SATURDAY
. B. Swals, t president of tn
Jtarennlila LtTrtiMr AhocUUob, of
Sb TrWlsVas first to sccoont ot tks
Wtt.lt l4 oimenjfasjs Ik at bMt tb
slYlTi irMcb ftiii schems
rtiMfcM cceMfmW -reU4 Hfrom
ebarrsasu. Th.a.vje,rld few heard
bo mch of Uu of (hit -asuer that ws
publish th followlpc from sit report
tbr Association, which ta dae to
osbllc is a final wind p. of tba affair.
After ipaaktaf of lbo! trosblea and
dabU or tba Association, ba says :
' Theirs waa, bowsts-, ona rsmsdy.
It bad boss, ssrgwaud befora ; bat lt
policy vma okceptlonabla. Of iu me
aa tbr toald b ao doubt. If tba
TraitvM hesitated to apply to doubtful
process befora they had exhausted
lt - meaai to tara tba Library,
thy now batitatad bo longer. A bill
was presented to tba Legislature then
ta session, aulboriiins tha Mercantile
Library Association to bold three en-
lertainments, at which, of by means of
which, various kind or properly eooid
ba disposed of by raffle o- other garnet
of chance, provided the proceed! were
devoted to tha liquidation of tha in
debtadnaaa or tba Library.
tbb Dtranaa or tbb schimi.
Tha bill dm ply asked the tanctioa
of tha law to a practice which Sag
been recognlaed bi b right and a role
at ajoet of tha Church and Charity
Falra la thia and other States for many
yeari... It waa passed entirely upon ita
merita. Tba principle bad Been rec
of nited in tba Fair of tba Sanitary
and ' Christian Commissions, which
were held in tba -war of tbe rebellion,
and ba received tbe sanction of tbe
GoTerament so far. that gift entertain
ments, raffle, and scheme of tbe like
nature, beld for tha benefit of aiek or
woaaded soldier, or for charitable or
benevolent purposes, are exempt en
tirely from taxation. Although there
are stringent provisions of law against
scheme or tbi nature, toe raemoert
of both tranche of the Legislature
generously voted to suspend their op
ermton for the exclusive' use and bene
fit of tba Library. Nor did the Gov
ernor, who had been one of the earliest
supporters and friends of the institu
tion, hesitate to let aside hi own scra
pie, under the extraordinary dream
stances of the ease, in signing the bi'l.
A coatract waa at length made with
Maurice Dora and Charles R. Peters,
gentlemen of high character and re
spectability la the community, by
which they obligated themselves to
all inn rion tickets for a Grand Gift
Concert, to ba beld September 1st, at
$5 eaeh, and to distribete from the
. funds ao received tbe sum of $500,000
ia gift, reserving twelve and a half
par cent, of the gross amount for ex
Dense. Tbla arrangement met tbe
unanimous approval o( the Board, as
wall a of those who had beu called
Into thslr council.
t TBB D1AWIHGS.
Tbe aet conferred upon the Library
the privilege of giving three entertain
ment. Tb first having accomplished
the purpose for which tbe act ws
passed, ia placing tbe Library upon a
secure and certain foundation, there
was bo necessity to avail farther of its
advantages. Tbe franchise, however,
waa a valuable one. A responsible
party in tbe city offered the Associa
tion the um of $100,000 cash for the
privilege of it use for the balance of
the entertainments. Honor, however,
to the Legislature and the people of
- the 8tatel dictated that tbe law should
ba exhausted at once. Two other en
tertainments, therefore, were given a
soon a oossibie. at tbe California
Theatre, ta which the usual price of
admission was charged, and at each
of which a errand piano waa presented
to ona of the audience. The law ha
bow, therefore, bo existence. Ap
neala were also made in behalf of oth
er literary institutions, as well as in
aid of manv charities, for a portioa of
tee surplus, or for the use of one of
the entertainment. When I eay that
tbe law under which we were acting
provided exprtlPfiy VlraVW .KWTai
ahould ba devoted exclusively .to the
liquidation of the indebtedness of tbe
Library, and that the Trustee had no
right to alleviate a dollar from that
purpose, a sufficient answer is given to
ueh request. .
r- B BBSCLT
Of the gift entertainment 1 a fol
low: Realixed from the sale of tick
et, $,100.000 ; paid ia gifts, 628 in
b umber, $500,000 ; expenses ot tbe
management, including advertising,
rente, clerk hire, etc., and also expens
es ol postponement sixty days, $94,
541 11 ; diieoaBM to purchasers ol
ticket, raoaine- front five to ten per
cent. $77,088 39 ; Dore ft Peter' corn-
pensatioa, $30,000. Total, oi,Dia ou.
Net proceeds of first . entertainment,
$308,370 60;Net proceed of second
ad ' third entertainment, $1,751 75.
Total profit from tbe three entertain
ments. $310,111 U. Out of tbi sum
the Trustees have paid every debt of
the association.- They have also in-
eared the. buildinr and oonlent for
three years, at a low premium,
whieh baa been paid, and have now in
tha treasury tbe aunt of $26,757. The
association iov owns a large and ex
caedine-lT valuable . property, which is
entirely :free from embarrassment.
Probably ao Mercantile Library Asso
ciation in thia eoaatry can boast of
ueh sv structure, possessing inch ae
tnsneaodatrona and convenience in ev
ery respect. The regular reveaue of
,. tbe aociety, from rent and from the
daee of subscribing members, ia at
present from $S,300 to $2,500 per
month. Tbe expense of every de
scription amount to about $1,100 per
month leaving a baleaceof from $1,
300 to $1,400 a month, which can be
devoted to tbe purchase of book.
