The Oregon weekly statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1878-1884, January 21, 1870, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textrepair Statesman AND UNIONIST. SALEM, FRIDAY, : : : : JAN. 2 1 The Uate Kepibllcn Crfciral CttaU- VTill meet at my e'ffiee, hi Dallas, oa Satur day, M. S,'1bW, a lYo'crnA, a. "a., tor the traatactioft f imp'drtantVasiaew. A fall UeodanSeTf' desired ... Members Briagernut, W. H. Ilelm ; Luck taraute, Isaao M. Butler; Bnena Vista, H. George j Movaontfa , ; W. W aterhouse ; fUcfe-S-eal, It. C. Peroival ; Bethel, W. S. Baxter; Salflk, L. M. Wallace JatoltsWJ, Paris McCain; Doaglas, N. A. Newbili J Eols, Thos. Pearce; Dallas, i?. L. Coluss, Chairman. CAMPAIGN RATES. We propose to make the Rtatkshah, during tbe cominK J campaign of 1870, a live advocate of Republican principles, and we offer the Weekly at the exceeding low price of . Oae Dollar lr Six Irlotaiha, And to all Repnbl'rcan Clubs, or County Com mittees, who ma; desire to have this paper to use m a campaign document, we offer it to all Who may send in the present month, (Jan a ary) ntil after the election, for seventy-five eeute for five months. -'""-'For Five Dollars. The OreooS Rtatkjian one year $3 00 The N. . Independent one year.. 2 50 The American Stock Journal one year.. . I 00 An eleirant emraving of Gen. Grant 1 00 An elegant engraving of Sucbyler Colfax. 100 Total V. $ W Thm above ran be had for five dollars paid to the Obiooh Staxksxah. A LIBERA!, OFFER. WeeUj , Subscribers Take Notice ! ! To all who pay np tht-ir subscriptions to the Weekly Staletman, within six months from the commencement of the year, we shall send as a -present, for one year, the American Slock Journal, a standard magazine, devoted to the interests ol farmers. Remember, that the year commenced with most of yon August 1st, 1809. To all subscriber who have prepaid, and to all who shall subscribe and prepay for one year before May 1st, 1870, we make the same offer. ' ' Many of oar subscribers will find no date on their address, which means that they owe as from August 1st, 1869. If such will pay np to onr agent, or send ns by letter three dollars, prior to February 1st, they will receive the Slock Journal for one year. - If subscribers will all remember to pay np their subscriptions within six months, that will satisfy the Scatenman, and enable us to pub lish more matter, We stand ready to go tn more expense as soon as our readers pay up an I famish the mesns. . The 1st of January is an excellent time to pay up and be sqnare with the printer, and we offer inducements to secure that jou may do Take Notlcr. We have continued sending the Weekly to all whose names were on the lists of the old UnionUt We intend, before the next issue, to discontinue every" subscriber who has not paid the amounts due the estate of Mr. Hunt ington, as we have no proof that we can col lect from them if the estate cannot. . To Our Weekly Subscribers. We are now in the fifth month of the publi cation of the Statesman, as the change of ' proprietors was made on the 1st day of Au gust, Dating that time we have made no re quest for payment of subscriptions, desirous that 'you should have full opportunity to test, and so fairly approve or disapprove our course. Determined to do our best and let the people be the judges, we have been gratified by realising a success, which, although moder ate, Las been entirely satisfactory. There are about three hundred sew subscribers on our lists, and we constantly receive additions, as well as friendly assurances from all quarters. Of course it takes money to run a newspa per, and more of it than most people suppose. So we would simply say that we shall always be picpared to send receipts to those who can pay up. A great campaign is approaching and we are anxious to bo on hand, and always be found in the front of battle. Great battles are Seldom fought on credit, so if yon help us out with cash, you will supply us with the real sinews of war. The proprietor is anxious to enlarge and improve the Sttbsh AH, and it depends entirely on the support be receives whether he ean be able to do so. We propose to give the people of Oregon at good a paper a they will pay jor, and to make it a success by making it in all respects a people's paper. you know any good man who want) the Statesman, send us bis name, with the understanding that ho pays for it in six months, and sooner, if he can. It is part f onr faith that every sober working man in the land ought to have a State paper, and that every ' man who wants to read one, is good for the subscription price. , We desire to eall the attention of our readers and friends to the fact that we now publish about as much again of matter as the Ahbricax Umosist contained at the time Of discontinuance. We shall increase the States ah. to the sje of the largest paper now published in this St"te when five hundred more subscribers are ad ded to our list, and anything our friends can do to help us to reach, that number will be fully appreciated. We repeat again, that the State sha shall be as good and as large a paper as the people will pay for. Please ex amine the direction of your paper and see if the date pa the tag is the date te which you have paid up. Where their is no date named, the subscription commenced August 1st, 1869. Quite a number have sent us the subscrip tion price and paid up ia advance, to whom we tender our best thanks, , Money pan always ba jsent us through the mail at our risk, if sent with the knowledge of postmasters. . .'' ; .,,.-,. ,, Ws have secured the following gentlemen as Agents : - - Albany.............. L. Flinn ' Aarora. .... ... ...Fred. Keil Brownsville.,. .................. W. K. Kirk Bethel.......... J. H. Hawley Butteville. ...................... B. Jennings Belpassi... ....... R. liaona Corvallis V. A-Chennweth Cottage Grove...... ........ ......N. Martin Dalles.... ...8. Brooks Dallas.. J. Em mans Empire CUt . . . .... . . .. . ; ". . . . . J. W. Parker Eugene City J. F. Brown Grande Konde. Mr. Litchfield Hsrrisburg. ...... . .11. Smith Independence...... .Vanduyn & Rommerville Lancaster............ M. Farley Uncoln t. . , .Abrahams & Co Lebanon.:...'