The Oregon weekly statesman., January 07, 1870, Page 2, Image 2

(Drtgon Statesman
AND UNIONIST.
SALEM. PIlIDAY, JAN. 7
The t'nian Kcpnklicnn 8 tat Ceafral
: Committee kf Ottgoa
"Will meet ai the ofic of Hen. v". H. Mitchell,
in the city of Portland, on 'Wednesday, the
19th lay of Jnary, 1870, at 10 o'cloek, A.X., !
to designate the time and ftcct for the holding
tf the Uttlon Republican State Convention of i
1878. ., ' & s?,-&fcftBt, Chairman. ;
Salem, Dee. 14, 1263.
' The following ate the members appointed
tn 1 868 : Baker county, C. M. Foster t Benton,
T B.'Odeneal V Cooa, II. EL Luce j Carry, M.
Iiiley ; Columbia, J. 6. Caplea Clatsop, A
Montgomery ; Clackamu.B. Kitten ; Douglas,
t. C. tlnderwood ; Grant, S. Robinson ; Jack
on. J. J. Coins tock Josephine, S. White ; '
tne, W. W. Bristo ; Linn, E. F. Russell ; ;
Marion, M. P. BeTfy , Chairman ; Multnomah, i
J. H, Mitchell; iPolk, J. L.Collins; Tillamook,
1". B. Hundley Umatilla, J. II. Fisk ; Union.
I. tV. LitchtenUialer ; Washington, W. D
Hare ; Wasco, Lemoel Lyons ; Yamhill, Dr.
J. W. Watts. -
The Vmlm llrpabllcaa Centrstl Cen
m it ice ef PIk Cnty,
-Will meet at my office, tn Dallas, on Satur
day, Jan. 29, 1870, at 11 o'clock, a. to., for
the t ran faction of important basiness. A fall
attendance is desired.
Members- Bridgeport, Vf. II. Helm ; Luck
lamuto, IV&wo M. Butler; Bucna Vista, II. N.
George; Monmouth, W. Watcrhouse ; Rick
real, R. C. Percival; Bethel, W. S.Baxter;
Salt Lake, L. M, Wallace; Jackson, Paris
McCain; Douglas, X. A. Newbill ; Eola, Thos.
Peareej Dallas, J. L. Collixs,
Chairman.
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The Campaign xf 1870.
The year 1879 opens with the most aus
picious prospects for the Republican party,
for not only feave its principles been vindi
cated by the strongest test of experience,
but its policy triomphs by the general pros
perity of the Nation, so that ' even the
Southern States, which were desolated by
war disorganized by rebellion, with a new
labor system to be created out of the ruins
of slavery and the demoralization of civil
strife, have already made the first approaches
to prosperity, and .have given assurances
that in the future they will outstrip all they
knew of greatness in the past
Oar opponents tell you that the Nation
lies in ruins; that labor is the slave of
capital ; that tho working classes are op
pressed by high prices nod taxes, all of
which is untrue, for neither here nor else
where are the working men of the Nation
underpaid or overtaxed. The great financial
success of General Grant's Administration
i the paramount fact of toe times, and a
conclusive answer to all the clamor and
carpings of the enemies nf the Republican
party and of the Government. Under the
present honest and capable rule the Nationa'
debt is being reduced without oppressive
taxation , to the astonishment of men of
finance throughout the world, and the thor
ough and inconceivable dismay of the
Democratic party.
We have become used to the stereotyped
harangues in the Democratic journals about
Chinese suffrage and against Asiatic labor
In every shape. These fellows will not
confess that Chinese labor gave this coast
ibe Central Pacific Railroad, and has laid
the eontneoeement for the Oregon Central,
And is fishe only safe basis for a system of
public improvements and for menial labor
among us. Tiey employ Chinese themselves
as the only. e liable way of getting service
performed, and arus .before the people
that Chinese should ba excluded because
they thus arouse paaaieg and prejudice, and
they have no other leg to stand upon.
It is time the pa&tple understood the great
facts of our history and the great truths ot
our times ; that they should see beyond the
narrow realm where ignorance and pre
judice can win control. We auetfceep the
great facts in view constantly must ght
the battle of liberty continually, for eternal
vigilance is its only price. Oregon can and
mnst, and .certainly will see the Republican
party triumphant in the campaign of 1870 ;
Ahere is no peases, to doubt. Energy and
Action are necessary, and we will redeem
the record ef the past two years, and again
Atand with the loyal States upholding the
party that preserved the Union.
' It conld hardly be expected that people
of oar State could be got to vote against
the sunlight, denouncing its rays, or that it
was dark at midday ; but such action would
be as honest and sincere as for an enlightened
people to denounce the action ot this Gov
ernment j a preserving the Union, and to ,
deny the highest praise to the present
Administration for honesty, efficiency and
good Government. ' Yet these are the ques-;
tions for the people to vote oa, and we '
should commence the year with the -deter-
tnination to work for the same cause in 1870
that called ot all -our energies fa 1861.
The battle is almost fought and Boon the '
victory will be entirely won.
An inacceat young man has been in
jail iq San Francisco for. seven months,
awaiting trial en a charge of stealing a
watch. A few days sgo a woman quarreled
with her husband ad told that he was the ;
man who stole the watch, giving circnmtan
ces to substantiate the story. The young
man has been relievedbut the jnjnry can
hardly be repaired.
-x Yaqttina Bay. '
Newpobt, Dec. 16. K6,
Ed. Statesman : Thinking a few notes
from this locality might be of Interest, I
wish to say that the Newport "Transporta
tion Company elected t its organization
Ben. Simpson, R. -A. Bebsell and Wm.
Macky, Directors $ and L. l Baldum, Treas.;
Ben. Simpson, Presides t ; and E. A. Bensell,
Secretary. This Company is organized for
the purpose of building, owning and run
ning a aclwooer from Taquina Bay, Ogn.,
to San Francisco, Cal., and intermediate
points along the coast : nearly every citizen
of the Bay has stock. Work has been com
menced and will be pushed ahead vigor
ously until completed, the effect of which
will be direct and certain communication
with San Francisco, a very important mat
ter to Benton county and the Bay.
'. Newport, with the certainty of having
a road to the valley, and thus inviting
thousands to the "Sounding Sea" by a good
route, is making corresponding improve
ments. Mr. Samuel Case, of the Ocean
House has opened a district school here ;
the proceeds of tuition, he generally con
; tributes to employ labor on the new
road. The reputation of Mr. C. as a teacher,
and the magnanimity of his offer, resulted
in .filling the district school house to over
flowing. Mr. C. is now building a larger
house for educational purposes.