I have nothing to offer
II JOSTtriCATIOS
Of the enterprise, the history of whieh
I have never narrated, but the crush
ing necessities of tbe case, and tbe
precedent furnished by many educa
tional and relirioas institutions in the
eeantrr net - lest worthy, and now of
a-reat Influence. Which have been laved
by a precisely similar proceis. Wil
liam College, in Massachusetts whose
President recently honored thi city
with a visit, waa relieved of ita bur
dens in a like manner. There are but
few churches in tbe State a part of
whose yearly revenue ii not derived
from such a aotfree. Scarcely a fair
' ia beld in tne name of eberity wboee
- receipt are not swelled fey a like ope-
ratioa, differing only in degree. And
the Parliament of England, where the
law against scheme of thia nature
are vary stringent; mots a epecial
privilege yearly for the tupport of ao
Art Union. t . The princi
ple ay wuteh the Institution was saved,
, whether it appear at a church and
charity fair, in the Interest of religion
and anmapity, or at Mercantile Llbra-
. ry Gift Concerts in the interest of liter.
star aid art, i corrupting and de
moralising. It 1 an forts ante that
each a necessity existed. It must be
frankly admitted that the objection
irged agatntt tb scheme, tha denun-
elation Burleu against it by press,
public, aad pulpit, wore ia a great de
gree merited. Bat it found iu sanc
tion aad excuse oely in the pressing
aeeeaeity which existed of saving tbe
Institution from annihilation. It has,
at all event, with general public aid,
been carried through a successful term
ination. Tha repprt we received, and the
Presidsat was reqaeated to faraish
oopice thereof to tbe press,
To Max Cottivss Gaow. I used to
have a great deal of trouble to make"
carreat or cooeebtrry cuttings or slips
trow, uatil 1 tried tbe following plan ;
" I boiled some potatoes uatil they were I
mearlydoae, aad then stuck one ' oa
oca aiip aaa pat it m toe grountu
Kvery slip sprouted and grew well all
nmmer, with bat one er two excep
tions. The idee) cf putting the boiled
potatoes to tbe ead of the cuttings res
to foraish aad keep caoistere enough
for them to rmw until the root be
come large eaoagh to gather tbi
mnlatnra and Sabltenc from tb toil.
I never tried it oa grape Cutting bit;
deaotive any reason wby it would
eot do as well with grape as with
anytblnf else. Jljjctmna Farmer.
City Ha COBBtJHf
X abbibd At Portland, Dee. 8,
1870, by Rev. Wm. Roberta, W. B.
Crane, Esq., of Sa Francisco, and
Miss Aires J. McCully, daughter of
Asa MtCally, Esq.
North Salam has i own market
along .ilde'ths itor of W. L. Wade,
which fact to appropriately described
ia an ;advertiement in another col-
umn. : vy
Mr. Howell has received a nice lot
of Winter millinery good, including
an especial nice lot of sflower and
feathers, to which she lavitee in anoth
er column tbe attention of our lady
reader.
It would seem as if the rains of thi
week were enough to raise the Wil
lamette, or any other reasonable river,
but the rise ha been small, owing to
the fact that the mountains have sees
saow where we have bad rain, and are
BOW shivering white to their bases.-
There will be a meeting of Tiger
Kngine Company No. 2, on the 22d
last. AH the member ar requested
to be present, aa there iv business of
- importance to be transacted.
Jams Imbbb,
Recording Sec'y.
All persons having bills againt Tiger
Engine Company No. 2, are requested
to present them to tbe Recording Sec
retary, James Imbre, or Financial Sec
retary, Tboa. 0. Duffy, on or before
the 16th in su By order of the Com
pany. Salem, Dec. 10th, 1870.
Ovia ib Polk. Dr. C. H. Hall was
over yesterday from the Grand Rounde
Agency. He (ay tbe disease, which
be call chicken-pox, is spreading over
there. . He baa had 49 case in tbe
vicinity of Sheridan, and tbi side of
that place. Tbere bare been three
death in hi practice, two of whom
were Indiana, a child of Mr. Larkins
being tbe other.
Telegraphing has become a dull art
here these stormy times in this vicinity,
and the telegraph operator says be is
beginning to be actually lonesome from
lack of business. Communication is
low ia every direction. With come
difficulty Yreka wai reached yesterday,
but sonth of there the wires are down,
probably on Scott' Mountain, where
tbe snows are deep, and tbe difficulty
of keeping tbe wires up has always
been greater there than any part of the
line.
Tbe Fireman' Sociable, last even
ing, waa pleasant affair, and well at
tended. Firemen are about a well
calculated to enjoy tbemselvet a most
people, and last evening experience
proved it. They bad good things to
eat and something; to drink, not inter
dieted by the Good Templars. We
dropped in upon them by invitation,
and took a share in the genial enjoy'
ment.
Dsatbs. We learn that tbe little
girl of John Chamber, who was bad
ly scalded, has since died.
Died, ot coosnmption, in South Sa
lem, Mr. Farbuck, wife of John Far
buck, aged about thirty-five year.
The Sitter, Mary France, one of the
teacher in tbe Catholic School, whose
serious illness we spoke of, died yes
terday morning, before day. She wa
very beautiful and amiable in charac
ter, and waa much beloved by tbe pu
pils.
