The Oregon weekly statesman., November 26, 1869, Page 2, Image 2

(Dreflriu Statesman
AND UNIONIST.
SALEM, FRIDAY, j : : : NOV. 26
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la lie world. It contains ike sermons and
other writings .of Henry War BeecbeT;
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and contains an immense amount of reari
ng, printed in very plain type.
- The Good Time Coming.
Times are generally supposed to ba a
littTe 'bard" in Oregon, just at present
and no doubt they have been more satisfac
I tory.'but we "still live and enjoy the com
, faon measure of blessings and necessaries
i 'by tbe use of the means at our command,
and the prospect for our future is certainly
favorable. - Our State shows signs of great
prosperity. The iron, horse is pawing his
way np the valley, and will, in all proba
i bilily, reach Salem by tbe early autumn of
the' coming year. It is doubtful if our citi-
i zens have ever had a realizing impression
of the change thut will come over all this
i valley when tbe facilities of railroad com
munication are offered for tbe transaction
of til our business.
When all parts of Oregon are brought
within easy distance, the towns will espec
j Lilly profit by the rush of immigration and
the increase of business, and no inland
; town can expect as much benefit as will oc
cur to Salem. Even when the road reaches
this place and brings us within two hours'
ride of tbe bead of navigation and tbe
great point of commerce for our State, we
shall reap great and decided advantages,
receive more population and see the city
improvements increase in every respect j
, more than before. Among the other great
; benefits to follow the completion of the
i railroad to this point, the speedy con
struction of gas and water works may be
depended on. for it is almost certain that
parties who propose the erection of gas
works will commence early in the spring
to secure tbe franchise offered them in tbe
City Ordinance, which we publish to-day,
: and whenever the growth and prosperity ot
! our city will warrant it, the W. W. Mfg. Co.
' will probably be inclined to construct tbe
water works necessary to supply the town
and make their unsurpassed water prlvL
leges yield them a handsome dividend. So
, we may soon look for the time when rail
j roads, gas and water shall add to the im
portance of our fair city.
The Quakers Heard From. A great
deal of "fun was cansed by the appointment
of Quakers as Indian agents to some of the
most warlike and troublesome tribes of
Kansas, Nebraska and Arkansas. Tbe
world has waited very patiently for news
that they have been either scared or scalped,
and Instead of that we learn from Eastern
sources that they are succeeding in doing
much good among the savage tribes, who
have a. great deal of confidence in them.
which is great success, indeed, in view of
the course so uniformly pursued by former
Indian agents in that country. They find
some of the Indians anxious to copy civili
zation and become agriculturists and me
chanics. Of course too much cannot be
j expected of lately savage tribes, but the
experience in Oregon during the lost few
years, since tbe Indians have been given
an opportunity, under agents who have
cared for tbeir improvement, shows they
are capable of becoming, in a measure, in
telligent and self supporting. Wo recoa-
; nize, as a fact, that under the Adminlstra
tion of Gen. Grant great abuses are being
corrected, even in tbe Indian Department
on the Plains, and it was only until this
soldier came into power, that this Quaker
policy conld find a trial. This doesn't ex
actly coincide with the oft repeated charge
that Grant aims at Empire. It is to be
hoped that a policy of true friendship for
- the Indian tribes will be adopted to secure
peace at all events, and also justice to
wards, and some measure of civilized hap
pinesa for the Indians.
Koopmanschap A Co. don't satisfy the
New York Tribune, which paper seems to
x .
toiuu toe Chinese immigrants, whom this
flrm tn tA(i?a 4a Vt ! pi iv r t 4Ka awn a
UkUl lUlUUO t VUUK ftU tUO UUUIU BIO IU
to be kept in thrall for a very inadequate
consideration. Tbe editor ; thinks they
ought to be better paid than Koopman
schap ; & Co. promise them, , Probably tbe
great secret of tbe Tribune's deep interest
in ihe Chinese, is a corresponding interest,
felt in the African, aa the introduction of
Chinese labor South, will be apt to bring
About a competition that will compel the
freed man to do his best If Koopmanschap
Sl Co. would bring laborers to Oregon at
auch prices aa tbey talk of for CaroIina(
we would raise wheat to satisfy the pres
ent low prices. We are not prepared to
expend great deal of compassion on any
Chkara&a who chooses to coma here and
work for from two to ten tines as much as
be can earn at borne. They only come
over, at all, opon the expectation, or prom
ise direct, ' what they consider aa a good
thing, and ft they are more than satisfied, we
have no , cause to grieve for them. What
wo want is cheap labor for the benefit of
Oregon,' and for the benefit of the white
people oi Oregon. Hoping of course that
the Asiatic races will '? benefitted and
enlightened by intercourse with us. II they
think tbey are getting rich working for $10
per, month, yhj Should 'anybody feel
obliged to make them unhappy by teller
hf( ;Contrary. ; , Twelve hundred Chinese
have returned to China from San Franeia
cof and Portland within two weeks and
probably they carried home the means to
make them independent there in amall
way.-- ...
Behind th Timis. Our Democratic
neighbors across the Columbia seen to be
devoting all their kwf. wUi fci Wist
aneo of tbe .Oregaa r'i, U tit fcA f
defeating Mr. Ci.",. ' , :t fcC-
rf9f ' W wtl oadat Impression that
ha was iady eleetel, but it Can't !' &it '
sensible people would try to weaiea the
influence of their only DeVe-iii, especially
when theyhiva to aaci. tot hfca ta Aa
And so we conclude they $gtf kgf v-at
I appea4 la Jane laat. ;;r r
Expedition to Behove Snake Ixdiaks.
From a letter written by Dr. McKay to a
gentleman in this city, we learn that Mr.
Meacham safely reached tbe Indian coun
try the latter part of October, bt found
' only a few Indian bands, aad many of those
who did come to tbe Ooirnefl were deter
mined not to remove, to the Reservation
This was tire result after several days Bpent
ia CooDcil with tirem. The Chief Ye ye
, wa-wa and bis Indians, of the Malheur Dis
trlct,'reruseto go to tbe Reservation. These
are tbe TJBes who have been among tbe
most' warlike and troublesome, and they
-will probably have to be coerced. Dr.
