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I WEEKLY STATES3IAJV & UNIONIST ISdUKD KVEKT FBIDAY. S. A. CtARKE, Publisher. ot U. S. OFFICIAL PAPER. 8CB 3CR1PTIQX Per irmurn, $3.00; 6 rnoa.$l.50 DAILY STATESMAN AND UNIONIST. Published every mnrnln except Monday. -Subscription, by the year, $3 00. Advertising, per square of one inch, per month, 12.00. Advertisements in Daily and Wekklt, $3 per sq. or one Inch per month. Remittances may be made by mail, at the risk of the publWher, if mailed In the presence of the Post master. fgyomce In 8tcwart's Brick Building, Up 8tair Personalities.- A newspaper to InlQll itn mission stould be a disinterested journal of passing events, a medium for the discussion of political principles, and generally devoted to the best interests of the public to whom it looks for support. Whenever it becomes tb organ of an individual or the medium ol personal attack, it ceases to have claims upon the public.for it is only in its imper eonal character, as a vehicle for dissitnina xing miormation m which the people are interested, ana wuicn tuey recognize as published for them, that H deserves or can secure success. This is tie-View we take ol our duty as a public journalist, and with this intention we offer the Statesman to the public for its patronage, hoping to w in con fidence and support. On tho eve of a great political campaign, which we propose to contest with all (he strength we can bring to bear, we slill hope to keep those col nmns free frrm personal attack or an unwarranted nature, and to treat political opponents with courtesy, if they -will permit it. At tho same time the Statesman b'gs for no favors, dreads no assault, and neither can it be drawn into uny personal contest at the mere option of some irresponsible villifier. It is the game of just such to advertise themselves by seeking to be noticed in journals Jbat have more influence than they can command. We have no personal warfare to make for or against any person or persons. Under its present management the Statesman belongs to the public, and advocates Repub lican principles. We favor public improve ments, and whoever constructs them will be treated with respect, but we stand ready at ,- any time to advocate the rights of the.people ' against any possible monopoly. It may be i possible fcr unnleasant relations to exist 1 1 between an editor, as an individual, and some corporation or individual whose money is constructing some great enterprise ; but that is no reason why the work in question, or the man performing it. should be denoun ced because the other lias at command the mechanical appliances for the promulga tion of abuse. We have a far higher am bition in the field of journalism, and are winning satisfactory success by adhering to the course above described.- It is just in accordance with the instincts of a certain class "to bend the supple binges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning." and the mere supposition that some wealthy patron would be gratified by an outlay of abuse or expenditure of falsehoods, is suf ficient to induce irresponsible attack from such a source. The Statesman is winning a success that sufficiently answers such attacks and can safely defy them. Mr. iJobn Meacbam and Mr. William Mc Kay, who accompanied the late expedition to the Indian country as surgeon, returned by the boat from above yesterday, having left Superintendent Meacham at Eugene. Dr. McKay reports that the expedition ac complished more than he had expected. All the Modocs are in, and all the Indians from Goose Lake to Camp Warner are in, inp.king over seven hundred who have lately removed to the Klamath Reservation, Snakes and Modocs. These Indians are comfortably provided for in log buildings and huts ; they are furnished with abund- j ancu of provisions and supplied with cloth ing and blankets for the winter. The flan nels and blankets were manufactured at tho Ashland mills and are of excellent quality. Ocheo the great fighting chief, is so well pleased with his quarters that be has asked leave to bring more Indians to also live on the reservation, ami so with other chiefs ; and it is probable that many more will come in before spiiug. The Snakes at Camp Harney have none of them come in. These refractory Indians number about 400, and. are influenced by We-ah-we-wa aud the old chief Winneinucca, so well known at Washoe. Southekx cotton plantations se.'m to make ju3t the same demand on what were once the border States for field hands that they did before the war. The only differ ence being that, then the laborers went down there chained and torn from all asso ciations by force. Now; according to the New York Herald, they are offering in the South from $15 to $25 per month, and colored laborers go from Virginia iu families in such numbers that they must soon disap pear from that State and their places be supplied by emigrants from the North and Europe. A transformation, says that paper which " will double the valuejpf every acre of land within the State within less than fifteen years. What the Wah Cost. Commissioner of R evenue. Wells, in his report to Congress, estimates that the Government expended, in war expenses growing out of the war, down to June 30th, 1869, $4,17 1.911, IDS, this estimatJ excluding, of course, what th Administration would have cost, if there had been no war. But to find what th3 wr really cost, the total lot to the country, there are a good many items to be added to the expenses of the general Government, to say nothing of what we expected to make and did not makz. Mr. Wells figure- up the whole grand total at $9,000,000,000, enough, says the Evening Post, to build ninety Darien Ship Canals, or a hundred Pacific Railroads, or nine times as much as would double track every rail road in the United States. Here are the details : pvDurrecpl:?nf!.aA.!'g.ht..-:?'" 