Tbb Citt Chabtib. J. H. Brown,
who i preparing material for tbe Sa
lem Directory, ha taken ome psljs
to learn about tbe amendment made
to the City Charter byjfue late Legis
lature, and has co-ie to the conclusion,
s he says, bythe aid of the Secretary
ofStajt,' that tbe bUl making these
amendment, which passed both
Houses, was never enrolled by either
the presiding officers of the two
Heuie or the Governor. In fact be
ay the bill or act cannot be found,
and a it i not in existence the act is
not a law and the amendment are not
in force, which is rather a pity. So
the long term Councilmen are only
elected for one year after all.
Citt Elsctiok at Jbvfbrsob. Ac
cording to tbe law made and provided
at the last Legislature, the town of
Jefferson beld a Municipal election on
Monday, at which Jacob Corner wa
x elected Mayor ; C.B.Roland, Record
er : J. A. Croncb, Marshal ; William
Waterman, Treasurer, with A. Smith,
E. N. Thomas, C H. Waterman, Mar
tin Smith, John Burnett and A. J. S
Watson a a Board of Aldermen. Tbe
.return of the said election ha been
filed according to law in the office of
the County Clerk, and when tbe new
officer are qualified, Jefferson will be
a sister city with Portland and Salem
May it be as prosperous as its citizens
could wish.
Staoi Upset. At the stage came
down from Albany Thursday it was
upset and considerably damaged lu at
tempting to cross the railroad about a
mile - thi tide of that place. The
grade i considerably above tbe road
there, and no arood arrangement bad
been made for coming with team,
The horses hurt themselves consider
ably by kicking, but the driver held
them until some railroad bands near
by came to the relief and righted the
stage. Tbe tbree nnlucky passengers
footed it five mile to Jefferson, none
of them having received any injury
Onr informant, William Claggett, be
ing one of them.
Oa tbb Rivsa. Tbe steamer Fannie
Patton came up from Oregon City last
evening, making her first trip lince be
ing refitted aad lengthened, and in tbe
quickest time ever made on the river.
All the boat are now running, bring
ing ap lota of good, and carrying
down full cargoes of wheat and flour.
Tbe Success came down Thursday with
2300 bushel of wheat for the Salem
Mill. Tbe river is not high, but ie at
a good boating stage. Oa ber yester
day's trio the Fannie brought up a
bridal party, consisting oi nr. ana
Mr. W. B. Crane And their friend,
rhich will be explained by tbe mar
riage notice published elsewhere.
Not to bb Bilked. A friend at in
dependence has received a liberal prop
osition from Owen Brothers, 58 Lib
erty street, N. T., who propose to fur-
Bish him any smoont ot couaterfeit
money at tbe rale of oae dollar on the
hundred, and guarantee that pone of
the money can ba detected as counter
feiU Our friend is not to be bilked,
aad iadeed is quite indignant that any
person should faney him green enough
to bite at such a bait. He very sens!
bly concludes that if these' financial
B-eniusea have plenty of money that
eaa ba passed without detection, they
had better kept it to themselves, and
ro save ninety-nine cents on the dollar
aad a great deal of trouble besides.
This tbievioe business of appealing to
human euoiditr to undertake some dis-
'7 -.-'. ! A
nonetiaci is muauu; e;u,I-B on,
there mast be gudgeons who bite or it
1 wiuld not prove profitable.
The New York Star has this illustra
tion Jane, give the baby soma
laudaaam aad pat it to Bleep; then
bring my parasol, I am going to a
meeting for the education of mothers
in the care ot young children."
Yes, mam." Average weekly death
rateia New xora utty, eoti; ot cnu-
dren aader five years or age, 400.
: A Yankee is said to have obtained a
natant for a new safe. N. B. It locks
p the chashiar as well aa tbe cash.
State Nem
PORTLAKD.
From tbe Ilerali: At the annual
meeting of tbe Canal and Locks Co.,
beld December 6th, rib. following
Board of Directors for tfc'a ensuing year,
were elected : B. Goldsmith, Jas. K.
Kelly, John F. Hitler, Jo Teal, O.Hu
mason, N. David and P. Thompson.
Yesterday afternoon a young black
bear kept at the Sportsman' Hall,
scratched hit kebper In the hand. Bruin
payed dearly for his playfulness, as a
bull terrier waa let loose on him, and
for half an hour quite an exciting con
test lasted, but the bear got tbe worst
oi it.
Tbe tenders of money and land offer
ed by tbe citizens of Vancouver to the
N. P. Railroad, for a branch through
that place, have not yet been accepted
From the Oregonian: The Torrents
of rain that fell oa Wednesday and
during tbe succeeding night did some
mischief in this city. Wa learn that
in two or three places np town the fill
ing in of some of the unfinished streets
was washed out.
Ben Simpson, Indian Agent at Silets I
Reservation, baa been in the city for
a day or two lying in supplies for bis
Agency.
LIBS COCHTT.
The Democrat hht received specimens
of coal recently discovered about 18
miles from Albany, on Beaver Fork of
tbe Santiam. Indications show a
heavy deposit.
Jason Wheeler and others, of Leba
non, are going to prospect the Santiam
river, with a view to establishing navi
gation to that point-
Two railroad bands got into a quar
rel on Thursday night at tbe St.
Sbsrles Hotel, and a third man named
Smith, who interfered, was shot in the
leg, which may need to be amputated.
At Waterloo, Linn county, Mrs.
Brown lately found that one Dan.
Courtnay was trespassing on ber hus
bands land. A be would not desist
upon ber remonstrances, she took a fir
limb to his bead and planted a rock in
hit abdomen, whereupon be desisted,
but afterward bad bi conquering
heroine arrested for assaulting and
battering him.
