SATURDAY.
1 Good TblBf-
It strikes whrt, HroM
.wliag becaase proclamations lor a
day of UaukijiTlng are being issued
by both National and Stabs Executives,
IH&t next to the clever gentlemen who
compote tbe Canal and Locks Compa
ny it DK( more eaate to be thankful,
and a better right to how it tbaa any
one of our acquaintance. Td Herald
was in great bodily peril during tbe
late session from tbe fact that it bad
to encoaater and ward off a gret deal
of enmity from the member! of its
wa party. It caught fits and was ter-
:l A--n-A (. tYitt Senate, and A
waa threatened with occasion! ship-
'wreck in tbe House. Yet, la s?H of
all dangers, be made the royage safely
'and attained increase bf fat things on
tbe way,
A former Stat Printer, as we hap-
" pencil to know, firmed oat the works
to such good advantage that his "net
"profits" amounted to over $5,000 for
a single session. We have no reason
to suppose tbe State printing decreases
'as time moves onward. We under
stood that Mr. Patterson bad the same
offer from the same party and concluded
to run it himself and make all there
was to be' made ont of it, whichhe is
. doing. Tbe old arrangement was that
the State Printer should publish tbe
laws in some newspaper at the capital
and receive $100 for so doing, bat this
law was amended to allow him to pub
lish in his own paper, and no one sup
posed eieept it may have been bis
intimate friend that there was any
other change, but lo and behold, tbe
amending Met closes by awarding him
tbe fees prescribed' iti section 1 of the
same chapter, which make a much bet
ter tbicg for Mm.
By the new arrangement the Printer
receives $1 60 per square of twelve
lines for publishing the laws, the rate
allowed for advertisements. The one
hundred dollars was not cost for tb
work, but the new price pays him
handsomely and gives him occasion for
genuine thanksgiving. Probably it
adds another nought to the hundred
and makes a thousand of it, which we
. fj L.LI. .LT.
consider mors remarxaoie as tue leg
islature was pledged to retrenchment,
and bow it has retrenched can be esti-
" mated by tbe simple fact that the fees
and salaries of Slate officers alone
have been augmented over five thou
sand dollars, three thousand of which
was unnecessary. Now, we cheer
fully but firmly insist that the Herald
should put a turkey np to fatten and
keep Thanksgiving without another
grumble.
in Irtrul Dodge.
The canal and lock debate bas now
turned upoa tha contradictions in
volved by tbe act of the Legislature
and tbe acts of the Company. The
Legislature enacted that the Company
should receive two hundred thousand
dollars and pay back into the State
' Treasury one-tenth of tbe "net proBts.
The Company has executed a bond to
build the locks and pay the State one
tenth of tbe "gross receipts." Now it
strikes us that there was no legal au
thority for the Governor to receive
and approve any bond for which there
was no legal provision, and as there is
no such bond called for by law, there
fore it is given without consideration,
cannot be forced by a court of law
and is actually void. Had the compa
ny and the responsible gentlemen who
signed the bond as its sureties, eiecu
ted just such a bond as the act pro
Tided for, they would very likely have
betnta a bad box in a short while, as
ir? case the canals and locks did not
""""""progress, (and it is very donbtfu
whether they progress or not) there
would be an individual liability in
curred that might cause some trouble
and loss of sleep and appetite. This
happy expedient of insisting on being
so very liberal more liberal than the
law required bas placed these intelli
gent gentlemen where they have in
curred no actual or legal obligation,
and can build tba locks or let them
alone.
Will the Herald be kind enough to
inform ns if it has actually been fooled
by tbe arrangement? or, are we to
consider that it is engaged in tbe not
. very laudable attempt to help tbe Com
pany pull tbe wool over tbe eyes of tbe
dear people and keep them happy in
the belief that tbe State has "done a
big thing ?"
ThaaksglTlns.
The Herald says, with reference to a
day of Thanksgiving by the Governors :
" Since the President of tbe United
States bas usurped this appointment,
'which heretofore was made only by
the Governors sf the several Suites,
w don't see any necessity on the part
of the Governors of issuing a dupli
cate proclamation."
It strikes ns that the Herald is afraid
of overdoing tbe Thanksgiving busi
ness, or else is unnecessarily jealous
of the National Executive. This cus
, torn of Thanksgiving is a beautiful
remnant of tbe habits of tbe Pilgrims,
and has gradually spread beyond the
confines of New England and become
a national anniversary. The day most
commonly selected bas been tbe last
Thursday in the present month. Of
' ' late years tbt President bas thought
fit to recognise the blessings of God
by a similar appointment, not intended,
we are induced to .believe, by any de
sir to usurp authority, but to make
this day a national anniversary ob
servance and a recognition of Divine
goodness. The result has been that
the Governors of the respective States
have named tb same day aad it bas
been observed by the Nation at larg
as a time of cheerful rejoicing and
" merry-making. It -is an anniversary
known only to 'Americans, and so
much appreciated bas it become, that
oarcitisens in other lands frequently
keep the day in th same happy man-
- nera their friends keep Hat home.
It is a time for family gatherings and
reunions, when swains propose, and
, when lovers wed, when the ladies get
new bonnets and make pnmpkin pies,
and for which turkeys and chickens
are fattened. We bar a tnrkey fatten
ing for that occasion, and if it don't
take umbrage at proclamations being
issued by both tb President and th
Governor, and pine away in. conse
quence, we expect to have him in good
order by tb 24tb.
Thompson's road engine and steam
plough bas arrived from England and
wilt soon be tested. It weighs about
nin tons, and bas a gang of eigtt
plows capable of catting fourteen
inches each in width, and advances at
tb rat of four miles an hour. Tb
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Bismarck was riding past a battery
.the other dev. and shook bands with
every artillerist. . ! cannot neipii,
' ; ssid he ; ,"yon have don so well that
I must shake hands with every arut-
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LATEST BYTELEGRAPH J' Z.
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London Nov. 8- A correspondent iipiecree. ra v je r trst, uosgreastotvu u.
r the, writing from Versailles
on tbe Tib insti, gives the following
comprehensive review of the present'
itnation ana prospects 01 w;a oeuig
erents : General Trocha has 330,000';
men fit for offensive" service tn the fiWtU
Paris is absolutely itnpregnable to at
tack, and can be conquered only by
starvation. There ia abunfianco of
food in Paris, sufficient V 4aet about
two months longer, inere are six r.
mies outside of Fans, numb'Hng
53.000 drilled "and well arnc.tfa men,
besides namerots detachments Francs
Tireurs, 'garrison and irregular troops.
There are the army 'of Loire, Gen.
Palakas, of 120,000 -jien ; the army of
the west, Ge Keratary, 10,000 men ;
the army o' the north, Gen Bourbaki,
of 65.000 ; the army of the centre,
g - , Tripod 90,000 men ; the army of
tk Rhone. Cm. Machard. 110.000
men: tbe army or tne Yosges, uen.
Cambriels, 45,000. All these are well
supplied with everything except ar
tillery, which deficiency is rapidly be
ing remedied. Tbe army or tbe west
has fifty-five breechloading field pieces.
The army besieging Paris continues to
suffer greatly from sickness, which con
stantly increases. A recent morning ra
port of the condition of tbearmy showed
an average of three hundred men, with
nominal strength of 100 men.
Former reports concerning the dispo
sition of tbe army of Prince Frederick
Charles were incorrect. His 10th
corps has gone to Paris, the 6th to
Thiooville, the Tih remains at Mett,
the 1st at Lille, the 3d at Royes, and
the 2d and 9;h are on their way to
Lyonr.
Tours, Nov. a. aovicts receivea
from PariB to the 6th, a'. ate that Forts
Valeraio, Roooey and NogeDt, by the
rapidity and precision ot their nre,
prevent the enemy Irom establishing
any siege works within the range of
their guns, harthworks are inrown
up by the besiegers, in tbe night, but
destroyed by the French gunners dur
ing: the day.
London, Nov. 10. To-day s war dis
patches chronicle important French
successes before ran?, through, tne
capture of several Prusian camp.
Garibaldi was again victorious ana
routed a force of Germans about five
thousand strong.
The latest from the army of tbe
Loire is that there Lave been three
days of continned fighting without de
cisive result. The losses of the French
are frightful, but tho enemy were driv
en back ten miles.