Speaking on this subject, no better place
th in Newport could be found to build a
first-class college. The situation is fine
and extremely healthy ; the great varieties of
flab, pure water, chances for seaside exer
cise and recreation, etc., would be sufficient
to invite hundreds of families here annual
ly, to say nothing of a good college. The
proprietors of the Ocean Ilouse give a
free ball Christmas Eve. Yaqctna.
Latest from Klamath.
Superintendent Meacham telegraphed
yesterday to Mr. C. S. Woodworth, Chief
Clerk, tlat he reached Ashland that morn
ing at 7. a. m., and that he would take the
stage last evening for Salem. He will
probably be home on Saturday accom
panied by Dr. McKay. A letter of late
date announces that be bad succeeded in
persuading all the remaining Modoc Indians
to remove to the Klamath Reservation, in
number about 200. ;01d Chief Jack with
fourteen men women and children was the
only one who made serious objections, and
he finally made a proposition to remove
with the rest, which Mr. Meacham was able
to accept. So, probably the whole tribe
are now on that Reservation. The disinter
ested traders of Yreka, Cal., are supposed
to have influenced Jack and bis Indians to
remain within reach of their traffic, and
' that has probably been one cause of their
hesitation to remove to Klamath at an
earlier period. Mr. Meacham met them, by
appointment, at Link River bridge, in Ore
gon, and treated with them successfully
there.
Brodebick's Well. The next of kin of
the late D.C Broderick, residents of Sidney,
New South Wales, have brought suit in the
United States Circuit Court of California
to set aside the will. They allege that doc
ument to have been a forgery, that it was
written by one Alfred A. Phelps, and the
name of David C. Broderick signed by
Moses Flannagan ; 4hat John A. McGlynn
fraudulently caused the will to be proved,
himself to be appointed executor thereof,
and claims to be allowed in favor of him
self to the amount of $80,000. FlaintifTs
say they had no notice of the death of
Broderick, nor of the existence of the pre
tended will until December, 1866. Tbey ask
that the proceedings of the Probate Court
., be annulled, and for the possession of a
strong box containing valuables to the.
amount of $20,500, now in possession of
John Sime & Company.
Dr. Herman Dead. Dr. II. Ilerman, an
old resident of Coos county, and father of
lion. B. Herman, State Senator for Douglas,
Coos and Curry, died at his residence on the
16th ef December last. The Doctor was a
native of Germany and a graduate of the
University of Marburg, where he afterwards
occupied the chair of Processor of Anatomy
and Demonstrator of .'Surgery. Becoming
connected with the " patriots" in 1838, he
was compelled to seek safety in America,
and settled in Baltimore, from whence he
came to Oregon in 1858, and returning in
1859, he brought a large number of his
neighbors to Coos county and to othnr parts
of the country. Since that time he has been
a prominent and nseful man in the commu
nity where he lived, and died universally
esteemed and respected.
At a ball in Pittsburgh a gold ring was
offered as a prize to the couple who should
waltz the longest Twelve couples entered
the lists. Four of them only lasted twenty
minutes. At the end of an hour there were
three couples on the floor. In two hours
one of these gave out, and the remaining
parties danced five hours and three min
utes, when one of them fell fainting, and in
a few minutes the whole four were insensi
ble, while the musicians were in but little
better condition. All' parties concerned
were badly demoralized and do not intend
to engage in snch a contest again.
A San Franciscan has been under the
influence of Chicago associations, and fallen
into the way of that wicked city. ; Harvey
McKee, who represented himself to be pur
ser of a steamer from San Francisco to
Hong Kong, was married after three weeks'
acquaintance to a Miss Francis, of Chicago.
He took her to St. Louis, and on the fourth
day made off with her property, leaving the
young bride penniless In a strange land.
She baa gone to work as a seamstress, land
has taken steps to secure a divorce as soon
as possible. ' "
Hanna Teaiaiore, a native of Amster
dam, Germany, is living in Wilmington,
Delaware, at the advanced age of 108 years.
She was sixteen years of age at the signing
of the Declaration of Independence, which
Bhe remembers distinctly. She lives with
her younger eon, himself aged 73, and is
remarkably hale and , active, bidding fair
to live several years. She lived under the
Government of Holland eight years, in the
British Colonies as long, and thea in the
United States during the whole period of
its history. ' ' ,
Two deaf mutes have eloped together
from Allegheny city, Pennsylvania. Thomas
Pollack met Arabella Martin, and by the
. use of signs conversed with her to so good
effect as to win tier affection in a- few days.
The patents refused assent to the match,
and Pollack disappeared the following Sun
day. Miss Martin went to a Sab bath School
for deaf mutes, after wbicn she met Pollack,
and ttoey went away together. ' Since that
time the police have bees unable to find
any trace of the pair. .
MafirtMir County Teachers' Association.
Fridat, December 31st, 18C9.
Ld . Statesman : The Marion County
leuchers' Association held its Eleventh
Session in the town of Silverton. commen
cing on Tuesday, December 28th, 1869, and
continuing in session " until the following
Tuesday. There were thirty-five teachers
present The general subject of discussion
was English Grammar, but some portions
of Arithmetic and Algebra were discussed.
The evening sessions were x devoted to
addresses, declamations, etc. ' ;
In thoroughness of investigation and the
courteous deportment of members, the ses
sion stands without a parallel in tho history
of the Association. Throughout the entire
session not an angry or unpleasant word
disturbed the deliberations.
The interest, liberality and good feelings
of the Silvertonians were too observable to
need comment.
This Association has been in existence
about five years. It has always been a
Buccess ; and although it has known some
stormy scenes and has lost most of its ear
liest leaders, it is, to-day, in point of intel
ligence and capacity for usefulness, more
powerful than ever before, and still looks
forward with unbounded confidence to the
good time coming when Oregon shall be
blessed with a State Normal Institute and a
wisely directed system of free schools. Of
all the various interests of a State, no other
is of such vast importance to its future
prosperity and honor as the educition of
its youth, and yet Oregon has barely the
semblance of a system of public schools
It is strange that this greatest of all the
interests of the State should be allowed
thus to slumber in unbroken neglect New
England is justly proud of her world re
nowned system of common schools. The
younger States of the Mississippi Valley are
following closely in her wake, while the
regenerated South, so lately rent and riven
by the fiery tempests of; war, is building
upon the shattered ruins of long cherished
ignorance a new status of popular intelli
gence. ;
The progressive educational spirit of the
Atlantic States with stately tread proudly
ascends the eastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains, and breaking in dashing waves
over the solemn stillness of the snow clad
Sierras, awaken a thousand responsive
echoes in the popular heart of our sister
State. But, alas ! in the rich refrain the
voice of Oregon is not heard. Of her
abundant wealth no dollar has she ever yet
appropriated to the education of the masses
of her children. By the limited assistance
derived from county assessments, the schools
are enabled to eke out a short lived exis
tence of a few months in each year and
then the children are turned loose to forget
in idleness the little that they hare learued.