Smallpox at SUverton.
Silvsrtom, Ogn., Dec. 7, 1870.
Editor Statismak : Dear Sir, Per
haps some of tbe readers of the Statcs
kah would take an interest iu learning
the extent of smallpox In this vicinity.
Tbere have been five cases in this
town, all in the family of my brother,
J. W. Davenport; most of these cases
were of tbe distinct form, and all are
doing well.
In D. Bollin's family, five miles
north of this place, tbere huve been
eleven cases, and five deaths have oc
curred, several of these were of the
confluent form.
There have also been six cages in tbe
family of my brother, T. W. Davenport,
who lives five miles south of this place.
Several of these cases were very se
vere, and one provfcd fatal ; this was
bis wife, whose death is mourned by
an extensive circle of friends. In ber
case there was a complication which,
uoaouoteaiy, produced tbe sad result.
These are ellftbe cases that have oc
curred, and -( think tbe disease will
spread no funber, as people are con
vinced that' tbe disease is smallpox.
Had this befeii understood at first, we
should rtrt now have to mourn tbe loss
of pAir many friends.
J. C. Datespoet.
Thi French Prisomrbs in Germaet.
Tbe fields of France are trampled as if
by tbe hoofs of Tartar hordes ; vilages
are In flames, whole districts desolate;
but if France grieves, Germany has
little cause to exult : for ber lands,
though inviolate, are untitled, and the
nation is threatened with famine in the
midst or its trophies. Laborers, we
are told, are to tcarce in Prussia that,
while in ordinary yeart that country
has bands to spare to ber neighbors in
Holland, numbors of Dutch have gone
over to Rutsia, allured by the enor
mous wages of two tbalers (six shil
lings) daily, offered to common plow
men and vine-dressers. Under these
circumstances, the conqueror la utiliz-
ng bis captive. The soldier is, in
most cases, only a peasant in uniform,
at Hast at familliar with the tpade at
with tb murket, and no number of
yeart in tbe ranks can cause him to
foget bit original weapon. Tbe
Frenchman is at this moment every
where cultivaticg tbe land of tne ene
my, who lays watte hit own. He doet
it nothing loth, for he gets money by
it, and a break in tbe sameness of bis
captive existence. From every town
and village in Hesse, in Saxony, in
Bavaria, the warriors of tbe Empire go
daily forth in gangs, with an armed
keeper for each gang of twenty. Tbe
Frenchman must do tbe German s bid
ding at home a welt a abroad. All
along tbe line of communication tbe
native peasant is made to toil at tbe
restoration of those bridges, viaducts
and tunnels which an improvident
system of defence hastily demolished.
He it made to pile up tbe earthworks
from wbich tbe Prussian cannon is to
level tbe wallt of bit capital. Halt tbe
work of the subjugation of France it
done by French handa ; and by the
ute and abase of tbe right or tbe
strongest the German protect himself
atrainst treacherous attacts in hit
quarters, at tbe blvouac,or on the road.
A Fcixt Mistake. The Chicago
Tribune civet an amutiog account of
the adventure! of an amiable old gen
tleman from tbe rural districts, who
bad been wavering between orthodoxy
and heterodoxy for tome time. He
came into tbe city to hear Robert
Collyer preach. It was hit first vitit
to Chicago. Stepping into a North
Clark ttreet horte car, be rode out aa
far as.Turner Hall, where many of the
passengers alighted, and be perceived
a crowd of people, and inquired of tbe
conductor if that was Kobert uoiiyer s
churcb. The conductor, amused at
tbe simplicity of the question, prompt
ly answered In the affirmative, and our
curious inquirer passea into toe nan.
He saw a vast crowd of men and wo
men sitting at small tables drinking
beer. This rather staggered bim for a
loment but be reflected that they were
possibly receiving the' communion.
So be bat down at a table and looked
around bim. Presently a young man
with a white apron came up and asked
if be had ordertd. No, be replied, he
was not exactly a member of tbe so
ciety, but he came to hear Mr. Collyer.
Tbe youth with tbe white apron stared
and paesed on. Very loon a number
of gentlemen steppea on tne piatiorm,
itb trombones ana names, ana cor
nets, and began to play. These Unita
rians have a queer way or worsnipping,
thought tbe old gentleman, but I have
been living- out of the world : that is
what's tbe matter, I suppose. He
thought it wonld come out all right
when Collyer came oa. But after tne
music tbere was communion," and
after a long interval there was music ;
and by-and-by a man dressed in tigbts
came forward and commenced to swing
round and round a pole. Tben anoth
er man, dressed like tne nrst, went
through a course ot exercise oa tbe
cross-bar. Aad then tbere was more
music, and no end of " communion. "
Tba stranger set out tbe services very
patiently, and tben went borne. He
bad come to tbe conclusion that untta-
rianlsm was all very well in theory,
but these new-fangled notions of wor
ship were not so edifying after all, as
the good old Presbyterian psalms and
prayers.
Tbere are now ten establishments ia
Missouri engaged ia making pig iron.
with a capacity of makiog 300 tons of
of iron per day. Fonr of tbese estab
lishments are situated ia South: St.
Lonis, three near tbe line of tbe South
Pacific Railroad, aad the remainder on
the line of tbe Iron Mountain Railroad.
Commerce In the West Indies is par
alysed, on account of the European
war.
j Josh BUUags Papers.
To make food sharp pickle, whittle
apt) both ends v them tew a pint.
Blessed are they who have an eye
tar a key-bole.