The Herald's correspondent inter
viewed Napoleon, in which the latter
freely expressed bis views on tbe Situ
ation, and compared France with
America, saying tbat nil tbe conditions
requisite to a true republican govern
ment were absolutely wanting in
France. TbOBe who grasped the reins
of Government in Paris had shown
themselves incapable, and placed heav
ier restraints than he did on tbe press.
Tours, Nov. 10. The French, by a
series of successes, bare compelled the
Germans to evacuate Orleans.
Chicago, Nov. 10. Humors are cir
culated here, based oa private dis
patches from New York, that peace has
been declared between France aud
Prussia, on a basis of cession of terri
tory as proposed by Russia and Ka
gland, guaranteeing the treaty on the
part of France.
London, Nov. Y. A World't cable
special says, fearful distress and dis
content prevails in (jrermany, caused
by the prolongation of the war, which
tbe journals dare not Bpeak of. Prus
sia is nearly exhausted.
London, Nov. 9. Trochu has 300,
000 men fit for offensive service. Paris
is said to be absolutely impregnable to
attack. There are six armies outside
of Paiii, numbering 530,000 drilled
and armed men.
Madrid, Nov. 8. Editors of journals
issued in this city have united in a
manifesto opposed to the candidacy of
the Duke of Aosta for the Spanish
throne.
A Loudon Herald correspondent at
Versailles on the 5th, writes as follows:
Reports from tbe South of France are
of an extraordinary nature. Fifteen
departments have absolutely seceded
from the rest of France, and in con
junction with Algiers, are engaged in
the organization of a separate Govern
ment. Tbe Monileur mentions five military
executions on Saturday last, through
influences at Lyons and Marseilles.
Advices from Lyons state that the
Germans are advancing by the valley
ot Ouckst, to occupy Coenzat and the
line to Nevers. Cavalry have occu
pied Nnltz.
Chaguey will be vigorously defend
ed. There are 20,000 German troops
in Dijon, with sixty pieces of field ar
tillery. The citizens have been forced
to contribute ha'f a million francs as
security for tbe behavior of tbe inhab
itants. Barricade committees have been
formed at Lyons. The authorities
there have recently received fifty thou
sand Remington rifles. Vast quanti
ties of stores and large D umbers of
cattle have been collected, in anticipa
tion of a siege.
London, Nov. 8 The World's cor
respondent writing from Perpipgon on
the 4th says : Civil war bas com
menced here with fright ul scenes.
The Colonel commanding here was as
sailed by bands of Reds and cut down.
Tbe Chief of gen d'armes, underwent
the -same fate. M. de Dardes, the
Mayor, was stoned to death before his
own house. Another eentleman was
pursued by the mob, acd killed with
botcher s nammers. me nmiuum
Guard is now assembling at Hausse-
man. Tbe e f reiect oi rar wa ar
rested at bis villa, at Nice.
Tours, Nov. 8. Uispatcbes irom tne
army of th Loire .report a series of
successful engagements yesterday, at
Poisleyand St. Laurent des Bois. Two
battalions or Prussians, aupporiea uj
1,500 cavalry and 10 pieces of artillery,
attacked the French advanced posts.
After a combat of two hours' duration,
as the French cavalry appeared to be
surrounding them, tbe Prussians re
treated, leaving two officers and 60
men killed and 70 prisoners in our
bands.
Dispatches from Raoeu report suc
cesses for French arms at several points
in that quarter.
Tours, Nov. 8. Evening. A gener
al battle was fought to day near Or
leans. All ambulances here have been
sent to the front. No news has yet
arrived of the result of tbe fighting.
London, Nov. 8. Particulars of tbe
siege of New Brissach thow that Fort
Mortier was destroyed cy Domoara
ment on the 6th, and tbe French bat
teries defending the town were dis
mounted. The French commander
bas discontinued firing on Alt Brissach,
which is occupied by tbe Prussians.
Verdun bas capitulated to tbe Prus
sians.
The London project of summoning
the North German Parliament to meet
at Versailles is taking shape, and will
probably be carried into effect. All
quiet at Marseilles.
Etitira Elcctlem. t
Chicago. Nov. 8. Returns thus far
leceived are as follows: New York
bas gone Democratic without doubt,
even tbe Tribune giving op all hope
la the city tb vote was as large as
utoal, though the greatest precautions
were taken against repeating and other
fraadalent voting, which should have
diminished the total about 20,000; but
on tb other bead, the safe-guards
offered to legal voters brought out a
class who have hitherto refrained from
takintr oart in elections, and swelled
tba total to 116,000. In the State of
New York tbe Democrats elected fifteen
Congressmen, and tb Republicans
sixteen.
In Massachusetts, Wendell Phillips
has polled tbe vote conceded by bis
opponent. Clsflin (Republican) bas a
majority or 8,000.
Th Republican majority is reduced
in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Louisiana re-elected Svpher, colored
The Legislature in Illinois in in
doubt.
Chicago, Nov. 9. Returns from the
State election, as far as received, indi
cat tb success of the Republican
State ticket by a reduced majoritv
fr m the last election. Tb Democrats
claim two, and perhaps three Congress
men. Tbe Legislature is probably R-.-
Dublieao. bat the returns are too
m'tagr to tell to a certainty.
Minneapolis, Nov. 9 The Republi
can mnioritv in this- State will be
about 1,200. Booth, Republican can
dilate for Coneresi. is elect d lit
ttire fiy 'o- i-'l m-'j'--"
Iricttfy X-'500 maioritv.
fc Yark, Nov.- a.- Hoffm-an's ma
jority -will prokAViy be 30,000 in tbe
Stt. Tb fiejoerats gaia three Con
gressmen. - ,
1 CALIFORNIA. . ' " "
Sar pranclsc, Nov. 9. Capf. Em
er'on, of tbe ehip Japan, from Liver
pool, reports tbat bis ship took fire in
the bold, Avgust 25th, in latitude 57
47' south, In the Pacific. The hatches
were battened down, and every effort
mad to extinguish the fire, but with
out succepB, and she was abandoned,
and the officers and crew 22 in num
ber transferred to the ship Matchless.
Subsequently a part of the crew were
sent to Valparaiso and a part lo iou-
ceptton. Tbe Japan was bound tor
San Francisco, with a cargo of 1,100
tons of coal, 300 tons ot iront and a
quantity o assorted hardware, etc.,
consigned to Dickson, Dewolf & Co.
Harry Meggs bas, through Tbos. J.
Gorbam, recently paid up most of bia
old indebtedness to parties here, and
tbe receipts were sent to him to-day.
The U. S. Quartermaster' steamer
Newborn starts to-morrow on her last
trip to Victoria and Sitka.
Ten thousand dollars worth of ma
chinery for thu California Silk Factory
bas been ordered from tbe East. The
engine, boiler and gearing will be
m ide here.
Private telegrams from Nevada gay
Bradley, Dem., is certainly elected
over Tritle, Rep. Tbe remainder of
the Republican State ticket is possibly
elected, though Fitch's friencs admit
his majority is very small. The east
ern pin of the State is largely Demo
cratic. Postal Agent, Birs'ow, has ordered
tbe mail cars on the Central Pacific
Railroad to be supplied wilb revolvers
and Uenry rifles, to be used by volun
teer mail agents in case of another at
tack. State
cws.
PORTLAND.
From the iiulletin : Tbe Cily Fathers
have provided the Council Chamber
with a large aud elegantly constructed
semi-circular table far the convenience
if the Auditor and Clerk, and riem
bers of the press. This is ft piece of
furniture which has long beeu needed,
a.id tbe Council have provided lor a
long required demand in its purchase.
The festival given oa Wednesday
evening, in the basement of tbe Taylor
street Church was largely attended
considering tbe stoimy weather. Tue
affair passed btT quite pleasantly.
Mr. S. J. McCormick will deliver a
lecture at Vancouver, in the Metropol
itan 1111, on Tuesday evening, the
1Mb int., in aid of the orphans, un
der charge of tbe Sisters there.
Tbe bark Edward Jame3 did not sail
from this por for llaugkoug yesterday,
as was advertised. We learn that the
Guribaldi, which has nearly completed
her ear)o, will leave in couipauy with
the Edward James on Sunday or Mon
day. 1' jtb are bound for China.
One hundred bead of hogs took the
boat for tbe Dalles this morning.
