on Statesman AND. UNIONIST. SALEM, FRIDAY, : : : : : DEC. 3 ' ; Club Bates. iin New York lindepmM Las an ex tended reputation and is known m one ot theieet religions and family newspapers ia tin world. It contains the Bermoos and other writings of Henry Ward Beecher; is liberal In tone, and gives general news from all parte of the world. We ate able to offer to all weekly subscribers, new or told, who may desire to take the lndrpendrnt and the Statesman tirt following Club Rates: Send us $5 la gold and we will famish both papers for one year, and send each sufescrifcrejr two elegant engravings, one of Grant and the otier of Colfax, eacb valued at $L The Independent is one of tie la'rgeet journals published ia the world and contains an immense amount of read sprinted in very plain type. ' Progress of the Railroad. From Hon. I. R. Moore, President O. C. R. R. Co.. we learn that - whea at Oregon City, a few days since, bo went down to tbe Clackamas bridge, and from there rode down to Portland oa the locomStive, a dis tance of thirieea miles, that much of the road being completed ia geed order. Tbe road woatd bare bea constructed and trains running te Oregon City, if tbe carry ing away of tbe Clackamas railroad bridge bad not occurred to delay operations. As it 1b, tbe track is now laid through the bridge on the eetmty road, adjoining the railroad, and tbe loaded cars are bauled through (t, tkottgh it is not strong enough to bold up the locomotive with entire safe ty . Tbe ettgine procured at tbe Cascades baa been landed at Abernetby creek, just above tbe Clackamasabd will soon be run ning in connection, and the work will be hurried on to a successful completion with fn tbe time require! by stipulations of land -grant. The railroad bridge over tbe Clack amas, too, is being rebuilt with all possible dispatch, and no pains is spared to secure iits construction at an early day. - From Camp Harney. On Saturday night, Mr. V. Sweeny ar- Ti'ved in town as a special messenger from 'Superintendent Meacbam to CaptKnapp, Agent at Klamath Reservation, also to the office at this place. He brings newa of par tiul and perhaps entire success of the ex pedition. O-c.bee-yo with hb band of over 200 Indians, is now en route for tbe Klam atb Reservation, where subsistence will be furnished them and comfortable buildings erected for their accommodation this winter. Tbe point on the Reservation chosen for their residence, is on Sprague's River, about 40 miles east of Klamath Ageney, where about 200 of the Wall-ph'pe band of Suake's are now located. These Indians have been there for two years past, they are part of the same Indians as O-chee-yo's band, and the latter are influenced proba bly to make the removal to the Reserva tion by tbe tact that Choc-toot, the head Chief of the tribe, who ia on the Reserva tion, was with Mr. Meacham and was anx ious to have the remainder of the band foia them. Mr. Meacbam was holding Council' with other Indian bands at Camp Harney, but they were as yet unwilling to consent to a removal. Many outeide influ- ences were supposed to be inducing tbem to' this course, as contractors, freighters, settlers and all the mercenary horde who attend tpon Buch expeditions and surround such posts, are of course interested in keeping them where they are and bo con tinue tbe source of their present profits. This is jthe usual source and cause of Indi an difficulties, and probably they exist at Camp Harney. The Indians claim that tbey are willing to reside on a Reservation in their own country, to which they are attached, but regret to leave their old home for another country where tbey are not acquainted. This sounds plausible, and we can feel some sympathy for their attachment to their old hunting grounds, but theGovernment cannot afford to establish separate Agencies and Reservations for such a small number of Indians, in a country where the expense of maintenance, and cost of trasportation would be so great We believe that full consideration should be shown these na tive tribes, and that tbe Government should religiously keep faith with . and protect them. Yet these very Indians are the ones who have, during the last twenty years, committed the mott horrid butcheries, and so often left the emigrant road strewn with our dead; not only men, but women and children having been slain to wreak their vengance. We inust have peace in southeastern Oregon, for it offers a wide field for settlement and for our national enterprise to succeed. Tukascrjs, Found.- The Panama corres pondent of tbe N. Y. Sun gives an account of the recent discovery of buried treasure at Cocos Island to the amount of ten mil lion dollars. Thirteen years ago a dying sailor in San Francisco stated to his at tending physician that ten years before, he had been one of a crew of twenty who going from Callao to Cadiz, ia a Spanish treasure ship bad mutinied. They mur dered the . officers and passengers, and changed their course to the west Three weeks later tbey were wrecked oa an island iu the Pacific aad eight of their number drowned. Tbe remaining ( twelve b dried the treasure and set sail in boats for South America. ' Oue boat was never heard of of the other boat's crew bat two reached the land, one of these died soon after and tbe survivor found it Imposibla to obtain means to return. The Doctor 'believed tbe dying man's tale, and soon after fitted out an expedition from which he returned a ruined man. . Ot( era .have often-essayed the same thh?g with th same success, until last , whiter when the Costa Rican Govern ment, assisted la fitting out an expedition which was more fortunate. . On Cocos Wand they have found about $10,000,000 mostly in ailwr coin and are still engaged in this search. "''- v. ! Modestt. A certain ex-MinTster, says the Sacramento Record, was invited to testi fy before a Committee of tbe Senate. He appeared, and afterwards. instead .i.tm. ing residence in Xew York, where he was stoTOing-wtetrwrft-forrhi Presented & tm for