200.000,000 Increase of State debts, mainly on . war account Jde.OW.UW County, city and town indebtedness Incumsed on account of the war (estimated) 200,000,000 Expenditures of States, counties, cities and towns, on account of the war, not represented by lunaea aeDi (estimated) Estimated loss to the loyal States frcrn the diversion and suspension of industry and hm reduction of the American marine and carrying trade Estimated direct expenditures and loss of prcpert j !y the Confederate States by reason of the war........ 600,000,000 1,200,000,000 2.790,000,000 This, then, says Commissioner Wells, " was the cost of the destruction of slavery the cos of compromise the cost of the unfaithfulness Jof those who founded this Nation to the idea by wbieh the Nation lives. What does it measure T It is substan tially $1,000,000,000 a year for nine years; or, a. the wages of $500 a year the labor of two millions of men exerted continuously during the whole of that period. It is five times as much as the slave property of the country was ever worth. It is a sum which, at interest, would yield to the end of time twice as much as the annual slave product of the South in its beet estate.'' mm VOL. 19. The Funding Bill. We have been intending to make some comments npon the Funding Bill lately introduced into the Senate of the United States by Senator Corbett. and only forego the intention because the following editorial from the Chicago Tribune so well ex press the value of the measure and give its distinguished author the credit he deserves iu that connection : " Senator Corbett's Funding Bilt seems to be one of the most sensible financial prop ositions jet made, and we are not surprised, at the report that it meets with much favor amoDg the Senators. It authorizes the Issue of coupons and registered bonds to the mnnnl of S 1 O00.000.000. in bonds of $1,000 each, having thirty-five years to run, principal and interest payable in gold coin. Each bond is to bar interest at the rate of 6 per cent, for the first three years, 4J per cent, for the six years following, and 4 per cent for the last twenty years, free from all tax on either the bonds or the income deri vable from them. The holders of the pres ent five-twenties are liable to have their investment terminated at any time by pay ment, wtite these give a fixed investment fcr thirty-five yesrs, it may be that, aided by the other advantages of the express promise of payment kj coin, express non taxable even by Congress, and the high rate of interest offered at the start, these bonds would readily exchange for the five-twenties at par, though it is not certain that they would. In view of the possibility that this expectation may fail of fulfillment. Congress, in this or any other funding scheme that may be adopted, ought to fix a certain price, say 90 or 94 in gold, below which no bond issued for purchasing and funding other bonds should be sold. Let us not go through the farce of selling 4 per cent, bonds for 60 cents per dollar in order to reduce the rate of interest by the purchase of 6 per cent, bonds worth 90 cents per dollar, in ignorance of the fact that the rate of inter est in the two cases is the same." Chicago Tribune. Oxr hydic Light . Artificial heat and light are among the most important demands of civilization. Since the time when Kings went to bed at dark because they had no candles not such a great while ago, much improvement has been made in this de pal tment of physical science, but the ever advancing stride of progress causing a con stantly increasing demand for general con sumption which will yield by combustion both light and heat. For some time the attention of the scientific world has been directed to oxygen and the source from whence our future fuel must come, and much time and talent has been expended in the search for some way to produce this gas at a cost sufficiently low to admit of its general use. Oxygen has long been known to burn with great brilliancy and at a very high degree of temperature, and the gas forming as it does, one fifth in bulk of the atmosphere surrounding tho earth, and eight-ninths of the water is certainly plentifully enough to supply all the demands of this or any other generation. But the question has been how to get at it with any moderate expense. This problem, according to an article in the Scientific American, has been solved. Two Frencl men exhibited at the recent Industrial Exposition their method for pro" ducing oxygen gas, and proved it by actual experiment. The method is founded upon a well known property of sulphate of zinc, to split up into oxide of zinc, sulphurous acid and oxygen when subjected to a red heat, and by their process the gas oan be manufactured at a cost of less than four cents per cubic meter, about one-fifth the ordinary cost of oxygen gas. The first practical experiment wa3 made in lighting one of the Government build ings in Paris, and was so satisfactory that the Emperor Napoleon immediately ordered a second trial in the Tuileries, and shortly after it was used in the theaters and some of the stores and workshops of Paris. As regards the liflbl it is said to be seven Vines greater than that of ordinary gas. The streets having been made so light by its use that a newspaper could be read with perfect ease in a street car. Dr. Miller states that the oxy-hydrogen light can be seen in a right line for a dis tance of one hundred and twenty miles. Navigable rivers might thus be lighted throughout their whole extent. Another important item is the effect on general health. AH combustion is said to be deliterious from the emission of carbonic acid, which is the result of the separation of oxygen in the ordinary process of com bustion. This, however, cannot happen with the new light, as the oxygen is already separate from all other substances in the course of preparation, consequently it can have no bad effect on tho atmosphere in whii-h it is burned. Wheu used for light the flaming gas is directed upon a solid, eai thy matter, which absorbs the heat, but it may be used for heating purposes to good effect, as its heat is only excelled by that of ihe electric dis charge. Plates of platinum were melted iu three-quarters of an hour, and many other wonderful effects exhibited of this latest triumph of science. Civil Service Reform. A measure is before Congress which hardly seems to attract all the attention it deserves is the Civil Service Reform Bill, by Carl jSchurz It seems that nothing can save the country from the mercenary spirit of the