Tew fresbea salt mackerel, tow
bim one Somaer behind a iteam bote.
A gentleman is a gentlemaa the
world over; itia only the loafer that
differ.
To learn a dog tew follow well, tie
bim tew the hind end of an express
train.
A dog bi the only thing oa thi earth
that liiv yu more than be lnvs hint
eeif. Opioyunt are like turnip worth
what they will fetch.
Courage without discretion ie like
a ram with born on both ends he
will have more fight on hand than he
kan do juitice to.
Sekret are kuseed poor property
enny bow if you cirkulate tbem you
lose tbem, and If you keep tbem you
' lose tbe interest on the inrestmens.
A party of gamblers sat down to a
small game of euchre on election day
on the umbrageous bank of a Kan pas
creek. Tbe game went on peacefully
. for a while, until one of tbe gentleman
was discovered makiog use of that ig
norance of the game wbich proved so
exasperating to William Nre and
James Truthful ia a famous passage on
Table Mountain. The ordeal by bat
tle was decided on for a settlement of
the point at issue. Two combattants
fought on horseback, in which they
dissected each other like zealous young
snrgeons, and their horses, catching
tbe chivalrous infection, bit and tore
each other's necks and cheeks into
shreds. When tbe fight and one of
gamblers were finished, tbe survivor
wss promptly shot by a spectator, who
bad probably bet on a difierent result,
and tbe fighting became general. Tbe
whole party were soon stretched out
on tbe Autumnal herbage, when unfor
tunately a physician (Dr. Lawrence,
who tells the story) passed that way
and rendered professional assistance,
and it is feared some of the gamblers
may recover.
Mrs. H-
-, a young mother, was
exhibiting with considerable pride to a
number of admiring friends her first
baby. Finally approaching little
Dan, a boy of five years, the happy
parent said . "Dan, isn't this a dear
little baby?" Dan hesitated a mo-,
ment. turned up his eyes, and answered,
Yes, but it's bald-beaded."
i
Johnny Steele, the ex-oil prince,
mtj now be seen any day in tbe oil
regions on the. high spring seat of a
wagoa loaded with barrels of oil.
He drives team for a living, bis dress
is suited to tbe business ; has no look
of faded gentility about bim, and is
altogether more respectable than when
be was a spendthrift millionaire.
In Africa, if any one comes before a
king without a full dress costume
that Is, a straw bat aud a ring in his
nose his bead goes into tbe waste
basket before be can wink twice.
"Bub, it your sister at home?"
" Yes. but she won't see you to-uight."
" Wby 1" " Because she said she was
going to have one more mess of onions
if she never got aootber oeau.
Our trying to love an object is like
our trying to laugh when we aro not
Dleased : tbe more we try, tbe 1-se
shall we succeed. Tbe trying part of
tbe process implies it is a thing we do
not prefer.
SXJIVIVY.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Yreka, Dec. 1012:30 a. m. Tele
graphic communication was returned
with San Francitco at 7 p. m. yester
day. After tending private messages
aod before the Eastern press dispatcbes
were transmitted, the wire was broken
south of Tebama.
i A heavy mail was brongbt over
Scott mountain last evening. tbe first
since Monday. Tbe road Will now
be kept open. Heavy rain ahd snow
ttormt have prevailed all through this
section for the last five or six days.
i San Francisco, Dec. 7. Nearly all
the melodeent have been cloted tince
the police commenced their recent raid
upon them.
( The Pacific OytterCo., capital $20,
000, bat been incorporated to import
Eastern oysters, and plant beds in the
vicinity of San Francisco, experiments
already made show conclusively
that with proper stock, oysters equal
to any in New York can be raised here
in one-third tbe time required on tbe
other side of tbe continent.
i Rain fall to noon to day, 3:45 inches;
weather showery.
! Remittances to New York by rail
road during tbe past week were $212,
411 in stiver bullion. Tbe total
amount of treasure shipped since tbe
1st inst., aggregates $543,500.
I Porterville, Cal., Dec. 7. Last night
it was discovered that tbe murderers
of the ill-fated Mrs. Bonsell and chil
dren, were tbree Indians, who bad
been hanging around tbe. neighbor
hood for some time. Two ot tbem
were discovered and banged to the first
tree by tbe excited people. Tbe third
cannot elude a speedy capture and
dea-h.
i San Francisco, Dec. 8. The U. S.
Quartermaster's steamer Newborn, now
on a trip to Sitka, is to be told here
January 16th, aa telegraphed a month
tince. She is one of tbe finest vessels
ever on this coast, new, ttauch and
serviceable. Government officers
here, not on the inside, do not hesitate
to denoaoce her withdrawal and sale
at a job for tbe benefit of certain par
ties into whose bands she is certain to
fall at a mere fraction of ber value.
I Blossom Rock having been removed,
the contract was declared completed,
and Von Schmidt received hit $75,000
to-day. He goet east with a view of
contracting to remove Bell Gate Rocks
San Francisco, Dec. 9. Flour Gen
essee, XXX family, $6 25: superfine,
$5 37 i. A contract for 500 bhts for
cooking, closid, superfine, $5 255 50;
extra, $6 'J5(ti 50.
Wheat Market firm at $2 121.
Oats $1 30(SU 40 for lots from
wharf; choice from store, $1 45faU 55
The State Harbor Commissioners aod
Chamber of Commerce Committee are
consulting on the sobit-ct of a reduc
of latet of dockage on vessels arriving
at this port, which, it it alleged, are
to oign aa to oe ariving commerce
away to Oakland and Vallejo, or kill
ing it entirely. It ia probable that a
reduction will be agreed upon.