constructive mileage from Saa Francls to Washington nd baefc :j.Mr Partoa will -.lease notice Ethit' the 'Vialmf was notal- tea ' Gold Tumbles. The gold gambling speculation that shook Wall street to its center, drove some of its victims frantic and wrecked the fortunes of so many, seems to have resulted in the greatest good, in that the conspirators sprung a mine that reacted upon themselves, so that they stood astonished and over whelmed at the result of their own opera tions. Since that day, gold has steadily declined, until the last quotations' are 1211. the lowest figures reached since the close of the war. Tbo prompt action of the Treas ury Department has produced this favor able result Wall street has found, that. though it might tamper with Butterfield, Boutwell was master of tbe situation and always ready and able to use gold bo as to keep the nation marching on towards the resumption of specie payment Tbe folly of gold speculators has helped him. white his steadfast policy has broken down their beat laid plans. During tbe nine months that this Administration has had office, move advance has been made, more econo my realized, more revenue collected and less expended, than could have been hoped; while-tbe administration of Johnson, under the influence of his Democratic advisers, effected no reforms ; squandered the mil lions that were collected and was a miser able, demoralized failure. Grant's admin istration means economy, and honesty, and success. West Side and East Side. We do not see that tbe Rail Road ques tion at present, admits of any controversy. The Westside road is a necessity ; the peo ple need it ; the country over there muse have h road as much as that on this side, to achieve permanent prosperity, and it is only a question of time as to its being construc ted. At tbe same time, tie day approaches when twenty miles of road must be com pleted or tbe land grant fail ; tbe road on this side promises to be the only one with twenty miles of track laid at the time it. quired. It has not been built with any great rapidity ; in fact railroad building in .Oregon has proved slow work, but tbe f j. . . i ;i i ft ... . . . twenty miiea win in an prooaDiuiy oe com pleted on this side, and that simple fact seems to settle the question as to which Company shall have the benefit of the land grant. It is amusing to watch tbe efforts of some political wire pullers, to prejudice the people in the Westside Counties against Senator Williams, on the mere ground that he is recommending that Commissioners be appointed to see that this road is built as required by law. That seems to be, in their eyes, a crime; the passions and prejudices of the citizens over yonder are sought to be aroused against bim and their respect for him lessened by arraying him as imimical to their success and hostile to their best in terests. We know that the Senator, when lately in this county, declared that be was earnestly disposed to assist both sides of the valley to railroad facilities ; hold each t in equal estimation and would spare no ef fort to advance tbe road on the Westsitle, if possible. - I . - : A retired statesman, over in Polk, is em ploying his litisure time by compiling and publishing , his private correspondence. The very modest nature of his future ex pectations is shown by bis selection of an organ that has a very limited circulation and no influence. What surprises us is, iiot that the correspondence is made public, for we have seen tbe originals and know that the distinguished possessor might find himself compelled by circumstances to print them, but we are surprised to see such important facts given so small a cir culation. The Sacramento Record takes the Unu n to task severely because tbe latter admit ted the Northern Pacific Railroad route to be some 400 miles shorter as a trans-continental highway, ttau the one which termin ates at Sacramento. We don't see it that way. Neither the Record nor the Union can add to or diminish tbe distance by either route, and the paper which publishes facts as it finds them, must in the long rdn reap the benefit of such a course, whether San Francidco harbor or Puget Sound be the port of entry for tbe world. Temperance. We have received from Mr. W.F. West of Jefferson, a copy of tbe preamble and resolutions on Temperance, ! adopted by tbe M. P. Church at their Annu al Conference recently held at that place. The resolutions which are too lengthy for our columns, after reciting that tbe liquor traffic is according to constitutional laws, and that moral suasion has failed to arrest national drunkenness, recommend a Six teenth Amendment to tbe Constitution of the United States to tbe effect that "the im portation manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquors is an intolerable nuisance, and is forever prohibited within the jurisdiction of the United States of America." 1 ' Alaska. From the Times we glean the following : Tbe U. S. man-of-war Cyane. four guns, arrived from San Francisco on the 8th October. The Cyane was original ly a Dutch ship and was captured .by the French. She was afterwards taken from the French by the English. During the war of 1812 the Constitution, under the command of Captian Stewart, captured tho Cyane aad, Levant at tbe same time, since which time Uncle Sam has been able to keep and use ber. Sbe brought no mail, wbereat IhtT'Alasklans were rightfully In dignant. Say they, "could we but turn In dians, Vincent Colyer would look out for us; or as otters or fur "teal Congress and the Departments would be zealous in our cause, but as Americans we are treated with contempt'' Tbe San Francisco Herald was mistaken in tbe statement that Alaska has a sea coast line of twenty six miles, it has that many thousand miles. .... .Mean Temperature for the week ending Oct 8, 1869,49 deg. 46 min.; rainfall 2.32 inches. Week ending October 22d, temperature 36 deg. 39 min.; rainfall 0. .... .A publio meeting was held on the 18th Of October, the second anniver sary