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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.
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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
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structions to call your Excellency's attention
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initely arranged by the nations of America,
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cle presented by tho Isthmus which lies with
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the honor to present to your Exeelleney, on
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transcendency to the Irue prosperity of both
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merce of tbe world."
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have always existed between tho " Republics
of Washington and of Bolivar," and said :
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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.