age, which seems to be on the increase, and to invade every department of theGovernment.unless the present system of appointment to office be remedied in some way. There is too much truth in the saying that a man who has held office is fit for nothing else. At least a good many seem to think that having once served their country they ought forever after to be provided for. The system of appointing and promoting officials according to their merits, as shown by examination will relieve the appointing power of a great deal of trouble and annoyance, as well as ensure a greater degree of fitnesi on the part of the officers appointed. Schurz's bill may not be the best that can be done, but it will serve to bring out other ideas, and sometime we hope to see the system adopted. The New York Commercial Advertiser shrewdly suggests that the Fuflntge be granted to all women over forty. z Senator Ifwwesden. When tb !tk,,,:r Frwnden wu Utly s5i'W4S of the United Puf V IW f -t -fc'-r"! eulogy Upon the derrs.oo'fVa!'"'. n jrfn.iinC''d by Senator William, of frpn ; and o h ip py, just, and far atj the ordinary range of legislative ulgy wa his effort, that it has called forth enconiums from the leading journals of the nation, and been published as one of the most Interesting events of the present session. Senator Fessenden was no common man, even among great statesman. lie was justly regarded as one of the fore- most men of tht) nation ; a great and hon est man. It is an honor to our State that our Senator was chosen, as his eulogist, to relate bis many excellencies and to com pare them with his few faults. Only a man possessing noble qualities and most capa ble of appreciating them, could have ful filled that duty so well. We regret that the Oregon Herald makes an allusion to Sen ator Williams remarks on that occasion, to do justice to their eloquence, while it de nies that the orator possesses any of the virtues he attributes to the deceased. Do traction is at times more vile because more spiteful. Journalism is continually degrad ed by the efforts of the partisan to destroy character, when bis true ambition should be to uphold and maintain his principles always supposing that he has any to uphold. Prophesying. Captain Saxeby having predicted an unusuallly high tide upon a certain day, Professor Falf went to work and figured up the precise moment at which an earthquake might be expected through Peru. These two calamities, so dreaded in that country, being remorselessly predicted for the same day, the inhabitants became alarmed thereat and made extensive precautions against such occurrences. The citizens of Singa pore spent $10,000 in erecting dykes to protect them against the inundation, while Peruvians, generally, abandoned the cities and lived in tents for fear of the earth quake. The danger to Calao and Lima, in loss of time, cost of moving, stealing and destruction by the bummers, who, of course, improved the occasion, is estimated to fall but little, if at all, short of $1,000,000, equal to the cost cf a first class earth quake. The occurrence,4 costly as it is to the victims, and discreditable to the fame of the philosophers concerned, may still be considered a triumph of ' science. It has demonstrated the fact that the experiments and conclusions of scientists are no longer regarded as idle dreams by the masses ; that they have a considerable faith in the sayings of educated men, and that a great change has been wrought in the human mind since it was sinful for Galleo to say that the earth revolved around the sun. If the old hero lived in our day he might stand a chance to be recognized as a thinker by almost as many as the number of those who would brand him a lunatic. Truly the world moves. Paget Sound Homestead Association. This Company has located its lands at the principal points upon Puget Sound, and its books are now open for subscrip tions from the public upon liberal terms, Capital stock $30,000 ; shares $100 each, unassessable beyond $25 per share, and $7 cash down on subscribing. The lands iuclude rich bottoms in good locations valuable coal-fields and many lots of land in or near Seattle, Olympia, Tacoma, and Nisqnally. The names of the gentlemen engaged in the enterprise guarantee that it will be honorably conducted. The Associ ation claim the following advantages : 1. The land has been secured at its pres ent market value. None of it can possibly depreciate, but it must all increase with the growth of the country. No matter where the railroads or termini are located, the Association will have large tracta of land adjacent which must appreciate an hundred or even a thousand told. 2. The shares are so low (S100) and pay able in such small installments ($5 each) as to place them within the reach of every one. 3. Each share represents ten acres of land within a fraction. 4. Except to the limited amount of $25 per share, which can only be called for to defray actual necessary expenses, and not more than fez during any one month, is unassessable forever. 5. The Association is regularly incorpor ated, and cannot, by any possibility, become a monopoly, or fall into the hands of spec ulators, as no person is allowed to own more than six shares, and each shareholder has an equal right in the administration of its affairs. P. W. Gillette has consented to act as Sec retary of the Association until its organize tion is completed and an electiou tor officers can be held- The books are in his charge. and are open for subscriptions, in the Ore rjoman oflice. lortl and, -Oregon. For particulars we refer all persons inter ested to Mr. George Williams, who will act as the agent of the Puget Sound Homestead Company for Salem and vicinity. A terrible tragedy Utely occurred near Skeed. in Lithunia, on the frontier of the Russian colony Courland. A man named Jossel kept an inn about eight miles from the city. His family consisted of his wife five children and a widow woman. One evening Jossel went to meet his oldest child coming from school. During his ab sence, five or six peasants came to the inn, got drunk and in a qnarrel one of them struck the landlady such a blow as to cause instant death. The wretches, maddened with wine and