McKay thinks they are not subdued and
are likely at any time to resume hostilities,
but are restrained by the presence of the
military. At the date of writing the Coun
cil was deferred to await the arrival of old
Winnemucca. the Piute Chief, so well
kuown in Washoe and California. This
old rascal, who used to go on the war path
in Oregon and Idaho, at the very time he
was counted as a good peace subject in
: Nevada, found it convenient to leave just
before Mr. Meacham arrived, and an ex
press bad to be sent after bim. Ocheyo,
one of tbe most influential Piute Chiefs,
declared in open Council that he and his
people wonld go to the Reservation ; his
people number 250, they are the same with
whom Gen. Crook had such a battle at the
head of Pitt River. He is now very friend
ly and mnch good is hoped from bis assis
tance. '
Oregon Wheat at the East. A. A.
McCuliy, Esq., informs us that he failed to
take some good samples of our wheat East
with him, as be intended ; but that he met
a gentleman who had, received a small lot
from a friend in Oregon, which he had ex
hibited at several county fairs in Illinois,
causing great surprise to farmers there.
This seems not to have been as good a year
as usual for wheat at the West, and Mr.
McCuliy shows a small sample gr.thered
from grain in the stack, in Iowa, that few
of our folks would believe intended for
wheat at all. We have no hesitation in
saying that if a hundred bushels of it was
run through the screens and cleaning works
of either of the Salem flouring mills, it
would all screen off into the waste pile,
and it is doubtful it Oregon chickens would
eat it unless at the very point of starvation.
When at the East several years ago, we
noticed that wheat on the Ohio River was
shrivelled and shrunk and bore no compar
to that raised on this coast.
Railroads. It may be entensively known
but it is not generally borne in mind, that
the California and Oregon Railroad is com
ing to meet tbe Oregon Central nt a much
better rate than ours is going that way.
In this is our main hope, for when that end
is built half way and this is well started,
we need never fear tbe enterprise failing.
Says the Yreka Journal :
The California and Oregon Railroad is
progressing rapidly from Murysville north
ward, with 600 Chinamen at work. The
grade is now completed frcm Marysville to
the .Feather River, and tbe bridge across
that stream is nearly finished. Unless ex
traordinary stormy weather interferes, it is
expected the road will be completed to
Chico by New Year's. From thence it can
be built to the month of Pitt River
during tbe balance of tbe winter, and next
summer proceed with tbe road to Shasta
Valley and Yreka, so that it may be possi
ble to have the roai to Ibis place, in about
a year, or two years at farthest.
There is no reason to believe any great
good of Lord Byron, but tbe story told by
Mrs. Stowe, which has gone the rounds and
created such a sensation all over the world,
seems to be plainly contradicted by the
letters written by Lady Byron to Lady
Augusta Leigb, tbe very week after ber
separation from Byron. There she called
her by every endearing name, as sister and
friend, which she could bardly have done if
she believed ber guilty of tbe horrible
crime charged against her in conversation
with Mrs. Stowe, so many years after. The
horrible scandal bad better be dropped,
for no human agency can give it positive
proof or positive denial. Nothing short of
a confessidn of guilt by one of the parties
can establish the charge, and we fear no
means exist to remote tbe horrible sus
picion already created.
A Mormom Girl Escapes. A yonng
Scotch girl named Emily Kane, aged 17f
who was lately converted to the Mormon
faith and induced to cross the ocean and
journey to Salt Lake, finding thing? -s
they are at the city of tbe Saints, wbeie an
old sinner of sixty claimed her tor his wife,
No. 4, and hearing Brigbara declare, in a
sermon, that a man must have three wives
to escape damnation, fled to a camp of Uni
ted States soldiers, who protected her and
paid her passage to Omaha. She Worked
ber way to New York, where her story be
came known to a gentleman, who paid her
passage back to Scotland, where she In
tend to expose to Mormon converts what
a vile imposture it Is.
Romantic Incident. A British officer in
India, saw a picture of a Minnesota girl in
the bonse of an American missionary, he
was so well pleased that he opened a cor
respondence, then they became engaged,
and last winter he came on and married
ber at her home in the northwest, has taken
ber to make tbe European tour, and they
bave returned to visit ber home again be
fore starting for India.
Oa many continental railways dinner for
passengers is ordered by telegraph and
sent in from tbe next station. It ia eaten
as the train proceeds and tbe debris re
moved at some point beyond. Each man's
dinner is served up in a basket, contrived
with shelves, and a good dinner costs half
a dollar.
Ex-Go v. Wood and family, who visited
Oregon this fall, bave lately returned, after
Visiting every point of interest in Califor
nia and Oregon and undergoing a ship
wreck, as they were on board tbe Sierra
Nevada, bound for Mexico, when she struck
reef and went down, a short time ago.
I Socthxrjt RAawATs Seven new rail
ways are in process of construction in
Georgia. Several oew ones are planned in
Alabama and Tennessee and there Is sign
of activity and prosperity in the South,
even more than was expected before the
war.
j A terrific panic lately occurred in a Meth
odist Church In Troy, New York," caused
by aa alarm of fire. Some one struck np a
good old Methodist tune, and the power of
jauslo quelled the tomnlt when many lives
were to danger, m v I - T
j pyaters f re brought through on the Pa
cific Railroad from New York to San Fran
cisco, at a eost $f t29 T5 pet barrel, cur
xeacy. ; plcro" lavo to pay dm for the
diraresc EtoahraWr ti Chesv
peakeEajv- tit :-.ui.. a.G; : -
From Astoria.
A correspondent writing from Astoria,
Nov. 22d, gives ua the following interesting
items;. ;.'
Xi e have had very stormy weather for the
last week. The Ajax left here for San Fran
cisco to-day, Joseph Ilolman and Hoyt of
Salem were on board, bound for the East ;
they seemed to be in fine spirits. There are
five vessels here waiting for a favorable
opportunity to cross the Bar, or for tbe tug,
which is expected every day. " Our com
merce is well represented at present Tbe
Ilattie Bessie, bonnd for Hong Kong ; Cam
bridge for Honolula, Adeline Elwood for
Liverpool, Helen W. Alma and Walter Ral
eigh for San Francisco. Tbey all bave full
cargoes. This is only the commencement
of tbe great trade that is bound to spring
up between tbe Columbia river and other
ports. All we want to bring this great
trade around, is a Railroad from Astoria to
Salem, only ninety-threi miles, which will
connect one of the greatest grain growing
countries in the world frith the coast.