1 bey are ia bne condition, uud are
bound for Umatilla.
From the Herald: All the principal
business portion of the city is work
ing to the north, and the improvements
to the west and northwest. This is
owing to the mountains, which vheck
further progress towards the south.
As'an evidence of the increased value
of property towards tbe north, it is
sufficient to refer to a siDgle instance.
Part of tbe King tract, even that por
tion within the city limits, was offered
for sale a year ago at $200 per acre.
Now that portion lying beyond the city
is readily purchased at $1,000 per acre.
In Couch's Addition, lots which a year
ago were sold for $4,000, are now dif
ficult to purchase at $G,000. By re
ferring to tbe sales of real estute for
tbe past three months, by Mr. William
Davidson, we find that he has disposed
of property amounting to $75,000,
which, taken comparatively, displays
an activity in real estate which does
not appear at a glance.
From the Oregonian : In consequence
of the disagreement among tbe doctors
as to tbe name of tbe disease at Salem,
by some called smallpox, mid by oth
ers chickenpox, the Statesman does
not venture to call it by either name,
but speaks of it as "the prevailing
disease." That is certainly a clever
way of steering clear cf tbe medical
S?ylla on the one side and tbe medical
Cbarybdis on tbe other. Down this
way we call it "smallpox," and that
without any chattering of teeth or
knocking together of knees. What's
in a came? Tbe "prevailing disease"
is no worse for being called smallpox,
nor any the.less bad for being called
chickenpox. It's only a sort of chicken-hearted
smallpox anyway, and don't
burt much, called by whatever name
you will.
LISlBf COUNTY.
From the Democrat: Last Thursday
the party 'that left this city some weeks
ago to view out the extensions of the
W. V. & C. M. Wagon Road, returned,
after being absent about 45 days.
Capt. Humphrey informs us tbat
from June, 1869, to June, 1870, there
were 54 deaths in Linn county, 19 of
whom were males and 26 females ; 15
were married, and native bor-n but one.
The road surveying party, which
have just returned to this city, tell us
tbat Messrs. Warner and Suttle, of
their party, killed a mammoth grizzly
between Ochoco and Harnry Lake.
Tbe beast's paw measured 10 inches in
length, and it it is believed tbat his
weight would have reached about 8u0
or 900 pounds.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Editor Statesman : I was instruct
ed to furnish, for publication in your
paper," a brief abstract of the meeting
of the Oregon Presbytery of the C. P.
Church, at tbe Abiqua Church, cn
Oct. i3th, mo.
The following named ministers were
present :
Neill Johnson, of Yamhill; T. H.
Small, of Belpassi ; E. P. Henderson,
of Abiqua ; S. T. Miller, of Pleasant
Hills ; J. B. Veach, of North Santiam;
D. M. Keene, of South Santiam ; A.
W. Sweeney.
The following appointments were
made :
Neill Johnson, McMinnville ; T. H.
Small, Silverton, Scio and Spring Val
ley ; D. M. Keene, Fairfield, and other
places; S. T. Miller, Jefferson and
Liberty; A. W. Sweeney, Lebanon
and Albany.
Under tbe head of Church Exten
sion, A. W. Sweeney was appointed
special soliciting agent for the Salem
Enterprise, and Charles Claggett,
Samuel Allen, D. M. Keene and T. H.
Small were constituted a building
committee with instructions to com
mence operations as early as tbe solic
iting agent may report to them an
amount sufficiently large to justify.
Our intention ia to build a neat brick
edifice, and to commence as early next
spring as the weather will permit. In
due time the citizens of Salem will be
called upon to aid us in this desirable
work. Our people throughout the en
tire Slate feel a lively interest in its
success, and a success it will be. Tbe
Presbytery thought it advisable to
have no regular preaching there until
the bouse is erected. Tbe soliciting
agent is meeting with cheering and
hopeful success. A. W. Sweenet.
Albany, Nov. 9, 1870.
Tbefwoman question Can yon let
me have twentv dollars this morning?"
Tho man question "What did yon do
with that dollar I gave jou last week?"
, During three months ending Sep
tember 30lb, tbe California Labor and
Employment Exchange furnished em
ployment ti 1,140 men and women."
A lady caught ber husband breaking
her boop'a. Tiro hours afterward the
liuformoate man was seeu at a drug
i f--M r--f--,:r'..
City and County Hess.
1
Wm. Dat'dfon, Esq., dealer i real
; ctate, at Portland, bas his etsioess
card in tb is paper, and rs the same
gentlemau referred t by:the Jlerald as
haviDg sold: $75,000 Worth, of real
estate during the last three menths.
Obigoh Abroad. We rrotico the fol
lowing truthful (?) item in tho Western
Sural, of Chicago : eix-footed
horse and a yearling bull with two
ts.ils were entered for prizes at the
Oregon State. Fair.'
DiSKissiDj School. The University
i
concluded to take a recess during the
continuance: of prevailing disease, so
classes were dismissed yesterday morn
ing, to meet again in a fortnight. Tbe
District Schools are still in session,
however, j
Tin commission to examine the ac
counts of State officers for the last two
years, have returned from Portland
without baying accomplished much,
owing to the absence of Mr. Hallock,
who was to have been a principal wit
ness as to matters connected with the
sale of the old State Prison building
at Portland. They will enter imme
diately upon their duties here.
Railroad Express. There is to be
an express department connected with
the'O. & 0. Railroad for conveying
money, letters and packages. This
express will run twice a day between
Sal em and Portland, and mails will be
made up just before the departure of
each traini Envelopes can be pur
chased at the office ia Starkey's block
where the express headquarters will be
located, so we are iuf'ormed by Mr.
Moores. i
The river had not raised much du
ring the twenty four hours preceding
last evening. It was ascertained by
the telegraph that it had raised consid
erably at Corvallis and the Shoo Fly
went on up lat evening determined to
reach there. It bas taken a large
aincunt of rain to soak the ground,
hich was both hard and dry. Tbat
must have beeu quite thoroughly ac
complished by this time a and per
manent tise must take place sron.
IIobse Killed and Pai? For. Some
j week or so ago Mr. Rrazleton, a resi
; dent of Yaquina Raj, had a horse
i killed ott the railroad track, about
i eighj miles north ot this place. Tbe
I animal was in a pasture through which
the railroad was constructed and the
j accident happened in the night. The
j engineer only saw tbe animal the in
: stant tbe locomotive struck it, and tbe
collision caused no damage at all to
the truiu. Mr. Bruzletou made out hit
J bill, proved the facts and the value of
j the animal and was paid the same by
tbe Company, and returned yesterday
; with tbe money.
1 Hohsb iTitiKF Cattchko. The fol
1 lowing interesting account of a picus
t horse thief is handed to us by Mr. E.
! W. Pike; "Mr. Stephen Sprogue, a
student of the school nt Pbilotcaih,
near Corvallis, (who was studying for
the ministry), last spring went to a
: livery stable in Corvallis, bired a hoisp,
j stole a coat and some other article?,
i and traveled. The horse was found
where be had sold bim, bnt no trace of
j tbe erring one could be found, until
j last Wednesday ; when, on getting off
j the train at Portland, 1 saw him fttid
! ing on the platform. He said be had
! just returned from the Sound country,
was strapped anl looking for worfc. I
told him I would try to get something
for bim to do, so I went to the tele
graph oflice, sent a dispatch to Cor
vallis, got a warrant and arrested the
young preacher. Yesterday he went
to Corvallis in the tender care of "Pro
fessor" Bills, of Portland, who will, 1
trust, see to his board and lodging ia
a hospitable manner."