the sight of their victim, killed the four children and the widow wo man, and a beggar girl who was there at the tine, and then set fire to the house. Jossel, seeing the flames, came running up, when they seized him and the child and threw them into the fire. The villains will be executed, but they will not get their de serts in this world. The Ohio Legislati rk, which baa been claimed by both parties on the Fifteenth Amendment question, has met and organ ized. The officers are made up from both parties, as the members from Hamilton county, elected on the "Reform" ticket, hold the balance of power, and is selected from both caucuses. For the same reason probably, has a resolution been introduced submitting the amendment to the people, to be voted on in October. This will doubtless carry, as witbont Hamilton county neither side can win, and, perhaps, each side is afrail to come to the direct test of strength. SALEM. OREGON, THE CITY AND COUNTRY. Saturday, Jan. 8. Mr. Royal has a notice of gome trees just received ; weeping willows, chestnuts, eiins and walnuts : also cherry currants. So Election. J. L. Starkey, Esq., one of the new Directors of the Oregon Iron Works, iufortns ns that thore was no election of of ficers hold. The Directors will probably ar range for an election in a week or two. Mrs. lloyt had two beautiful canary birds that were hanging in her porch, a few days since, wban a chicken hawk mado a raid upon them, killed one and was about to kill the other, when some one came to its rescue. The skatists may yet have their good time. The moon looks coldly down and the ice is gradually acquiring tho desired thickness. If there should be ice and good moonlight nights how gay the times will he. We bave great trouble to convince our print er! that every Saturday is not a holiday. They are entirely willing to celebrate the bat- tlo of New Orleans to-day, and claim it to be a national annirr8.rjr too sacred to bo do- voted to the art preservative. Pritoner. Deputy Sheriff Thompson, of Lane county, passed up the river last even ing on the Fannie Patton, having in charge Charles Starr, whom he had arrested in Port land and was tatting up to answer a charge of assault with intent to kill. Married. In San Francisco, Dec. 13th'by Rev. Dr. Lathrop, Mr. Wm. M. Hand, of the Dalles City Mountaineer, to Miss M. P. E. Grinnell. Here's our William; may you be happy as youfclcscrve to be, and may your paper never fail to make its appearance for want of JIantU. The Scio A'eic is talked of. A small sheet. to bo issued weekly at $1 50 per annum, un der the editorial care of Dr. King ; to be neu tral in politics, and devoted to the eivilzation of mankind and the interests of Scio. But we cannot see how or why the rampant De mocracy of Scio should not bo represented in its leading journal. The paper mutt be Dem ocratic. Married. By Elder E. Cox, at tho Court House, in Salem, December 24, 1869, Wm. P. Gilbert, of Umatilla county, and Elizabeth Davie, of Marion county, Oregon. Also, by the same, January 2d, 1870, at the residence of the bride's father, T. A. Uinkle and Miss M. E. Moser, all of Marion countv. Oregon. Fine Lot. We noticed on the Fannie Pat- ton last evening a lot of 32 of the finest hogs we have seen this season. They werefiom Wheatland, consigned to Thomas Cross, who is receiving numbers of slaughtered hogs every day. This frost is too splendid a time for killing to be missed by any one that has been fattening hogs. The other night, policeman Coffey found a distressed fellow citizen too much overcome by his feeling to take care of himself and keep housed out of the cold, and so he. led him to a friendly stove, at an eating houso. The gentleman thought he was surely in a cala boose, and as ho discovered a.fellow passen ger sitting on the other side of tho stove, he peered ludicrously at him, inquired : "What are you in here for?" Good Groicth. We recently saw, on the farm of J. J. Burton, of Yamhill, a Weeping uillow, which is noticeable for its rapid growth. This tree, plantod in 1853, a slip the thickness of a lead pencil, is now ten feet nino itches in circumference at the butt, and the limbs, which droop te the ground, cover a space of 57 feet in diameter. Of dense growth and symmetrical form, -it would be hard to find a more beautiful specimen any where. Stage Wagon. A wagon was brought up from below, yesterday, for the California & Oregon Stage Company, which seemed a littlo peeuliar in its arrangement. It is a common lumber wagon, with leaf springs inside the bed. Tho seats are fastened together a la Rankin's patent school desks, and set on a pair of these springs. Over the whole are regular wagon bows, for a cover, and if one must travel through the mud at this time of the year, that is probably the best arrange ment that can be made. We prefer, however. to house up. The Pony Saloon was to have changed hands in part this week, and it happened in this wise : Stone sold Smith his interest, and agreed to take sheep for pay, the mutton to be worth $2 25 a bead. So Smith commenced dispensing the beverages and Stone went out hunting for sheep, but as the critters looked so inferior as to be worth only about half the price named, he indignantly returned to the shop, turned his successor out to hunt up his sheep in a manner more forcible than elegant, and installed himself again as landlord. Tho last we heard of Smith, he was hunting for friends to help him capture bis supposed interest in the aforesaid grocery. The com bat thickens ; on ye brave 1 We quote f heep worth $2 25 each, pnyable in whiskey. - The coming hotel, whore shall it be built and who shall build it ? These are the ques tions which seem to interest the business por tion of this community, aud it is vory prob able that the right men and the right place have not yet been made public, or that there ' may be two elegant hotels erected next season. The latest talk is, that the Opera House may assume palatial proportions and include a mag nificent hotel by the next session of the Leg islature. This, we are happy to kuow, is not impossible, and should the Opera House and the halls and offices attached be the scene of Legislative operations next session, as