We need an improved system of school
laws and liberal allowance of money to
keep the schools in operation.
W. T. R.
The following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That we have had an agreeable
and profitable session, and are glad that
we met.
Resolved, That our thanks are due our
friends foi music.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Associ
ation are especially dne and are hereby
gratefully tendered to the people of Silver
ton for toe unbounded hospitality with
which they have entertained friends and
teachers from a distance.
. Resolved, That the thanks of this Associ
ation are tendered to Rev. T. II. Small.
Major Joseph Magone, and Hon. T. W.
Davenport, for the highly practical and
interesting addresses with which they have
favored us.
Resolved, That the Secretary id requested
to furnish copies of : these resolutions, with
a brief abstract of proceedings, to the lead
ing journals of the State, with a request
that they be published.
Wm. Simpson-, Sec'y-
Silverton, December 31st, I860.
A couple residing near Port Hole, Canada,
recently came to that town tor the purpose
of being married. Tho wedding had been
thrice " called," and at the appointed time
quite a number of people had collected to
witness the ceremony. The party arrived
punctually, all bedecked in their best attire,
and the hour had almost come, when the
bridegroom, leaving his intended in charge
of his brot' er, went out to get something
for his nerves. He took a glass or two, and
finding himself in congenial company, staid
too long, in fact, until the waiting party
sent out and found him. The would-be
bride declared she came to be married and
was not going home without u husband, end
rather than have the show stop, the brother,
who came to act as groomsman, consented
to take the part of bis principal, and the
wedding went on to the satisfaction of all
parties but one.
Last Monday was far from being a severe
day here, a pretty dense fog in the fore
part of the day, and rather pleasant in the
evening. But the reports from the East
don't bring any such stories. Storms and
floods were the order of the day. From
New England, New York, and as far west
as Cleveland we have reports of terrific
destruction of property. Most of the tel
egraph lines were down, so that it is impos
sible to estimate the amount of damage
done on that day, but enough is known to
show that the whole country - suffered
heavily. If the Oregonians who happen to
be back among those scenes could know
just exactly what fine weather we are having'
and should undertake to tell it, Jhey would
be in danger of a trial for lunacy, but what
we hear is enough to keep us well satisfied
with the Webfoot country.
' -4 :
The Gardiner's Monthly has an article on
the big trees of California from which it
appears that the scientific name of this
variety is Wellingfonia Gigantes, called
after the Duke of Wellington by the Eng
lishman who was the first to publish to the
world a scientific account of the new variety.
In 1854 some of the seeds were taken to
England and planted in Lamaly Park, in
Kent, England. They are now at the age
of fifteen years, twenty-nine feet high, and
six feet nine inches in circumference a foot
from the ground. , Trees planted at Roches
ter, New York, in a crowded place, have
grown quits rapidly, though not to equal
those in Eugland ; and the wood is thus
proved to be a profitable variety for
planting.
In the case of the Bunk of (he Valley
vs. the Merchant's National Bank of Balti
more, the U. S. District Court ordered a
sale of a quantity of Confederate bonds
and bills. The first lot of $2,269,709 in
bonds of different dates and denominations,
brought $35. .Another lot of $696,935 was
sold for $9. : The whole sale -netting $62
for over $3,000,000 in paper of the defunct
Confederacy. -.j .. i -; : .
Greeley proposes to head off a bill to
create new judgsbip in Michigan by
adding this proviso t That no person who
has promoted ox sought the creation of
this district shall be eligible to any office
under the provisions of this act
fc J - GENERAL HEWS.
Portland. -The Oregonktn of the 3d
speaks of a new brickmiking machine
which has been on exhibition in that city
which presses the clay and cuts it into
proper size and shape, leaving tbe.bricks
ready for thfc kiln without the usual pro
cess of sun-drying. ,. ...The U. S. Circuit
Court. Judge Deady presiding, is in session.
... T. - St Stephen's Church is being turned
round so as to front on Madison street. . . .
The Moses Taylor took away 450 tons of
produce. . .'Panott's Creek" is the southern
terminus of the Oregon JJentral Railroad.
The Cars are engaged in carrying material
to the front, and a number of men are to
be employed until spring, when a larger
force than ever will be employed to put
the road through to Salem...... The City
Ordinances are to be codified and published
in the Portland Directory, The total
revenue paid by various liquor dealers as a
license to the city of Portland during the
year 18C9. probably exceeded ten thousand
dollars. This is exclusive of the license
paid to retail larger beer alone. It is esti
mated that at a low calculation the sum of
$1,000 daily or $3C5,000 yearly is paid by
the people of Portland for their drinks.
January 4. The Herald informs us that
the steamship Montana, Capt Fred Belles,
arriving Monday morning, was quite a sur
prise to everybody. Tip to a late hour
Sunday night no dispatch had been received
by the Agent here of the sailing of any
steamer, so the arrival yesterday morning
was indeed a surprise. She broueht 2XS
tons of freight and made 1 tie trip in four
days and 21 hours. .... .The Oregonwm
adds that a deed was recorded in the Coun
ty Clerk's office lat week, which was exe
cuted August 9, 1850. . . .. .Some very im
portant cases relative to land titles in Port
land are pending in tho U. S. Circuit Court.
In one of them, the complaint covers sixty
five pages of legal cap, and Is said to em
brace the history of Portland, ab urbe con
dita......A number of Indians are prowl
ing about the city begging and seeking
employment. One or two clothes-lines
have been denuded, and the owners attrib
ute their losses to these coitus tilicums.
Poi.k CorxTT. The Times appears for
the 25th ult. and 1st inst., in one issue.
Illness of the editor is the cause, be is to
have help to keep off the malady and also
ge out his paper in the future The
M. E. Church (South.) are holding a pro
tracted meeting under Revs. Baxter, Burch
and Lears The Good Templars had a
social party at their hall on New Year's
Eve The M. E. Church kept watch
nigbt. .... .Friendsip Lodge, No, 6, 1. O. O.
F., held their installation on New Years
A thief broke a shop window and took a
jar of candy ; the jjx was found empty, the
next morning. The thief will probably be
found ic some Penitentiary in less than five
years Chickens roosting out of doors,
especially fat ones, have been subject to a
malady that took them off most unaccounta
bly The Times has a correspondent
who does some poor spelling, but don't do
it very well.
Portland, Jan. 5. The Herald mentions
'seven cases being up before the Recorder
yesterday morning, and sentenced from two
to thirty days each St. John's Lodge.