of the raisin? of the American flag at that place. -The object was to take meas ures to seenre a form of civil government for tbe Territory. Resolutions were adop ted, short speeches were made by different parties, and an excellent speech by Hon. Win. S. Dodge which set forth a great many interesting facts. Mary Dowd of San Francisco, has sued Messrs. Cburch & Clark for $20,000. dam ages for injuries recleved last 4th of July, while witnessing a display of fireworks. She alleges that in consequence of the neg ligent and 'unskillful discharge of the fire works by defendants, the plaintiff was struck by a rocket about the bead . and face, en tirely destroying and tearing oat her left eye, and tearing and otherwise mangling her right cheek and the light aide of her neck, besides otherwise doing her grievous injury. The defense to that there is no le gal evidence that the defendant fired the particular rocket which did the injury. The jury disagreed and tbe case will go orcr for a new trial. GENERAL SEWS. Portland. From the Oregonian Nov. 30th: The steward on the Alert, who is supposed to have drowned himself, was named William Foote, native of Eng land, aged 32. Two year since he was brought from Eastern Oregon and placed in the Insane Asylum, but was discharged in a few months. While on tbe Alert he bad given satisfaction in tbe discharge of ui uuues Dm iiatt occasionally shown signs of Insanity The ladiea of the First Baptist Cburch w ill hold a festival on Fri day evening, tbe proceeds to go towards furnish! nn the Cburch The Telfair took uwoy about 100 tons of Jreight Mr Alberson. of Eastern Oregon, reports that on the 22d instant, snow bad fallen at Meacham's station to the depth of two inches, and he thinks it has probably been snowiDg there ever since. The Oregonian of the 1st gets off this on the Commercial: We are Reminded of a Stoby. The late efforts of a certain newspaper against tbe East side railroad, remind us of a story. It ia the story of tbe Bull who tried to butt the locomotive off the bridge. The loco motive was not much hurt ; but all that was left of tbe Bull was the tale. Tbe same paper is informed that tbe rail road iron purchased last year by parties in terested in the West side railroad. unit which has been lying piled up, for some months, at tbe Boneyard, has been sold to lien. Ilol laday, and will be used upon the East bide road. Some fellows called at a hotel up town for beds. They were sent up stairs but in stead of looking for vacant rooms they commenced a search among tbe clothes of the guests for money and valuables. They got a few dollars and overlooked a good deal more, which could have been taken just as easily. Tbey are spotted and will be invited to board where folks don't throw money round loose. The amounts of shipping from Portland to San Francisco of the following articles from January 1st to date, have been as fol lows : Flour qr Bks 444.275 ; wheat, sks 31.354 ; oats, Bks 55.820 ; barley, sks 240 ; salmon, bbls 1.837, bf bbls 2.356, cs 19,729, pkgs 2.074 bacon, pkgs 4.498 : beef, bbls 459 ; butter, pkgs 8i4 ; cheese, pkgs 12 ; bams, pkgs 433; lard, pkgs 1.596 ; perk, bbls 1,263 ; dried apples, pkgs 4,282 ; iron, tons 8zo. Tbe soldiers composing the 23d Infantry Band were reviewed and inspected yester day. Mrs. Norden, the mother of B. L. Nor den. County Clerk, is lying very ill. A prisoner defended his own case in tbe Recorder's Uourt yesterday. The defence is said to bave been quite rich. Tbe plate class for tbe show windows oi the Odd Fellows' Hall, cost $2,500. Some fellow, unmindful of the law's pen alties, has been selling condemned salmon to parties in this city. M. K Lauden founder of the Commercial College in Portland, goes to Sacramento to establish a similar institution there. The new Jewish Synagogue will be dedi cated on December the 5th. The services are to be conducted by Rev. Julius Eckmao D. D. Tbe building is plain and comforta ble, capable of seating two hundred per sons comfortably. The schoolroom in tbe rear will accommodate sixty or seventy persons. The total cost is about $3,000. Jackson County. The Senlinel of the 27th ult. says : On tbe night of the 22d instant, as Elder Martin Peterson, of this county, was returning from his appoint ments in Josephine county, when on the top of tbe mountains, about one mile south of this place, on tbe Applegate road, bis horse slipped and fell against thebank freak ing bis left leg near tbe ankle. He mounted bis horse without Help, and rode to Dr. Davis', who set the fracture Circuit Court adjourned yesterday, there has been one conviction and sentence to tbe Peni tentiary, two divorces granted, and several cases continued till next term.. Tbe Snake. River Indians to the number of 800 or 1.000. who have been previously guarded at Fort Wagner, have been brought to Fort Klamath The surveyors and engineers of the Coos Bay Wagon lload snivey. bave returned. They report the distance from Roseburg to: navigable waters Bixty-three miles: thur map is sixteen teet in lengtn and five in breadth The steamer built at Gardiner, to run in the Scottsburg and Uoseburg trade, is expected Boon to make ber trial trip. Washington Territort. The Transcript of tbe 27th ult says that a Company has been formed at Port Townsend to tngage iu tbe Codfisbing business. They purchased the little Yankee fishing schooner Shooting Star, with ber tackle and cargo of fifty tons of fish for $7,000. They now own two vessels and expect to make two trips each during the next fishing season. . . . The Transcript begins its third year of publication lne sixty days session ot tbe Legislature terminates on December 2d The fcupreme Court convenes on the 6th at Olympia. The Walla Walla Union of the 27th ult. says: One day this week, a little child named Kinchelo was found dead with a log of wood across its body. It had prob ably been playing on the wood pile nnd tbe log bad rolled upon and Killed it- inis is one or tbe children or tbe unbappy couple