......... .......S. H.CIauson Monmouth P. M. Waterbouse Newport Samuel Case 2ak,.and - B Herman Portland.,.., ;Wm.T. B Nicholson 8cto....v... ;.E. E. Wheeler SringSeld. A. G. Hovey and Rev. J. H. Adams Hnblimity Mr. Hobson SilvertOB....,.., .... .John Davennort St. Louis.,,. v.... J. D.Tayloi Zeua. .......... . . . .... .D. j. Cooper Chinese laborers having built the Pacific Railroad.wbea no others eonld be found to per form the labor, Califoroisns now propose to prohibit them from working on the Oregon and California road, although that is our only chance for a road. They are at work in their Legislature on a bill which is to tax the Com pany ten dollars per quarter for every Chinese laborer employed on the road, which amounts to m virtual prohibition. Expedition to -Remove the Snake In- di&2iS. I. Woifbhdcd from -rs j47e3k 'BRANWXJt'XCIU AT'CA! llARMtT . t .... , : P. j 0c-yo bad gfvea ntk rtrcotiVugwnent fiat he and his 1se.nA weald remove to the denervation, bnt, m ttfe contrary, expressed Wn unwillingfteas w lo do, and had de clared that be waa only willing to recog nise military awthority ; but he was In duted to. go en to Camp Hartley to take part in the coming councils with the Pi Ute or Snake bands at that point Just before reaching Camp Harney, on the 20th of October, Applegato ttel Col. Otis, the commanding officer cf tbe district, on his waj to Camp Warner, who informed him that lira Indians, by order of General Crook, had been notified of their coming, and ordered to come together on tbe 21st to bold a council with the Superintendent. The Colonel thought the Indians would surely be on hand with tbe utmost punctu ality, as he deemed them well subdued and Very submissive. The necessity of being '; present to represent the Indian Department, Induced Applegate to push on abend of the train, and by riding nearly all night he reached tbe camp in good season the next day. Arrived at Camp Harney, be duly re ; ported to Major Trimble, who was lelt iu command, but no reconstructed Indians wera to be found , in tbe vicinity. The Major thought be knew of eleven Wickiups about six miles off, on Cow Creek, where somes sixty Iudians might be encamped. Two days passed before tbe arrival oi the Superintendent, who had pushed on in advance of tbe Dalles train, and by agree ment tbe 8th of November was set for a giand council, time enough being given to Kt-nd an express to Col. Otis, who had gone to Camp Warner, and for the Indians to send out runners to their different bands. The council meetings at Camp Harney were not conlucted by tbe interpreters we have named. The exigency called for the best talent to bo procured, and it was im portant to know that tbe words given to tbe Indians were cotrectly reported. The Indians had their own linguist, an accom plished l'i Ute, from the vicinity of Washoe, who had acquired a knowledge of English, but was not particularly reliable. So, to put a check upon him. Donald McKay was sent for. a brother of Dr. McKay, who had been acting as chief interpreter for Cojjfj Otis, and whose proficient knowledge, of various languages, including lbe Pi Ute, enabled him to put many a check upon the other, and insured that whenever Pi Ute Jerry made a mistake, which was frequent ly, it would be immediately corrected Donald McKay had been employed at Camp Warner, and there he had done much to im press the mind of O-che-yo with correct and favorable views of white men and tbe intentions of the Government. On th3 8th of November twenty-eight Indians made their appearance, including the head chief We-ah-we w.i, and E be gan, the famous war chief. Col. Otis opened the council, by Buying that Mr. Meacham was there fo take charge of them, and told them to bring their people next day. More came on tbe morrow, and the proceedings were thus continued for several days, when the chiefs finally declared their inability to make a decisive answer, as tbe controlling spirit of their actions was old Winnemucca. who was not present. This Winnemucca is an old scamp, famous in the annals of Washoe, in which vicinity, for years pas he baa been a precious good Indian, taking interesting scalping excursions, for a varie ty, however, into his outside dominions of Oregon and Idaho. A recess of eigbtfdays was taken to give time for the summoning of the Pi Ute Em peror, and a runner sent to give hiin due notice. Tbe time passed away and tbe council again met, but Winnemucca was still iound wanting, and never did put in an appearance. Before this time, how ever, there- had been a great acquisition in the person of O che-yo. who rose in tbe council meeting, most unexpectedly to all, and to the actual consternation of the Pi , Ute listeners, and announced that ho "had come to heat what all had to say, and bad listened to all sides, and had decided tbat he and his band would go with the white men." In accordance with this decision he immediately returned to Camp Warner, ac companied by Mr. Applegate, and gather ing up the fami ies of his band, and loading their movable effects into the ox wagons, commenced their journey to Sprague river, on the Klamath Reservation. When tbe last council day came, We-ah-. w vwa again appeared, and there was some thing of style and ceremony in his sur roundings and the equipment of his follow ers. He said be wanted to advise with Col. Otis ; was asked if be would obey Col. Otis' advice or commands, and after hesitat ing a long time, he acknowledged that it would depend on the nature of tbe advice. Col. Otis here gave them his opinion tbat they had best go immediately to the Klam ath Reservation with Mr. Meacham. This advice was not acceptable, and they said nothing in acquiesence. Mr. Meacham asked if they would recognize his authority and that of the Indian Department, to which they quickly and emphatically said 'no." They were then informed that orders had been issued . for their removal, that the orders of the Government always bad to be obeyed, and that their removal was only a question of time. They ap peared stubborn to the very last It was noticed that when the bead chief gave his final negative to tbe propositions, tbe medi cine men of the nation rose up In great joy and evident congratulation, in which spirit they lighted a famous pipe, apparent 1 1 made of a shell, tbe bowl of which, would hold over half a pint, and this they passed around for a general smoke. This valuable article had not made its appear ancebefore. It turns out that these medi cine men had staked all their arts and in fluences upon the result, and had worked I charms and incantations innumerable to fortify tbe soul of We-ah-we-wa against the persuasions of the white men. They sue4 ceeded and they rejoiced. We can easily understand tbat tbe Indians were surrounded by bad influences tbat prevented a fair un derstanding of the case at its first presenta tion. For instance, these military posts are established in remote regions far away from all sources of supply, and there are hungry creatures banging around them. contractors, settlers, teamsters, laborers , and bucimers. whose interests are depend ent on the continuance of Indian troubles and the retention of these posts in the wil--- derness. It has even been insinuated that Quartermasters have a taste ior the exten sive contracts arising from public exigea ' cies. "A the class of men named are very influential among the Indians and not over nice n doing what benefits themselves, it is only reasonable to conclude that all these influences had been at work, lor j iig the Indian mind against the idea of jYemoval. It is true that Col.' Otis dud' all j in bis Jiower to aid the Superintendent, but It is unfortunately oommon for the military officers to oppose what the civil servic? fa vors, and show a disposition unfavorable to such efforts. These Pi Utes considered tbat tbe mili tary were a superior tribe, which had rule and control, and they entertained a much poorer opinion of a common white man- Their division of our race was into ' sol diers" and "white men," which may have been of their own divising. The strictures upon the military would be unjust if gen erally applied, but there are instances, ns in tbe case of Capt. McGregor; to whom al lusion has been had, where direct effort was made to thwart the