is very probable, the hotel would come in admirable play. Sandny, Jan. 9. Mr. George Williams has taken room No. 7, Pattou's building, which he will occupy as a general agency office. Some of the fellows who went in for a good timo skating yesterday, went in all over, which wasn't as much fun for them as for everybody else. Remaiks Discovered. Mr. . D. Towl informs us that as tbey were lately clearing off for the lumber yard of his new mill on the Jefferson farm, five miles east of town, they discovered the remains of a human being, or at leastj he t kull and some bones, and evident ly lying there for many years. The skull looks like that of a white man. i' FRIDAY, JANUARY Aew Advertisement. Eighty cords of oak wood is good property this cold weather. See new ad. Mr. James gives ns mora particulars of his Commercial Department of the University which are interesting to many. Politicians ready to begin the campaign of 137D, will not fail to respond to the proposals of the City Recorder for " stumping " Marion square. The State Agricultural Society is perhaps not aware that its adopted organ has "reared its hideous front" in opposition to the States man. This paper has no quarrel with the gentleman who represents the State Society as nominal editor of that paper ; it can of course have no quarrel with the Society, and it will not condescend to quarrel with the proprietor of the job offico that does the So ciety's printing. Cohsidehablb Snap. One of the hands on the ferry boat, aggravated by seeing auda cious ducks making their excursions under the very bow of his craft, has invested cash in purchasing a revolver and lots of cartridges. By actual experiment he found that it re quired seven efforts to make the thing go off, so he "has given each cartridge six trials pre paratory, and woe to any duck that gives him an opportunity to snap one the seventh time. Skating. At last, after so many days of patient waiting, earnest watching and san guine prediction, tho hearts of the urchins were gladdened yesterday by seaing ico strong enough to admit of skating. Accordingly all day long tho slough was a scene of genuine enjoyment among the youngsters, and towards evening several "children of a larger growth" might be seen with skate in hand bound sloughward. From the appearances of the skyv'we predict, this sort of weather "only tnoro so" for some time to come. Growling. We have heard more than one of the firemen and of the other citizens com plain of the conduct of thoso who stand look ing on at a fire, while others are working hard to save the property of their neighbors. This is not only wrong, but fooli.-h. The man who to-day sees, with indifference, thefire de stroying bis neighbor s property, to-morrow may need that neighbor's assistance to save his own roof from the flames. This apathy, on the part of property owners especially, is calculated to work to their own injury. We have beard several men say that should the property of tbose who so stand round tho fire and engines, ever be endangered, they would not try very bard to save it. One way to rem edy this state of affairs would be for the En gineer and Assistants to summon help from the bystanders, calling their men by name. and arrest every one who failed to go to work when so directed. Our City Ordinance pro vides that for such an offence the penalty shall be not less than ten nor more than twenty dol lars. A Curiosity. Mr. J. S. Robison, of Yam hill, recently found a fossil clam at the depth of twenty-five feet from the surface In dig ging a well, it became necessary to go through several feet of soapstone ; this is, whoa first opened, very hard, tut after exposure to the air, it crumbles and becomes soft. Embedded in this stone were a groat many shells, orrsth cr forms of shells fossilized, bat almost all were broken with the stone. One, however. clam, shell and all, was exhumed in a block, and on the piece of stone crumbling away the clam was exposed, just as perfect as on the day he died in the mud. When that happened, doubtless, the Willamette Valley was a vast Sound, far ahead of what Puget Sound now is, and we suggest to tho future geologist of Oregon that such discoveries as this will go far in telling the ancient history of this coast. Not far from where these shells were found, John Williamson, Esq., one of Oregon's pioneers, struck a ledge of sand pre cisely similar to tho sea beach sand, and not more than four feet under the clay of the sur face. This sand is of such a quality as to bo sought after by all bis neighbors for building purposes. City AJj 'nirt. Wo have been furnished by Recorder Thompsou the following exhibit of the financial affairs of the city and of the business during the past year. At the com mencement of the year tho city was in debt about $1,500 : Receipts for 1869 $9,624 13 Expenditures 8,iS4 l Leaving the indebtedness of the city at tho present time boy ua The expenditures for the year have been as follows: Paid City Attorney ...$ 100 00 Recorder -. 167 30 Marshal U W Jailor ..: IB 25 Printing .-. 2 75 Street Lights .200 00 Rents and Engine Ilou?e 2S0 12 Entertaining Seward and Colfax 2VU 88 Pest House - 140 00 Celebration Fourth of July..... 200 0D Nails, spikes, and tools used by Com missioner........ ... 270 40 Lumbcr....t 882 23 Labor on Streets 1,513 51 City Treasurer 273 83 Amount paid Watchman and assist ants - 120 00 One Desk for tho City 35 00 City Surveyor 44 75 Small bills including drayage tele egraphing, stationery, lights and wood 1C0 00 Engine, and amount allowed di&crent fire companies, including repairs and freights , 3,238 30 Making total expenses Am't due on delinquent taxes.. Am't due on ditch... ...$8,784 12 632 00 82 61 $712 61 . 