a ride." Plakt Trees. It is said that every man should plant a tree, that it may live and do good in the world after he is gone. But most men prefer to plant those from which they ex pect to eat the fruit themselves, and others substitute the ornamental shrub or the grate ful vine for the more substantial tree. All parties, however, who want any sort of fruit, must work during the coming season of the ' year, and accordingly it is with more than an eye to biz that we call attention to the card of Mr. Q. W. Royal in to-day's paper, lie has and will keep on hand in Salem, every, thing that can be called for in tbe horticultural line, from the big red apple, down through a long list. Weather Record for October. Mr. T. Pearce, of Eola, has furnished us bis weather record for October, 1869, from which we com pile the following : There were 26 clear days; 1 cloudy, the 4th ; 2 of dense fog, the 15th and 16th ; 2 rainy, the 6th when 23-100 inch es of rain fell, and on the 6th, 7-100 do. The prevailing winds were North for the 1st, 2d and 3d ; South on the 4th and 5th ; North until the 30tb, then South 30th and 31st. The mornings of the 1st, 7th, 8th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 21st and 22d were foggy. The nights of the 6th and 7th were frosty. Mean tempera ture for the month, 49 ; highest mean tem perature, on the 3d, 57 ; lowest, on the 7th and 29th, 44. Comparing this with tbe re cord for '68, there wero in October of that year, 7 rainy days, 5 foggy and 19 clear ; mean temperature, 51; hishost, on the 3d, 59; lowest, on the 15th, 40. Mundny, Nov. 14. Emigration. Several families came up on the boat last night bound up the river to set tle. They came across tbe continent by rail, and from California on the Ajax. Little they know of the experiences of emigrants "crosc sing tbe plains." Cheap Traveling. There is a family now in Salem, who came by by rail from Omaha to San Francisco, for the trifling fare of $25 currency. We understand that "the Compa ny attach emigrant cars to the freight trains and thus bring passengers across in twelve days, at the above figures. Thanks. Mr. I. V. Mossman, formerly of Mosstnan's Hotel in this place, and now an officer in the Legislature in Washington Terri tory, keeps us under obligations to him for literary favors by almost every mail. Among other documents we have tbe Governor's Mes sage, of which more anon. Lost ard Found. A notice or two, a few days since, about lost furs seems to have stirred up tho business. Three valuable furs have passed through this offiee, and now we are requested to say that there are quite a number of handkerchiefs, gloves, veils, etc., eto., awaiting owners at theM. E. Church. Parties having lost such articles ean call on the sex ton, Mr. D. Morgan. j The Irish Republic. We are indebted to Wm. C. O'Hara, of Portland, for some copies of a Fenian paper under the above the caption. It is edited by Michael Scanlon, of New York, and contains a great deal of interesting mat ter besides being ou the right aide politically. The editor evidently has confidence enough in bis countrymen to put them against any na tion under the sun. We expect to clip more than one good thing from its columns. Wk Task the Bet. The Boise Chronicle man. after quoting what Oregon can do in the way of double crops, says that Webfoot is a great country, but we'll bet they can't raise two crops of babies in one year." We know a lady whose three sons were born at intervals cf eleven months. There is your tw o crops in one year or threa in less tban two. Pnngle 1 A Waked Up Fossil. We hear of an old gentlemen living at the head of the valley, who has lived there for nineteen years and owned mills and done business to a large extent there, who made a trip to Portland tbe other day, having never before rode on a stage or a a steamboat. His adventures.ai narrated by his fellow passengers, were very exciting. At the Cosmopolitan Hotel, seeing a napkin at his plate, be inquired if bis face was dirty, thinking the waiter might have noticed it and so brought him a "towl." Gas light struck him as a good thing, and he expressed the in tention of taking a bottle full home to try and use it in the future if it didn't cost too much. In fact the old gentleman made a rash break into the world, saw tbe sights and heard the news, and fortunately got away before the lo comotive began to scream ever la East Port land, or el so he might not have gone home until now. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 1869. E5TERrRi8i50. We hear of a Mr. W. N. Snyder, lately from California, who has brought down from Scio, where he is now operating, about a thousand pounds of butter, carefully made and pot np in small rolls of two pounds each, in cloth, and packed just as a similar article is shipped to us from Califor nia each spring. Mr. Snyder has a ton raoro of jnst such butter on hand, and he late ly went down to Portland with 8,000 doien of eggs, on which will no doubt realize hand somely as jnst at the present time "eggs are eggs" down there. Mr. Snyder is going ahead Hast as if he was in California, and there is bo doubt thatlhe will succeed as well here as pa ople in the akme trade do there. Holmes at the " Universal Store," has a fine "otof that butter for sale. : l . . Poisoked. Wt have seen a case of poison ing, that deserves attention, because many persons 9a tbe country incur the same risk frequently, and may be ignorant of the danger they run. Mr. Jordan, of the firm of Down er & Jordan saddlers, some three weeks,tince eot w.a- a, caddie witb rawhide, and became poisoned in a finger that had been pricked by an awl or a needle. There is a certain amount of poison in every such hide, bat saddlers guard against It by putting lime on them, and Mr. Jordan supposed this had been so treated when he used it. We are told that several instances have occurred where arms have had to be amputated from this cause, and one man tn this vicinity died from being so poisoned and not properly cared for afterwards. We do not understand that Mr. Jordan is in any sueh danger, bnt his case reminds us that much trouble may be saved by making the above facts known. Tuesday, Not. 16. The Santiau. This classic stream was so swollen by the late rains as to stop the mail coach on Friday last. Died. At the house of S. Swartx.tm Sa lem Prairie, Oct. 25th, William J. Whitehill, formerly of Illinois, aged 25 years. Illinois papers please copy. I .- Ordination. A council is to to meet at the Congregational Church to-day, to ordain W. J. Clark to the work of the ministry. The council will meet at 2 o'clock, and the ordina tion sermon will be preached in the evening by Rer. Mr. Atkinson. Mr. Prentice holds his second singing school meeting to-nigbt. It is not yet too late to join, and we ought to turn out a large class in this music-loving town, especially when so good a teacher offers his services. The class meets at the hall over Gill's store. Since the burning of the Capital Hotel, State street has a forlorn and devastated appearance; but all the good living did not go from that vicinity when the unfortunate conflagration took place. There are two eating houses still in full blast upon it. The New York Restau rant is on the south side, and Bascom's Chop House on tho north, nearly opposite. Strang ers can safely calculate on a square meal at either place. " i Mr. J.K. Gill returned from the East a few days since, where be went on a business trip. He brought back a small box of choetnutj.from which one of our pockets got filled, and that has set us in mind of the gay old times we bad in the " sunny years of childhood," shaking down the fine, fut nuts from tho good old Yankee trees. This country is rather behind in that kind of sport. Going Below. Lieut. Wayin'ue, of this place, leaves on the boat this morning for a trip through Idaho and thence to Sacramento. He baa an engagement to report, phonograph ically, the legislative proceedings for the Sac ramento Union, and will probably be from home four months. Those fellows can't even let ns keep a good reporter to ourselves. Butter. The past season has been con sidered rather unfavorable to the dairying busi ness on account of the e;.rly cessation of spring rains. But the copious rain in September, followed by tbe beautiful weather in October, made the " Indian summer" almost a seoond spring, and there will probably bo a larger quantity of butter made during the year, than other apparently more favorable seasons. Hotels ix Prospect. We have stated Mr. Mallory's intention to make preparations at once to rebuild the Capital Hotel in a substan tial manner, and we now learn that a corpora tion is being formed, or at least talked of, to build a handsome hotel on Commercial street. This seems lo be a move by tbe property own ers at the south end to improve that part of the street, and so detain the trade that shows a disposition to work north. The Barker prop erty, on the southeast corner of Commercial and Ferry streets, is talked of, if it can be se cured at a reasonable price. j - The Workwomen 8 Journal has dropped the Caucasian, and after a life of twelve weeks, has been compelled to reduce its size to less tban