purposes of the In dian Department, and a refusal inade'of aid to enforce the obedience of refractory In dians. Three weeks were spent in these councils and efforts at negotiation, and, no doubt, tbe result will be that another season will soo all tho Snakes, or Pi Utes, as they are alternately calied. quietly occupying lands upon the Reservation. As it is, some of the Camp Harney Indians have come to claim a residence upon it, and the acquisition of the Camp Warner Indians alone fully pays for the whole effort expended. Mr. Meacham conducted hm intercourse with the Iudians in the most earnest manner, and has at least prepared their minds for h bet ter consideration of their own interests tbau they were capable of befor. KI.AMA.Tlt RESERVATION. The councils at Camp Harney being con cluded, the scene of ihe next operations of the expedition was the Klamath Reserva tion, to which tbe Snake Indians belonging to Camp Warnef bad already been con veyed. Mr. Meacham and tbe rest of his party reached the Reservation about the last of November, and some time was spent providing for tbe comfort of tbe new com ers, constructing winter quarters for their use and issuing provisions to them, as well J as blankets and woolen cloth, which were were supplied from the Ashland woolen mill3 on contract, and were of the most excellent and serviceable quality. ; O-che-yo and his band were so well pleased with the arrangements made for them, tbat they asked leave to bring the scattered members of the tribe, still roam ing at large, to share the life on the Reser vation, and accessions were being made in considerable numbers by the coming in of friends to whom they made favorable rep resentations. ; The Klamaths and Modocs, who have been occupying the Reservation for a num ber of years past, had been most of the time under the care of Lindsey Applegate. Indian Agent, who had interested l.imself greatly in their behalf, had establised rules against gambling, drinking and immorality, and induced the eslablishinentof a Board of chiefs who acted as court and jury for the trial of offences, their judgments be ing subject to the revision of the Agent. Under his care these Indians hud become very industrious, bad acquired comfortable homes and made, considerable progre.-s in the arts of agriculture, f-howing an inclina tion for improvement A week was ppent iu general council with these Indians, who were anxious to become acquainted with the new Superintendent. Tbey 1 sleued with Ihe greatest interest to all tfiat was said, and themselves made many sensible speeches, in which tbey urged the whites not to despair because their progress was slow, but to have patience and believe that tbey wanted to learn and practice tbe arts of civilized lile. Some of these speeches were quite pathetic, setting forth tbe evils they bad first experienced by intercourse with the whites, aud demoralization, con tamination and disease, that the evil dis posed bad brought among thein. One speaker spoke of the late events of our history, gave a report of tbe lies told them by profligate whites, who were uniformly rebels, and told them tbat the Government was destroyed. He described the progress of the war, was familiar with the character of Lincoln, Grant, Jeff Davis and others, and even had a correct idea of the charac ter oi Andrew Johnson. The presence of a garrison of soldiers in their immediate vicinity has been a great disadvantage to the moral advancement of these Indians, even though tbey have enforced the rules and laws of their adoption with consddera ble fairneBs. ' . THE FUGITIVE MODOCS. After a week thus spent, trie expedition again started to attempt the reclamation of the outside Modocs under Capfc Jack, whose village was situated about sixty-five miles from tbe Klamath Agency. An escort was asked of Capt, Goodale, who commanded at Fort Klamath, and had about seventy five soldier at tbat rost Six were offered, and, twelve mounted men were finally furuishei. So taking the old Moaoc chief and some Klamath Indians, the expedition Btartod for Modoc town, which was readily reached. Capt. Jack; was well prepared with excuses, showed b bundle of letters from citizens of Yreka as his authority Jf or claiming that the treaty to which he was a party was stolen from him, and that he did not really belong on the Reservation. The trade of Yreka had been considerably increased by the traffic of these Modocs, who ranged east of that place and there purchased supplies, while they had for sale a great quantity feathers, saved from the wild fowl killed by them in immense quantity on the lakes in tbat vicinity, and which formed an important article of food for a great portion of the year. They were answered tbat they were parties to a treaty made years ago, and tbey would be requfred to fill its conditions, and there were annuity goods and provis ions awaiting them in fulfillment of the promises to tbe Government. The negoti ations were favorably progressing, when one night the mounted soldiery, who had not before arrived, and who were perhaps mistaken as to tbe immediate important need of their presence, came clattering jnto Modoc town at the solem hour of mid night, waking Capt. Jack so suddenly, or throwing biin into a night mare so terrible, that with fourteen warriors and their fam ilies, numbering seventy in all, he fled and hid among the rocks. This unfortunate raid of the mounted infantry wound up the military part of the campaign. The mount ed men were sent 4o Fort Klamath next day, Capt Jack and his fugitive warriors were coaxed back and finally induced to remove with all their goods and chattels to Sprague river on the Reservation, and the placing of them all In comfortable winter quarters was a work,that ended the expe dition. THE BOIMIXG IP. The expedition ia thus Bhowu to have been eminently successful, and to have been conducted with ability, as it ako was with great economy, as the force employed was almost entirely composed of regular employees of the Indian Department Moro than half of the Indians roarriag at large in that wide region, were in a few weeks induced to remove to Klamath aud come under regular" authority, and steps were taken that will result in inducing the remainder to do likewise at no distant day. The Indians were made to understand tbat at the present time, color or caste forms bo hindrance in this Government to the enjoyment of rights. They saw In George Harney, the chief of tbe Roguo rivers, an Indian like them selves, who had acquired civilized habits and told tbem Iboy could do the same. Tbey were alonibed to hear tbat Col. Parker, CoumrHfioner of Indian Affairs, llie superior officer of thjj Indian Depart ment to whom Meacham looks for instruc tions, is a full blooded Indian, belonging to a tribe tbut has learned to practice civ ilized life. They received this news with delight, and to uso their own figurative language, "their eyes were lifted from the little camp fires; they saw, as it were by the moonlight, and tbey wanted to climb tho mountain sides to get a look at the full grown day." Portland Letter Portland, Jan. 18. 