J. W. W.
Death of D
.u Tbe old citizens
of this valley,
ecially bis old friends
in this country,
many years, will
re be resided for so
to hear of bis death,
which occurred
ately at Lewiston, I. T.
Only the evening before the papers came
announcing his death, we received a letter
from bim announcing his intention to re
move to the Upper Touchet, 30 miles above
Walla Walla. He spoke of being unwell,
but hoped to recover in a few days. Dr.
Robert Newell was a man of considerable
information, of tbe most kindly heart, and
who had many friends. He bad a natural
insight into Indian character and was al
ways influential among that race, and much
esteemed by tbem. Coming to Oregon at a
very early day, he was connected with the
Fur Companies and spent tbe best years of
bis life among tbe Nez Perces, who esteem
ed him as a personal friend and bad tbe ut
most confidence in him. His death was not
unexpected, for be had lived to an ad
vanced age and for some time bad been in
feeble bealth.
Ross Brown lately delivered a lecture on
China, or San Francisco, in which he belit
tled the Chinese nation as much as postible
and made his diplomatic intercourse with
them the theme of ridicule and complaint.
We all know that tbe Chinese nation needs
the assistance of civilization to raise tbem
above.the prejudices and superstitions of
thousands of years, and no doubt tbe facts
are pretty much as he describes, but bis
want of fitness for the position he lately
held is very fully proven by his present
course. As a diplomatic agent be should
consider the interests of the government and
its dignity more than to make tbe people to
whom he was accredited the subject of con
tempt. Of course his conduct will be known
in China and will tend to complicate our
relations with that Empire. However the
satire of Ross Brown is spiced by ihe iact
of his removal, and tbe good sense, of the
President in so removing bim, is made man
ifest by his leetures. He may bave great
national qualifications as a lecturer and
magazinist, but he don't pan out -well in
diplomacy or statistics.
W. L. Adams, Esq., who has been lectur
ing in New England on Oregon, his sent
us a handsomely printed copy of tbe ec
ture be delivered in Boston. We have read
it with much interest, for, although quite
couleiir de rose in some instances, where Mr.
Adams becomes as enthusiastic as an Ore-
gonian must when comparing our Slate
with New England, still it is in all essential
respects a faithful account of Oregon, de
scribing the different sections of our State
accurately, and witl a great extent of in
formation, gathered in a long residenco and
wide experience that dates from the times
of the pioneers. We must own, too, that
many passages of Mr. Adams' lecture are
elegantly written.' and mnst bave been well
received, for even the ontcroppings of
frontier style and energy, so frequently dis
played, were calculated to enlist tbe atten
tion of a New England audience, and none
can be found more appreciative ot a worthy
theme.
We aro now writing impersonally from
an independent standpoint: and here do
clare to all mankind, that in point of re
spectability as a paper, and tbe individual
ity of those who control our co'umns, we
are the peer of any in the land "be he
highland, lowland, etc., in that pertains
to a paper and a gentleman. Commercial.
There is so much ''high, low. Jack"
about the above that we accept it as a very
small "game of brag," else we should have
to conclude that tbe Thunderer bad again
broken loose and invaded Oregon. His
pitching into tbe Indian Department is less
terrific and much less dangerous. How
ever, the Bull is so well Pickel-ed in that
the performance can be witnessed with en
tire safety. : '
Volcaxic Em'PTiON.-Tbe telegraph brings
news of a disastrous volcanic eruption in
the southwestern corner of Granada, about
fifteen miles from the town of Popayan. on
the Cauca River, in which two or tnree vil
lages were destroyed. Soon after tbe erup
tion tbe river rose to great height, and
quantities of lava were floated by, tbickly
strewn with dead bodies. Tbe next day
the river was quite dry. Popyan was a
well-built city of about 25.000 inhabitants.
It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1834.
The last shock was also felt at Quito.
Ten years ago a yonng man named
Quackenbush drove a lot of cattle to New
York, sold them and was robbed of tbe
money) and went to California leaving bis
friends to think he was dead! There be
and two others f formed a partnership,
agreeing that in case of death the survivor
or survivors should bave all tbe Company
property.' They went to Australia, where
last year bis two partners died, leaving
bim $150,000. He sailed for Liverpool, in
tending to return to his early home. He
died at. Liverpool on Lis arrival, and his
friends Inherit bis wealth after long be
lieving him dead.
' What thet ark Worth. -A Portland
paper wants to know how mnch city officers
are worth in Salem. Tbey are worth so
little thai we can hold an election without
either violence or corruption, j And at the
same time they are worth so . much that
with more than half the population of Port
land, we do not bave one "drank and dis
orderly" to their ten. With a city tax ot
only four mills on tbe dollar, we have more
miles of good sidewalk than they, and less
of muddy streets. ,,..-..-.
The Louisville Convention appointed a com
mittee of prominent gentlemen to wait oa
President Grant, who congratulated him on
the snocets'of bis administration: This
seemed to ns a most sensible thing to do. We
hoped to learn that Oregon was represented
on that committee. Capt. Miller was the
only delegate front our Bute, and we regret
to know that he was not one of these gentle
men. But, no doubt, be be ni'y joined la
pasting the resolatioa ceisrfttsUt&X the Pres
ide&t. ; !'-.::-- 5
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GENEEALNEWS.
The Polk county terns of Circuit Court
concluded last week, without securing the
conviction of any person indicted in connec
tion with the death of Jenny Boyce. Coch
ran, with whom tbe girl lived, after being
imprisoned all summer was discharged by
the action of tbe grand jury, as no bill was
found against bim. He was made a witness
for tbe State against Mrs. Fender, the moib
er of the deceased girl, against whom an
indictment was iound. Mr. Fender was
tried and acquitted. Fender, the step fath
er of Jenny Boyce, was examined last
spring bnt not bound over, and immedi
ately after he disappeared and has not been
heard of since. Brennumer, who was in
dicted for stealing Odd Fellows' money,
was also tried and acquitted. We learn
these particulars from Messrs. Sullivan and
Whitson, who are here attending Court-
Portland Items. The following we take
from tbe Oregonian: Oregon hops put up
by U. Wells & Co., of Buena Vista, are in
the Portland market, put up in good shape
and ft superior article J. C. Cart
wright has been sent for to defend Burmee
ter, but official business prevents bis going-
During tbe season there crossed tbe
bridge at Sandy, going east, cattle 2,254,
sheep 8.730 j going botb ways, horses 307,
pack nnnimals 576, wagons 297 Tbe
corner of Morrison and Tenth streets sold
at auction for $1,800 coin The Ajax
ran aground at Sauvie's Island and lay till
Saturday at 10 a. m Iusurance agents
are getting into a row W. J. Sim-
monds, who left Hamilton in September
with a mule train, is wanted at tbe Moun
taineer office. Dalles Moses Taylor was
to sail Irom ban trancisco yesterday at 4
p. m.