who, Borne eighteen months ago, came to their death by tbe hands of tbe husband, who shot the wile and then snot Himself Portland. From tbe Commercial of the 1st .we learn that teams are hauling ti e iron recently bought from tbe Westside Company, across the Jiiver () Tbe Oregonian of the 2d says that the jury in tbe mal-practice suit of Boysden v. Gilt ner, after an absence of twenty-five min utes, found for the defendant Mount Tabor Lodge, No. 104 L O. G. T. was or ganized on tbe 30th, with 33 charter mem bers, by C. Beal, G. W. C. T The steamer Carrie was got off tbe bar, where sbe grounded on tbe 21st ult, witb no fur tber damage than the loss ot time and ex pense of launching. Sbe reached Portland on Tuesday. . . . . .The Webfoot sailed yes terday with 600 tons ifeieot lor ban f ran Cisco Letters have been received from Cant. R. R. Thompson who, with bis family at the date of writing, was at the Lake of Com.- - The Herald says a team what of? took fright what at ? and ran for several blocks, Did they get tbe blocks T . . From the San Francisco Alia of the 19 th instant we take tbe annexed account of a melancholy suicide near Fort Point : About eleven o'clock yesterday morning, a man named E. E. Hinckley was found dead in a room in Mrs. McDonald's board ing bouse, near Fort Point Tbe deceased bad taken a room there tbe night previous, being in search of his wife, whom he ex pected lived there, and from whom be had been separated about a month. From let ters which were fonnd in his coat pocket, it appears that for some time past he bas been drinking to excess, though bis wife did ail in her power to induce bim to change his course, before leaving h m. After he had got over his "spree." and come to his senses, being unable to pro cure work, and bis Wife refusing to join bim again, be determined to put an end to his existence. During the last week be has nK.de several attempts to commit suicide, but tho drug did not bave the desired effect until yesterday. Iu tbe room was found lying a paper containing a portion of tbe poison which he had taken. Tbe deceased was a native of Massachusetts, aged 47 year The furnishing of the State Capital in Sacramento is progressing. Tbe desks of the Speaker and President of tbe Senate were placed in position to-day. They were manufactured in Sun Francisco, and ar splendid pieces of cabinet work in Spanish mifcogany. and cost $8,000. ; A dispensation baa been issued to organ Ize V new "lodge of Odd Fellow at Lafay ette, Yamhill county. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Washington, Nov. 27. A special savs Secretary Robeson's report was presented to tne resident yesterday. It is tbe ablest and most comprehensive report issued for, years from the Navy Department It ap pears that 200 vessels are under tbe con trol of the Department. He recommends a decrease ot 180, and favors the use of small vessels. He is opposed to tbe furth er use of Isberwood's "machinery, on ac count of its bulk and weight. He com ments favorably ou the success of iron clads ; our ves-ets are equal to England in capacity for cruising purposes and superior to those) of France. The entire tonnage of tbe English navy is 5500.000 ; curs. 4,500. 000, and the French only 2.000,000. He recommends an increase of tbe pay. boun ty, etc., on account of tbe difficulty iu ob taining a sufficient number of men. He recommends the early completion of tbe Darien Canal and speaks favorably of the scheme for subsidizing ocean mail lines. He proposes using such vessels in case of war or other emergency. He estimates the expenditure of the next fiscal year at $26, 000,000. GREAT BRIDGE. Louisville, 27th. A span of tbe Obio River Bridge over the Indiana channel was swung on its bearings this morning. It is 400 feet long, and the largest erected in America. St. Johns, 27th. The Newfoundland elec tion resulted even more favorable to the anti-confederates than was at first supposed. Full returns show 21 anti-eonfuderates to 9 confederates elected. FOREIGN. Paris, 27tb. Lesseps. chief engineer of tbe Suez canal, publicly denies tbe unfavor able reports recently circulated about the enterprise. He calls attention to tbe fact that in ten days no less than fifty vessels bave sailed safely through tbe canal and back. AFFRAY PS' ARKANSAS. Memphis, Nov. 27. A terrible affray oc curred in Johnson county. Arkansas, last week. A planter named Johnson, bad an altercation wilb three bands in a cotton field, who attacked him witb knives. John son drew a knife to defend himself, killed two instantly and mortally wounded the third. Johnson received more than twenty wounds, but will recover. He be rs tbe reputation of a quiet citizen. A large number of persons are constant ly coming into Arkansas, pricipally from Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. New York. Nov. 29. A. D. Richardson is sinking rapidly. The ball was extracted last night. No hopes arc entertained of bis recovery. The suit of tbe Erie Company against Vanderbilt was commenced to-day before Judge Barnard, on a motion to dismiss. After bearing Drew's testimony the case was adjourned till to-morrow. The Assistant Treasurer has announced that Government will sell $11,000,000 in gold, and buy $13 000,000 in bonds, in De cember. Tbe announcement has caused considerable excitement in the Gold Room, with great pressure to sell. Tbe price closes at 121. Washington, Nov. 29. The Ways and Means committee bad a quorum this morn ing and pioceeded to business. Tbe House demands a report on tbe tariffin two weeks from to-day. It is understood that the President's Message fills about three newspaper col umns. The mess ige and Boutwell's report will be sent to Congress in writing, and must be telegraphed from Washington. Report of Secretary of War, witb sub ordinate reports from tbe various military departments, and that of Gen. Sherman, have been sent to the public printer. Cincinnati. Nov. 28. Arguments were commenced in tbe Supevior Court for in junction against the