1S70. Leaving home the other morning, when the eclipse was being performed to the sleeping citizens of Salem with immense success, without drawing out the least dem onstration of applause, I journeyed down tho Willamette on tbo steamer Fannie Pat ton, very comfortably and pleasantly, in spite of tbe terrible cold north wind. Our passengers were, many of them, well known gentlemen of Republican proclivities, who were going down to Portland to represent the " cow counties at the meeting of the State Central Committee, which you know comes off to-morrow. We found the cily of Portland wrapt in the embrace of winter not exactly frozen up, but freezing up with great certainty. The state of trade is not so satisfactory as at some other seasons, but the dealers in fire wood have no reason to complain ; their trade is not only good, but increasing The skaters also go about the streets dang ling the straps and irons of their love, but cold as it is, the spell has not lasted long enou'h to enchant the surface of the wa ters and convert them to solid ice. Coming dowu the river we observed tbe new building, on the east bank, at the head of Rock Island, for tbe depot or station of Ihe East Side Railroad, and the turn-table is near by. Here is a point where steam ers might, with ease, connect with the rail road, if trains were regularly, ruuuing. and passengers and express freight as well as mails might be conveyed to Salein and Al bany much sooner, the same day, and so in crease the faciliiies, which would increase the travel it-self, and make times livelier and pleasanter. I hear this suggested us a plausible thing, that might be developed to the advantage of buth tho steamboat and railroad companies. I learn here of an important sale, which, iii fact, is being perfected and completed in tho room where 1 write. The Tualatin River Navigation and Manufacturing Com pany is purchasing the town site of Oswego, with the saw mili and water privilege of Oswego Lake, of John C. Trnllinger, for the sum of $26,000. This corporation pro poses to cut a canal from the Tualatin river into Oswego Lake, a distance of about one and a quarter miles, and they expect te erect important manufacturing establish ments at Oswego to use the valuable water power thus created. It will make tbo Tual atin river a highway for commerce, as the canal will bo navigable for stenmTs, and another uanal will connect the lake with the river at Oswego, where a fall of SO feet will exist, and a chute can. be easily rigged to take freight from tbe lower boats as well as to discharge freight from above. This will do away with much expense now necessary to transport freights to and from Washing ton county. Tbe officers of th'13 corpora tion are, W. D. Hare, President ; W.S. Fail ing, Secretary, and Capt. Jos. Kellogg. J. D. Nerryraan and O. Kellogg. Directors. Speaking of the railroad depot at the head of Rock Island, let me here remark that the paragraph going the rounds aboiit "timber and knees'' being convened over the road to that point, is probably t ne t f the wretched inventions of that inveterate scamp-Biles, who spends his time fulfilling tbe scripture, that tbe wicked -'have sought out many inventions." The facts are that tbe timber transported was railioad ties, thousands of which are piled thereabouts, while the knees" well, tbey are as apt to belong to Biles as anybody, for, in one sense, all timber is transported with knees." Tbe town has been doing well since I came. Hardly was the steamer arrived when the report spread that Stoner had been shot by Moses. This came near being a sesondary Richard3on-McFarland case. Moses and Mrs. Moses have a capacity for disagreeing! and a divorce is pending. Stoner was call ing where Mrs. Moses was stopping, so Moses, considering bira legitimate game, tried to bag him ; borrowing a shot-gun at the City Surveyor's office, he loaded it at once and unloaded it at Stoner, several of the shot taking effectin Stoner's foot. No other damage done. A more important case than that occupied the Recorder's Court this morning. A young countryman, from Washington coun ty, drove to town last night, and putting up at a stable, slept on the prem;ses in company with his team. The next morning he pur chased a pair of boots before breakfast, and, taking the advice of the boot mer chant, be visited a near restaurant and got his breakfast ; which being devoured,' be found his hat gone and relieved li is mind by taking one that suited bim. Crossing over to lbe boot and shoe store, he told bis experience of the hat rather bitterly. Then there came a man who claimed the bat be had on, and as tbe young man didn't want to yield gracefully, he was arrested, tried, fined $25 and costs.or 30 days in county jail, and paying this sum, left this city with the most delightful Impressions. My informant thought tbe dose ralher severe under tbe cir cumstances, but tbe world should know tbat if you lose your hat in Portland, 'twere best ty;o bareheaded or get a cap, else some one may claim the roof over your head and cohvict you of larceny. Not that any one would care about that, tbe inconvenience would be in losing tbe $25 and costs. Disappointment came tbis morning to tbe pleasure seekers, hundreds of whom had engaged passage on the steamer Mary Bell, for an excursion to Astoria ; but lo ! morn ing came and the Mary Bell did not. It is a great pity that about 500 souls and bodies Could not have balf frozen to death on this delightful excursion, for it is not eay to say when snch a spell of weather will come again. The disappointment at Astoria will be intense, us the gay population ol that "port ot entry'' had provided for dance, which was to be a part of the excursion, aud to make tbe success ot the effort more illustrious, tho tug boat Astoria was to puff np the river tbis morning to meet Miss Mary Bell and escort her down. How frail are human hopes 1 All this disappointment could have been obviated by the construc tion o a telegraph line to Astoria. My sympathies are strongly enlisted in behalf ot the caterer who was to provide the supper for the crowd. I would do what I could to help bim out, if I could be on the ground when the supper was ready. Medical Practice ix Orkuox. Tho fol lowing, from an Eastern. Medical paper, is going the rounds of the Oregon press with, varied comments : "A subscriber in Ore gon writes as follows ; In some respects this is a good couutry to practice medicin in. The prices are almost double those charged East, payable in coin, but no at tention is paid to medical ethics : each one does what ho considers right in bis own eyes. There is a medical school at Salem. tUa canital Thi. number in attendance is small, and tbe graduates are few aud not very well qualiued. Some are disposed to take umbrage at what is evidently the candid expression of an bonest opinion, and by such we can all profit The Orttjw Medical and Surgical Reporter notices this extract in a very sen j sible uwnner, not to dispute or cavil, but to improve by the chance to see ourselves as others see us. Suppose the writer's views to be entirely coirect, aml there i much truth in what he says, what then ? It cer tainly is no disgrace to the Institution that at first, in tbe iQlaucy of the Department, students were few, and it was to be expected that the first class or two would graduate without the