No. 109, 1. O. G. T., was organized at St.
Johns, Multnomah county, on the 3d instant,
by E. W. Rynn. B. O. Severance is W.C. T
. . The brig North Star sailed for San
Francisco yesterday with a full cargo. A
party of ladies and gentlemen have char
tered the new steamer Mary Bell and will
make an excursion to Astoria and back
Three sailors of the Montana are
in jail for attempting to corral the mate of
the vessel The Telfair is dne
Duel G. Clark, who came from Illinois to
Oregon, and who had been for years em
ployed in the steam saw mill of Hay den
& Company, was struck by a piece of flying
timber a severe blow in the stomach, from
the effects of which he died on Tuesday
evening.
Linn Count r . The Register seems to be
dissatisfied with the Marshal of Albany,
It says be has again been fined for a breach
of the peace, and that us a conservator of
the peace and dignity of the city he don't
pan worth a cent.
Cowan and Company have closed the
pork packing seasou. lhey put down over
1.000 hogs.
Mr. Ilollingsworth, living three miles
from Brownsville, had bis leg broken by a
kick from a horse. He crawled some dis
tance, but would have perished bad he not
been discovered by William Cochrane, who
happened to pass by the place where be
Douglas Cocxty. The Ensign describes
Oakland as in a very thriving condition,
improvements going on rapidly and of the
most substantial kind Oakland Lodge,
No. 16, A. F. & A. M., had a public installa
tion, after which an address iy P. G. M.,
S. F. Chadwick. N. Haun has .explored
the river from Scottsburg to Roseburg, and
thinks bo can navigate it without a doubt.
Tbe steamer is to be launched this week.
Fifwen vessels lo ided with coal and
lumber lett Coos Bay in one week, bound
for San Francisco aDd San Diego.
Another surgical operation has been per
formed upon Robert Hadley. H being dis
covered by his phyfcicans, Drs. Patterson
and Sharpies that he was not doing as well
as they bad hoped, the boon above the
wound, including the shoulder joint, was
taken out Mr. II. is doing as well as
could be expected, under the two painful
operations to which he has submitted, this
1s said to be tbe first case of resection of
tbe shoulder joint that has occurred in the
State. Eugene Guard. , ;
American Ladies. The London Leisure
Hour says of our young women folk :
'The American young ladies of the mid
dle, and even tbe upper class, are usually
trained to snch domestic duties as are sure
to' devolve upon the young wife, be she
rich or poor. They are calied upon to go
into the kitchen, to observe tbe working of
that important element of domestic life, oc
casionally to make up dishes, and to know
bow, at least, to make np all which the ta
ble requires. Tbey are left in charge of the
household, to see that everything is prop
erly done, and that tbe Servants are not in
dolent or dishonest. Not that American
women are by anymeans unmindful of 'ap
pearances for tbe Democratic theories of
government do not entirely enter into the
social life. Still it is regarded as by no
means any disgrace for even a richly en
dowed or high family' young wife to su
perintend her .household, and even to
what is necessary to be done in order to
make her home pleasant and comfortable
forberhuband and herself.'
It is pleasant to think that the English
people have such favorable opinions of our
ways of bringing up young ladies. It
would be better if it were only true.
Cuba. As we supposed : yesterday, tbe
telegraphic news of to-day flatly contra
dicts the story of an end to the Cuban revolution.-
Cuban sympathizers say, if any
such circular as the one described by the
telegram has ever been circnlated.it is a
forgery and is done in the interest of their
enemy. However, the brilliant originator
of the roorback seems to have overshot the
marki as we read of a very large and en
thusiastic meeting in ! Nebraska of the
friends of tbe Cuban eause. The truth of
their case seems to be that if they ean keep
on as well as they have been doing for a
little while longer, the United States will
be compelled, bv its own sympathy with ail
opposition to tyranny, to accord this poor
siruggling race at least belligerent rights
which is all the odds they ask of Spain.
TELEGRAPHIC "sUEOlT AY.
LECTURE BY BOUTWELL.
Boston. Dec. 29.- Secretary of the Treas
ury, Bontwell.. lectured before the Mer
cantile Library Association on the Transi
tion Period of the United States. The aud
ience was composed of business men. par
ticularly those interested in finance. After
reviewing tbe causes and results of the late
war, the speaker referred to tbe system of
public instruction open to the Southern
States, the advantage of which could not
be adequately estimated. The sentiment of
tbe North, aided by magnificent gifts of
Geo. Peabody. opened tho schools, wtucn
by the education of tbe masses will prove
ultimately the sustaining prop of the Repub
lic The speaker took a hopeful view of
the condition ot the South and of the whole
country, although the events of the past ten
years let difficulties, in our loss of commerce,
and the creation of a vast public debt, and
a system of national taxation which is
deemed burdensome, there was still a
large balance to the credit of the nation.
If the country remained at peace, and there
is no contrary indication, tho final liqiii-
' dation of the debt would not be very re
mote Mr. Bontwell emphatically contra
dicted the prevalent idea that Americans,
as a nation, were grasping or anxious for
extension of territory, for within the past
twenty-five years tbe Government has re
peatedly rejected proffered territory. We
take nothing by crooked devices. Other
1 nations take by force of arms, we by force
of ideaa. The speaker was frequently ap
plauded, though some disappointment was
apparent at his avoidance ol special finan
cial topics now so generally discussed.
New York. Jan. 1. There is news from
Hay ti that the iosurgentM have captured
Port an Prince. An attack was made by
sea and land on tbe night of the 18:h inst.
The land forces entered the city in different
directions and the enemy retreated in dis
astrous confusion. Saluave's war vessel,
tbe Algonquin, was surprised and captured
without bloodshed . Salnave made bis
escape to Fort Nationale, on tho higlits of
th city, where he is in iinni nent peril, and
appeals to tbe foreign Consul for protection.
' There aie great rejoicings on tbe island
over the victory. .
A NARROW ESCAPE.
New York. Jan. 1 . A dispatch from
Plymouth, Pennsylvania, says there was
very nearly a repetition of the frightful
disaster at Avondale. Vt'bilo fifty-five men
were at work in tbe Notingbam mine, which,
like tbe Avoudale, has but one outlet, tbe
woodworks in the heater took fire ftom a
stove pipe whieh was carelessly placed in
close proximity to the wood. Tbe fire was
extinguished by great exertion, and without
informing the men below of their danger.