School Board, prohib iting tbe reading of the Bible in public schools. Topeka. Kan., Nov. 30, Ritchie Bit ck, which was occupied by a number of stores, Odd Fellows' Hall, and the U. S. Land Of fice, was destroyed by fire last night ; loss $20,000. The contents of the Laud Office were entirely destroyed. San Fruncisco. Nov. 29. Thfc safe of Enewberger, broker at 328 Montgomery, V wna lii nken nnin Anil rnl.l.Hii Thuutnniiiil. . - -1 taken was about $5,700, principally in coin. The thieves left about $200 dollars and some bars which they were unable to carrv. Edmund Marks & Co. suspended yester day. Mrs.Frank McKenzie was burned severely if not latally by ber clothes taking fire fiom a grate. Alexander Human, u native of Cologne. President of the Musical Fund Society, committed suicide yesterday by taking chlorolorm ; cause ill health. Paris. Nov. 28. A dispatch from Rome states that the members of tle Ecumenical Council will meet at the Vatican on the 8th of December, and at the conclusion of the preliminary ceremonies, the Pope will an nounce the opening of the Council. Madrid, Nov. 28. In the Cortes yesler day tbe Republicans moved a vote of cen sure against tbe government for the arbi trary use of power. The motion was rc: jected by a vote of 144 to 35. Havana, Nov. 30. Captain General De Rodas ofhciallv notifies tbe agent of the As sociated Press that there is no truth in tb story that Spain is going to send a fleet of war vessels to JNew 1 ork baruor. 1 wo ves sels are being sent to Brooklyn for re pairs. x Washington. Nov. 30. A delegation of Jews bad an interview with tbe President this morning. Tbey appeal to tbe President to use tbe gord offices of this Government to effect a revocation or modification of the late ukase of the Czar of Russia, expatria ting two thousand Jewish families. Tbe President stated that it was too late in tbis day of eulightenment to persecute any race, color or religion, and be would take great pleasure in using bis inflnence to procure a revocation of tbe ukase. New York, Nov. 30. Mr. Richardson is in a very precarious condition to-nigbL He is weak, having retained little nourishment for five days. He was married tbis evening to Mrs. McFarland, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, assisted by Rev. O. B. Frotbing bam. New York. Dec. 1. There is no change in Richardson's condiAon ibis morning. New York, Nov. 30. James W. Marshall, of New Jersey, bas been appointed First Assistant Postmaster Geneial. He enters on his duties next Wednesday. Mrs. Gangle and daughter, of Jersey City, were burned, to-day. bv the explosion ol campheoe ; tbe former fatally. Kochester, Nov. 30. The District Attor ney of CbampUin county, bas commenced an important suit againxt Jos. II. Ramsey. James Fisk jr. Jay Gould and 42 others, to detertfPlne who are rightfully the Directors of the Erie Railroad. New York, Nov. 30. News Irom Hayti is favorable to tbe insurgents. Cape Hay lit i has been captured and tbe gu.iboat Salnave sunk, Tbe only place in tbe hands ot Gen. Salnave is Port Au Prince, which is invested by the Revolutionists. Salnave is expecting the Ram Atlanta to bis relief, and says he will blow up tbe place rather than surren der. Wail street was in a greater panic yester day than at any time sinee September 24ib. caused by the decline to a point lower thn at any time rnusv 1862, There was much alarm . among tbe holders of produce and dry goods on account of the shrinkage in values. Banking houses which discoumed business paper are nneasy. and there are decided fears of a financial crash. Some advocate speedy specie reanmpti- n. and some are alarmed and beseech tbe becretary t) sell no more gold. . The Bank of Port Jervis was burglarized to-day. The safe was blown open and $60. 000 stolen. The tlieves bave escaped. An Express Washington special says the Ways and Means Committee to-day agreed to reduce the tariff $20,000,000. Coff-e will be reduced to four ceuts. and tea to twenty cents a pound. They will also enlarge tho free list "Detroit, Nov. 30. There was a disas trous fire at Jackson, Michigan, to-night, destroying a large number of business houses, shops and offices. The loss is esti mated at $200,000; insurance probably light. Boston, Nov. 30. The jury in the case of the recovery of lager beer, seized by State Constable, decided that lager beer was not an intoxicating liquor within the meaning of the law, and found for plaintiff. Cheyenne. Nov. 30. The Common Coun cil to-day passed a female suffrage bill, al most unanimously. The bill comes up in tbe House to-night Columbus, Nov. 30.-A bill was Introduced in the House to-day, to pay the principal and interest of State bonds in coin. Emmet (colored) introduced a resolution favoring the recognition of Cuba. San Francisco. Dec. 1. A freight train from thi place for gan Jose, ran into a band of horses, killing two of tbem. The train was thrown from the track, and ran a hun dred yards on the uneven ground. Edward Ryan braketnan bad a leg broken, and the .ocomotive and cars were considerably damaged. New York quotations to day Gold 1224 12U- Wheat and flour unchanged. No quotations ot Liverpool wheat re ceived. Flour Market quiet. Wheat 600 sacks ordinary shipping, $1 274 ; medium brands plentiful at 135; good to choice scarce and firm at 51 45,1 50 ; at close, 600 sks common. $1 05 ; 750 sks fair milling. SI 30 ; 2,000 Kks choice Coast, $1 35 ; 300 sks choice uiilliug, $1 47J. Barley Coast descriptions 80c$l 00; Bay. $1 0()1 074 ; at close. 