Douglas Cocnty. The Ensiqn says Mr.
James Uarpene while out bunting got lost
from his companions, and wat found the
next day sick and almost exhausted. He
bad killed a large panther in the meantime
which bad passed the night in disagreeable
proximity to tbe nnfortunate hunter. . . .
Tbe graded school in Rosebnrg is in a pros
perous condition Ibeonenti has col
lected Ifll.bOO ot the taxes for tbe year,
He finds coin plentiful and money matters
pretty easy The North Umpqua has
been too high tor the stage to cross. U
H. Gale is writing a book of poems.
Portland Items. The Herald has the
following : Jacob Rodemaker, of Corval-
lis, came to Portland on Sunday. During
tbe fire alarm on Monday night bis land
lord found bim lying on a back porch, and
thinking him to be drunk, ordered bim to
get up or be would call the pqlicc. The
man got up. stsiggered and Ml again, when
it was discovered that his throat was cut
through the carotid arteries, jugular vein
and windpipe. He expired in about ten
minutes. Deceased was from Germany, had
benn in Corvallis two years, living with a
brother-in-law O. D. Buck had his
right knee badly crushed while working on
Vaughn's wharf, by the fall of a heavy
timber. The first surgeon called was called
was afraid of a mal-practice miit. Dr.
Chapman was then called iu, and ti e man
is doing well Chas. Burcbardt brings
oysters with him from the hast. JleeX'
pects to receive them regularly in the fu
ture Tom Nealv whipped the U. S.
Marshal. Young Jacol Ripley and
HeDry Heath are convicted on two charges
of grand larceny The O. S. N. Co.'s
telegraphic cable, across tbe river, was
broken by dnit wood.
From tbe Commercial we learn that tbe
machinery of the Telfair was damaged
while off tbe Columbia Bar in the gale. .
Morrison street is to be planked instead ol
the gravel.
Tbe Herald adds that A. B. GIeaf n, of
Wheatland, was robbed of $000 at the
New Columbian. He bad deposited some
money in the bank, had that left; forgot it
and left it under bis pillow in tbe morning
and on returning could find no trace of tbe
money or thief Tbe Coroner's inquest
found that Jacob Radawasker, a native of
Prussia, comm tted suicide by cutting bis
throat with a razor Indian Jim was
was convicted of manslaughter and will be
sentenced to-day Ihe City Marshal
arrested a man named Wilson, charged
with murder and stealing, on a requisition
from the Governor of Was! ington Terri
tory ..A fellow got hold of a bill of
lading from (ieo. risher or hitigene, forged
his name to a receipt, traded tbe stuff off
for a watcb. and is wanted by those who
would urge bis claims to a position under
the State authorities The Cornucopia
aridir is causing statements and denials in
tbe papers, lots of 'em.
Jackson Cocnty. We learn from the
Xews that parties at Jacksonville have dia
covered some splendid quartz, very fine
quartz, indeed, bnt no gold in it. Pack
trains and wagons bave all returned satis
fied A man named Young was tbrown
from his horse in the Overbeck Grove and
bad his ear so badly smashed that amputa
tion was necessary Skunks are still
numerous ; tbey have chased several ladies
off the street..;... The small pox scare at
Wagner was a false alarm Game is
very plentiful there as elsewhere The
steamer has ceased calling at Crescent City.
James D. Fay sues Josephine county
to compel payment or a connty warrant in
coin The Sentinel says the Chinese
miners are about ready to commence work.
tbe rains baviag furnished water to begin
with Mr. Channel of Applegate, rais
ed from one Early Rose potato, 260 pounds,
and from one pound of JNorway oats 54
bushels.
Portland Itkms. We learn from the Or
egonian that the Alert on Wednesday morn
idg towed up tbe river two scows, one
having on board the locomotive which
came down tho day previous from tbe Cas
cades, and the other about seventy tons of
railroad iron. It was tbe intention to tow
them up tbe Clackamas river and land the
locomotive on tbe track on tbe south bank,
but it was found impracticable to do so, as
tbe water had already fallen so low that
tbe boat ran aground at tbe first rapids.
The Alert then backed out and towed tbe
scows to tbe mouth of Abernetby creek
end np that stream to. where tbe railroad
crosses it Tbe scows were left there. A
piece ot track will be laid and tbe locomo.
tive will be inn off tbe scow on to tbo
rack, and then the work goes on......
Tbe steamer Carrie, on ber last trip to Mon
ticello, ran on a gravel bar and by tbe
morning tbe water bad fallen so as to leave
ber 'high and dry." She may have to wait
a month for water to float her and ber 15
tons of freight A sneak thief confis
cated a fur rcbe from Dubois' store and in
turn was nipped himself. ..... Tbe Senator
made two extra trips to Oregon City to ac
commodate tbe dedicationists J. C.
Ainswor.h and others have incorporated
"The Masonic Building Aseocia ion of Port
land," witii a capital of $09,000 in shares
of $50...... Mr. Lloyd Brooke, ot this
city, has in bis garden. At corner of Sev
enth and Washington streets, raspberries in
all stages' of development from bloom to
ripeness. Only a few days of snnshine
wonld be required to give the family an
abundance of berries for table nse.. ..
The first ten miles of railroad was com
pleted on Tuesday. Tbe Clackamas bridge
is to be rebuilt by the 20th of Deo......