As soon as the men were appraised of their
peril tbey came up, and. together with the
men at work above ground, resolved not to
go into the shaft again until proper precau
tion against accidents were adopted. This
demand the proprietors attempted to resist
but were unable to replace the workmen
and yielded. Tbo men insisted, among
other things, on a watchman at the shaft
wbereirr they were at work below, night
and day.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Poughkeepsie, Jan 1. A terrible tragedy
occurred in Sleepy Hollow, near Tarry town,
this1 afternoon. A man named N. W. Buck
out shot bis wife, a Newark merchant,
Alfred Randall, and bis son. tbe latter
named Charles Randall. Mrs. Buckout was
fbot through the temple, Alfred Randall
through the heart, and Charles Randall
through the 6ide. Mrs. Buckout and Alfred
Randall are dead. Charles Randall lies in
a dangerous condition. Buckout gave him
self up immediately and was lodged in jail.
The cause of the tragedy is unknown.
Some persons ascribe it to jealousy on the
part of tho husband, others believe he was
insane.
CUBAN EXPEDITION.
New York, Jan. 1. An expedition of a
hundred men in command of Col. Ashby,
Mosby's Lieutenant during tbe rebellion,
sailed for Cuba on Monday. They took
twenty thousand small arms and some can
non and ammunition.
In a dispute at the Manhattan CI ult last
eveuing, II. S. Bateinan, a well known theat
rical manager, slapped the face of Hiram
Cranston, proprietor of the New York Hotel.
Colonel Van Brunt, Assistant Postmaster
of New York, has resigned.
The "total losses by fire in tbe United
States during the year amount to $10,
681,000. A SINGULAR AFFAIR.
St Louis. Jan. 1. On Christmas evening
Joseph II. lleidhampf. a well known German
citizen, was poisoned. Since that he has
been pronounced dead by physicans. Tho
body shows no signs of decomposition, and
the iamily refuse to have it buried. Yes
terday a man and woman, singularly attired,
visited the corpse with the announcement
that they would work a miracle by raising
tbe dead. They proceeded to make various
manifestations, and handled the body quite
roughly, when the deceased gave tho miracle-workers
a severe beating.
Cincinnati, Jan 2 . Generaf Stephen J.
McGroty, a gallant and eflicient officer of
the late war, where he received a number
of severe wounds, died suddenly at his res
idence this morning, from the effects, it is
supposed, of bis old wounds.
Petitions are circulating for the abolition
of the franking privilege.
Madison. Wis.) Jan. 2. B. F. Hopkins,
member of Congress, died at his residence
in this place yesterday afternoon, after a
long and painful illness.
Detroit Jan. 2. A violent snow storm
commenced yesterday afternoon. About
ten inches has fallen.
EUROPEAN.
Paris, Jan. 1. It is certain that the new
ministry will be announced tbe day after
to-morrow. The ministry is to be composed
of six from the Chamber of Deputies and
four from the Senate.
A correspondent of the Globe commenting
on the official denial of tbe censorship over
tbe b rencb cable, says all tbe Telegrams are
received by tbe Minister of tbe interior.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Jan 2. The steamer Ori
flamme arrived this morning from San Diego
and way ports, bringing 191 passengers, 120
bars of bullion, 37 boxes oranges, 25 pipes
wine, a quantity of hidps, etc. In her col
lision wiih the steamer Pacifie she carried
away her stem and cutwater.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. Wells, Fargo & Co.
have reduced tbe salaries of their employ
ees, and it is stated that the Pacific Mail
Company and several large employing firms
had done likewise,
Maguire, of the Opera House, was pre
sented with a service of silver, valued at
$1,000. on New Year's night, by theattachees
of bis theatre.
P. J. Devine, sculptor, died on Saturday
night.
H. M. Gregory, one of the officers of the
Pacific, fell through a hatchway soon after
the collision, and dislocated his shoulder.
NEW CENSUS BILL.
Washington, Jan 3. Western members
are greatly exercised over the proposed ap
portionment under tbe census bill. Several
are engaged in preparing speeches, showing
tho great inequality between the Eastern
and Western States, in respect to the number
of voters and representatives.
The discussion over the Judges bill will
begin soon after the reassembling, of Con
gress, and a large number of names are
already on the Speakers slate to speak for
and against the bill. Hale, of Maine, beads
tbe lint, and will make his maiden effort in
- opposition to increasing the number of
Representatives or making an apportion
ment in advance of tbe completion ot tbe
census.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Washington, Jan. 3 . The public debt
statement shows a reduction of $4,812,000
in coin, and a balance of $109,000,000,
including $40,000,000 in gold certificates.
Tbe currency balance is over $12,500,000.
. Wheeling, (Va) Jan. 1 W. J. Nash, who
was shot last Thursday by a young lady
whom he seduced, died yesterday. The
young lady is in jail.
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Colum' us, Jan. 3. Tbe Geoer-il Assem
bly of Ohio met this morning. The Senate
organized, electing E. T. Hall (Republican)
Clerk, and B. F. Churchill (Democrat)
Sergeant at-Arms . The House partially
organized, electing A. J. Cunningham (In
dependent Republican. ) Irom Hamilton
county. Speaker; Laymen (Democrat) Clerk.
Three Independent Republicans from Ham
ilton county voted steadily with the Dem
ocrats, and Cunningham voted for himself.
THE STORM IN NEW YORK.
New York, Jan. 3 . Tbe storm which
commenced on Saturday night was very
severe in Brooklyu. and caused much dam
age to property. Sixteen buildings were
blown down, trees uprooted, chimneys
scattered to the winds. The buildings, with
one exception, were frame, and in Jersey
City and Hudson City tbey were demolished,
and much damage of a similar nature was
dono in other towns in the vicinity. The
jPresbyterian Church at Trenton lost its
steeple. The large frame hotel. In course
of erection at Rockaway, to cost $30,000,
w8 leveled to the ground. Tbe storm raged
as far west as Ohio, and did much damage
in the New England States. Communica
tion is suspended from all points.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS ON A
STRIKE.
Chicago. Jan 3. A majority of the oper
ators of tbo Western Union Telegraph
Company quit work this morning for the
alleged cause of the reduction of salaries
in California. A sufficient number remain,
with others procured since, to do tbe busi
ness of the office.
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA.
Nebraska City, Jan. 3. The largest and
most enthusiastic mass meeting ever con
vened in Nebraska was held iu this city ou
New Year's day, in the interest of Cuba.
Chief Justice Mason presided, with seven
vice presidents and four secretaries. Jud;e
Kinney reported a series of resolutions de
claring it the duty ol Congress to recog
nise at once the belligerent rights of Cuba,
which were unanimously adopted. Gov
Gibbs made tbe leading sueech. Chief Jus
tice Mason. Judge Kinney and others made
speeches. A committee, consisting of Gov.
Gibbs, Judge Kinney and Gov. But'.er, was
appointed to proceed to Washington to lay
the resolutions before Congress. J'
EUBOPEAN.