completeness of finish th tt old er Colleges claim to give. But every year the Willamette University has made ad vauce in all ber departments, aud lbe same writer would not now say tbat the present attendance is small, uor that graduates are, ill qualified. The profession and practice of medicine has gradually going up for years.and we beiieve that we now can com para favorably witt. much mora favored communities in regard to numbers, talent, or respectability of practitioners. " Birds in their little nests agree," but Dem ocrats of Oregon, in their little plans to get into office, "fall out and chide and tight." Yes, fight is the word we nre obliged to use to ex press the state of affairs at the late session of their Central Committee. At least, wo have it from no eye witness thut, not content with shoving Old Ben aside lor others who weai better elothes, and taking bim at an unfair disadvantage to get a basis of representation, suitable to tbe ring, they "must add insult to injury. A prominent lawyer of Portland Lo had the temerity to drink a toast to " Bi n Ilnydun, tbe next governor of Oregon," had " a head put ou him " by a retired statesman, with as little compunction hs though the gen tleman had never been a ourt. Democracy is a unit. Of couie it is. JrnoKrt ok Washington' TKi:i;tro;tv.- We met Judge Jacobs in Portland tbe other day. Hi has been holding Court at Van couver, but makes Lis residence at Seattle. Ttie Judge takes kindly to bis new field ol labor, aud is winning tins esteem and good opinion of the people of that TerriWy. W. Lair Hill, E-q., has been informed by Senators at Washington tbat he has been appointed cne of the Justices of Washing ton Territory, but has no official notice us yet. Judge Hill is building hp a valuable practice and substantial reputation iu the city of Pufthmd, and some considerable in ducement will be necessary to induce him to resigu the substantial evidences of pres ent prosperity for a Federal appointment. The Federal office holders ot Washing ton, who staked all their reputation ou the defeat of Garfieldo for Congress last spring, have lost rather heavily. Gen. Grant, con sidering their course too unreliable, has kindly released them from further official duties, and we learn from a friend, living the other side cf the Columbia, that the Republicans of the Territory fully indorse the action of the President, which is calcu lated to sweeten their sorrows very much. They are dead and laid on the sbelf politi cally, and afford a.i example to future gen erations. Our readers must siinpiy breathe a sigh of relief on being tola that the Erie Rail road war is ended. A. long time ago we heard of suits being commenced, and ever since we have all been bored with news about an affair, concerning which no one here cares to understand anythin ' at all. It is like the famous Schleswig Holsttin ease, about which Lord Paltneston taid : 'There never were but two persons who understood tbis question, myself and one other ; tbat other is dead, aud I have for gotten all about it" Another wayward sister is coining back to the galaxy of States. The bill for the ad mission of Virginia Representatives passed the House by a vote of 142 to 49, Oregon's vote being no, of course. And to morrow the very men in Oregon who cast that vote will point to the fact of members of Congress being excluded, and in holy horor call it tyranny. : The Guard fairly ghrieks because lion. M. P. Peady was not appointed Judge of the Ninth Circuit. Now we believe the Judge was the choice of tho Republicans of Oregon for that office ; but it is hard to think the Uutird ever wished to see tbem gratified in that choice. Nor do we thick that paper will gain friends in cither party by pretending to espouse to cause of a Republican who is able to take care of himself. : The story set afloat by thoso who hate Bcech er, because he is Mrs. Stowe'i brother, to the effect that his charge have called him to an ac count and censure his action in niarryiug A. D. Richardson to Mrs. McFar'and, is not ful ly borne out by tho facts. We are informed by dispatcher that bis salary has been twice increased since that event. It is now $20,000 and is to be made $25,000 next season. The passengers in the New Haven cars wero recently vastly entertained, if not edified, by an animated and earnest conversation of Fa ther Uyacinthe and the venerable Dr. Cox. Happening to be seated near one another, and the Friar speaking no English and the Doctor no French, they spoke Latin, which both speak with fluency. The conference took a wide the ological and ceclesiastical range. Had Stanton's schemes not been defeated liberty would have been dead. Herald. The trouble with the Herald is that none of Stanton's schemes ever were defeated. Tbey were all for the Union, aud the peo ple followed bim to success in every in stance. The real estate of the late Gov. Alliston, of South Carolina, consisting of five splendid rice plantations, and containing 4.108 acres, was recently sold at George town. S- C. under a decree in equity, tor $42,700. Tbe plantations eo.rt the Gover ns $222,500. GENERAL NEWS. Portland, Jan. IS. By the Orrymiin we learn that quite a number of prominent Ilts publicans are in attendance on the meeting of the State Central Committee C. Bcal, G. W. C. T. of (iuod Templars, in Oregon, has received book, lc, and will organize a Grand Lodge in W. T. There are in tbat Ter ritory 25 Lodges and 1,500 members of this order At the last regular meeting of tho Portland General Relief Committee of the I. 0. 0. F., the following named brethren were elected to serve as officer for tbe ensuing term: J. S. Kidder, Presiileut ; Chas. Wontzingcrede, Secretary ; F. S. Ostheim, Treasurer A. J. Moses fcbot and slightly wounded li. M. Ftonr with a shot gun, because the latter cull ed on Mrs. Moses, who is suing for a divorce from her husband Tbe old stock of wool from the Dalles factory is being shipped to the Oregon City Mills. Coos Coukty. A correspondent at Empire city says under date of Jan. 10th : "A plung er, containing two men, upset in a gale of wind in the lower bay, and wero rescued after much difficulty anil suffering The steam tug Escort struck upon the Bar, a few days since, aud was run into by a schooner in tow. Her smoke-stack was carried away aud she was otherwise disabled A man named Charles LaMer was arrested yesterday upon a charge of insanity and confined iu the county prisou; his mind is much disordered aud bis ravings aro fearful; ho has tried to commit suicido sev eral times. Lase County, Jan. 15. The Guard says the excitement about a supposed child mur der has died away. Tho missing child is in tho hands of kind friends and the bones found turn out to be salmon bones Joseph Mead- or's house took fire from a defective stove pipe, but was saved by the efforts of tho neighbors. It was sheriff Van Buren who shot at Baker while arresting him, instead of the oth er way, as firnt reported. Orryoii 1'ulenU. Says the Oiryoninn.: "Wo see in the last number of tho Minitnj and Sei rntijir, J'i ei, of San Franci-co, that our fellow townsman, John W. Sutton has received a pat ent for the Dynanometer invented by him, and described in Jue (h-cjoninn some mouths ago. Adam Brown, of Bridgeport, has also received letters patent for an animal trap." Idaho. The Suitomnn of the 8th is full of the incidents of the great fire in Boise City, on the 6th. Mr. Lambkin, the postmaster, devot ed hitn.