The Gosaie Telfair will sail on Saturday for
Yictoria, , ...,.., ., . J
- Tbe Herald bas aa account of tho man
whose body was found in a schoolhouse on
the Cowlitz, some time ago. ' , It seems that
some rascals ia jail at Olympla fell out aad
exposed each other. His namo was Wi
deen, a mechanic -of Portland. One Wil
fon and a half-breed, named St. Martin,
killed bim with a club and robbed his body
ot three or four hundred dollars, the result
of a summers' work at Tacoma. A sack,
containing bis books, letters and clotbing
bas been found and there is a fair prospect
of justice being vindicated on the perpetra.
tors of tbe foul outrage. Mrs. Wideen, his
widow, has gone to Monticello to obtain
the body and pursue an examination ot the
affair Ripley and Heath were each
sentenced to thrre years in tbe Peniteniten-
tiary Butler &, Myers, farmers of
Mnltnomah county, have a second crop of
flax, two feet high and in full bloom. The
Herald baa a sample on exhibition......
Francis Perry, whose mill at SL Helens
washed away, writes : "On tbe 17th of
this month my sawmill went away. I was
shutting off tbe supply just at the moment
' of rising. My two sons were with me and
we all had a narrow escape. I was carried
under the water for 25 yards and came up
among the drift below. My boy Oliver I
recovered about three hundred yards be
low, while Francis, my other son, got Into
safe quarters. We t-hall probably save
most of tbe machinery." .The Geo. S.
Wright has been laid up till further orders.
Clackamas County. From the Enterprise
we learn that J. J. Dawson, of Tillamook,
got his feet entangled in a rope while as
sisting in the attempt to save the Clacka
mas liridge. and fell from the pier in such
a manuer us to break bis le.
Another Pi
GqE. Dr.
Lewiston on
ltouert rseweil o
Sunday laet, Nov
He. wu8 born
in Zanesville, Oh
in 1S07, and was
one of tbe lust of
who crossed the
te early pioneers
ltocky Mountains
in 1835, and for a few years lived at
theLapwai. He settled at Champoeg,
Marion county Oregon, in 1842, and
was one of the members of the first
Legislature of Oregon called togeth
er under the Provisional Government.
No one's name is more familiar to the
people of Oregon and this Territory,
thaa that of l)r. Newell. He was a
member of the Legislature of Oregon
in 1S60, and was appointed Indian
Agent for tho Nez Perce Indiana in
1SGS, oyer wliwo he has for thirty
years exercised great influence. He
leaves a large family of children, and
one sister, residing in Umatilla Coun
ty, Oregon. 11 'alia Walla Union.
Army Offickks Dec.raded.
Captain W. F. Bailey, Thirty-third
United States Infantry, a graduate of
West Point, from Ohio, has just been
tried by court-martial and dismissed
the service, fr refusing to pay his
board and tailor bills in San Antonio,
Texas, and the President has con
firmed the sentence. Lieutenant J.
II. Shellaberger, seventh United
States Cavalry, of Ohio, has been dis
missed the army, for impiopcr con
duct as an officer. Captain Louis E
Grauger, Twentieth United States
Infantry, of Massachusetts, has been
dismissed the service, and senMteed
to imprisonment at the Dry Tortugas,
fur conduct unbecoming an offi, er ami
a gentleman, aud hr the misappropri
ation of public money. He w as an
agent ot the Freedmen's Bureau; aud
misappropriated its fut ds, and, in ad
dition, sold his pay accotmts for the
months of January, Ftbuary, March
and April, 18G9, to several parties,
giving rolls to different fi.ms lor the
eame months' pay.
Drowsed. From Mr. Colwcll, of
the Creseut City stage line, we learn
that a young man, 17 or 18 years of
age, was drowned iu Illinois river, Jo
sephine county, a few days since.
II ts name was William Wakeman.
He was endeavoring to cross tho riv
er on horseback when the accident
happened. His liody had not, up to
latest information, been recuvered.
Sentinel.
The Commercial Herald, of San
Francisco, says : There is one thing
certain, the Oregonians deserve much
credit for the superior quality of much
of their flour now largely consumed by
our citzens.
The time of the charter of the
Bank of British North America has
been extended to June, lbSl.
The passenger and freight busi-
ness ot tlieracilic llailroad contin
ues large. The travel Westward ia
about double that Eastward.
Late Arizona news says flour in
Prescott is $26, gold, per2barrel ; but
ter $2 per pound ; eygs, S2 per dozen.
Fancy prices iu eeneral for all provi
sions. The Yreka Journal saya : The
first T rail rolled on the Pacific coast
was manufactured at the Pacific Roll
ing Mills, San Francisco, on the 4th
inst. These mills have recieved -a-large
order for rails from the Oregon
Pacific Railroad.
A English banker's beautiful daughter
fsw a pensive Mahomedan in London, fell
in love with and married him. accompanied
him to Calcutta, to find her home a misera
ble dwelling and herself the fourth wife of
a teacber of languages. Sbe took passage
back in tbe same ship, and is now one of
the loveliest of Indian widows.
The French police seize many newspa
pers and periodicals where circulation is
prescribed, and to make a sure thing of it
boil tbem np, selling tbe pulp to cardboard
and paper manufacturers.
The Oregonian tells about tie "sub ma
rine cable" at that pUce. Tbe WalUuiet"
is a frightful stream, but we were not awuie
that it was quite so bad as that.
Thi Ki.no oc Bavakia kindly permitted
Doct. J. C. Ayer to have a copy taken ol
Katich's celebrated cni)sn1 statute of Victory,
wbicb belongs tn the Ritvariau crown and
standi at the entrance of the Royal Palace at
Munich. The Doctor bad K cast iu bronze,
and has prevented it to tbe City of Lowell,
where it stands io tbe Park and symbolizes the
triumphs of both freedom and medicine.- Her
manufactures are tbe pride of Lowell, and
foremost among tbem Aria's Medicines
make her name gratefully remembered by tbe
unnumbered multitude who are cared by tbem
of afflicting and often dangerous dieeatea.
Boston Journal.
An Established Kehedt. Brown's
Bkoncuial Troches" are widely kaonn m
an established remedy for Coughs, Colde,
Bronchitis, Hoarsnets and tbtr troubles of
the Throat and Longs. Their good repntattan
aud extensive nae bas brought oat Imitations,
represented to be the same. Obtain only
" Brown's Bronchial Trochtt." . ...