Rome. Jan. 3. The Ecumenical Conn
cil held a final session at the Cathedral of
St. Peter, on Sa'turday. Efforts had been
made to improve the ascoustic properties of
tbe hall, but without much success. Tbe
sessions hereafter will be held at the Quir
inal. Taris, Jan. 3. Tho Emperor recently
paid a visit to the ex-Queen Isabella, when
she related the proposals that had been
made by Montpensier since she bad leen
in France. She said she had refused to ac
cede, solely to please him (the Emperor.)
London, Jan. 3. The Morning Herald
attributes tbe failure of the Star to its par
tizanship, and asserts that party organs are
now obsolete.
Pkace River Mines. A dispatch da
ted Victoria, Jan. 4lh, says :
The news from the uew diggings on Peace
River, is fully auutbenticated. Not much
prospecting hag a yet been done, but
strong hopes are built upon the first pros
pects obtained (two ounces per day to the
band) that the new diggings will turn out
tbe richest and most extensive ever struck
in British Columbia. The route is via the
Wagon Road to Qnesnellemoiitb, thence
the old telegraph trail to lake Tatlah ; al
though some parties are seeking a route
via the Coast Skeena river and ihe Babine
lakes. The country is 2,(100 feet lower than
Cariboo. Climate miid. Further news is
expected by the 15th inst.
NEW YORK NEWS. .
New York. Jan. 4. The French Opera
Ball, in the Theatre Francis last night, was
largely attended by the demi monde and
ward politicians. The usual license pre
vailed but no disturbances.
Mrs. Georgiana Rimey, the divorced wife
of Cortland Uimey, one of the I'oughkep
sie Knickerbockers, made application be
fore Judge Freeman to open the judgment
of divorce granted against her. The Ui
meys moved in highly fashionable circles,
anil the scandal has occasioned much com
ment. The reported infidelity occurred
last summer at Long Branch. Yesterday
Judge Freeman denied the motion to open
tiie divorce.
St. Paul, Jan. 4. A dispatch from Pem
bina says that the U. S, authorities have
been informed of a movement of the Sioux
from the Red River country to make a raid
on Pembina and St. Joseph ; and that the
Indians have been incited to this, in retalia
tion for aid and countenance given by
Americans to the Red River insurrection.
FILIBUSTERS.
A New York special says the American
Annexation League state that halt of their
men have already left for the Red River
fnuntrv in small snnailj aiwl -,! i..nul :n
w..a. ... ..J H L.V..J, ..IIV. ,.111 I 1 1 I T 1 1 t,
such a way that they cannot be interfered
who oy me autnojities.
Albany. Jan. 4. Tbe first bill introduced
into tbe State Legislature to-day, was for
the repeal of the excise laws.
Tweed introduced a resolution in tbe
Senate repealing the adoption of the Fif
teenth Amendment.
TIIE OPERATOR'S STRIKE.
Cincinnatti, Jan. 4. No particular change
in the telegraph strike. Tho officers of the
company are confident of their ability to
attend to all business. Tbe strike is very
widely extended, but the company are de
termined not to give in. The operators in
Pittsburg left their instruments this morn
ing. The officers secured men enough to
carry on the business. Large numbers of
operators are arrivinsr in Cbicairn and m
being assigned to duty in various places.
iue company wm not employ any ot the
strikers.
Nashville, Jan. 4. In view of the prob
able suspension of the public schools, the
uermans oi iNasnviue are taking steps to
organize an English free school of their
own..;
The Conservatives carried the election
at Knoxville, electing the Mayor and car
rying all the wards Radical heretofore.
St Louis, Jan. 4. Tbe residence of ex
United States Senator D. K. Atchison, near
Plattsbtirg, Missouri, was burned yesterday
with tbe contents, including a large library:
loss. $20,000.
I EUROPEAN.
Rome', Jan. 3. The Bishop of Panama is
dead. ;
Madrid, Jan. 4. A decided negation has
been received from Italy in tbe matter of
tbe candidature of tbe Duke of Genoa. As
a consequence Gen. Prim and all the rest
of tbe Ministry have resigned.
London, Jan. 4. The Times this morn
ing in commenting upon the Democratic ad
vocacy of Republican principles, says lears
from that quarter is due to tbe fact that
American bonds, bearing high interest, are
not so near par as consols.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francico. Jan. 4. The rate of legal
tenders for tbe current month, for Revenue
purposes, has been fixed by the Assessor at
83 cents in gold.
Gold, 119 J.
Sterling, 109i.
Iiegal tenders, 8383J.
U. S. 5-20's quoted in New Y'ork to-day,
113ill4L for 1862 and 1SU7.
California wheat quoted in Liverpool at
9s tid.
Flour The stock in the city is said to be
light, and tbe market firm. Superfine in
sacks, $ I 37i4 62 ; extra in sacks $5 25
Q,5 50.
Wheat 600 sack good milling. $1 55;
800 sks do. $1 55 ; 400 sks do. $1 55 ; 700
sks choice $1 65 per cwt
Barley 400 sks coast $1 10; 200 sks
do. $1 17 i per cwt.
Oats 250 eks fair $1 25 ; 300 ska do.
$1 25l 35 per cwt.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A steam plow of novel construction Las
lately been invented in Rochester, which
h.a uunUnml considerable interest among
farmers. The machine is an ordinary doub
le cylinder steam engine ana Doner, mouui
...i An in main wheal, five feet iu diame
WVH . .
ter, of eight inches in tread two smaller
ones being placed in irom lor giuuiug
bvr about two tuns. The
distinguishing feature of this machine lies
in ihe main or driving wneeis. ine rim oi
each wheel is perforated in 12 equi distant
places, and through tbe apertures 12 spoon
shaped anchors.' each Beven inches long
by five inches wide, are made to operate in
this wav : As the wheels revolve, tbe anch
ors are made to protrude from them and en
,.1'ih tn nnv desired depth, with
drawing us they pass under the centers of
the wheels, aud luus ooivauug
strains and its consequent waste of power.
Tbe hold taken on the ground by the anch
ors is so great as to withstand almost any
a!rin Hml in easn thev meet with an ob
struction through which they cannot pene-
- i l I. l 1 .1... . .. rwl
trate, tne springs wuicu uuiu me w
lvi.r.i in mwili.in rnenil to allow theill to
pass back into toe wheels until the cause
of resistance has been passed. -. J.
Tribune.
The Jcsephi brothers, jewelers of San
Francisco, have failed for $230,000. The
investigation on behalf of the creditors
brought out some very questionable trans
actions, and a few days later Isaac S.
Josephi tbe head of the house, was missing.
It has since transpired that be collected all
his movable property, and took passuge
on the I'an.iin i steamer, leaving his brother
David to meet the creditors wiihont funds,
or anything that they could get their bands
on.