1,000 sk Bay, $1 30 ; 1.300 sks choice milling. $1 124- Oats Extremes of market are $1 101 50 ; at close 800 sks fair, in two lots, $1 201 254- Samaita San Domingo. It ap pears we are to have Samana Bay, with its city, at last, and that at the bottom of this part of Seward's plan for the acquisition of foreign territory lies a purpose to acquire the whole Dorrinican Republic; The Domini can Republic is the eastern two-thirds of the island of San Dom-ngo. It embraces about 22,000 square miles that is twice the area of Maryland or Massachusetts and has a mixed population of 130,000. On the east end of the island is liny ti, containing about 11,000 square miles. To the east of San Domingo lies the islands of 1 'orto llieo. and east, of that the "Windward Isles, stretching in . a cres cent toward the coast of Venzuel.i ; to the west is Jamacia and Cuba. The position, with the fine bay f Sa mana on the north and of Puerta Pla ta on the fouth,-make San Domingo a sort of key of the West Indies. If the United States acquires two thirds of it, of course it will not be long till Hayti also raises our flag, and we shall have two West Indian States. How long after that till Cuba, Jamai ca, Porto , ltico and all the rest eome in, is a question on which Seward has no doubt enlightened the State De partment. Sac Union. Discoveries ok the jIickoscoi'e. Lewenbceek tells of insects seen with the microscope of which' twenty seven millions would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may be Been in the cavities of a common grain of sand. Mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, haves, flowers and fruit. Butter flies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with seales like fish; a single rain of sand would cover one hundred and fifty of these scales, and a single scale covers five hundred pores ; yet through these narrow openings the sweat forces itself out like water through a sieve. The mites make five hundred steps in i second. Each drop of stagnant water contains a world. of animated beings a swim ming with as much liberty as whales in the sea. Each leaf l as a colony of insects grazing on it, like oxen in a meadow. Henry Sanders, aged 1G, and Han nah Sanders, his wife, aged 14 years passed through Kansas City, Missou ri on the 1th inst. They were from De Kalb county, Illinois, and on their way to settle on a farm in Bates coun ty, in that State. The youthful hus band said his father in:law had fitted him out with a team and $500, in cash, and that he was on his way to settle in a new country and make a fortune by buying a farm. Dr. Randall expresses in the Ru ral New Yorker the hope that the present hard timos in fine wool hus bandry will at least, do two things teach American sheep farmers that it is necessary to grow wool as cheaply as ia consistent with fair treatment of the sheep, and banish all the foolish and expensive practices and modes of treatment which sprung into life during the great sheep fever. A turnkey in the Belfast jail heard a bit of conversation while passing a double cell, the other day. It was, Push me up a little higher ' 'You are high enough.' He opened the dor and fouud one convict -dangling by his neck and the other looking on much interested in the suicide at which he had assisted. Wanted direct traffic between producers and consumers, and the dis banding of the army of middlemen, who take a large bite from tl.e far mere' profits, and another mouthful from the consumers' wag s." Many a pound of grapes brought the far mer only 10 cenis, yet he who ate them paid 20. " Meerschaum German pipp mak ers say meerschaum is a humbug, the clay costing the same as that usee for common brick, and it is onlv p desire on the pai t of noodh n to pay twenty dollars for au articl.- worth fif ty ct-uis, that makes them at all sought after. THERE is a man in New Jersey who insists upon having his uiarriagt ceremmiy repeated every year, going through the w hole ceremony of a new dress tor his wife.diuuer to hu friends, 'etc. " .,. A Lady, sp.-akiug of a gathering of lawyers, who had assembled to luok at the new Court house, said she sup posed they had come to view tne ground where the 'must fchor.lv lie.' Ar3 tie American Becoming Indians The scientific men of Europe are collecting" arguments to prove that Americans are rapidly assuming the physical characteristics of In dians. Henri Berthoud, in an arti cle printed in Paris recently, says that the French glovers . all make gloves for the American market with much longer fingers than those inten ded for European consumption, and qurites as follows from a letter said to have been written by a scientific man of Philadelphia to Bruner Bey : 'The Anglo-American presents from the second generation characteristics of the type which is not unlike that of the Lenni Lenapes, the Iroqnoise and the Cherokee Indians. The skin becomes as dry as leather; it loses the warmth of color and the ruddiness of cheeks, and in their stead the color mud tinctures it in men and insipid paleness in women. The head decreas es in size and becomes round or point ed. It is covered with smooth hair of a dark color. The neck lengthens. The eyes are sunken in deep cavi ties, which are quite near each oth er. The iris becomes dark ; the eyes expression, piercing and wild. The long bones lengthen, chiefly in the upper extremities. The author also quotes from 'another American author'; 'The language of Ameri cans tends more and more in its stan dard phrases to become like the red men's Indians. There is, too, a growing tendency to exclude the light from booses;, and a growiug fond ness for garish colors in clothes tastes which are common in all sav ages. Let us add further, the prov erbial phlegmatic character of the En glish gradually disappear in Yankees, and in its stead there is found an un easy, feverish and incessant activity, which shows itself by a constant crav ing to occupy the hands, and by the universal habit of whittling wood. To avoid the destruction of furnituie in Ami-rican hotels, all the 'propri etors take care to provide each trav eler with Bticks for them to whittle at pleasure. Such is the force of the mania that the Federal Government actually votes an appropriation of money to provide the members of Congrt ea at Was!.ington with sticks to whittle, in order to prevent the de struction of the , seats and desks at the Capital.' Not The Eight "'Scentin' Stuff.' A long, lean, gaunt Yankee enter ed a drug store, and asked : 'Be you the drugger ?' 