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Eerf r Is
: bseominjr a nniveraal tav, rite for restoring
gray hair to ft original idor, and making
hair grow oat thick.
lea it
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Memphis, Nov. 20. A train on the Miss
issippi Central Railroad ran off tbe track
on Friday night, smashing cars and break
ing tbe limbs of a number of passengers.
No turtber damage.
Toronto. Nov. 21. L. J. O'Neil. Inspect
or, authoritatively contradicts tbe Father
McMabon stories of his statement while in
Kingston Penitentiary.
Springfield, Mass., Nov. 20. Burbank's
new hotel at Pittsfield, six stories high,
was blown down this morning.
Richmond, Nov. 20. Judge Johnstou, ac
knowledging the receipt of his credentials
as Senator. writ;s tn uov. Walker, indors
ing the piinciple of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and hoping it will soon become a
part of tbe Constitution. He advocates j
exact and complete faith in in the payment,
of tbe public debt, and advises that oil
dead issues be cast aside.
Havana, Nov. 20. The campaign in Cien
anga De Lespata is concluded. The insur
gents have escaped to Cincas Villa. Nearly
a thousand Chinamen were found near Cie
nega, who had organized an independent
government. Tbey were arrested.
New York. Nov. 20. Tbe English ship
Royal Standard was wrecked off Rio Ja
neiro and eight passengers drowned and
seventy-three saved.
Dr. Livingstoue's report of hi9 discover
ies in Africa, up to July, 1868, is pub
lished. Private advices from Washington say the
the sugar cane burning in Cnba is much
more extensive than the Havana authori
ties admitted. Tile work, it is added, is
made general.
Chicago, Nov. 20. Reports of damage
by tbe storm reach us from all points, from
Denver to Boston. Daildings unroofed
and fences demolished. Throughout tbe
country the damage has been very severe
New York. Nov. 20. Tbe Woman's Par
liament held a meeting yesterday and dis
cussed the project lor a new paper. A sec
ond ueeting in this city is proposed.
New York, Nov. 21. Senator Sumner, in
a lecture at Elizabeth. New Jersey, last
night, said that the Chinese question must
be met. Attention was once attracted to
the negro, now it is the Chinese who de
mand protection. Nothing can be settled
which does not right this. The question
can only be settled in barmouy with the
principles of our fathers and in conform
ity with right and justice, 'the Chinese
must have equal copartner-hip for justice.
It is the best policy and best practice.
A fire destroyed the white lead works
of Pierce, Anderson t Dtmglas. Thomas
Wallace with his wife and child occupied
the third tory. Ueing cut off by tbe
flames, they joined hands and leaped from
the third story window. The father and
child were instantly killed, and the mother
lived but two bouts.
Tbe Tribune hopes that if Congress dcn"t
see tit to resume specie payment tbe Su
preme Court will.
I'jris. Nov. 20. A dispatch from Ismalia
announces that the Emperor ot Austria
had set out on his return lioni Suez.
Advices Irom Alexandtia contain intelli
gence that the .Suez canal is successful.
The Imperial yacbt Aigle. wijh !he En
press on board, arrived at Suez without ac
cident. Madrid. Nov. 19. The noniin;iti-m of the
Duke r (ienoH to the throne received the
support of li;l deputies seiit to the Cortes.
Sun Francisco. N-v. 22. In tin I'. S.
District Court to day. the case of the U. S.
vs. 3t).()0t worth ol opium is on trial.
District Attorney I'ixley appeals for the
prosectiiion and .Messrs. Slurp and Ilyland
tor ihe defence. Tbe case is creating con
siderable interest.
The next stetimer for China w ill be tbe
Japan, to sail on the 1st of December.
It is stated that a duel is to come off this
morning, somewhere in Marin county, be
tween a couple of typos. The police are
on the lookout. A female is at the bottom
of the embrog io.
The ship General Lee, for Liverpool
with $5j.(id0 worth of wheat was abandon
ed at sea. Oct. 12th. Ship und cargo in
sured iu England.
Doston. Jfov. 22. The Eoyleston Bank
was robbad by a man who hired a room ad
joining:, giving bis name as W. A. Jud-'on.
trom Calilornia. He opened business as a
dealer in wine bitters, built a closet next
the safe wall, ami drilled through and ex
tracted the valuables deposited for safe
keeping by private parties.
New York. 22d. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made this morning by the con
victs at Trenton State prison to blow up
tbe walls with powder and effect tb?ir es
cape. The explosion occurred, but not in
suflicient force to blow up the walls.
Luke Egan. who was spirited away by
Superintendent Kenneday.was brought here
on a writri)f habeas corpus and hooorably
discharged.
The Evening rout says that it s asserted
by the Democracy that the Fire Department
is to be reorganized by the next Legisla
ture. Each company will bo allowed 25
men. instead of 12, as at present ; the num
ber of companies increased to 50. and there
will be an increase in the force of 700 men.
It appears that the new judiciary article
in the new State Constitution was adopted
by about 5.000. Tbe lemainder of the in
strument is defeated.
Washington, 22d, The President bas pro
moted Robert M. i Douglas, son of tbe late
Senator Douglas, as his private secretary.
St. Louis, 22d. The body of another man
was taken from tbe Fifth street ruins to day.
Two more are in sight, and will be removed
as soon as possible, ;
San Francisco. 23 1: Sam. Piatt, lawyer,
was sent to jail for 48 hours, for contempt
of court in being drunk.
Knrepe.
New Castle, England, Nov. 22. Five men
were publicly flogged in the jail yard at
this place yesterday.
Port Said. 22d. The ship Hawk, of the
telegraph service, has passed through tbe
canal, and will lay a telegraph cable from
this point to Suez, on the bottom of tbe
canal.
Madrid. 22d. Accounts are received of
the earthquake at tbe Pbillipine Islands.
The sea rose and buildings were prostrated.
The loss of property is very great at Ma
drid. Eight persons were killed and many
injured.
Fort Scott. Nov. J2. The Railroad men
nd parties interested in the Osage Canal
swindle are attending the Chernkte Coun
cil trying to r-b)in the Indian's land. The
Cherokees will not sell, but say they will
build tbeir own railroads.