Areas' American Almanac, for 1S70, has
been received -y ihe druiigiut, for delivery,
gratis, to ail who call for it. This number con
tains proofs to show that sme of the tUars
have exii-ltd for sixty millions of years. We
bad uot supposed uch proof possible, but the
Doctor gives it in a shape which seems indis
putable. His witlicif ins have long made his
book acceptable ; bis medical advice makes it
iudippeusahlA lo famiiie. aud uow be adds the
most startling problems of abstract science to
its attractions.
Beecher in speaking of Sunday religion
made the following hit: There are sitting
before mo in this con(rregation now, two
hundred men, who stuff their Sundays full
of what they call religion, and then go out
on Monday to catch their brothers by the
throat, saying v, ,lts Monday now, and you
need'nt think that becanse'we sat together
crying yesterday over our Savior's suffering
and love, that I am going to let y ou off from
that debt, if it does ruin you to pay it now.
Medical statistics in France have proved
two lacts wbich are noteworthy for tbe fair
sex. Tbe first is that the mortality of wo
men in France has decreased by eighteen
and a half per cent, since they have dis
continued the use of corsets. The other is.
that cases of inflammation of the brain have
increased among the women of France by
7 2 1 per cent, since the ladies have bur
dened their heads with water falls.
The Burlington (Iowa) Argus says the
maddest man in Iowa lives at Mt. Pleasant.
He told bis wife he was going down in the
cellar to commit suicide, and did go down
aud tire a brcudside into a pork barrel.
His wife kept right on smoking, and after
awhile the man came up stairs swearing
that tbe woman hadu't got auy feeling. The
woman felt awtul bad when she found he
had been fooling her.
A blunderbuss was to be used in h play
at a Chicago theater, and the one who
loaded it filled it to tho muzzle with pow
der, by way of a joke. When the piece
was fired it kicked tbe itrtor over in a state
of inseubility, and terrified the entire audi
ence. Ladies fainied and were carried
home, the police rushed in thinking it was
some terrible accident and all was in the
utmost confusion for some time.
Ruuiblossoms are to go out of fashion. A
Poctor Demur, in Paris, is bleaching noses
to which treacherous iniluenec of liquor
has imparted a ruddy glow, by nutans of
electricity. He has recently restored a la
dy of high rank to happiness, changing her
nose, a blooming rose. Into a delicate lily.
Dr. Beriuer is having his method patent
ed. The libel suit of J. N. Luckney against
the N. Y. Tribune for publishing certain
proceedings against Mr. L. on a charge of
fraud, has terminated in the plaintiff paying
th costs. Juries do not seem now adays.
to favor tho idea that newspapers must not
publish uews until tbey know whether it
will be agreeable to the actor's feelings.
James A. Hart, a printer of Sacramento,
became insane fioui the effects of a beating
on the head which he received a few weeks
since whi!e intoxicated. He bad been in
the city about six months working iu the
Union office, was a man of peaceable and
gentlemanl bearing against whom nothing
but his weakness jo the glass could be
urged.
The second trial of the shed-burners, who
were convicted of destroying the snow
sheds of the Pacific Railroad, has resulted
in their acquital. The evidence against
theme was almost conclusive, but tbe jury
are thought to have been influenced by
prejudice against the Company.
There is a '-Fat News Association"' in
New York City, lo become a member of
which, one m:ist weigh over 185 pounds
Their first annual ball whs a success, there
was present twenty tons of membership and
a great number of elegant and fashionable
ladies.
A Buffalo pistolist places a cork upon
the open neck of a bottle, a bullet on tbe
cork, and then bets that at twelve paces he
will shoot away the cork and let the bullet
drop into tbe bottle.
Isaac S. Geer, of Conn., wanted to pass
a line through an underdrain and did not
want to take up the tiles. He tied a cord
to bis cat's leg, put her in one end of the
drain, gave ber a lively "scat" and the
deed was accomplished,
Caltfounians are engaged in discussing
the rquestion whether their new Capitol
building is an " acoustic failure" or their
piesent Assembly is made up of poor speak
ers. Public opinion seems to bo divided.
Tiie murderers who killed five men at
Medina's 6tore, near Stockton, have been
arrestfid. They are a Mexican and an
Indian.
Mall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Rene wer. Ihe
genuine article baa a proprietary stamp run
ning over the cork vf the bottle.
Josh Billings on Choosing a Husband.
The only nonsense about the following is
tbe spelling. That is a nuisance :
1. The man who izjellus ov every little
attenshun which yu git from sum other fel
low, yu will find, after yu are married tew
him, luvs biiase'f more than be duz yu,
and what yu mistook for solissitude, yu will
diskover. has changed into indifference.
Jellnssy isn't a hart disease ; it iz a liver
komplaint.
2. A mustash iz not indispensible ; it iz
only a little moreliair, and iz a good deal
like moss and other excresences often duz
the best . on sile that won't raize enny
thing else. Don't forgit that those things
wbich yu admire in a fellow before mar
riage, yu will probably hav tew admire in
a busband after, aud a mustash will git
tew be a very week diet after a long time.
3. If husbands could be took on trial, az
Irish cooks are, tew-thirds ov them would
probably be returned ; but there dou't
bem tew be enny law fur this. Thare
f ore, girls, yu will gee that after yu git a
man, yu bav got tew keep bin. even if yu
lose on him. Consequently, if yu ha? got
enny cold tittles in the houso try him oa
theti. once and a wtile, during scouring:,
seeson.and if he swalleis them we.I, and
sezhe will take soma more, be jz a mat
who, when blue Monday cums, will wasft
well
4. ' Don't marry a pheller who iz alwuz a
telling how bis mother duz things. U iz az.
bard tew suit these men uz it iz tew wean a
y undone. f ' , .
5. If a yung man kan beat you playing
on ft planner- and kant bear a hsh Horn
playing in the ftfeet without turning a,
back Buminers-Jlt on account ov tliomu-ick
that is in bim. be might answer tew tend
the babe, but if yu -t bim a boeing out
the garden, yu wiil find that yu hav got
tew do it ynrself A man who whole belt
lies in music (and not very lu-rty at that),
ain't no belter for a husband than a seed
litz powder, but if he luvs tew listen while
yu sing sum gentle ballad, yu will find him
mellow, and so soft. But don't marry en
nybody forjist one virlew enny quicker
than yu would flop a man for jist on f mlt.
6. It is one ot tbe most tuflVst things fur a
female tew be an old maid successfully. A
creat roenny hz tried it, and made a bad
job of it Everybody seems tew look upon
old maids just tiz they dew upon dried
barbs-in th garret, bandy fur sickness
aud. therefore, girls, it ain't.aJmis'akH
that yu sbood be wiilin :o swop urself oph
with sum troo phellow fur u tioo husband.