'Well, I s'poi?e so ; I sell drugs.' Well, hev you got any itv this here scentin' stuff nil the girls put on their handkerchers V 'Oh, yes.' . Wal, our Sal is goin to be marri ed, and she gin me a ninepence and told ine to invest the whole amount iu scentin, stuff, so's to make her, sweet, if I could find some to suit; so if you've a mind, I'll just smell round.' The Y'ankee smclled around with out being suited, until the druggist got tired of him, and taking down a bottle of hartshorn, said : I've got a scenting stuff that will suit you. A single drop on your handkerchief will last for weeks, and you can't wash it out, utto get the strength of it you must take a big smell.' Is that so, roisfe"? Wal, just hold on a minnit, till I get my breath, and when I say ueow, you put it un der my smeller.' The directions were, of course, fol lowed, and the Yankee was nearly knocked off his pins ; but recovering, he exclaimed : 'Chain litenin', Mr. Drugger ! is the top of my head on? Sal don't want nothin ' like that ; it would break up a camp rneetin' in ten min utes. You hain't got the right kiud o' scentin stuff.' A Spirit-Am. A reliable Bostou paper says : A Mr W. G. Faulkner, philosophica1 instrument-maker in London, has written a letter to the Standard, in which he states that, for many years, he has made large sales rf magnets and batteries, contrived to be hid under the floor, or in cupboards, or under or in" the center of the support of the tables, aud the like. In connection with these he has supplied large quantities of prepared wire, to be placed under the carpt-t, or behind the wainscot, or in other places of con cealment. All these, he has no doubt, have been used fur purposes of 'spir it rapping.' He has also been em ployed to make magnet3 and batter ies expressly for the pocket, which ot course can be made to rap in any part of the room ; also drums and bells which will beat aud ring at com mand. Mr.Faulkner, one would think, must thus be a great assistance to the 'spirits,' in their efforts to 'mani fest.' A Huge Oxe This is from the Hamilton Empire of the 10 th : '1 he largest wagon ever built on the Pacific, or any other coaet, for that matter, is now in this city, and ia the property of Brown & Nickerson. It originally belonged to Carpenter, of Dayton, and waa manufactured by G. W. Gilmore, who is now car rying on the business of blackmith iug and wagon-making in this city. Tu give our readers some idea of the immense proportions of this huge vehicle, we must resort to figures. The sp ndresare 4 inches in dmmeter, of best quality of iren ; tires 5 inch es wide, by l inches thick ; hubs, 16 indie, iu diameter, by 20 inches long ; bight of the hind wheels, 6 feet 9 inches. The bed is capable of hold ing 36,000 pounds of ore. and the wagon is estimated to bear up 40,000 pounds o ( raiiy ordinary mountain road. When first built, 32,500 pounds of quartz were hauled on it from Gold Hill t one of the mills bout Dayton. The two larger wheels we igh 1,064 pounds each, and the entire rig upwards of 8,000 pounds. Hobses. It is "aid the Percheron horses, introduced into central Ohio within tbe last few years, are giving gKd satisfaction, and are be ing bred more extensively this year than iu any previous one. Southern India has Btruck against monkey worship. The latest novelty iu the way of building material is paper. A Wis consin company furnishes saturated paper board, impervious to air and wa ter, in sufficient quantity to cover the sides of a cottage 22x36, and twenty feet high, for 820. This board is said to keep the Louse free- from dampness throughout the season, is impermeable to cold in- Winter, and neautralizes the effect of the extreme heat of Summer. Vermin, too, will not touch it, on account of the materi al with which the board is saturated. David Dickson of Georgia, in a re gion burned by last summer's drouth, made an excellent crop of corn. He did it by deep plowing and subsoil- lug- A small amount of lime mixed with wheat that has acquired a mus ty smell by having been slightly heat ed,, will sweeten whithout injuring the wheat. Twenty years ago Pennsylvania was the greatest wheat growing State in the Union now it is about the twelfth on the list. A piano-maker informs the public that manufacturers make a profit of two hundred per cent. Seven farmers in one Vermont vil lage have 102 children. Johnathan Eddy's share is nineteen. He heads the list. Mr. McGregor, the famous travel er in tho Rob Roy canoe, has brought out a profusely illustrated work on his travels, iu the far West. Dr. Randall says nothing in quantity of medium fine wool can be gained by crossing tne American me rino with any other -breed. In sowing wheat Mechi says he has found that as you enrich the soil you must use less seed. He does not go over a bushel to the acre. A one-line advertisement for a book-keeper in a Chicago newspaper was answered the other day by 200 applicants. Much is said in these days of wo mans' sphere. It is true that her principal fear is that she will never get married. The new Catholic cathedral be ing built at Brooklyn will cost $2,000, 000, and will seat about 15,000 per sons. - Most of the shadows that cross our path through life are caused by our standing iu oui own light. The only bachelor in the Cabinet is the Secretary of the .Navy, who is beset by naughty gals. There are four times as many cat tle in Texas as before the war. Murders by careless druggists' clerks are becoming frightfully nu merous. An American ship lasts about thir teen yeais and a half. One of the sandwich Islands claims the largest orchard on the globe. SPECIAL NOTICES. Mrs. Doctor Thompson, of Portland, will be In Salem this evening, and will remain one week at the residence of J. M. Coulter, where she may be found by al! who wish to consult her professionally. Chronic diseases and female complaints are made a specialty. Dec. 8. Lofue tc Adams are nosMling off at cost, but are doing a lively business in