Trenton. Nov. 22. The Red River insur
rection is increasing in importance. Be
sides the expulsion of Governor McDougal,
Fort McGarry bas been seized and is la the
hands of the Provisional Governor Brouse.
The Hudson Bay men do not support Mc
Dougal. The English and Scotch favor
Brouse. Americans are nentral. Business
is not disturbed. Six hundred Liberators
have sworn not to surrender.
. Netf York, Nov. 23 -U. S District Attor
ney IVrpont bas libeled and attached the
twenty -five Spanish gunboats on the charge
that they are Intended to be used against
Peru, a power at peace with our govern
ment A demand for them by tbe Spanish
Minister was disregarded. Tbe Spanish
government has mvie a formal demand.and
it is aald that the g6nboaU will be released
If Spain gives a bond that they shall not be
nsed against a nation at peace with tbe
tnited State. The idea that Cuba bas
some beligereot rights is said to occur also
in the affair, and this is a quasi-recognition
of that nnar Thi Amrtnun in
West Indies has been augmented in case of
A a . . . -
tronoie arising' from this difficulty with
Spain.
2L Sinco the 5tb of July, 1,200 mca
bars enlisted io the Cuban army. Tbe pat
riot army is confident of success, and are
willing to submit to all the hardships inci
dent to tbe war. Tbey are in need ol arms'
and ammunition.
A committee appointed by tbe Methodist
General Conference to examine tbe alleged
defalcations in tbe book concern, report
that there has been do serious loss through
the purchases by middle men ; bnt there
have been serious losses by bad manage
ment in the book department. They ap
prove the general management of tbe book
concern.
Tbo steamship Lcipsic has been detailed
to go to Panama lot tbe purpose of astist
iug in tbe survey of the Darien ship canal,
the Government having secured a treaty
giving it sole control over the canal.
Chicago, 23. An Omaha special says the
Vigilance Committee gave tbe gamblers
yesterday six hours to leave, which they did
immediately. The Vigilantes at Promontory
also drove out nil the thieves aud gamblers
Irom that place, on Sunday last,
Detroit, Mich. 24. A Convention in the
interest of the Northern Pacifio and Michi
gan shore line Railroad was held at Sagin
aw to-day. Abont sixty delegates, includ
ing some irom Oregon, were piesem, vuu
gressman Briggs presided.
San Francisco, Nov. 24. Evening Tbe
steamer Ajax bas just arrived.
New York quotations to-day Gold 12G
0126J.
Wheat and flour unchanged.
Liverpool, wheat 93 Gil.
Flour Beyond the usual local demand
maiket quiet.
Wheat Sales of 10U sks choice at SI 50;
at close, 500 sks lair shipping, SI 351 40.
Barley 400 sks coast, private ; COO sks
do.'at !)5c ; 300 sks choice $100; market
quiet at 90c $1 10
Oats - We bear of no sales ; quotable at
$1 101 20 ; at close, sale of 200 sacks
good at $1 45.
EUROPEAN.
London, Nov. 22. It is now absolutely
certain that the African traveler.. Living
stone, is safe. Tbe Duke of Atgyle. yester
day, received a telegram from the Gov. of
Bombay, announcing that be had just re
ceived a letter from Livingstone, dated
L'jiji, May 13. He was in good health and
everywhere well treated.
The tihip Spendthrift, from Shanghea.
with tea, was totally wrecked off Duogeness,
only Cfty miles from port. ,
There have been many failures in the
grain trade in Liverpool. Several firms
had extensive Americati connectiens.
Paris. Nov. 23. The Imperial yacht Aigle.
with the Empress on board, and the Imper
ial fleet, left Suez yesterday and reached
i he Mediterranean to-day. The success of
tbe inauguration is complete. Tbe Emper
or ot Austria will leave Cairo on Thursday
on his return to Europe.
A Great Salt Mine..
The San Jose Patriot thus tie
scribes tlie Humbolt salt mine, about
eighty miles northwest of Austin and
not far from the railroad line :
The surface of this salt plain looks
exactly like that of a lake irozen over.
I he salt is hard aud smooth as ice.
Were it not for fine particles which
are condensed from vapors arising
from beneath, and which cover the
crystalline salt to tho depth of per
haps one eighth of an inch, it would
make an excellent skating rink at
all times of the year, exceot during
the very infrequent occasion when
covered with water. This magnifi
cent expanse of crystalized salt is no
less than twenty miles in width, with
out a break or flaw, or one particle
of soil for the greater portion of that
extent. The stratum of solid salt, we
had almost said ice which it continu
ally suggests to our mind, is about
six or seven inches thick, under which
comes a. layer of sticky singular look
ing mud about two feet thy'k, and
under this again another stratum of
solid salt as hard as quartz and trans
parent as glass, of unknown thickness
to us. When we visited the mine
about four years ago, we found a hole
w hich had been sunk about six feet
into its lower layer of salt, near the
edge of the deposit, without going
through it In Summer this salt
plain, glittering and scintillating in
the light of an almost tropical eun,
presents a most brilliant appearance.
The frosty covering of the solid salt
is as white as driven snow, while that
portion when exposed reflects daz
zling prismatic colon. Ol course there
ia salt enough in this immense deposit
to supply the world for untold ages.
I is remarkably pure, being 05 per
cent, salt, and five per cent, soda,
purer than that we use for our tables.
'Eterhal Disn Washixg ' We
are not sure that the ladies will thankus
for reproducing the following by Rev.
T. K. Beecher, as it may be simply
repeating a, to them, tiresome truth;
but it will show them that at least
one man appreciates their real condi
tion in lite :
The quiet fidelity with which 'she
will dish-wash her life away for 'him'
is a marvel of endurance and grace.
Just here ia the servitude of woman
heaviest no sooner is her work done
than it requires to be done again.
Man works up jobs, ends them, and
takes his pay. This pay can be
translated into something else desira
ble. f A man works all day, and
drsf.we pay for his day's work. This
pay allures him, as oats a horse home
ward bound. Thus men work by termB
and jobs ; and although work is
endless as to quantity, yet when- cut
up thus into terms and jobs, we men
go heartily on our journey and count
our milestones. Not bo with our mate.