Tux Pbevailixu Disease Iu our
State news column will be found the
Ortgonian,'x notice, of the "j'revailinjj
disease,' with some strictures upon us
for dodging the issue and not calling it
j smal'-pox. That paper says they have
I it at the emporium and call it smull
' pox and thinks it rather a poor speci
j men at that. Ia yesterday's issue we
: made free to call it small-pox and de
sire it to be uuderstood t'aat we have
no intention to make any coaceuluienl
as to matters affecting tbe public
health and general welfare. There
may be a dozen cases of tbe complaint
in this city and we hear that all are on
the mead;. Tbe fact i3 that it e have
sraall-pox among ua it is iu n mo.iifird
form and is not infectious and has out
attacked those brought into direct con
tact. The majority of our physician
do not call it so, and we leuru thai
a similar disease is laid dowu in the
books and accurately deliued in every
particular as resembling this. We be
lieve it necessary to take evtry precau
tion, because the viruknt tnial'-pox
often is lushered in by such diseases,
and after exhausting iu fury is ulso
succeeded by them. This being the
case vaccination is necessary aud the
greatest prudence sbould te exercised
by both citizens and authorities. We
rtpeat tbe assertion made at the outset
that it is no new thing, but bas bea
among us since last spring. Several
months ago, a Mr. McCord died, across
the river, and since then a Mr. fred?r-
ick has died at Salt Creek, in Polk
county. ;In their cases tbe disease
seems to have been complicated with
other complaints.
SUNDAY.
The Late Elections.
Only a few days ago our political
opponents were threatening to over
turn the Government and do uny dan
gerous and treasonable thing ubicb
might occur to them, all because Con
gress bad passed a bill to attempt to
secure a'peaceful and honest election
in the city of New York and wherever
else it might be found necessary to se
cure to the honest citizen the peaceful
exercise of the elective franchise. We
read column after column of muttei
ings, that is if we read what they fur
nished for editorial literature. There
were terrible things predicted and the!
Democracy of the nation, outside of
New York, seemed to read their own
defeat in this simple effort to secure an
honest election, for it is well known
that honest elections are not conducive
to Democratic triumphs. Such was
the state of tbe case before the elec
tion, and we confess tbat we hoped to
gee Democracy lose ground in New
York, j
There is scarce an emergency to
which New Yoik democracy is not
equal, and it has proved itself to be
fully equal to tbe present one. How it
was done we do not knew, nor what
new tactics were resorted to, to carry
the dayj That New York City polled a
larger vote than ever we are informed,
and as we do not hear that any resist
ance was made to law, we must con
clude that Tammany and Mozart, all
factions, and clans and cliques, all tbe
different interests rushed to man tbe
breach and defend the claims to the
spoils, from tbe threatened attempt to
have a fair election. That they bad a
fair election, we do not choose to be
lieve for a moment, not a tit ; bat
they quit quarrelling among them
selves, j planned and connived and
worked shoulder to shoulder, and so
won; and by this time are, no doubt,
having a bitter quarrel about tbe di
vision of the spoils, and will coDliuue
to qu&rrel until jusl before the next
Among the great virtues of tbe Dem
ocratic party, (by which we simply
mean the characteristics that win its
occasional success,) this one is chief,
that they unite and harmonize in times
of danger, and only quarrel when
success has brought something worth
quarrelling over. They resemble a
gang of jackals who unite to bunt
down a quarry and then quarrel while
gnawing the bones. Witness tbe dis
affections among the Democrats of Or
egon. Look at the bickerings aad de
amations that have characterized
feading politicians and journals very
lately and which now exist, and so re
alize bow the Democracy of New York
disagree and then agree, just as our
Democrats all agreed and voted together
loviDgly and harmoniously on last elec
tion day. Yes, tbe New York election
went Democratic, and the Democrats
of Oregon areproudly rejoiced thereat.
Any rascality which could insure suc
cess would bring joy to their hearts at
any time.
From the Ileruld: The students of
the Portland Academy and Female
Seminary, are about to publish a
monthly chooI paper, subservient to
th-ir own improvement and the cause
of education iu general. We under
stand the pupils are adepts ia calistbe.
uics, anj can hop on one foot as rapidly
as the f .mul sieatu leg of the celebra
ted Uerr Vou Dam. It' tbeir paper is
as fast, we shall be pleasedto see it.
Tbe members of the bar attending
tbe United States Circuit Court held a
meeting yesterday, and uninimously
adopted complimentary resolutions as
a mark of esteem for Judge Lorenzo
Sawyer of the U. S. District Court.
Judge Deady was called to the chair,
and A. C. U'.bbs, Esq., was appointed
Secretary,
From the Bulletin: Oa last Wednes
day night, some unknown burglar en
tered the Burk House iu Em Portland '
and stole from the proprietor about
$400 in coin. Tbe thief was evidently
uo stranger to the premises. He et
fected an entrance through one of the
windows and passed iuto the chamber
occupied by Mr. Burk and wife, ob the
second floor. He opened a trunk in
one corner of the room and purloined
the money. His haste must have been
great, as be did not discover another
considerable sum of money and a
watch aud chain, which were lying at
one end, near tbe bottom of tbe trunk.
Hon. Joseph S. Smith, Representa
tive in Congress, will depart on. Mon
day next, via Upjitr Columbia, for
Washington City, to be present at the
assembling ot Congress. He will be
accompanied by bis eldest son, who
goes E ist, to attend law school.
Judge Lorecz Sawyer, who has pre
sided over the term of the United
States Circuit Court tor the District of
Oregon, will be among the passengers
who will depart oi. tbe ttennbip
California for Saa Fraucisco this eve
ning. A. force of about seventy-Eve men
are employed Hi Clinton's Point ia
greding and cois'.ructiug tbe wbaif.
Tbe cylinder head of the liule prc
ptller Wasp was blown out yesterday.
The
English vessel Lyra, with 0U0
tons
W'tth
of railroad iron, from Newport,
.-s, is now due at this port. She
has beeu out over 175 davs.
We leara that Mr. E. W. Ryan, yes
terday, left bis purse, which contained
quite a euiu of money, on the bt4 in
one of the hcitelu of the city. He had
occasion to be absent from tho room a
few mir.ut.-8, and on his return be dis
covered that bis purse mil contents
were rwn csl.
What is it? Dr. Dickson, in a
communication to the Cliri.itian Advo
cate, states thai be has been attending
a case of the epidemic disease which
is now prevailing in Oregon, and which
has beeu reported to be the smallpox,
lie slates that the disease is not small
pox, bnt he does not inform the readers
of that paper as to what the disease ia.
lie says : '-I admit that thre is foun
dation and color given to such report
in erup iocs uf acne rosacea and lichen,
which have apnutre-l noon the face,
forcheal, neck, etc. Medical gi-m.-;m
n not having had practical ex;ieii
erce wonli l likely to confound it
with the s nialtpux, owing to the fusion
of the papular pustular form which it
assumes, atd the accompanying symp
toms. I will not here s"cp to point
out tL(S distinctive, characteristic dif
ference, bat merely observe that it is as
wide He the poles to an educated eye.
As surueoa of an hospital duriat; uvo
epidemics, within aud tcitboul the
w.nrds, I had abuudmit opportuni'y to
see the disease in all in stages, HD't it
therefore gives me cos.fi leuet, as well
as gratification, lo assure yt ur readers
i hit I have Lot seen u case ia this
city.'1
IHliCOl CITY.
From the Kuterpriee: The steamer
Success, on her down trip, stove a
large hole in her. She will be out
again in a few days.
, While Mr. Archie Clark was engig- d
in lilting railroad timbers, one fell on
t.im, ir juriug bim so Seriously tbat he
died from the effects last Thursday
morning. Tbe deceased leaves a Urn
family tnd relatives to 'mourn bis
death.
A fitit occurred last Saturday ci-lit,
in one of the saloou3 up town. Th3
man hollowed murder loud enough to
wake up the neighborhood.
As the steamer Albany was coming
down the river last Saturday, towing a
flat boat, iu passing I'aroDgh a narrow
plate, ran iiito ibe bank and stove Ihe
fl it boat all t ) pieces, aud made a bole
in the steamer. .
Chas. Williams, a well known citi
zen .f this place, died very suddenly
at his residence, last Friday.
A large addition has been built
around the basin, making it about
three feet wider.
The past month has been remarks-'
ble for the rare and rapid succession
of phenomena in the air and tbe earth.
The brilliaut auroral displays, the fre
quency of flashing meteors, the de
structive hurricane in Cuba, tbe gales
at sen, and tbe earthquake that bas
shocked the continent, furnish a series
of occurrences that arouse the tears of
the superstitious and excite tbe atten
tion of the thoughtful. These things
were formerly associated with great
changes in the affairs of mackiod, por
tending the overthrow ot kingdoms
and tbe direful calamities of war.