-c!f to tho task of saving the mails, in which he succeeded, at the expense of his own private property. One young man, a stranger, entered the building and rescued a mail bag just a moment before the walls fell. Several persons were injured while fighting the flames. One man in the vicinity of tho lire Blept siund ly all night, and only knew of tho occurrence when it was all over. But little stealing was done, every ono being busy trying to stay the flumes. The tire was, unaoubtedly, the work of an incendiary The McUinnis broth ers have just returned from a two months' chase alter some stolen horses. They brought back the horses and one of the thieves Ira House who was committed to jail to awpit trial U inter has been remarkably open ; there is not more than an inch of snow in the valley ....City election went Democratic t to one. The first annual meeting of the Idaho Agricultural Society was to bo held at the oflicc of Jude Flourncy. on Monday the loth, at 3 oclock p. ni., for the purpose of electing officers r.nd transacting such other buine.s ns may come before them. I'oKTl.tM), Jan. IX--llie vrejonMn has j proxy credentials, proceed, d to ballot for an urcouut of u young man w hoso hat cost j choice of place for holding thone.t State Con him SID. He bought it when the owner j vcutiun, whereupon the city of Portland was Was away Jotiu We.-lev. a Civilized Indian, chased a fellow Siwa?li through the streets with a large bowie knife C. Beat G. V. C. T.. organized a Lodge of Good Tentn'iirs at Centerville. Washington county. George Zimmerman is W. C. T.; night f meeting. Saturday Three men.' (Jail. Murphy and Weston were anested on charge of breaking Kast & Cahalin's store. Tbe Aj ix took away 750 tons of freight, principally produce Five hun dred signatures were obtained to the peti tion for the abolition of the franking nui sance. Doi oi.as Cot'NTY. The Ens'njn man has seen the returns of an assay of quartz from li G. Browning's ledge. It yields of silver $;!2 !1, and of gold $7 81 ; total per ton, $120 75. Mr. Browning has bought a mll. and will put it up as soon as the roads will admit ot its being haub-d The new steamer Swan, for the navigation of the Umpqua,' has been launched. Her trial trip was set for the 12th, but the water was too low at that time Thomas Youug, U.S. Marshal, and J. C. Cartwright. U. S. Distiict Atoiney tor the District of Oregon, arrived here by stage on the 7th. and on the 8th. in company with T. T. Winchester, llsq., started on horseback .for Coos Bay. The visit of these oUieials to the coast has been induced by information of trespasses commuted upon public land by the loggers of Coos county Sone claims in the Myrtle Creek mines are paying while others are beinjz abandoned. Washington Territory. The Message gives the number of vessels passing up Pa get Sound, during the quarter ending Dec. 31st, IStiO, at 30'J ; ships, 3:J ; barks, 113; brigs, 0 ; schooners. l'J : sloops, 22 ; steam ers, 83 Ihe Tribune sajs the Olympia folks are having quite a gay winter. -Light lautaslic" quite frequently Sieilucoom is waking up from a nap of everal years. Real estate business lively, and strangers moving iu to settle peim.uienllv Mr. Henry Kandley, of Pierce count v, has found gold bearing quartz in abundance, which assays $300 to tbe ton Tbe Eliza An derson is to take the place of tho Olympia. The latter to trade from the Sound to San Francisco The Intelligencer says : The organization of the ' First Baptist Church of Seattle" was consumated on Wednesday evening, Dec. 28th. on the basis of the New IlampsbireJ Articles ot Faith. The ' cove nant was subscribed by eleven persons, and it was expected that about twenty more will shortly be added. The following statements published in the Oregonian are couipiied from the books of the "Collector of the port ot Astoria for tbe year 18C.0 : Number of American vessels entered, 329; tonnage 126,143. American vessels cleard, 3H ; 'tonnage 222.831. Number ol foreign .vessels entered, 3; tonnage 1.191. Foreign vessels cleared, 3; tonn'ige, 1.191. There were registered in tbe district dur ing the year, 3 steamers, with a tonnage of 1,0115 ; and two sail vessels, tonnage (105. Tho whole number et vessels enrolled was 52 ; 39 steamers with 8.782 tons, and 13 sailers with a tonnage of 883. Licenses issued, lo steam vessels 1, fons 20 ; to sailing vessels 15, tons 139. Fourteen ves-els were built in the district during the year, embracing a 'tonnage of C01. The number of American vessels engaged in foreign trade, including the above, en tering 54, with a tonnage of 18,938; clear ed. 54. tonnage 21.999. From this report it would appear that in vessels engaged in foreign trade, 3,061 more tons cleared than entered. ''Benton Cocxtv, Jan. 19. The 'Mercury divides Its attention equally between tbe P. T. Company and tbe Gaxlle, and threat ens to throw dirt viciously. . . .We gather from its columns the following : The Wil lamette Freighting Company will be repre sented by a meeting of the Stockholders at Monroe on Saturday next It is the inten tion on tbis occasion to increase the capital stock of the company and transact other b tsiness of importance in the interest of the same We stop tbe press to record tbe fact tbat n little son, three years old. of Rev. R. C. Martin, was horribly bitten in the face by a large dog at ihe house of Mr. Garret, near Monroe. The child, it is thought, witl live. Tbe dog was killed. No further particular?. Jackson County, Jan. 15. The Sentinel objects to being called the Jacksonville Journal A man by the name of Con rad Reitzel, left Hungry Creek, in Siskiyou county, Cal., on the 9th of December, to go over the mountains fo Elliott's Creek. It commenced storming the day he left. Lp to January 10th nothing had been beard rrotu him, and it is supposed that he per ished in the mountains Ashlanders propose to bare a newspaper . .Tbe fac tory at that place was to start np on tbe 1 lib A sidewalk is needed below the offices ol tbe Sentiad and Xeic-i Tbe paper Jias an account of a young lady of JoM'phine. who alter being slandered by a young man received a call from bim. She invited him in, locked the door and gave him al out twenty lashes with a good cow hide, well laid on The seal let fever has. proved almost as fatal as tbe small pox in that ill-fated town, but is thought to be on tbe decrease now. Senator Miller, tf Jackson county, has lost three children by the contagion, aged respectively, 8 years :$ years and an infant, all withtn the past ten days Nathaniel Myers, a settler of 12, died on the 12th, aged 84 years. Poi:ti.axd. Jan. 20. -We learn from the Oi-e'jonitit that the City council met on Wednesday evening and adopted resolu tions of condolence and sympathy with tins family of the late Captain John H. Couch. Tbe Fire Department and the Military were requested to attend the funeral The f learner Cascades met with so much ice in the Columbia river that she was obliged to return to Portland Sheriff Reames. of Jackson county, brought down an