Karopeaa Haws.
Tours, Dec. 5. In an engagement
on the 30th, at Polay, 20,000 French
held the ground against 60,000 of
Prince Fredrick Charles' army, but
were cut to pieces by tbe tbelltoftbe
enemy. The Germans' artillery wat
terved with fearful and overwhelming
effect. The Papal Zouavet fought
bravely, but were nearly all killed.
Tbe government appeals to tbe people
of France, to maintain a resinteoce,
jthicb tbey say. will certainly end in
triumph. Tbe army of tbe Loire is
still over 200,000 strong and 800,000
French will be in arms ia a month,
even if Paris should fall.
London, Dec. 5. A dispatch from
Tours say in a battle on tbe 4tb, near
Orleans, tbe French Baa 160,000 men.
Tbe battle ended with a repulse to the
French. On Sunday tbe successes of
tie Germans was great, although ob
tained at great cost.
There is ample evidence that Rnssia
is preparing fur war on a grand scale
J 3
We never quite understood tbe Di
vine purpose in tbe creation of some
reformers, says tbe Chriitim Reguttr,
antll we beard cross-grained , men
; likened to knee-timber, that is "good
for ships ordained to be tossed, but
not for building boutet that (ball
atand firm."
Charles: "Tell me, Laura, wby
that sadness ? Tell me, wby that look
of care? Why ba fled tbat look of
glad nest tbat tby face wa wont to
wear?"
Laura: "Cbarlea, 'tit ntelest to
dittemble; well my face may wear a
frown; for I've lott my largest hair
pin, aod my cbignon t coming down! '
Petroleum has been discovered in
the little town of Mittewelda, in Sx
ony. The oil is eaid to be veryabund-
ant-and a number of ctptalisulbave
started for the place to take the isUuer.
I t h&nlt - " VIHwV- i a
Direct Trade.
Our Portland letter speaks of tbe
probability that the ships now unload
ing iron at that city will return with
cargoes of Oregon produce, and says
that they will proably take loads of
lumber if wheat cannot be bad. . It is
evident that an era of direct trade is
about to commence, and that hereafter
there will be many vessels at the Co
lumbia and at Paget Sonnd ready to
take retnrn freights. All poitible of
forts should be made to cultivate and
increase this trade and teenre for Ore
gon all tbe benefit to result from di
rect trade with the East and with
Europe. It will not be long until a
stream of vessels will be arriving at
these port loaded with railroad iron,
for there are other roads to be built in
tbe Willamette Valley ; and tbe North
ern Pacific Railway will soon be begun
in earnest. Not only this, but we are
to have many goods imported from
Eastern and foreign ports, and we may
expect that by another year enough
vessels will come to our wharves to
take a freight all the surplus pro
ducts of our soil, and to carry, also,
much lumber away, and so open the
wsyfor a market for it in different
part of the world.
About Elections. Tbe Ueucury,
which is easily made happy, trotted
out its game foul yesterday in honor of
tbe facttbat.an independent Republican
was elected City Marshal of Salem last
Monday. The tickling of this small
straw agrees with the Mercury man,
but the other end of tbe same straw
tickled tbe Democrat at Albany, as that
lately Democratic stronghold went
principally Republicac, and tbe edit
or of tbe Democratic organ says:
" Owing to an unexpected change in
the weatber w don't trot out our
poultry this week in honor of tbe city
election."
Tbe wind did blow from an unusual
quarter at Albany last Monday.
City and County Items.
Sunshine in December doe not often
make a warm an impression asyester
day, when we taw two gentlemen tit
ling on the porch ot the Mansion
House, North Salem, playing checkers.
Drake' tbop, on Front ttreet, bat
been successfully roofed in, and at tbe
present time tbe machinery is being
put in place, and in a few days our en
ergetic friend will be ready to do any
ordinary work in bis line.
Died. At South Salem, on Thurs
day, Dec. 8th, of consumption, Mrs.
Mary Tarbuck, wife of John Tarbuck,
aged 42.
In the notice of yesterday tbere
was an an error as to tbe age and the
compositor set the name np wrong.
BabbS Burned. Tbe State Journal,
at fcugene, says: W e learn that two
barns were burned in Lancaster pre
cinct on Wednesday last by lightening
Tbey each contained a large amount
of bay and grain, and several borses,
making it a heavy loss for tbe owners
One of the barns waa tbe property of a
Mr. Doberty. We did not learn wbo
the other belonged to.
Tbe Salem Firemen retnrn their
thanks to the ladies for having fur
Dished reireehmentt for their late So
ciable, and who graced the occasion
by tbeir presence. Tbe evening was
made pleasant by volunteer music
from ladies and gentlemen, and about
ten o clock the bouse was called to
vote for or against a social dance, and
there being no noes the dance went on.
Fob California. Yesterday Gov
Woods went to Portland to take the
steamer Oriflamme for California on
his way East. Alto, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Crane, after a brief visit to tbe
bride's friends here, returned to Port
land to take tbe steamer for ban t ran
cisco. We notice by the Portland Dai'
lies that tbe sailing of tbe Oriflamme
is delayed until to-day.
No Most Free Delivery. As will
be seen by tbe card of tbe Salem gro
eery and provision dealers, published
elsewhere, tbey have ttopped the de
livery of goods free to their customers
Tbe reason we believe is tbat tbe com
petition of trade brings prices down to
a point where tbey cannot afford to
tend goods aroond the city free o
charge.