Occurring as they have, as it were
simultaneously, our scientists are giv
ing attention to the phenomena as con
nected with the theory of the correla
tion and conservation of force, and de
ducing therefrom the interdependence
of tbe forces of nature. However it
may he, thtse distnrbances of the ele
ments will furnish to oar meteorolo
gists important data which may tend
to the determination of tbe causes and
conditions of tbe wonderful phenomena
that have been witnessed throughout
the country
A whale about sixty ftet long was
captured off Gloucester, and was towed
up to Boston. Tbe whale was first
teen floating on tbe surface of the
water by some fishermen, who sop
posed that it was dead. They went to
it and succeeded in fastening a hawser
to its jaws, when it began to "come
to," and soon gave unmistakable signs
of life, thrashing around so tbat tbe
borus were upset and the hawser part
ed. The men, however, continued
tbeir attacks upon him, and after tbe
third attempt tbey succeeded ia put
ting a period to bis existence, and a
tow line around bis jaw, which held.
How much trouble would be saved
if people would heed tbe foUowtug
sentence in Lotbair : Never yoi) sign a
paper witboat reading it Grt, sad
tnowiDT well wat mes.
City end County Items. "
The river is in very respectable flow,
bavicg raised three feet, which, with
the former raise makes it now fix feet
above low water mark.
Appointments. Mr. Jas. E kins, of
Albany, and Mr. D. Jacobi, of Port
land, have been appointed Notaries
Pubiie, for tbeir respective cities, by
Governor Grover.
Oct Again. Dr. McCauIcy, who has
been confined to the house for some
time with the " prevailing disease," is
out again. He has endured tbe gen
uine smallpox once ia his life, and
gay 8 this is not tbe same tbicg at all.
Mancfactckes Tueh. J. B. Nich
ols has a new advertisement in our
columns with the added infjrmation
that the best of boots and shoes are
made and repaired at his popular et
tnblisbment. Of course he does the
work in the best- manner.
McstCAt, Instbcmkkts. Messrs.
Yeaton k Boon have just received from
San Francisco a fine selection of or
gans, pianos, guitars, violin?, etc.
Persons wishing to purchase instru
ments would do well to give them a
call.
Masoks at Wohk. Tbe reasons were
at work yesterday oo the new machine
shop of Drake and the sash and blind
factory of Bjolhhy & Staplelon. Sheds
are bi-iuj erected eo that the carpen
ter work can go on notwithstanding
the weather.
DlEO. At Silverton, last week,
Blueford Smith, one of the old'citizens
of Marion county, who built th first
saw and grist mills on Silver creek
above Silverton. He removed about
two years ago to near Port Oiford;
about two weeks ago he r-tnrned on a
visit, with his wife and child.
Akothkk Name. lue of the medi
cal students calls the " prevailing dis
ease" improved smallpox, because he
says it is a great improvement on the
genuine article. It will be seen, by an
article we quote from the Advocate,
tbat Dr. Dickson, of Portland, is very
decided in his opinion that there is no
sniailpox there.
The Atlantic M.nthly for November
contains the closing part of the inter
esting story by Bayard Taylor called
"Joph and his Friend." It also has
theserondand Inst part of "Two Months
with Dickens," written by the Private
Secretary he employed when making
bia tour in America in 1841. The At
lantic for November is unusually in
teresting, tlurcopy came from Ye.itoti
& liOiia. who have all the Iftt
te ui iga-
ziues and periodicals on hand
Pi-blic Schools. Tbe Trustees of
our Public Schools announce tbat each
school will tontiuue next week as
usual Shutting our school doors ou
account of the present t-xcitr mt-nt is
deemed unnecessary and unwise.
Pupils are far lr?8 liable to take a dis
ease, while at their places inthe school
room than at borne on the street. It
is to be hoped that parents will look
lo the best interests of ihoir children
by keeping thiui at school.
I.nuictmex :s Forsi). Hon. W. K.
Dan bar, ubo hag beeu down trying the
U. S. Grand Jury as change from the i
Legislature, iuformsus that ti-ere were
ouly live indictments found at the pres
ent term. Three of thetewere against
persona selling liquor to Indians iu the
upper country, one was apninrt Capt.
Kaven, of the Schooner Louisa Siuip
sou, for tradic.r liii-jr to Indians up
the roast, and and one against Lene
gliaa for gelling liquor w ii bout license.
Raii.k-.iad Pkoukkss. W'c learn from
II. Williams, Esq , that the railroad
bas got ou lo a firm bai, the track
having bfeo liid to Pukard's place,
within five mibs to Jctf-rson. Tbe
road way beyond, to the hundred mile
stke, UiUSl lav almost entirely on
good ground. Mr. Williams spenks "f
the bridge at J ffi-rson as a verv excel-
j teut structure and ihe trestle work
! across th low land acro.-s Ibe Santiam
j river, n Lisa cuuuM, is a remarkable
i etructure.
The City of Maihon
-that is to lie
I is bi uat' d at
be railroid cros. ing
about seven mil-s
; of Mill Creek.
I southerly from Salem. i's-eng'T cars
I now ruo to this point, and the road is
t finis'.ied (or nt least ihe track is laid)
; about h!f way between there end
I Jt flVrsnrt. There i n Very air Wa'rT
j p we- at Marii.u, directly nt Ihe rail
j mad cro.-yig, t; 1 e may expect
! sometime to tind a thriving village at
J that place, w.lu quite lair local mar.u
' (adores, auJ tbe lixh FurrouuJidg
coiiDtry.
Is Polk ami Wmii.l. Whatever
th disease is which prevails here, and
at other places, it is not confined to this
side cf the titer, nor to towns, we
hear cf seve n) ruses at a fanner's soutb
of town, and Mr. Charles Calvert, who
bas j net returred from a business trip
through the counties of I'olk and Yam
hill, reports the disease us prevailing
among three fam.lies unir Sheridan,
two famil.es uf ar Amity, nr.d in one
lamilr in Spring Valley. The persons
arettl'-eled in ihe fame fi rm as here.
Some of the physicians over there call
it suialhicx, and some ure positive it is
not.
Fnoa this So i'M. .Mj Kerry and
Col. Kuiht hate returned from n
Irip to the I'ueet Sound country, and
we bars from tbe former quite a lively
desiripticn of times on tbe Sound,
where the ti'-itcnient rtf speculation is
constantly present, and where a nuhi
ber cf capi'uiists from variout States
are scrambling after the best invest
ment, aud everybody 1" trying to se
cure a thow of Grille kii.d iu "the
good time coming." There are several
parties of surveyots running lines in
every direction, and don't themselves
know what it all amounts to. Where
the terminus will Le and who will lo
cate it are among the problems of tbe
future. Times at the Sound are lively
and exciting, and we' are inclined lo
think tbat our friends were a little
carried away by tbe gc-ihead tenden
cies there, but not so far but tbat tbey
have found their way back to Salem.
A few Sundays ago, as Mr Beechcr
was about commencing his sermon, a
stout, fatherly-looking man was en
deavoring to make his way through
the crowd, to get within a hearing dis
tance of tbe distinguished orator. At
that moment Mr.' Beecher's voice rang
out tbe words of his text : " Wbo nrt
thou ?'' " Who art tbou ?" again cried
out the dramatic preacher. Tbe stout
party, thinking himself in tbe wrong,,
perhaps, by pressing forward, and be
lieving himself to be personally ad
dressed, startled tbe brethren and noo
4used tbeir reverend chieftain by se
dately replying : " I am a pig merchant
from Chicago, sir. I hope you ain't
mad. There ain't Dry chair, or else
I'd a sot down." Plym.-.uth Church
didn't recover its sereuily for tea mic
utes. '
A turnip raised ou the farm cf John
McDonald, ia Wisconsin, measured
31 J inches in circumterenee, and 11
inches ia diameter, and we gbed 1j
pounds. It was grown at the bead
waters of Ford river, 30 miles from
Lake Superior. Oats raised on tbe
same farm were 1 fret high, and some
of taem had 23 stalks to a single grain.
The oa'. werr sown June 20to.
Among the Germans expelled from
Paris ia a woman one hundred and sit
years of age, a native of KaierUt
erne. She returned to tbe Utter city,
having traveled part of tbe way on
foot.
Carpenters and masons get efty-f iur
cents a day ia the cities of Sweden,
bat fifiy cents will buy more ia Se-
d n than five times that sua would ia
this country.
Orcgonlans In Soma America.