one-hall. Still further reduc tions may reasonably be expected, as no journal can be sustained for any length of time which seeks to make capital out of any one class of laborers. There is no such thing as caste in this country. XII are la boring men, or should be. Tbe ma who to-day wields his ax or drives bis wheelbar row, may to-morrow be engaged in mer chandising, in politics, in professional life, or be may be a successful contractor in tbe same business ; but is he any tbe less a man and a citizen? It is all humbug, this at tempt to array laborers in one branch of In- d us try against others, and tbe more so when any man who is at all deserving of the name is able to change his vocation wherever be finds another more congenial to hia tastea. Laboring men, forsooth ! the few political bums who are trying to get np this whim are the only ones in tbe nation who are not workingmen. Senator Morton makes sharp bits. At a late speech in Wilmington, Ohio, he uttered tbe following : "And is there any good reason why the Republican party, after having preserved tbe republic, should be required to turn over the care and cus tody of a to the Democracy? When the names of yonr burning bouse have been extin guished, would you hire the Incendiary as a watchman to protect It from fire In tbe fu ture ; or, when your child has been rescued from tbe waves, would you deliver it over for tender nursing and resucitation to the monster -who threw it in? And yet you might do tbese things with as much propri ety as to turn over tbe control of tbe goT ernment to the Democratic party." A 'gmile' that foretells sorrow the one yoa take in a bar roorrt. . . , , ; - GENERAL NEWS. Portland Items. Says the Oregonkm : Capt R. C. Smith has brought his new steamer up from Monticello, to receive her machinery. Sbe is to bave tbe boiler and engine of the old Fannie Troupe, will be ready in two months to run opposition from Portland to Astori i Streets are full of water every night. . . . . There wat a space of half a block between drinks, but a saloon has been opened in lb gap A laborer on tbe railroad was injured in the bip bjr a rail falling on bim The local of tbe Oregonian denies having been killed by tho locomotive. The Herald has information that Mr. W. (A? ) J. Welch, of Astoria, fell from a build ing, causing concussion of the brain Tbe case of malpractice. Ley men Williams vs Edgar Poppletcn, for $20,000 damages, went to tbe jury last night.... . .Riding the locomotive is all tbe rage Ajax was flae yesterday, with 600 "tons railroad iron. ' The CommerckA adds, that tbe locomotive wae at wprk all of Wednesday nTgbt.'- The tract is now laid for six miles Nothing for tbe recorder to do Ship Ileaton, for Portland, has been out from New York 169 days, nothing been beard from her, ship pers getting alarmed. AlbaktItevs. The Democrat has changed tbe day of publication to Friday on ac count of the mails Albany ban railroad on the brain The railroad surveyors, have moved on and camped on the Cali pooia Hunters and game are plenti ful Cistern No. 1 is completed, and a tax of fifteen mills levied to pay for it- Baird, of Brownville, writes to a friend that he has a rooster still alive whose bead he cut off back of the eyes and comb over a week ago C. V. Burkhsrt raised a pear that weighed three pound sevenJ ounces, ana measured seven inches the long way. .The citizens ask the Council to appro priate $400 towards an engine bouse.... Among the causes on docket for trial at the Circuit Court now in sesion in Benton coimty, is one wherein a squaw sues a white for divorce. The plaintiff has em ployed one of the leading attorneys in Ben ton county, to see the thing through. nomciDR. Tbe Commercial bas a special from Boise City stating that Thedore Burmes tershot and killed It. B. Morford, on the 6th instant. Mr. Burmester is well known here where he resided for a number of years; he lately lost his wife by tbe hand of an assassin. J udgo Morford was at one time County Clerk of Josephine county, and bore a very fair rep utation. Lrsx County. Tho Register announces to the citizens of Linn, that D. M. C. Ganlt formerly of this office, is engaged on that paper. He will canvass the connty for news and also for subscriptions, and we hepe to bave the pleasure of recording many items of general interest, concerning that section, from the pen of our wbilom nssociate W. J. Clever presented the Pejisier with some beets, one of them weighing twenty-eight pounds, and meas uring twenty-six inches in length, and twenty-two in circumference ITarpool beat Beard, in a foot race for forty