CHOICE GRO CERIES. GLASSWArI"., etc., etc., all of which they will continue to furnish to their numerous custom ers at the rery lowest rates. Nor. 27. Copartnership Hotice. I have associated with myself in the business of the Oregon Candy Manufactory M-. N. O. Varrlsh, and the same will hereafter be conducted under the firm name of Holbert A Parrish. J. Q. IlOLBERT. Salem, Nor. 27. Look Here. That party who has an Oroide Watch, No. 27.565, will bring it to the Express Office. A reward will be paid. Salcm.Nov. 23. B. F. BROWN, Agent. REMOVED. DTAR GRTJBBS Take pleasure In Informing the public that Ihey have removed their stoc of DRUGS and MEDICINES Into PATTOS'S NKW BLOCK, first door east of the Bank building ; and as they propose to let others do the Wotrtfip, while they try to do the telling, they feel sure that their friends will find it to their inter est to continue the liberal patronage heretofore given to Uiem. Salem, Nov. 25. Work -Hand Wanted. Employment and good.wages will be given a good RAIL-MAKER, by applying at the Bear Glen larm, or to me In Salem. Nov. 11,1967. G.W.HUNT. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Office, No. 64 FRONT STREET, Adjoining the Telegraph Office,' Portland, Oregon. SPECIAL COLLECTOR OF CLAIMS. Acc runts, Notn, Bonds, Drafts, and Uercautile Claimsof every descrip Ion through, nt Oregon and the Territories, WILL BE MADE A SPECIALTY AND PROMPTLY COl.LtCTtl), as w.ll a. with a due rig&rd to tctixiii) in li I mints matters In trusted to liia caie, arid lit prrc.ds paid over punctually.; . " REAL ESTATE DEALER. epl5 City Hack. I have fitted up a comfortable back, ant am prepared to carry passengers to and irem the boat, by day or night, and to do all pa sender carrying In town or vicioitv. Special attention paid hi those attending evening entertainments or Jie Opera House. R. H. PRICE. Salem, Nov. 11, '69. TO THE PUBLIC. At the request of Da. C bancs, and for tbe benefit of thee unacquainted with the properties of Nitrous Oxie, or Laughing Gas, we, the undersigned, hereby! certify that, for the painless xtraction cf teeth, we believe Nitrous Oxide to be the most harmltf in its effects on the human system of any anaesthetic yet discovered and can be given with taftty to persons under cir cumstances ichen Chloroform vxnild bt inudmii tabU. It is therefore perfectly safe in the hands of an operator who understands its nature, and la coaa petent to administer it to p.tients. E. It. F1SKE, M. T, A. M. BELT, M. D. D. B. RICK. M.D., M. B. LINGO, M. D., J,D. McCURDY, M. D.. J.C.GRCBBS.M.D., i J.C.8UELTON, M. P. In referring to the above.1 would simply say that, having Introduced the Gas Into Salem, and given It to scores of patients among whom are some of the above named gentlemen without any bad effecta. I feel confident It only needs to be known to be ap preciated. GEO. H CHANCE, DenUst. gaiem, Oregon, Oct. 89, 1S69. Booms over Smith k Wade's Hard ware Store, and adjoining Montgomery' Gallery ,C mn erclal street. AMEiClt AN WA'l CHES in geld and Silver Cases, at J. II. HAaS'. NEW THIS MORNING. REED'S NEW OPERA HOUSE. CiICAIVI Dramatic Entertainment! SATURDAY ETE5IXG, DEC. M, 1869 MRS. F. M. JBATES, Tbe i'onnK, Beaatiinl and Talented Artist, 410 MR. P. M. HATES, The Popular nnd Favorite Actor, will rrCAB ix Comedy, Tragedy .& Farce. For particulars see small bill". Gallery tsiutu, 1. Lower floor, 50 cent. NEW ENGLAND Mutual Life Insurance Co.'y A-tsssctw, j8,000,000. DIVIDENDS ANNUALLY. ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLE.', All Toll :es Taken Out Daring this month participate In Dividends to be declared on the 1st of January next. EVERSON & HAINES, General Agents, Portland, Office 12. Carter's Block. S. A. CLARKE, Aent, Salemi dec3 At Cost LARGE STOCK BOOTS & SHOES AT BREYMAN tc CRANSTON'S. At Cost GOOD ASSORTMENT HARDWARE. BOWEN & CRANSTON'S. At Cost CROCK tRY WARE, a good aortment, at BOWEN & CRANSTON'S. At Factory Cost TAOMESTIC FLANNELS, a large asort- went, at BOWEN & CRANSTON'S. M ILL SAWS AND CROSSCUT 8AWS at BOWEN &. CRANSTON'S GENTS CLOTHING &. FURNISHING . GOODS, at cot, at BOWEN k CRANSTON. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT BUTCHERY,". BY JLi. !S. (SKI FX. Office Patton's New Block. Entrance, Bank building Stairs. Salem, Dec. 1, 1869. ' ANDERSON & BROWN. SUCCESSORS TO B. STRANG IMPORTERS AND DEALERK IX STOVES OF ALL KINDS, TIN PLATE, SHEET IR0X, COPPER ZINC, BRASS ii BLOCK TIN, Force Jk Lift IPuxirps, CAST, TIN AND ENAMELED Hollow- W are. MANUFACTURERS OF TIX, SHEET-IROX & COPPER-WARE. Great Variety of Gem Pans. G-as Fixtures. Iron and Lead Pipe, all sizes FOR GAS. WATER AND STEAM. ELBOWS, BUSHINGS. . T'f, NIPPLES RETURN BENDS, RUBBER nOSE, STOP COCKS, HOSE PIPES, PLUGS, BATH TUBS. Repairing In all its branched dou to order, at tbe stand of B. Strantr, Union Block, Commercial st. Saicra i. C- LOGITE CH AS. ADAXS. LOCUE & ADAMS, DCALKR3 15 Groceries & Provi:ions GLASS AND QCEEXSWARE. STATE 8TREET. PALSM. Next d'ior to GiU" Book Ktore. ' WE ARE ctinptHtilly receiving large and choice lots of Mer.-liuuili?e io our Hue, and are prei'Mied to furi.icli our citonierr and the public ffeiier.lly willr;ood of bbsT qaalilj ou tuoat favorable terms. WE have juot puixlmsed the large and se lect stock of Klegaut Glassware lately held by Qeorxe N. Cady, aud offer tbe same at greatly reduced rates. CMmmIs delivered to all parta pf the city Krkb or Charui. An. 28 xt Santa Claus is Coming HEADQUARTERS AT L'ZAfOVACE & WRIGHT'S! Where can be found the LARGEST STOCK or CHRISTMAS & NEW TEAR PRESETS IS OREGON ! HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR LADIES! HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR GENTLEMEN 1 HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR BOYS & GIRLS. Toys! Toy!! Tojs!! Tojs!! Toji!!!. FOR THE CHILDREN. Come Early! Come Often!! N B. We are selling at LOW PRICES, bat KOT at COST. CZAFOVAOK A WRIROT. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS SEED For at aep',23 vUA A tAJUAElsV