From a letter received by G. W.
Lswson, E:-q , from M. L. Mounts,
formerly of this county, we eitract
tbe following, dated California Col
ony, Province of Santa Fe, Argentine
K-'public, Soutb America, Aug. Ctb,
1670 :
We arrived hereon tbe 25:h day of
April last, and found the country full
as good as we expected. The climate
ia delightful. We have two seasons a
year, acd, consequently, two crops.
The winters are dry and warm, except-,
ing from about tbe first of September
until tbe middle of December ; during
this time we have a few frosty nights,
considerable rain and occasionnl'y a
thunder storm, but it only increases
tbe growth of grass, which' remains
ereen and beautiful the ysar round.
After the rains have cased it becomes
dry arid pleasant, when we harvest our
grain nod prepare for another crop.
The soil is very fertile, and intermixed
with black faud. Produce is consid
ered very low at present. Wheat is
worth $1 25 per bushel ; corn, 50 cts.
per bu-iiei; potatoes, $1! 0 ) per bushel.
To an Orejjuuian this would seem an
exceedingly hiirh price, especially if
he could raise two crops a teason aud
not have to feed their cattle during the
winter.
Last year wheat sold for $2 50, corn
Si 1)0, and potatoes $j DJ per bustiel.
From present appearance, 1 infer that
prices will be ns liiga this year as they
were last. Our colony is situated on
the San Jivier rirr, near h small town
tjeaiinjr the same name We are nut
side of all p otectmri except our own,
which is amply suffii ietit, as the In
dians are not very Lum.-rous aud very
cowardly.
The colony was founded four yemg
and is composed almost entir-ly of
I aiifornians. W have a French and
L'nr!ishColo!iyailjoiuinguj. A new En
glish Colony is hemp founded north of
us, and four fcundr;d families are ex
pected to arrive btfore Christinas.
A few have already located there.
Tbe General Government has founded
another about loo miles fun her north,
and they give each settler a section of
land. The timber is not very good,
but it answers tbe farmer's purposes
very well, it improves us you go north.
The dittance from here to Santa Fe,
tbe Capital of this Province, is 100
miles, to R'isario 200 miles, to Buenos
Ayrea .r00 miles. Steamboats nre ex-
K-eedingly Marce, it seems very strange
that it should be so, for wc have oue
of the fiuest rfvers iu the world, whose
banks produce an abundance of all
kind-) of grain, vegetables and fruit.
Small sloops and schooners are tbe
only means of transportation we have,
which can makeabout two trips a year.
There are small steamers which run to
Santa Fe, but carry passergers onlv.
I hope some enterprising Yaukep will
comedown liete and siart a, line of
sieauiers, I think lie would do well.
Cafle ar-- woiiu. from Jli to $25, but
are decreasing vi ry rptdTy, as we
have to supply th whole coast of
Chile and Peru. Whilp crrss:Rr the
Andes wm met a baud of about 10.0U0
bead. Wer are in great need of black
smiths, (hoeniaker s and merchants.
Tbe only stores we have nro kept by
Natives ; oue stout man could walk off
with one without the slightest diilicul
ty. Woolen poods are very hiiih, as
there are no factories. Wild fruit and
game are very scarce. I killed two
ostriches that weighed over oue hun
dred pounds apiece.
A Balloon Buttle.
The following; ej'raordinary state
ment appeared in a Belgian paper call
ed Ibe Novt-lles du Juer, fiom one of
the correspondents at the seat f war,
which note was conveyed to Brussels
by a carrier io.-oo :
"I'auis, O-i. 1. Nidar returned
yesterday to I'aris. His return was
not efT-cted without much trouble, b1
though bis balloon w t favored with
jt'od wivdt aincr bis departure from
Tours, lint I wiii nariate the facts in
liu-ir chrouuloti u al order. lie left
Tours at 0 o'clock in the morning, and
the bold icronaut arrived in view i f
Paris at 1 1 o'clock, II iRting atioul 3t)00
metres above the fort of Cbarvnton.
At tue saun; tune as the Intrepid
aliub Has the name of the balloon
appeared, a second balloon was ob
srri'rd in tbe hot zon. Ntdar was
seen to di-piay a ttreamer with ills
Trei ch national colors. Iiii'iitdiattly
another nali. nal fl ig fl iated from Ibe
car of the other balloon. Vigorous
hurrahs ami cries of '('est I.irof !' pro
i ceetietl IVi.iu the garriiun ot the fort,
! gree'ej th. Hpp?ttrt!.' of ill" lo ;vv-
t.nauts, tthose toilUuTS pra-ina'tv ap-p-ont
lit-.!. When th-y -re within a
.-!l"rt distance of each other, sii id nly
a loud r. port was heard in the ait, '"ol
lotttl by a series of explosions. These
were at first thought, lo dt llinn.-tra-ttoi
s i r signals cf victory, npti! N a
dar was seen to li ng bim-eit into the
mi w. irk ot his balloon and to cling to
its sides. During th'n time tu other
aronau' coii'.intied discharging sbo's
at Nadar, wbitb were traced iu thes-ky
by ibeir luminous t fleets. The, Intrep
id descended rapidly, nnd it Appeared
to the spectators below tbat some in
coTiiprrliensil K' event bad taken plai n
above. Hut matk, the French 11 in
the neighboring balloon had come to.
It had brf u removed, and a black
yellow standard was observed to be
tloating in its piece. Then all was ex
plained. Treason I It is a Prussian
balloon that has tired on the Intrepid !
Nadaris lost! were the cries that b'trst
simultaneously from the Frenvh peo
ple. IiutNadarwas siife, for he was
seen to descend rapidly i i his car, and
the balloon to nearly reach tbe earth,
lie cast out the ballast, and reascem'
ed, having stopped the bole made in
his balloon by the adversary. Then
shots were rapidly fired fiom the In
trepid into the Prussian balloon, which
one, losing all power, descended to
earth with giddy velocity. A detach
ment of Uhlans, wbo were in the plain
and who had been following the rcriul
combatants throughout the exciting
struggle, rushed forward, and, sur
rounding the balloon, received their
champion God knows ia what con
dition and then a!! hastened olT"nt
lull speed to the Prussian advanced
post. In the meantime, Nadar de
scended tafely at CUarenton, whtre be
still remains."
El'GEnik's IIomk. Eugenie's pres
ent residence in perfide Albion, Tor
quay, is a favorite resort with conti
nental potentates, especially tbe Rui
sian Imperial family. Tne House of
Orleans have been frequently visitors
there: and there more recently stopped
the Queen of the Netnerl.tnds. it is
the spot where William of Orange
landed, nnd forty years agf there was
a mere fishing village. Il watering
place fame is recent, but it has grown
rapidly to a high position, in conse
queuce of its supposed Giness for pul
monary patients. In summer aod
winter alike "the season" is gay in
the extreme, and balls and d.timrs
tread close on each other's htcls.
Favored residences command heavy
rents in winter, reaching even $150 a
week. Tbe proprietors of Torquay
are Sir Lawrence Polk, M. P.'. for tbe
county of Devon, aud Mr. Carv, of
Tor Abbey, who represents a Catholic
branch of tbe family of Lord Falkland.
Tbeir fortunes, before drooping, are
bow fine, the former leasing property
which cost bis father $10,000 for 14,"
000. He owns a fine seat fifteen miles
distant, and has lately built a hand
some house in town. His wife, a- very
pretty woman, is tbe leader of fashion.
Here tbe Empress will rioubtlrss he
surrounded with a brilliant company,
and have little cause to sigh for Biar
ritz. '
Tbe fields near Ravenna, Ohio, are
overrun wilh mice, and tbey are doing
an immense amount of damage to com
standing in the fields-. Iu some in
stances tbe mice have already injured
you; g trees is the orchards by p-oa--mg
tp bark off at the surface of the
ground.
Tb liquor law which recently went
into. effect in New Hampshire, provides
that damage done to property by drunk
en persons mast be paid for by tbe
dealers from whom they obtained the
liquor. A dealer who refuses to pay
mar be fined from $.0 to $100.
Tbe deepest tica'aliua in tbe United
States is a copper mine near Lake Su
perior. It ia 1,90 Vet deep.