Tbe swop iz a good one, but don't swop fur
enny man wbo iz respectable jist because
bis lather iz. Yu bad better bo an old
maid for 4 thousand jeres, and then jme
the Shakers, than tew bi repentance nt this
prise. No woman ever maile this trade who
didn't r'u i i;her a pbool, a mean cuss, or a
clown fur husband. - .
7. In iiizjin? down into this subject, I
find the digging grows harder ihe further
igit. It iz mulch easier tew inform yu
wbo not tew in.ury. than wbo tew, fur the
reason tbare is more ov them.
I don't think yu will roller mi advice,
if I giv it ; and therefore 1 will keep It,
for I look upon advice az 1 du upon castor
rile a mean dose tew giv, and a mean
dose tew take.
But I must say one thing, girls, or spile :
If yu can find a , bright-eyed, healthy and
well-ballasted boy, wbo looks upon pover
ty az sassy az a child looks upon welth
who had ruthersit down on the curbstun,
in front uv the 5th avenue botel. and eat a
bam sandwich, than tew go inside and run
in debt for bis diuner and toothpick one
who iz armed with that kind of pluck
wbich mistakes a defeat fur a victory, my
advice iz tew tako bim body and sole
snare him at wnnst, fur be iz a stray trout,
uv a breed very skarse in our waters.
Take bim, 1 say, and bild onto bim, az
hornets bild onto a tree.
Ahem I We made a great mistake in saying
the other day that U. S. Marshal Young
was np this way, probably summoning
jurors to attend the United States CourU ;
so when we saw a Portland daily retailing
tbe same news, we were much obliged to it
for not quoting ns for authority, tbouch we
doubt if it bad any other.
We notice that several of our respectable
cotemporaries fail to treat us as we are
determined to treat every one, viz: take
news where we find it snd give due credit
to the same, irrespective of politics or pre
judice. Tbe Advocate is included in this
list ns. perhaps, tbe worst offender.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Vacant Dental Apartment. Ldirt or
gentlemen having vacant dental apartments can
have them uaelully and eleganUy furniihed.on rea
sonable terms, by miking application In
DR. CHANCE.
N. B. Old furniture repaired, or, when entirely
ds less, removed, by paying for cost of rem vat.
Apply as above. -
Office over R. M. Wade's store. Commercial street.
Salem, Oregon. Jan. 6.
A. X FRANCIS, Teacher of Instru
mental BSaaio, will give insiructkns on she
Flute, Violin, Guitar, etc , Ha will exercise the ut
most care to develop a correct and tasteful style of
execution ; aud by discarding everything that tends
to produce a superficial acquaintance with music,
will endeavor to Secure the rapid advancement of
pupilt towards a thorough knowledge of the science,
so rarely acquired under many of the existing meth
ods of teaching. For terms enquire at McCully &
Co.'s store. ' Jan. 8.
About that Cow. For a week or so past,
some persons hare been busy circulating report
that I had stolen John Ford's old cow. One little
shaver and his mamma actually saw me lead the
beast by a rope through town to my slaughter house;
a friend of mine, who cures extra hams, thought I
was sure of the Penitentiary, and perhaps some oth
ers bought my beef to see If it had the regular taste
peculiar to Ford's cows. Things progressed so finely
that a distinguished legal gentleman had made a
case to have me arrested, and only lost a gsod job
because the cow, finding country lite uncomfortable
at this season, came suddenly home aOer her regular
slops. Now, I want all my old customers, and eve
rybody else, to understand that my busim s is not
to steal beef, but to retail the best I can buy to my
customers. I ronso'e myself for all these things by
remembering that tbe saints always hare been per
secuted, and sometimes Imprisoned, which I escape
this t:me because the old fool of a cow would come
home. - DAN. KRONEN BERfiER.
Salem, Jan. 5, 1ST0.
New Year's Calls. We cordially Invite all
who have accounts on our books to call at an early
day of tbe year 1ST0, at d settle the sam by cash or
nte. L'ZAfOVAOlt wrirht
Mrs. Doctor Thompson, of Portland, is at
present in this city, and will .remain one week
at the residence of J. M. Coulter, where she may be
lound by al! who wish to conult ber professionally
Chronic diseases and female complaints are made a
specialty. aalem j
Prices of Moats.
Filkx, Jan. 1.1ST0.
We, the nndersigned, market men and rendm nf
meats, nereoy gire notice that, from and after the
1st d7 of January. 1870, we will regulate the prices
cf different kinds of meats heretofore sold at the
same rates In this city. We propose to regulate the
prices of meats according to quality and selection,
as follows: Loin Bteaks ad Choice Roasts, US
cents per pound ; other steaks from 10 to 12 cents
per pound. Corned Beef and Plates, 10 cents.
Rouah Meats, 8 cents. Pork and Motion, I? eta.
J. L. Roguui, Pioneer Market.
W. Nepbitt. Nesliitt's Market.
W l. Lcon4D, Capital Market.
J. R. HtsmcK, Salem Market.
D. KaiasKB ckr, Dan's Market.
Wants to Balance His old' Books.
Those who owe the undersigned are reopectfully In
vited to call and examine their accounts.
Salem, Dec.81,lS69. DAVID COLE.
Writing- School. I have made arrangements
to open an EVENING WRITING SCHOOL at the
CENTRAL SCHOOL HOUSE, 8ALEM, to commence
next Monday evening, January 8 1, at T o'clock, to
continue every evening.
, I- H. LAFOLLET.
Salem, Dec 80.
Th Bark Almatla Is .Not Lost, though
she made raiher a long voyage, the came into port
the other day, eolora dying, sails all set, with a fair
wind, and landed a large part of her valuable canto
at the store of Friedman k Goslioer. That was Ui
first instance of a sea-going Tessel ever reaching
Salem. She brought to that enterprising firm a
large assortment of Glassware, Crockery, Mirrors,
Clothing, Hats, Caps, and lots of notions for the
holidays. All these things can be sol i at fifty per
cenU above cost and stiU be sold fifty per cent, less
than Is charged by houses pretending to sell at cost.
One tl.lng we do declare : these things have to be
out of the way before the bark Almatla makes the
next voyage, as we expect others to take their place.
Improwe Tour Understanding's.
GILBERT BROS, are openinr a fine assortment or
California and Eastern made Boots and Shoes.which
they offer at REDUCED PRICES. Thty also man
ufacture a soperlor quality of Men's French Cair
and heavy Boots, which, for material snd workman
ship and general good quality, are unsurpassed.
: Salem, Dec. 13 lut