insane man named Jack Gardner, who was deliv red to the Asylum . .Barney M. Feely who was injured by a tailing tree some time since, died at the residence of John Doly. ......The banks were tote closed and other business suspended out of respect to the -memory id Capt. Couch. Wasco County. The Mountaineer says: Sund.iy night we hud the coldest weather thus far this winter. Thermometer 15 deg. above zero Last Friday afternoon, an Italian, owning a wood boat on the river. knocked a boy down on the street and oth erwise maltreated him with bis fist. He ap peared before Judge Campbell, and was fined S5 and costs amounting in all to S12 50 for his coward! v attack. .TIEKTI. OF TUB NTATI3 CKX-TltAI- COMMITTEE. Tbo Republican State Central Committee met at Portland, Jau.rllyth. Present Major M. P. Berry, of Marion, Chairman ; T. B. Odcneal, of Benton, Secretary ; Messrs. A. Hinman, of Clatsop, proxy for A. Montgom ery j Geo. M. Scuddcr, of Curry, by M. P. Berry, proxy ; A. J. Apperson, of Clackamas; G. Webster, of Douglas, by J. G.Wri--ht. proxy ; J. Robinson, of Graut, by J. G. Wil son, proxy; B. F. Russell, of Linn, W. V. Bristow, of Lane, by M. P. Berry, proxy ; J. II. Mitchell, of Multnomah ; J. L. Collins, of Polk ; T. 15. llandlcy, of Tillamook, by S. A. Clarke, proxy ; J. II. Fisk, of Umatilla ; D. W. Lichtenthaler, of Union, bv 11. B oise, proxy; V. D. llaic, of Washington ; J. G. Wilson, of Wasco, by II. A. Hogue, proxy ; J. W. Watt, ol Yamhill. Mr. T. L. Brickcll, of Tillamook, came in during tho session, mid by a vote was invited to sit and and advise with the Committee. Tho Committee, after settling the matter of selected, the first lhursilay, the ittiUavot April, was determined upon as tbe time. Tho basis of representation was fixed as fid lows : Ono delegate for each sixty votes cast for the Republican candidate for Congress in 18C3, and an additional delegate for each frac tion of thirty five or over, and one delegate ot large for each county. The number of dele gates to which each county will be entitled upon this basis will bo found in the Call for a Convention, published elsewhere in this pa per. Mr. A. J. Apperson, of Clackamas, was elected Treasurer of tho Committee to receive and pay out such funds as may be raised for the distribution of campaigu documents and newspapers. And provision was made to se cure funds for such purpose. It appearing that in some of tho counties, there were no Republican county committees, in consequence of removal, death, or failure to net, it was resolved tbat in any such case tho State Central Committeeman for such county should be authorized to issue a call for the next County Convention. A resolution was adopted recommnnding that county conventions for the election of del egates to tho State Convention, be held on Saturday, March 20th. The Committee then adjourned. The Speech-Makers. Says the Cincinnati Cnmmcrcirl : The Congrestsiortnl (lobe is a CongreHsiotixr nuis ance. It is ttie printed vanity of stupid men. If we had a cor;-s of aisle reporters, who would put to record, faithfully, the speeches and voles of Illume lawmakers, R that the peo ple miirht team precisely what their servants, are doing, it wonld have some value. But it is a dull, tedious lie, by tbe side of which Ban croft's ' United States' grows in interest. The Solons claim and exercise tbe privilege of cor recting, with dull afterthought, their impromptu stupidity ; and so, at the expense of millions taken from the bard earning of the people in the way of heavv taxation, and oiiiioue tiller- dinner creation is perpetuated in huge vol umes thai few receive and no one reads. Take, for instance, the so called debute the other evening. Eight members of the House asked and obtained permission to print, without de livery, t lie tedious essays that some penny-a liimers w ere hired lo write. Aud seiixialti men would not tzive one pungent, brief editorial ol the New York Sun, or a halt column of the Commercial, for all the irash w hen done. There is a lot of Bohemians here, who make a precarious living by wruiniz these speeches for illiterate Congressmen. They write for any party ou lither side. Oue told me. last win ter, in great glee, bow V.e had prepared a speech for nn bonerable member, and, in h tew days after, was employed to an.-wer bis own argument by u gentleman in Ue opposition, and lie did it with a decided success. And these fellowe" braina are wrought into type and published, at the expense ot the people. Au amusing illustration of this sort of rascal ity is a matter of (Hole record. A member of the House asked leave to print an uuread speech, which was granted. A few days af ter, another honorable gentleman obtained the same privilege. W. en the two speeches appeared, they were one and the same. Tbe drunken Bohemian had s dd tbe same article to two different members. 'Never mind,' said a member to one of the aflicted, 'they are buried in the Globe, nn4 no oue will ever know what au ass you have made of yourself.' In the way of correcting proof, Gen. Gar field told me of an irritating instauce. He had received a sharp reply from Clem. Vaibn digbaui, formerly a prominent politician of Montgomery county, Ohio, (see Lauman's 'Bi ographical Dictionary ot Congress,) uud Gar field responded iu a sharp little speech that brought dowu that part of tbe House which sleeps in the galaries. When the Globe, ap peared some time atter, Gartiield was disgusted to lind that Clem, had stricken out all that be iCIem.) had said, and Garfield goes down to posterity recorded as making a tierce reply to nobody. A Suunr Mistake. In an adjoining countv, not long since, two men started frr the couuty seat in order to procure licenses. The desired licenses were of a very different nature the one wanted license to keep a horse, while the other wanted license to wed hi lady love. They procured license and returned home, each happy iu the posegsion of the much coveted document aud both blissfully ignorant of a ter riblo mistake. The marrying man. however, was fearfully aroused from his dream of con nubial bliss when he showed bis license to the Justice, who informed him that the paper was all right aud regular, provided he wanted to keep a horse, but was not worth a cent if he was on the marry. Tbe explanation is tbis: tbe Clerk bad mistaken the names of the men, and tilled out the respective licenses with the wrong tames. It remaius to be seen whether the fellow w ith the marriage license witl in sist onou his right and marry the tirl Walla Italia Union. There ia a steam hammer, at Danville, (Pa.) which cost $40,000, and which will crack a nut without breaking the kemel. or crush a solid cannon ball with a sixty ion blow. ISOW IS TI1K TIMK 1 TO Subscribe for the Statesman. A Splendid Chance, j An Extraordinary Offer. ! Don't Delay. Semi nl one ! " THK LEADING AGRICTLTIRAL J01KXAL OF THE COUNTRY. FREE FOR 'ONE YEA K . The Amkrica Stock JocwisL. A first class monthly, containing tbMv-two largt double column pages devoted lo farming and St ck Breeding, containing regular depar -ruents for the Practical iarn.er. Dairyman, Stock Breeder. Wool Crower, and Poultry Keeper. &c, &c &c. Illustrated wnb nu merous fine Engravius and bound in ba i somely tinted covers. Farmers will find this monthly a very efficient aid in all Ihe depart ments of Farming and Stock Breeding. It haa a Veterinary Department under tbe charge ol one of the ablest Processors in the tinted . . il.rmith the Journal. states, woo - . - free of charpe., all questions relating to hick, J. . J. F.