yards for ten dollars The railroad line is located through the heart of the town, enters at tbe old brick yard, runs between toe College and Monteitb's residence, and crosses the Calipooia 100 yards above the bridge on tbe Corvallis road W. D. Bel den is abont to start a broom factory at Albany. John Metzler 'struck bis foot against a broad ax, cuffing it severely Far mers of Linn n're going into the flaxseed business largely. . . . . .Free Masons of Leb anon have purchased five acres for a burial ground, near that place Good Tem plars their have enlarged their hall, tbey are in a prosperous condition Browns ville bas a debating society, that excludes 'old men, experienced debaters, smart men, and boys under fourteen." Ecgexe Cnr. Tbe Journal has an edi torial correspondence from Washington City ; also the following : On last Tuesday a man by the name of John Speakman, while assisting to put up a rope at tbe ferry at this place, fell from a tree about thirty-six feet, breaking two npper ribs in the right breast, and badly injuring himself Inward ly. Dr. Sharpies was called to attend the injured man, and informs us that although be is not entirely out of danger yet, he will probably recover. . .We learn that a young man by tbe name of Craig was brought up and placed in the county jail a few day ago. on a charge of having sold whisky to Indi ans, v ... Tortlaxd Items. The Oregonian has this : A ' melodeon" is to be started here. House building Is lively. . .'. .Estes & Stimpson sawd over half a million feet of lumber in twenty six days and are be hind their orders J. N. Dolph and family are home. They like Oregon the better for their trip...... The Ajax had a rough time : a southeast gale and a "chop ped sea." She rolled frightfully .Tte Hebrew Synagogue will be dedicated on Dec 2d Dr. Hawtborne bas imported White Chester pigs per Ajax. The Commercial says that 700 rails were carried to the front on Thursday, on the East Side Railroad. . . . . . Work will be con tinued all winter on Ibe West Side Rail; road. The Hera'd bas a card of thanks to Capt Metzger, of tbe Ajax, from tbe passengers. A man named Daly was seriously in jured by being upset with a load of wood on top of bim. Washington Territory. Hon. S. Gar flelde, delegate from Washington Territory, writes home that he has bad tbe misfortune to lose a large trunk, containing among other things his private papers and also the papers relating to business entrusted to bim by bis. constituents. The railroand agent are searching for tbe trnnk, but In case of a failure to recover it, Mr. G. re quests parties interested to furnish dupli cates of all papers immediately. Yamhill Cocxty. We learn by boat last evening, that the grand jury at Lafay ette failed to find bills against any of the Hesees, who have been in jail there for some months, awaiting trial for the killing of Claiborne Morris, who was waylaid and shot In July last Portland Item& The Oregonian says: On Saturday it was expected that the track would be lail to Milwaukie, by night The work is being pushed on with all possible speed, the locomotive running a good part of every night We passed over a portion of the road yesterday and found it very sub stantial and in excellent condition wbere there bas been any pretence of finishing np. Soma portions of the road between here and Milwaukie has not been aligned yet, though every foot of it Is perfectly safe for trains. Large parlies are constantly at work level ling, straightening and tamping the track and grade. . . . . .Judge Hoffman showed ns, ol NO. 19. yesterday, a portion of a -letter he had just received from Boise, which alluded to the killing of R. B. Morford by Theodore Bur mester. Morford was shot through the heart ' Tbe killing grew out of a row between the two men. occasioned by tbe jealousy of Mor ford, who suspected an improper intimacy between Burmester and bis (Morford's) wife.. . . ..Mr. A. D.Shelby bas inaugurated the policy of trading upon tbe greenback basis, lie proposes to take legal tender notes at par for goods The tug boat built at Port Orford for tbe Colnmbia Bar is to sail this week Mr. Patrick Daly, who fell from a wagon, and striking on his bead caused concussion of tbe brain, died about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening The Ajax did not risk the attempt to land at East Portland wharf but is discharging her rail road iron by the use of a lighter. From Astoria. W. J. Herron Esq., of this place, informs ns that J. W. Welch, who was lately injured by a fall at Astoria, who is his son-in-law, is not so dangerously hurt as was feared at