Amputation. We learn tbat an am.
putation was performed by Dra. Car
penter and Chase on Friday, on tbe
leg of a lad about 12 years of age
whose parents live three milet west of
Wheatland on the Lafayette road
Some weeks ago the boy was thrown
from a borse and the leg was fractured
It seems not to have done well, and
the bov't life wat endangered, which
made an operation necessary.
Bcrsed to Death. We learn more
particulars as to the burning of the
daughter of John Chambers, wbo live
south of town, of wbich we mad
mention yesterday. It seems that the
victim was a girl about seventeen year
of age, who was standing with her
back to the fire, when her clothes
cangbt fire, and that in ber fright sb
rushed out doors, which increase tb
danger. Our informant says she not only
was badly burned, but iobaled tb
flames which hastened ber decease.
Medical Faculty. We are informed
that the Faculty of the Medical De
partment of tbe Willamette University
is composed as follows : Dr. Carpen
ter, Prof. of. Surgery j Dr. Paytoa
Physiology ; Dr. Boswell, Materi
Medica; Dr. Fiske, Practice of Medi
cine: Dr. Chase, Clinical, Medicine
and Toxicology ; Prof. Rogers, Chetn
istry ; Dr. Richardson, Obstetrics ;
S. C. Simpson, Medical Jurisprudence;
Dr. Jessup, Anatomy. It will be seen
that a number of changes have t-vkeo
place since last spring. Tbe school if
represented as being in a satisfactory
condition. It certainly has an ablt
corps of instructors.
Biddy's Explabatiox oftbbWab
Two worthy domestics, occupying res
idences vacated by the owners for
summer, were talking across tbe rail- .
ing a day or two since, whos tbe indi
vidual wbo removes tbe ashes ventur
ed to ask Biddy if she eonld tell bim
the cause of tbe war abroad. Miss Bid
dy, who baa plenty of time to read the
papers, delivered herself as follows :
" Well, it is pretty hard to tell tbe ex
act difficulty, but from what I have
read it appears to me tbat it is some
what like this: Suppose Mrs. Spain
wanted a giil, and my misses should
ay that she would recommend Brid
get Dolan. Then suppose tbat Mrs.
France should say to my misses, yon
musn't give Bridget Dolan a recom
mend because the Dolan family will
become too important, i Then my
misses says she won't do it, but that
don't satisfy Mrs. France, who wtats
her to promise tbat sbe not only never
intended to give Bridget a character,
bot will positively consult Mrs. Franca
before she assents to Mr. Spain having
any other girl. My misses then get
mad and say she'll not do any thing
ot the kind, and so tbey began to tear
each other's chignons."
Pat, who had placed bis basket oa
tba fence and drank -in the explanation
without moving a muscle resumed bl
tour after remarking: "And i that
what' the matter, bad lock to 'em I
I thought somebody bad been trod
upon. y. T Eiyrett.
Tbe Free Masons of England have
collected and paid over so far over
seventy thousand pound sterling
for tbe benefit of wounded German
soldiers and tba widows and orphans
id tba wtd
'A
ot ta taiiea
Moral Power of Muscle.
SYJCDQE CLABK.
It is abont a dozen year tince busi
ness not pleasure took me to New
Jericho, tbe terminus of civilization
and tbe Wtammelton Kailroaa. Ana
" bard road to travel" that wa. It
bad steeper grades, sharper carves,
and more of tbem than, it is to be
hoped, ever pat in peril tbe public life
before or since.
It was Saturday afternoon, and we
were to reach Jericho at some indefi
nite bouT that evening, " time not be
ing of the essence of the contract."
At a place called Blueruin we stop
ped fifteen minutes to "liquor."
There had been a cock-fight, and sev
eral ataer fights, aod a big crowd there
that day, and everybody was in high
glee.
Tbe New Jericho delegation returned
by or train, and rougher looking
ample of rustic rewdydom it would
have been difficult to find, even In that
favored region. Among tbem was a
trapping six-footer, a very Hercnle
ia proportions, with a cock-o'-tbe-walk
sort of swagger abont bim, who
took possession of two seats, deposit
ing his body on one and dead-beading
his legs on the other. One cheek was
puffed out by an underlying quid, with
a back-action jerk, be would tend
near a gill of tobacco juice over hit
honlder, which those within range
bad the privilege of dodging or taking
the consequences of, as thej liked.
At for hit conversation, the curse of
Ernulphus, or tbe table-talk of a
Flanders mess-room in Uncle Toby't
time, in point of maledictory power,
was weak in comparison.
At the next s'ation, a young lady
came on board, beautiful at Venus and
modest at Diana. How to rare a
flower came to bloom in inch a wild
wat a question to pnzzle over. But
tbere wat no time to settle it. Tbe la
dy wat standing-, and all the seats
were occupied. I was on the point of
offering mine, when a youthful look
ing gentleman of prepossessing man
ner and appearance, stepped up to
the conehant Hercules :
" Allow me," be said politely, " to
turn over tbe back of tbe seat."
" Hey ?" the other grunted.
The request was repeated.
" See you dod-durned first 1" was
the gruff response.
" But sir " the gentleman began to
expos' alate.
' Looke here, you !" blustered the
bully " don't yon offer for to go for
to rile me! that's my advice, en' I
gives it free gratis, 'cause I feel a in
terust in you."
" but this lady is entitled to a teat,"
tbe ttraDger persisted.
" Give ber your own, then, dot
drot you 1 au' stop your chin-music,
or, by bokey, you trill rile me !"
