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. "''-
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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. -
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: 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."
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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.
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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
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