A Romantic Mabkiagi. Tbe New
Or.eans Picayune of October 18:b tells
t le following story :
A few days since a well drefsed and
handsome youth, of some eighteeu
yars of age, appeared before one of
our city mag.strates and asked if be
could engage bis services to perform a
marital ceremony. The reply was iu
t e affirmative, and the young man left,
b t shortly afterward returned, accom
pinied by a tober looking female, mid
dle aged, and dressed in black.
" Is this lady your mother?" in
quired the magistrate.
" Ob, no, sir ; this is the lady I dc
S re to marry," replied tbe youth, as
the lady drew aside ber vail, dis los
ing a countenance wrinkled and sere,
but on which for a moment gleamed a
sort of tcv smile.
" Indeed."
"Oh yes, sir."
" II ii C. are you of age?"
" Not yet ; but this lady iai my guar
dian." ' And she gives her consent ?''
" Yes sir."
Tbe magistrate was in a quandary.
He didn't know exactly what to do.
He hated to sacrifice tbe youth, and
j join the bright faced May to th gloomy,
icy December. " la I this a rather
strange union ?" he asked.
"Not at all," replied the expectant
bride. I have a large amount of
property which I desire to leave this
young man. As I have relatives who
might iti.-pute the will were I to give
it to him as a legacv, I prefer to marrv
bim."
" And you are content to marry this
womau for her money?'' tked tbe
Ju-tue.
Well, I tlinuldn't r.nrry her for
untitling else!'' fr-irAlv replied the
I boy lover, " she isn't pretty."
J And without more ado the cnuiony
j was conciud. d.
I "I in Tin: Ukah i.i aiio " Apropos
j of MacMatjon s reply, '-Tbe Cuirassiers
I are no more," au anecdote is related uf
Marshal Ney.
; It is well kn?wa that this c&Ver
'. f night, during tie retreat from Russia,
I with heroic courage, keeping alwajs
! by the side Of hi foldieis. That be
i ("iirvived the bills, cold and hunger
that battled incessantly bis corps, wits
the resuit cf a mirae!".
Une day, as Oeueril Dum a occupied
the village if Stoliipprun, he was in-'
formed that a peas-tut wished tj Bte
him. He whs brought in. lie was
covered from head lo foot ia sheepskin
clothing.
"Where do you come from ? What
do you wish ?" demanded tbe General,
brusquely, in Polish. The individual
threw elf bis bonnet. The General
msde a gesture of surprise.
"Ion, M arshal !
It was Ney. He retrained
ttanding
and f litnt.
"I believp that you command
the
rear gnard," said the General.
" I,"said Ney, "am the rearguard !''
Oil Judge li , of New Hamp
shire, was what Arlemus Ward would
call a "sociable cuss," off the beucb,
iinl was boted for claiming tbe
quaint.incc tf nay one whese ap
pearance happened to please him. Ea-
; t?rir,;r a crowded car on thelJiston
I and .Maine road, one day, bio Honor
i found the nr.ly nnoccuppitd seat to he
by the side of a enartly dressed and
' rather good iookirg young wotuan.
i Ascertaining tiiht ihi; Seat was li'it eu
! paged, tbe Judge ai t'led himself ccm-
fortably in it, and turning, with his
j accustomed biaud. fatheriy entile, to
bis fair companion, sa d :
1 "Your face seems familiar to m.
my dear; I thina t miut kuow you.
"I chouid think you might," said
the unknown, in a coarse, whisky,
contralto voice, turning; a vindictive
pair of eyes on the a-toucded Jud-e.
"I should think you m ghi; you. sent
me to the House of Correction for
thrpe months, last winter, you ii.f-.-r-nal
old scouudrel."
The Judge did not press bis claim
for acquaintance.
Active Hostility to Ritc.ii.ism.
The New Yoik Sun says tbe three leac-i.-ig
i-rganiz I'-ioriS id' the K;is opal
Church the Earaeli.t,! Kiowlefge
iSucify, the American Church Mirjloi:-
ary Society, and the Evangelical Edu
cational Society are to meet tins week
in the Church of the Holy Trinity,
Madison svenue, iti that city. Tbe
work of the societies Hnd ritualism, as
developed in St. S.tcraiuet.1 's Mission,
will be the principal topics of discis
sions. Among the bishops, clergy,
and laity to be pr-sent arc tho. Kiglit
Rev. 1).-. Mililvaine, of Oa:o, Uistiop
If. W. Leo, of Iowa, llistiop Lee, ot
Delaware, lli?bop Eistburu, of Massachusetts-,
If. shop Stevens, of Pennsyl
vania, liishop i'lia.mins, of Kctitu -ky,
Dr. S. II. Tying, Dr. John Cotton
Smith, Dr. l'eierkiti, of Iiich mo id ,
Ilev. Mr. K:ici, of the City of Mexico,
lay Cooke, the bank-r, and others.
Th:t s-ocieiicsi are eng.iye-l in a com
bined t-fi'ort check tl.e progress ot
ritu liij-tn in this co'iutrv.
The " Wsu-ht .Vo Ubeiu" was purg
at a e.r at cp " u air concert bt-ld in
Vienna lor the benefit of the Prussian
wounded, ami was greet' il with such n
s'orm of iiupl'tuse that the singers
were obliged to sto;i until it bad sul
sidttl. I he crowd then tick up the
air, and the last verse was sung by tbe
whole nuuier.i.p ; ami, ere the Song
had ditd away, tears of enthusiasm
were seen in tne eves of many.
' Wc quote below," says the Paris
Timps, "the following characteristic
remarks of a Catholie priest in Rome :
' The King cf Prussia must comprc.
heu.l that he owes his victories to tbe
prayers of Ihe Holy Father, end to tbe
protection be affords to the same ; he
will become Catholic, nnd receive in
Rome from ihe bands t.f tLe Pope the
croivu of Charlemagne and Charles
V.'"
Down East there resides a crrlisin
M. D. One very cold ri'ght he was
aroused from bia Elumbers by a very
loud rrtppin-f et bis door. After Eome
hesitation he went to the window and
asked: "Who is there ?" "Friend!"
was tbe answer. "What do yon want?"
"Wan', to stay here all night." "Stay
there, then!" was tbe benevolent rc-
N. G. Morris, of Union Spring', N.
V., keeps a strict reckoning with bis
hogs. 11 bag found a htisbel of corn
ground and the meal scald'd ii good
lor twenty pounds of pork. If Ihe
corn is fed on the cob it m iks ODly
10 or 12 pounds of pork. The mi3t
money is made by getting a nine
month's pig to weigh about three hun
dred pounds.
D iring tbe month of September 1,
2Gy,iiSG letters from Europe were re
ceived iu New York, and 405,6(57 for
warded to Europe. Tbe postage oo
.ll these letters amounted to 150,407.
During the same month 124 242 letters
received from the West Indies, and
42,822 forwarded, the aggregate pos
tage amounts to $17,780.
Among tbe French prisoners nt Stet
tin, in Prussia, is a black officer of
Zouaves. II? if quite a h-ri in that
city, and countless stories are told of
hiiu. He is mid Jo be a nephew of
Tbeodorus of Abyssinia, to 6wn a
talisman in the shape of a diamond,
etc Like other French officers be is
taking lessons in German.
Sperial premium', very large in
amount, have been offered by the pork
packers of St. Louis for several years
past at the fairs of tbe St. Louis Ag
ricultural Association. At the ' late
fair these premiums were awarded to
bogs from New York, of tbe "Chesh
ire" breed. ,
The Lexington, III., Courier fays Mr.
John Fletcher lost nine head of cattle
during he last week, which wtre
worth $600. The cause was a swell
ing under be jw, supposed to have
been brought on by feeding in the
same field will) swine.
It is estimated tbat America, when
i hr productive power is fully dexel-
j oped, will ybe able lo feed four times
S as many persons as there are now on
! the earth.
t
The oldest pVico in existence is said
to be ia the possession of Professor
John B. MevihlDii, of Lancaster, Pa.
Il was made in GjTmaoy iu 1741.
Out cf the I'jiil area of Great Brit
ain, 30,336, 000 a 'Tea, or 83 percent.,
are under cultivation.
The census of 1B70 will cost the gov-
eroratnt $l,750,oJ0.
BOtifc.Bil 'S OAitlilU.'