She, inenda our socks, and we put
our irrepressible toe upon the darned
spot, and she darns it, again. 'She'
washes for the family, and the family
makes haste to send back the same
garments to be washed again. 'She'
puts the room in order, and we get
ready to be 'rid up' again. The same
socks, the same washing, the same
room every time. She has no, suc
cessive jobs, no terms, no pay day. no
tally stick of life. She washes the
same dish three hundred and sixty
five yes, three times three hundred
and sixty-five times every year. No
wonder she breaks it and is glad of
it ! What a relief to say, I,ve done
with that dish !'
On the arrival of a i emigrant-ship
some years ago, when the North
Carolina lay oil" the Battery, an Irish
man, hearing the gun fired at sunset,
inquired of one of ti e sailors' what it
was. 'What's that V 'Why, that's
sunset,' was the contemptuous reply.'
'SunBet !' Paddy exclaimed, with dis
tended eyes ; ' sunset t Howly
Moses ( and does the sun go down
iu this country with such a clap as
thatf
Great hers ot cat'.l have been
driven from Iowa to spend the winter
on the prairies of Southern Ulinos.
IxrLCENCE Some persons fall
dicouraged ou the highway of life be
cause they eannot.be this or that emi
nent person. Why not be willing to
be themselves 1 No person who ever
has, or ever will live, is without influ
ence. Wby Dot make the roost of
that? Since you cannot grasp that
which you wish, why Jet that which
you have slip through your fingers ?
No person in the world is exactly
like yon. You have your own faults,
but you have also your own exrel
lencH'S individual to yourself. Let
them be pcen. "Because you are not
a poet, should you not bit a good,
merchant ? Because you cannot go to
college, should yon. therefore, for
swear the alphabet I Bccanse yon
cannot build a palace, should you not
rejoice in your own humble rrtot, and
that because it is your own 7 Will
not the sun also shine into your win
dows, if yon do not obstinately per
sist in Quitting it out 7 It you can
not have a whole hot-house full of
flowers, may yon not have one sweet
rose f
The ruins which have been dis
covered in Cambodia, Cochin China,
prove that the inhabitants must at
one time have been aa highly civilized
as they are now debased. licniains
of sculpture have been discovered
rivaling those produced in Greece in
its best days. Well built bridges
have been discovered iu many parts,
and the expedition conducted by M.
de Lagree found remains of the same
and other constructions as far as tho
fifteenth degree of north latitude' So
extensive and numerous are these re
mains that they are considered by
proof beyond dispute that at the time
they were built the country must have
been densely populated by people,
rich and prosperous to a very high de
gree; indeed, there is positive evi
dence ol the fact in the writing of a
Chinese traveler, who speaks with
war::i admiration of the lavish manner
in which gold was employed in the
decoration of their monument-.
Disgusted. A returned white Fi
ner of Visalia, this State, relates the
following of a disgusted Dutchman :
A Dutchman left Austin for White
Pine with something less than a nmle
load of provisions, tools and blankets,
carrying them on his back. On his
arrival, not finding a good lead come
and meet him, he took on a big dis
gust, and left for Austin carrying
with him his tools, blankets and pro
visions. On his way home a man
diiving an empty wagon overtook
him, and seeing him so heavily loaded,
asked him if he would not get in and
ride. 'No, by got !' was his answer.
'But,' says the teamster, 'my wagon
is empty, and you are perfectly wel
come.' 'No, by got !' replied he, 'I
learns dis Dutchman some tings! I
learns him to go to Vite Pines ! lie
carries tese blankets, by tam !'
The late James T. Brady was very
foud of ihe ready, natural wit of his
countrymen. "One day, speaking of
this to a frierd. he said : 'I'll show
you a sample. 1,11 speak to any of
these men at work, and you'll see
that I will "get my answer. Step
ping up to the men who were at work
digging in a cellar near by, he spoke
to them cheerfully. 'Good day good
day to you.' 'Faix, an' it is,' was the
answer, or we wouldn't be bavin'
the doin of it.' Pleased with this he
asked the man what part of Ireland
he came from. 'Ah ! ' said Brady, on
hearing the name, 'I came from that
region myself.' 'Yes, said the man,
with another blow of his pick, 'there
was many nice people in that place,
but I never heard that any of them
left it.'
Uow to Make Siiingles Last.
Silas Brow, says that twenty-five
J rears ago, he dipped shingles in a
arge kettle of lime wash to which
salt had been added, and the whole
kept boiling. A few shingles were
dipped in all over at a time long en
ough to soak them well, and then
thrown aside to dry. In a short
time all the shingles were thus prepar
ed. Although what are termed 'sap
shingler,' they have his ted twenty
five years, and may do so for years
to come. Several experiments of a
smaller character have been mado
since with very successful results.
Albany vuitivator.
Never come out without a pocket
handkerchief. WIilii you are talk
ing with any one you really caro
about, it's a very difficult thing to
use apocket-haudkerchief with any
thinglike grace. . You can't say, I
love you!" with your nose hidden. I
find it ; but wait for an opportunity.
If we come to a narrow path, where
I can walk behind her, I'll use it
then.
As English clergyman thus' accos
ted a London street Arab, whom ho
found playing marbles on Sunday?'
'They must either win or lose , said
the boy. No, my little man, that's '
not all ; the devil comes and carries
them away. Oh, but,' says the boy,
'the Scri lure says he is chained up.'
'Yes, but his chains reach all over tho
world,' said the clergyman. Quick'
as lightning came the answer, 'Why,
if that's the case, the bugger might
as well be loose.'
Gex. Spixxer, in his forthcoming
report, takes the ground that all clerks
should be paid according to the work
they accomplish. This would givo
the women an equal opportunity
with the men, and ho thinks if such a
rule were established the women
would make the most money. Tho
women, he says, are especially expert
in detecting counterfeits, and during
the past week two female clerks in
his office detected several counterfeit
coupons, after the engravers und men
clerks had passed them as genuine.
A furiously written epistle was
found posted on (he window of tho
San Francisco Bank, of California, a
few mornings eincc. It is stated
that the writer was at tho head of
seven hundred men sworn to masi
cree every Chinaman and Chinawo
man in the city of San frisco & in
miles Round a bout' if they didn't
leave within fifty days.
A down-east girl being bantered
one day by some of ber female friends
in regard to her lover, who bad tho
misfortune to bave but one leg,.rc
plied, 'Pooh, I wouldn't have a man
with two legs they're too common.'