tbe time, and is now recov ering. Mr. Herron learns by . tbe aanta. means that the Ajax crossed the bar, when lately entering, during a severe storm and , received some injuries, which are evidently not serious, or we should hare heard of them before. Astoria. The Oregonian bas Information that the Cambridge, El wood and Almy were detained inside tbe Bar by the recent gale." We notice that a sprig of a lawyer at Eugene launches a column of vituperation at Jndge Kelsay, through the Guard. This Dorris is the embodiment of self-importance, liko a great many other smalt lawyers of little natural wit and,stlll less learning. : He is not known anywhere except for those qualities which reputable men do not pos sess. At the last term of Court in Eugene nothing but pity on tbe part of the Prose cuting Attorney kept bim from being fined for hiring a witness for the State, in a case which he (Dorris) was defending, to leave the country. An Attorney who is in such bad odor as to cause other lawyers to re fuse to try a case with bim as associate counsel, cannot gain many laurels by as sailing snch a man as Judge Kelsay, in a community where both are known. Orego nian. Tides and Men in the Moon. Supposing tbe moon to possess an ocean, what kind of tides will our earth produce in it i The mass of the earth ia eighty-eight times that of the moon. If, instead of one moon, we hrd eighty-eight such clustered to gether, each evidently producing a tide, there would result on the whole a tide eighty-eight times a high as the present. We can thus see how the tides in the moon, being produced by the earth, would be far greater than those we have. By calculations, which we could hardly explain in an elementary manner, we come to the result that the tides in the moon would he about f rty times as high as these on the earth, or about one Hun dred and ninety feet high on the av erage. A rather surprising result. Such a tide would sweep a large part of England twice a day. Alpine climbing, far from being a luxury, would be a necessity. Bat there is tho difference. Owing to . the small mass of tbe moon, bodies weigh there less than they do here. So the labor of avoiding the tide would be but slight. Supposing'tho moon to be in habited with creatures like men, we can compute their statures that they may have the same agility. Of men familiarly formed, the weights will vary as their bulks that is, as the product of their length, breadth and thickness. As the men are supposed similarly formed, the breadth and thickness will both vary as the length, aud thus men's weights will vary as the cubes of their length. Now, their muscular power varies as the cross sections of their muscles, which it is easy to see will vary as the squares of their length. A man twelve feet high, will thus weigh eight times as much as one six feet high, but will have only four times tho muscular power; and if the six-footer be sluggish, the twelve-footer will probably be una ble to stir his vast weight. If, how ever, tho twelve-footer were of mate rials only half as heavy as the six footer, tie relations between weight and power would be the same in both cases, and they would be equally agile The material of man weighing less than one-sixth its weight here, on the moon he could thus afford to be more than six times as tall, and be as agile. Men forty feet high would move as freely on the moon as we do here, and experience no more inconvenience at a tide of one hundred aud ninety feet high than we do at one of thirty feet a hight commonly equaled, in fact, often exceeded, nt places on our globe. We may notice in passing,' that on' Jupiter man's stature would have to be dwarfed to thirty inches to preserve his agility. Irish Republic. Said a male advocate of woman's rights : 'When I am in a crowded car, and a lady comes in, I think it is tbe duty of some other man to get up and give her his seat I look around the car to see if any man in the crowd looks like making a move in tbat di rection, and when I see them all keep their seats, I hide my face behind my newspaper and blush for my sex.' 'I say, captain,' exclaimed an im- fiatient traveller on board a steamboat y ing to in a fog, 'are you not going to start soon V 'As soon as the fog clears up,' replied the captain. Well, It's starlight now overhead,' said the man. 'Oh, yes; but wo are not going that way.' i A wealthy merchant, who had be come a bankrapt, was met, some time after his misfortune, by a friend, who asked him how he was going on. Pretty well,' said he. 'lam upon my legs again. How V already ! Yes; I have been obliged to part with my carriage and horses, and must now walk.'