659 99 City Indebtedness. Excess of assets over liabilities $ 54 62 H. Y. Thompson, City Recorder. Tanay, Jmm. 11. Duncan Ross can bear something to bis ad vantage by calling at the Salem Post Office. The Evening Tribune, volume 1, No. S, has reached us from Saa Francisco. This is the title of the new paper published by Major Jaek Stratman, the celebrated news dealer. From the specimen we have received, it seems to be sensational to the farthest degree. & Some Sheep. We were told yesterday of the final act in the contest between sheep and whiskey, for the right to control the Pony. A lover of a joke got np a crowd of the boys, one with a sheep's head fastened to his own, another with a bell, to represent tho bell weather, and so on. Then he drove into the seat of war, where, with much bleating and butting, they run the thing as long as the hoes' patience would stand it, and then Jack told him tbere were all the sheep he could find, if he was not satisfied, go and look himself. This, of course, brought down the house, and the boys had "something to take." 14, 1870. Longitudinal. The faces of those who, on Sunday, ruthed frantically after skates and next morniug were up with the lark, bad something the expression of a band-saw, yes terday. But as far as facial aspect is concern ed, the sellers of skates teem to have but lit tle advantage over tho buyers. Fifty doten pair "will be so 'and to 'ave in the 'ouse," as Toodles says of his coffins. Shocking Accident. A little boy, five years old, a son of Mr. S. P. Farrens, of Howell Prairie, was frightfully injured by a kick from a horse, on Sunday last. We are informed that the littlo fellow was playing in a lot where the animal was feeding, and struck it with a switch. The horse kicked, and the blow taking effect on the boy's head, crushed the skull so badly that the brain extended from the wounds. Drs. Carpenter 4 Jessup were called and found the patient in a very danger our condition, owing to the loss of a p'ortion of tho brain, as well as the pressure of the pieces of broken bono.. Several pieces of skull were extracted, as much as two inches square being taken away ; the brain then returned to its proper position, and the symptoms yester day were favorablo for the child's recovery. Vied. e learn that Col. Nathaniel JV-d, of Polk county, died at his residence on the Rickreal," on Sunday night, Jan. 9th, at 9 o'clock, having been in ill health tor two months. Col. Ford was,considerably over 70 years of age, came to Oregon in 1844 ; has mingled actively in public affairs and beld re sponsible positions. He was prominent in the politics of Missouri forty years ago, and held important offices. Becoming unfortunate there he removed to Oregon, where for many years he has commanded respect as a high minded, honorable man. Having differed from him in politics, we have still recognised him as a man of active efforts, honest if wrong and always earnest. He was a member of the Christian Church at his death, and had been connected with the Baptist Church in early life. So goes another of the pioneers. Fun. Some gentlemen of Salem, who could skate, concluded, on Sunday afternoon, to go above the mill, where they could find a fair field for their talent. Accordingly, away they went; found good ico and plenty of it, and they had a splendid time. The woods around and the shores of the slough resounded with their laughter, and whining sound of polished steel on smooth ice made heavy the hearts of a couple of envious fellows on shore, who could not skate. At this juncture, five, bold skatists came gliding, with many a sweep and turn, and pigeon wing, and gyral extraordi nary, down near where stood the growling two on tho shore. When, lo I the tables turned ; there was a crash, a shout, and two were skat ing away, up tha,slougb, while three poor mortals were struggling towards the shore bavmg the dignified appearance of a wet rooster. Two of them went in about waist deep, the third "all over." When they were all safe on shore, we rushed up, offered con gratulation and earnest advice never to go on the slippery thing again. We have the satis faction of knowing that that advice has been taken. Potio J csticb. We are credibly informed of a singular occurrence near the classic banks of the Santiam, whioh goes to show that " the mills of the gods grind slow, but they grind exceeding fine." A certain lady, whilom of this place but now of the first mentioned local ity, who has been in Oregon perhaps a year, had taken a great dislike to Oregon and its folks, and their ways. She lost no opportuni ty of talking about Wecbfeet the Webfoot boys were uncouth, the Webfoot girls awkward and,, she really believed they bad webs on their feet, and there was no end to the merriment which this unfortunate word excited iu the good lady's mind. But the day of reckoning was coming; an interesting season approached; the house of her lord was strengthened by the arrival of another scion; but, on inspection. the boy's feet were found to be furnished with webs between bis toes clear to the ends ! Me tr a Webfoot ! This fact is vouohed for by a good witness, and is a strange coincidence be tween a luut naturae and a quer fancy of a very funny personage. Mark, note, hotc plain a tale thall put you down. The bucolio gent, having taken our ilvico and used hi brains for the benefit of bis job office, now informs his patrons that he has done $10 worth of job work for the States- max and eannot get his pay. Our account against A. L. Stinson is is as follows : Cash paid him at various times... ...... ..$12 50 Ad vcrtisin X3 33 Daily to bucolic gent 3 50 Daily to bookbindtry Hand bills for Wilson's Circus, charged us when he said he would collect it himself Overcharged for job work done for Es tes, administrator Commissions allowed us by Stinson..... Commission on work done for Judge Shattack, Judge Chenoweth A others Shoe leather worn out running to the job office of Bucolic Gent trying to get a settlement. .................. ............... 2 50 4 50 01 .$12 44 Amount of Stinson's claim... .. 40 00 Balance due Statesman.. 