- . . . 1 tfVttl.. Ktiri iniiireu or uiseaseu o''"i Swine or Poultry. Thus every Subscriber has a Horse and Cattle Doctor free. We are now prepared lo offnr the American Stock Journal as a free pift for one year, to all nberber to the Ouegon Statkshai who shall subscribe inimedmtelv slid pay in advance. This is a rare opportunity which the intelligent people of our section ill n doubt duly npprec ate. Mand in vonr mliscript ions at otic; and secure the Slock Journal tree for year 8. A CLAI.'uL. . Piiblsbei Oregon Statesman MlNlSiKP. Ifl HI.BCRT IM CotoSBIA. The re ception of Gen. Stephen A.lfurlburt as United States Minister to Colombia t .ok place in the Government house, Bogota, on tho 13th of November. The customary congratulatory speeches were made. Somes observation were made by both orators relative to the canal. (Icn. Hurlburt said : " I have beeu ordered to take all legitimate steps which may lend to augment the existing commercial transactions between tbe two coun tries, and to assist by this means in the open ing up of these vast resources which are des tined iu tbe future to enrich this nation and benefit tbe world. I have also received in structions to call your Excellency's attention to the fact tbat tho barrier formed by the Isthmus of Sue, has now ceased to exist and tbat the commerce of tho rations of Europe now flows eastward without impediment, 'while up to the present time nothing has been def initely arranged by the nations of America, in order to procure the removal of tho obsta cle presented by tho Isthmus which lies with in the territory of this Republic. I shall have the honor to present to your Exeelleney, on behalf .of my Government, the important and matured opinions of tho President of tbe Unit ed States upou this question one of such vital transcendency to the Irue prosperity of both nations, and of such importance to the com merce of tbe world." Tho President in his reply, remarked upon the peace and similarity of sentiments which have always existed between tho " Republics of Washington and of Bolivar," and said : " You have manifested, Scnor Minister, tho necessity which is experienced by all nations that the" barrier which the Isthmus of Panama presents to general interoectjnio communica tion should be destroyed as Quickly as possi ble. Colombia is also awara of this necessity, und is disposed to do nil tbat lies within the power of the Republic to further this great un dertaking ; ind my Government, understand ing the supreme influence which this work is certain to exercise upon tbe destinies of the world, and of America in particular, will ex amine with tbe greatest attention tho ideas charge. I you to transmit to us ; and no effort shall bo spared to obtain the due fulfillment of their most noble aspiration." .V. 1". H'orM. Hints on Draught Horses. Whenever a horse is employed for tho purpose of draw ing any vehicle or load, it is of the utmost importance tbat he should be ab'e to employ all his strength tJ ad vantage. Every one who considers at all must acknowledge that if a horse has to do his work in a cramped and confined condi tion, or wln'n he is inconveniently placed as regards tho load, he cannot exert his full power, which is so much loss to his master ; or, if forced to perform a certain amount, that he m obliged to waste a great deal more of his strength (or ransor.lar pow er) than is required, to his own great pain and injury. The act of pulling is performed by lean ing forward, with tbe weight of the body against the resistance ot tbe opposing force, and then, by strong movements of the limbs, keeping up and increasing the presure ; the weight of the body being of the ut most importance. Muscular movements exhaust the strength, whereas the body weight is easily employed without consum ing the vital energies. First, and. unfortunately, in too many cases, the collar is quite "unfit for the ani mal. A horse-collar is. we are sorry to say, frequently looked upon merely a a ring for the neck, to which the traces are to be af fixed ; w hereas there is no purl of the har ness which is so important aud which ought to fit so accurately. Second, the horse is often prevented from throwing his weight into tho collar by a check-rein a useless and paintul incum brance, introduced by ' vanity and retained by thoughtlessness amounting to cruelty. Ask horsekeepers why they use it. and hard ly any two will give the same answer, al though it ia generally supposed by them to be a great saf guard in case of stum bling. Ti e real object with w hich it was introduced, was lo m tke every horse to which it was applied, however' weak, or old. or poor, assume the lofty carriage of the thorough-bred horse. Fortunately, this vitiated uie is rapidly going out of feshion as better information is diffused. 1 hirdl v,v a great c inse of unnecessary pain und labor to many horses, is a neglect in keeping; the wheels properly greased. Some pei sons may not be aware,' savn Iheover, in his work nn Bipeds and Quad rupeds, -that the trifling uegtect of a pair of wheels being comparatively dry or well greased, will cause twenty miiesto takev more out of a horse than forty would in tbo latter case ; yet wheels absolutely scream ing from dryness, are often seen, and hetird, attached to carts and wagons, and thus would the brute in human form let them scream till he hao reached his journey's end or finished his day's work, though his horses were drawing from snch caose, at least one ton in lour of lesistance moro than they would if the delect were attended to.' Men who have loaded carts and driven horses all their life, t-ugbt lo know how a horse should be worked to his master's ad vantage and his own comfort ; but the fact is tbe generality of working men know lit He and care less on the subject X H. J 'lei 'i inter. ! Planting Trees- lb. Statesman :-I w'sh to say a word on this subject for the be nefit ot ihose whom it may concern, and give my experience in regard to transplanting trees. I have set them in different times and I have found, as regards maple more especially, that tho best time to remove them is after the sap starts in tbe spring. I hare set tbem when the sprouts were eight iu. beg long, as late as the first week in June. I cut off all the branches, leaving nothing but the stock, set them a little deeper thjn they grew, and fill the bole nearly full of water and mix in dirt, making a soft mud or p-irrige. lo not be afraid tho ground will bake, it will not. My neighbors and I set trees the same days, be setting bis in dry dirt, and I set mine in water, bis all died except one, which he set my way. and mine all lived. When setting them very late, it is best to shade them with a box to keep tbe heat of tho sun off tl body or it sometimes causes the bark o slip on the south side. , W. WATKnnot Monmouth, Jan. 18th, 1870. A dead Chicago doctor l,rr been taken by the body snatcher. Serf cd bim just rigbt.