., ! f 1 1 If you go into store aud find the clerk lying on the counter asleep, yon may- know that the firm don't adver tise. rAny thing for a quiet lifr. , PROFESSIONAL CARDS; WM. T. B. NICHOLSON, General Collecting: A sent, Agent for Oregon Statesman. no. nom sr., pobtxixo. ' ' Doctor. v S.W.UcDOWELL,iLu. , Phrsielan, Snixeoi, Cbstetricixn, Jtcv GraemB ef the' WsBsmM Valvenity, MeJkei Deoartmeot. Offlcs In Moored brick, Ovsr Brcymaa Brothers A.M.BELT.M.D, Accoucheur, - 8ALEH, OREGON. Office sod residence comer High aitd uaoreb ; oc2tf street. . ... J.V. McAFEE, Physician, and Burgeon) SALEM OEEOOIf. OrriCE Up stsirs ever McCsaler k GlnBi ttrum tore, StU strset. Sssktenes sonxr ef Unkm so Mbrrtv Streets. Am11.tTtli.lS6e.xtr il. B. LINGO, If. 1a, Physician and 8urroon, Oniua K. C Cornet Liberty las' Oovrt streets, eoaUv oppnsiu New TheeMr baJldlnr. sep23 BAXKsf. OREGON. ,r J.GSHELTON.M.D, . Physician and 8urj;oon, ' " B1LM, 0KG05. Offiee at hi residence, ea corner "mt from ne Dijiftm rtreete, Bortawest career ef le block below Atari on gqnare. mofrJSn H. Ciirorn, M. D-, D. PirroB, M. D , Res. on Liberty sk, Betr-, &Mtb-t cor. Hh filoek IvoppoettsOonrreratloa- norta WOUmeit Dolvss. sJ Church. . ( nij. CARPENTER PAYTON, Physicians Sc 8argeonc Office Oil Libeity street, nearly opeoek Congregational Cborcb. aog7ztf 8ALKM. OREGON. " SULLIVAN Jfc W'HITSON, Attorneys o.t Law, . DALLAS, POLK CO., OREGON. Particular attention riven to collsctloa of mote aeeoants, Ulns, mortctges, Ac . c. sotutas. tr w. a wsrrsos. JAMES W. PARKER, Attorney & Counselor at .Law, p38 ntPIRf CTTT. O -EGA if. F. A. CHENOWETH, Attorney at Law, CORVALLIS, 0TQO!C. T. B. HANDLEY, Law and Collection. Ornct Upstairs in Stewart's Block. T1 SALEM, OKBQOW. HILL fc MCLKEY. Attorneys at Law PORTLAND. 02EQON. v.umau. m Mm wmm Offlce. Corner front sod Alder Sts., Carter Block JAMES P. BROWN. Bookseller and Dealer In tfaxastnes. Periodicals, Newspapers, Bookiand Novel. Willamette street, second door to 8t. Charle Hotel, Eogeno City, Oregon. seplOx T. PEARCE, IVotary Jublio. KOLA, : : t : ; polk OOUKTT. OUKW)f. AcknowldiHtmMit nt rwt. u . token. Particnlar attention given to 'lection of notes and aceoanta. Ku. 4n J. A. APPLEGATE. Attorney Counselor at Ijibt. ep88 DALLAS, POLK OOPNTT. OIKGOX. J. L. COLLINS, Attorney at ILawv DALLAS, OREGON, Prompt attention flrsn to tartness. Ppei&i Collections and transactions In Keai Istate. Office bp stairs in the Coart Hoase. deelttf POWELL & FLINN, Attorneys Counselors at Law ad Solicitor la Chaioory, ALBANY, .OREGON L. TUS9, Hotabv rvauo. Jcn"1 and oonvsjraobei promptly attended to. B. HERMAN Attorney at Lav I Kstary Pablle a"i a trr a v llnaVtlal alluAl.. - t . a . la Donalas. Coos and Parry eaaattas. xtU QARRIAGK PAINTING- K. D. QLOAT. CARRIAGE AITD SIGN PAINTER commercial street, oppoai BUrksv'a block. eaUtn.Aognst 8,1869. 7 THE MASOJT 1XD H1XUJ 02611. HAViKO been appointed sola afreet for tbe above inatnmMt I .1 for sale at Rkdccsd Ratu. I shall receive monthly invoice or tboia til my assortment it eooplou, and can fare lea thorn at Inwnr rata tli J.. .1 " n" 1 ISO au Import them. J.K. GILL. aapt.10.xi State street. Salem TjWB SALE - A Splendid water Power and Km Site, at Oregon Cltj. Inqolra olJ. H. MOOM, BlsenialitBelwa. Sept. 18m - sejf , ilOSMOPOLITAH Bom. , (Formerly Arrinnro FRONT STREET PORTLAND. Tho underlined rsopoetfaBy aaoevnee that kav. In Mrotiaaed this ldly kae. aa4 well kef he. taL they are new prepared to aVer oapertol aoooav. andatloototao travaUag eoMta at Greatly Reduced Prices. Tt3 Hotel la located nearest the tteeabeat Leod iar. ar-3 WThe Hotel Coach wtn fre attaadsaea U ooo. vey saaseatsrs to aae frees OilWMrtM, W. L SfWAIX. . D.iltlTH. OIO, V COOS. rjlHE OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. (Fonaorlj Western Hotel.) D Cor. First and Morrison sta Purtuaxd. SMITH at COOK hovo taken . , . lh.f,u 'll-fcoowa hoaee, valued and ra. fbrnisbad I it throosrboot; bailt a lire addition. Baking thirty more plaeaant rooms, eolatW the dining and .fuin roome, aaaklny fe fcfa, the bast CoteM. Portland. A U fro tbe traveling pablie Will salit'r tbeat that &eea atatomonu are tme 7 V , , SMITH k. COOS, Proprietor. Portland An. 15, 1869. . N-H:-;0""! Cold Bail. aUAoUd to tit boose tor tho bonoflt ef neata. M?lxs ro aria AUBMALiarw I-?! Clocks, Watchei, JcttcIxt AND SILVEB WARE. Comoorcial Street, t , Solon, Oregon. ' t3T Jawelrj made to rder. : Salont'i:"- w. g L. FALLOWS U CO. I Wfffltmi ATO MALttA LI DA.ll Iltoi, 8TEEL ..Tin r;ate,Etc Yual St". UK Front ul First. ortlliiTw