2 44 Mr. John Minto, whose name stands at the head of the Columns of the Farmer as its editor, informs us that he has nothing to do with the attacks upon us in that paper. So the facts stand . that, while the Agricultural Society sus tains an organ and appoints its chosen man to edit it, the person who controls the type and does the mechanical work of the paper pros titutes the Society's patronage to accomplish his personal spite. No one can -be more as tonish than we are at these attacks, which are unprovoked, false and malicious. We call the people of Oregon and the Agricultural Society to witness that they are evidently made for po litical purposes, and we hold the Society re sponsible for them. We cannot see how Mr. Minto can consent to let his namo stand at the head of a paper which pursues a oonrse hos tile to his personal friends, and which be ean neither control nor direct. Poktlasd . The Democratic State Cen tral Committke met in Portland on last Saturday afternoon. The proceedings were aa follows : lion. L. Grover. of Marion count. Chairman, called the Committee to order, and Victor Trevitt was chosen Secre tary. Judge C. IL Miller, of Grant county, was allowed to act in place of Mr. Hare, of aaid county, who is now absent from tbe State. Tbe Committee proceeded to appor tion the representation for tbe next State Convention. Each county was allowed one delegate in tbe Convention for every seventy-five Democratic votes cast at the late Congressional election, and one vote for one fraction of thirty-eight and over, provided, that each county be allowed at least one ueie'tite. nednetKlay, tbe 23d day of March. lSift, was fixed as tbe day for bold ins . tbe Democratic State Convention at Albany. Ortgonian. NO. 27. GENERAL HEWS. Portland . We gather the following items from the Oregonian of the Cth last. : The whole number of arrests mado during- the year were 497, of these 215 were by the State ; 7 for murder ; 6 for assault with intent to kill ; 8 for assault with dangerous weapons ; 11 for grand larceny ; 19 for petty larceny ; 121 for assault and battery ; 6 lor assault ; 45 for other offenses. Of the 25 arrests on behalf of the city, 200 were for drunkeness : 23 lor disturbing the peace ; 6 for obstructing the streets ; 5 for fast driving ; 10 for selling without a license; 31 miscellaneous. . The case of James Newby, t al., vs. Oregon Central Rail road, et al., which Is the case between the two companies, came up before Judge. Deady, and by consent, the 11th of February wa3 set for the hearing on the pleas and demurrer ...... Mr. Burtch who was en gaged in turning St. Steven's Church around, was struck: on mr neaa Dy a uauuspiae m the capstan and lost the ecalp from the top of his head The stockholders of the Oregon Iron Works met at the office of the Company at 10 o'clock, a. m., and elected the following named gentlemen as a uoaru of Directors for the ensuing year : David McCullv. E. N. Cooke. A. M vera, J. B. Price, and J. L Starkey. ... . . .Tte britfT JJprift Star sailed- on Wednesday with COO tow of , produce, etc t'ortlana is without puo- lic amusements, and they want Carter to come back from Victoria The store of L Friedencich was almost entirely, con sumed by fire on yesterday morning. Portland, Jan. 7. The Herald has a pri vate dispatch to the effect that the Moses Taylor arrived in San Francisco on Tues day, O.K.. The three rioting sailors were discharged The steam pro- pellor California is to take the place of the Gussie Telfair The Commercial says that Mr. Dubois left a lot of greenbacks in a drawer of his counter out in the street all night after the fire, and found them all safe in the morning I . The loss by the fire is estimated at $1,900, all insured bat $200 or Mr. Dubois'. The Odd Fellow's Tem ple is so far completed that the rubbish is being cleared away from the street adjacent. . Jackson Cocntt. The Senftnel of the 1st has news from Link River that the entire Modoc Tribe are moving for Klamath Snow at Link River was six inches deep on Christmas day Captain Jacks, Chief of the Modocs, ran away, but got hungry and ran back Mr. Crowning, of Doug las county, ba-t recently purchased the quartz mill owned by Mr. Karewski, at Enterprise, Josephine county, and proposes to remove toe same to a quartz ledge on Grave Creek, about four miles from Leland. Frosts have been so heavy as to put a stop to farming The Ashland factory bad been frozen up for several days. Walla Walla. The (Jnioji, of Jan. 1st. has an account of how some young bloods serenaded a couple who had been married fifteen or twenty years, under the false im pression that there, bad been a wedding in the house .The Teachers' Institute was in session, but without a very full attend ance Professor Chaney was to lec ture on "Astronomy" on the 7th. lie ar gues that the planets exercise an influence on all persons, according to their aspects, transits, &c The steamers from Celilo to Wallula have been laid up for the win ter, v Portlaxd. The Herald of the 8th says Mr. Taylor, of the Fashion Stables, let bis fancy span of bays get away with a carriage. Tbey ran until tbe carriage was demolished and then went home Portland is full of Democrrtic notables, who are members of tbe Central Committee The Library Association is taking steps to keep a weather record this year .A solemn requiem mass was said yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, at the Convent Chapel, lor the soul of Sister Mary Olive, just deceased ..Bates & Vinson telegraph that tbey have secured a dramatic company and that they will arrive in Portland on tho next steamer. Relioiol-3 IxTEiiiGExcE We see by the Advocate that the next preachers' meeting will be beld at the M. E. Church on Tues day, at 10 o'clock, Rev. J. Flinn, President Topic for discussion Sunday schools. .. . An interesting revival meeting is being beld in Lee's Cbapel, near East Portland. ' by Rev. W. I. Cosper Tbe annual cel ebration by tbe Sabbath school in East Portland came off on New Year's eve. Bextox Couxtt. The Gazette ol the 8th has accounts of accidents to various citi zens. Prof. Emery fell aud seriously in jured his back, and Franklin Crabtree fell and dislocated bis wrist Mr. Roland Chambers, of King s Valley, of this county, died very suddenly on last Thursday. About two o'clock, p. m., he was standing in the road, about a quarter of mite from bia residence, talking with a gentleman, whep he dropped to the ground. He never spoke but once, and was dead before he could be got into the house. Mr. C. was an old citizen of this county, and highly respected, heart disease was the probable cause of death At' the watch night meeting in Corvallis, tbe M. E. Church and the M. R Church South united in tho ser vices. Revs. York, James, Emery, Chap man and Finlay officiated