Into a ward of the whltewafhed wnH;
- Where ihe dead not the dy.i'R lav
Wounded by t?Gtet, sh teaoU balln
S anttxwt.r'j Jar inst " barue one lny.
ioinrlrody's dart ny ! o Juog "r"1 o brave.
Wearing still on lit pal-,fwt fac -Saoa
to be bid lij Ilia dul el llw trv
The Inuring light of hU boyhood's grace.
Matted anJ damp are the curts of fo'd
Kissnifr the snoir" of that lair vounj brow;
Pale re Hie Uls of delicate mould
Somebody' dar'ine la ayinp d- w !
Back from ihe beautiful 1I ue veined face
Brush every wandering sllket thread ;
Cross h i hand as a aijrn of (na.e
gourebody'a darling la atUl ai.d dead 1 ,
Kiss hint once for 'somebody's' sake,
Mara ur a prayer "ft and low;
One brlcht curl Tom the c'uter take
They w. re a .meliodj' pri-le.yu know.
S;inelod s hand hath rested there ;
W-s It a mother's soft and hiie ?
And have Ihe bps of a sister fair
lieen baptized In those wave of rg' tf
God knows best ! He was somebody's love,
S imebody's heart enshrines him there;
Somebody wafted ,jc nnme abore
NiLrht nd morn on the w:DC of prayer.
Somebody w pt when he marched away,
L rkiniriK) hniome. brave and crana I
Somebo-ly's kifl on his furrhead lay.
homebody clung to his parting baud.
Sowebndr's wat-hing ami waiting for him ;
Yt-a'iilng to hot I hi.n again lo her hi'irH
There he lies tth the blue eyea dim ;
And stitilir-g, ebitdltke Pp apatt
Tenderly hnr the lair young dead,
lau;l-g to diop on ht trave tear ;
Crv- oo he woolen tali at his head
"SlOie'HHiy'a darlmg lie burled hrre !
An Eunlishojan stopping at a coun
try itiU gn one r f th K istern Stairs,
wk coritl ually botvitig of the supe
riority t-very tbinsr in KngUnd, and
deprecwilti g tbe production of Antr
ca. Th?fndUr-i, " may be Mirtniaei',
di 1 not' reii.-b ibis, and tberefoie
thought ( a plan t'j gel "square"
with tt.? fciiKh blower. Procuring
a bii.'hel of li ae beal t by t r tbs,he po.ire 1
tbrui into lhe Kugliahuiao' bed; then
It-lilt, bis guest that his room was
ready, ha ligute-J a raullo and
escorted bim up Hairs. Upon reacU
tbe do'.r the Vu'.kee uiMiia'ei to put
iU'. ihe libt. Uf course it didn't
make nuii-h d iir-rence to the E igliaher,
so be uudressed bim elf and jumped
into bed. luim 'diatelv he g-tve a ler
riCoytll: "Lat.diurd! landlord! come
here! What are these iu my bed?"
Tbe Landlord, who was outside the
door, can:e in, looked ia the bed and
cooly said: "Them's tied bugs; can
you bent them in Kaglaad?'' Tbe
Englishman left at once.
This story of a spunky widow courts
fiom a local journal :
"Mr?. Arnold is a widow in Malone,
New York, who tills ber farm wilb ber
own hands, whoe barn was accident
ally burned, and who proposed to have
another one built. In consequence of
the advice of a frieud, the v rted from
the usual custom. He supplied coli'ee,
t.-M, and good eatables to the laborers
wbo were to raUe the frame, hut no
whisky the censequence of which
was that the men refused to go ou
with the "raising." Tbe circum
stance was mentioned in three, of the
local churches oa Sunday. Fifty ffitl,
women and boys visiled tbe widow on
Monday ; ministers at;d farmers be
came caroetiii rs for the. occasion.
V.'iiuin a few hours the baru was com
plete, double boarded ell around, aud
roofed ia."
A number ot wags iu the Prussiau
army before Metz, whose fondness for
practical jake3 had not goue. under
amid tbe terrible carnage, crept duriug
the night to a Very ndvanutd posiliou,
and there planted an imitation battery
behind rouie ruins of a destroyed farm
house. Ueehives turned upside down
represented mortars, uud stovepipes,
with the outward runs turned over so
as to look broad were the cannon.
Some old uniforms hung on poles were
soldiers, la the morutng the French
hatterirs opened a terrific fire ou tbe
supposed battery, and with such an ef
fect tbat soon not a vedige of it was
t, be seen. A no; ber great French vii
tory can thus be bulletined from Tours.
Dkownso at Sea. Capt. Thomas
Stimpson, bite master of tbe fishing
schooner Sh Doting Star, which sarled"
from thii port on the 8;h of September
last, and on lte li:h, while scudding
before heavy- northwest gale, iu lat.
4) ot) uortii. long. K'j west, tdie was
hoarded by tw o criS3 st-ftVlUiie same
lime which swept the deck, carrying
overboard Capt. Stimpson, who was
lost. Every- iF rt was made to save
him, but w ithout success.
A man in Buffalo pulled otT his coat
and jumped in 4 canal to save a wo
man from drowning, wh-ri a pickpoket
stole his p. cket-book from bii coat,
an ! the womau swore at bim for pul
ling her hair iu his eifjrli to save her
life. There isn't tuncii inducement in
Buffalo for a man tj act as a retriever.
A
rnier iu St. Ltwrence county.
N. Y., made the best of bu'ter all
through : ug d iys w ilb the mercury at
Oo3 by using large tin tanks i!ai4i)
inches, and setting his milk afoot deep.
The. t ink he set in cold water, ami
t'nis kept his milk from JG to 43 hours
without souring.
A Bad Spkculatiok. Snme time
ago a Silver Cily Chinaman bought a'
wife for $1,400. tins week the almond
eyed rpou.-u kicked tbe bucket" and
was buried. Tne w idower is discon
solate and says that be will nH invest
so ninth money iu female flesh any
more. Avalanche.
It is now stated tbat tbe Euiporor of
Braiil is about to visit the I'nitetl
States. Ii is said he wnt3 to observe,
personally, tho effects of the abolition
of slavery here, us there is at present
a moremont oa foot looking forward
to the abolition of slavery in Brazil.
Good Pay. The Legislature, last
winler, passed an set creating, tk"
office of Assistant City Attorney in
San Francisco, and f.ttacbitig io it fees
and ernolueuts which Supervisor Iln;
Inn declares amount tj l09,(-uu ptr
annum.
Boston (Ma;s.) boasts of bring the
wealthiest eity cf its size "U tue fire
of the globe, within a radiis of live
miles cf the State House, the popula
tion is 310.R07. and the valuation of
property $709,314,272.
Soak wood, as fence limber, twenty
four hours ic a mixture of on part
water glass and three parts niu w atrr;
let it dry, and in a week soak ag-nn;
when dry, paint. The wood will lajt
three time as long.
The Chief Justice o' Uiah bus re
fused to naturalize a M irmou because,
he intended to practife polygamy, iu
violation of the United States laws.
A Yankee7di7r.rTa.TS : "The mar h
of civilisation Is onwardonward
like the slow but intrepid tread of a
jackass toward a pecx oi oa.s.
Some one says the best way for a
man to train up a child in the way it
shnul.l on ii to travel tbtAv ocia
sionallv himself.
Oichundred and atX'y-ix mrna
licenses were issued by the County
Clerk of San Francisco county dating,
the last month.
How. much more we might make ot
our family lif", of our friendship', if
every secret thought of love blosjomed
iuto a deed.
Ten farmer ia Virginia unite in the
statement that a crop of oats does not
take anything from the richness of the.
Soil. '
The number of newspapers and peri
odicals printed ennnally in Massachu
setts is over 125 000 000.
.Business in Gerteany is lookirg up
agiin; A good many manufactory
have resumed operations.
A woman carried off tbe $500 prize
for tbe best managed farm iu Oxiord
sbire, England.
Tbe r-cent storm aw sea caused the
wreck of over sixteen vessels on the
Florida cosst.
Charles Dickens, in twenty-four
works introduced to tbe world l,42i
personages.
Two young ladiei have been admit
ted ns iu JeuU in tbe California Uni
versity. '
Pot.voes and pumpkins are being
gathered from the Bull Run battl
held. ' ' ' ' ' " ;
Eagltnd supports 20 0(M ofEc-e hold-
trs wto exist but in name.
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