in the exercises. Good again. Mr. R. A. Bensell, Sec retary of the Newport Transportation Co., has gone to San Francisco to charter a ves sel to run out of Coos Bay nntil their new schooner is finished. In addition to tbe lumber trade, fisheries, &o., the oyster busi nes promises to be very lively the cominz season J. A. Wreon killed a couple of eleven-month shoats that weighed 250 pounds each. . . .The Benton Connty Teach ers' Association, met uec. do, lotu. iTo- fessor Emery was elected President and II. D. Randle Secretary. C. B. Plummcr re cited a poem by request : Rev. C. M. Blake delivered an address, and after passing tbe customary resolutions, the Association ad journed to meet at a time and place to be selected by tbe executive Uommittee. PoBTUtxD. From the Oregoahtn of the 10th instant we learn that tot?.' Ice caused even more fun in Portland than it did here Sunday prominent citizens tested the strength of the ice and measured the depth of the water to their heart's content. . . . . The city authorities have procured a weather guage and the necessary blanks and engaged tbu Library Association to keep a weather record Tbe Cosmopolitan hotel caught Gre in one of tbe rooms but was extinguished in time to save tbe building. Damage between three and four hundred dollars. Tbe resumption of studies in St. Helen's Hall, has been postponed until Wed nesday next on account of delay in arranging tho building. Tap," observed a young urchin of ten der years lo bit fond parent, '-does the Lord know everything I" "Yes, my son," re plied Ibe hopeful par' nt, -but why do you ask?' "Because our preacher, when lie prays, is so long telling him everything, I thought he wasn't posted 1" The parent reflected. , professional cards. WM.T.B. NICHOLSON, G eneral : Collecting- A sent, .. . - AND - r - Agent for Oregon Statesman. NO. 86 TE0NT ST., POXTLAKD. ( D. B. RICE, M. ' ' Physlolan and Sargoon sALxif, orison: Ofvic State street. np stairs, front root" adjoining LobdeU's Pnotoaraph Gallery. Rksidikci Hlfrh street, second house north of the Dec. 2? . Christ Ian Brick Cbnrrh. A. M. BELT, M. Office and residence corner Union and C'nnrck streets, SALEM, OREGON.J ? Orders can be left at Souther's Drni Store). J. W. MCAFEE, Physic inn and 8arr;ooi SALEM OREGON. OFFICE Up stairs ever McCaoley k Oton'k tram store, Btate street. . Sealdenee corner of Cnlon end IJbtrty Streets. ADrll. 87th. 1869.xif J. C. SDELTOV M. D. Physician and SurffeoDt 8AL1M. OREGOX. ' Office at hie residence, on corner of Yrom and Division streets, northwest corner of the block below Marion Sqnare. aniri8x T. B. HANDLES", Law and Collection. OrriCK sepSl -Up Stairs in Stewart" BIoeK SALEM, OREGON. ' SULLIVAN 4 WHITSON, Attorneys at Law, DALLAS, POLK CO., OREGON. Particular attention riven to collection of note accounts, leins, mortgages Ac. a. SCUITA. - xxtr w. a. JlMES W: PARKER, Attorney Sc Conuselor nt Law tep28 EMPIRE CITT, OZEOflN. HILL & MULKET. Attorneys at Law PORTLAND. OREGON. w. la ix na. w. anrLUT Oftcs Corner Front and Alder Sta., Carter Block t T. PEARCE. IVotary Public, - KOLA, :::::: POLK COUNTY, OREGON. Acknowledgement pf Deeds. Mortis get tlo.. taken f articular attention given to collection of notea aud accounts. oep. 4x1 J. A. AITLEGATE. Attorney & Counselor at Law eep33 DALLAS, POLK OOTTNTY, OREGON. J. L. COLLINS, Attorney nt ILn-w. DALLAS, OREGON, Promot attention siren to bnatnMi. SnsaltAmt Collections and transactions la Beat Estate. JfBoa no stairs In the Court House. dceletf POWELL & FLLNN, Attorneys & Counselor at Law and SoUoltere la Oaumry, ALBANY, ; OREGOS L. FLINN, Notaby Ptrauo. Collections and conTeranees promptly attended tc. i.o rowmu. L. PTJ. B. HERMAN. Attorney at Lair & Xotarj Public; OAKLAND, OREGON. Special attention paid to the collection of claims ' In Douglas, Coot and Currj eonatles. xstf BUSINESS CARDS. COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. (Formerly Arrigom-a,; fc'RONT STREET, PORTLAND. Tbe undersigned respectfully announce! that hav Ing purchased this widely known and well kept ho tel, be Is now prepared to offer superior accom modation to the traveling public a Greatly Reduced Prices. Tbla Hotel is located oeerat the Steamboat Uad Ing. tWThe ITotfl Coach will be attendance to con vey passengers to and from the home A efcAarg. J. B. SPRINGER. Dec. 14th, im. . ntf 1851 I860 E. J. NOBTIiniJP & CO., DEALERS IS Hardware and Cutlery nabs, Spokes and n&rdwood lumber, 131 Front at., Portland, Oregon. d-el4:dlm TARKER & BAXTER. BLACKSMITIIING AND , WAGON MAKING. South east corner of Commercial and Cheme keta streets, Salem. Oregon. Orders received for all businees in our line and work promptly done. augRxstf m. smith. . w. miiDnj . SMITH & MEREDITH, DENTiHTH. Griswold's Block, Opposite Hank, SALEM, OREGON. ALL KINDS OF PLATB WORK lK)N1t short notice, such aa Gold Plate, BUver, PlaUaa, Ad amantine, Vulcanite, or Rubber Vulcanite faced with fine rold or aluminum. WE WARRANT ALL OUR WORK not excelled by any office In the world. Prlcei and styles of wort to tdt aU classes sf pa. Ilents from fire to forty dollar per set. We oae no qom In our office. Anaeathetle 1 eaed te produce local or generl aoaesUieela for tbe pain less extraction of teeth. j ocl z - Notice. ! ALL PERSONS knowing thenaelree indebted to me by note or boo k accoaot are requested to eall and eeUIe the same with 001 delay. No 80- H. 8M1TH, DenUet. . W. STAtQCa. . Bits STAIGER & BIER, Commercial atreet, Salem, Oregon, opporfte Koreka urery Btabie luardeo' old ataDd), manaraetarers of Urea's Calf, Kip and 8t(Ie - Boots & Shoes, ASB ' LADIES A MISSES' SHOES A; GAIT KES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.. Repairing1 neatly done Selem, Nov. 87. ; W. WUARTIN IMPOSTS. AMD DBaLKR! Clocks, Watches, Jewelry AND SILVER WARE. - V . . . ! Commercial Street, "j t Rale in, Oregon. ty Jewelry made to order. All work and goods warrantbd. Salem, August 80. zs Gardener Wanted. A Good English or Oermsn Gardener wasted inv- XX. meat atei), to garden oa round. Inquire at thia office. oa .shares on rented Dee. St. GENTS CLOTHING & FUBNlslIING GOODS, at cost, st BOVVEN 4 CRANSTON. MILL SAWS AND CROSSCUT SAW? at BOWES 61 CBAN5TON b r f . n - f t f f