As a last resort the gentleman ap
pealed to tbe conductor, wbo chanced
to be passing.
Bot tbe latter declined
to interfere,
to courtesy.
Such things must be left
Besides, it wasn't bis
place to take
part in tbe disputes of
passengers.
So saying, he went bis
way, punching tickets, ana tailing no
further heed.
" Dod blast you, you hev riled me I"
shouted the bully, springing to nis feet
and striding up to tbe young man
wbo didn't seem quite sensible of bis
danger; "you've gone an' stuck your
nose inter other people t business, an
I m a goin to pull it 1
An attempt was made to suit tbe
actioj to tbe word : but before the
metaphoricallo offending member bad
been so much as touched, something
something it moved so swiftly
I
couldn't be positive it was tbe gentle
man's fist took Hercules directly be
tween tbe eyes, and sent him sprawling
to tbe other end of tbe car.
He didn't get np immediately, and j
when he did, be seemed a little bewil
dered as to whether he bad been koockf
ed down, or tbe train had run off tbe
track. He bad enough, at all events,
wherever it came from, as was mani
fest from the subdued air with wbich
he took his departure for the smokiog
car, wbither bis companions soon fol
lowed, no doubt secretly chuckling at
tbe result, as usually do the chums of
a whipped bully.
Pap Kilderkin, tba proprietor ef tbe
New JericLo Rest, was the most com
municative of hosts. Before bedtime
that nigbt, I was thoroughly and accu
rately " up" ia all tbe gossip of tbe
place, and had its scandalous statistics
at my fingers' ends.
Among other things, I learned tbat
" stated preaching" bad hitherto been
among the wants of the community,
but tbat a " supply" bad been at
length obtained, and the new minister
was expected to enter on his duties on
tbe morrow.
" And a refreshin' season he'll hev
of it," taid Pap.
" Wbv so?" I asked.
"Oh! Bill Grinkey an' t'other
chap's goin' to break bim in termoror;
an' ef you want to see fun, I'd edwise
you to go thar."
And I did go not " to see fun," as
Pap Kilderkin suggeated, but, I trust,
from better motives. Pap went, too
by what prompted, I prefor not judg
ing. When we reached the church, tbe
minister bad not yet made bis appear
ance, though a goodly number ot hear
ers bad already assembled. A few
minutes later, yesterday't delegation
to tbe Blueruin cock-fight, (headed by
tbe vanquished bully, with both his
eyes in full ncourning, sauntered in,
and walked noiselessly down the aisle.
"That's Bill Grinkey," whispered
Pap, " an' them's t'other chaps. "
" Make waf for the mourners ?" sang
out Bill, crowding, with bis compan
ions, into a front ttreet, where a hois
terons conversation was struck np
mingled with au incessant crackling of
peanuts.
" t kinn tell you thar progrannt,"
Pap continued ; " a pack o' sbootin-
crackers '11 be teched off durin' the
fust bymne, and a pair o' game chick
ens, as a couple o tbem chaps got in
thar pockets, 'II be set fightin' as soon
as tbe tex s gin out, arter wbich gen'ral
Ned 11 be in order."
A sudden silence fell upon tbe con
gregation. Not a murmur was beard,
and tbe peanuts ceased to crackle
Loqking up, I saw tbe new minister in
tbe pulpit; and guess my surprise at
recognizing him as the young man that
bad struck out so deftly from his shoul
der the day befor I
With a clear, manly voice, be gave
out a bymn, which was song tbroogb
without interruption. A prayer was
offered up amid profound and decorous
silence. Another hymn followed, and
then a sermon, earnest, plain, practi
cal and without a word of can't iu it.
From tbe beginning to the end of the
exercises, not an unseemly sound was
beard, save a single incipient cro
promptly chocked off, from one of the
invisible chickens.
" I say, Bill," I overheard from one
or "t'other of tbe chaps," as they
made tbeir way out, " tbat parson't a
trump ; be preaches a downright good
lick, an' fiirhts fair, without bitin' or
Bouiio'."
It wat easy to tee tbe new minitter't
ttatui was settled. I have since beard
that Bill Grinkey has become an ex
emptary member of the cbuicb, and
tbe parson the bappy husband of tbe
young lady, aa whose champion he first
achieved popularity.
An Assistant- U. 8. Marshal in Lou
laville. in taking; the census, asked a
a colored woman what personal prop
erty the possessed .to which sbe replied
"Kotbiu' but dese t'ree children yere
au' dey au't wutb much since de 'man
cipation proklermation!"
A Yankee in Russia, wbo was listen
ing to the boastt of tome Rutsians as
to the great tize of the sealt canght
oa their northern coasts, suddenly ex
claimed, "Ah, gentlemen you should
see tbe 'great seal' of the United
States Government!"
Faith and works were well illustra
ted by a venturesome little six-year-old
bor. who ran into the forest after s
team aod rode borne upon the load of
wood. Wben asked by bis mother if
he wat not irightened wben tbe team
came down a very steep bill, he taid
"yet, a little; but I atked tbe lord to
help me and bung on like a beaver.
A school girl in writing to her
mother says: "I get along nicely
with all teachers except Mitt : bu
I don't blame ber. because the acci
dentally shot tbe young man the was
engaged to, and it naturally maket ber
feel kind of cross, especially on cloudy
1 Y
Portland Letter. !
Pobtlamd, Dee. 9, 1870.
Eo. Statesman: Items of interest
are rather tcarce to-day. owinr nar-
.
tially to the. heavy, disagreeable weath
er, and partially to tbe lack of busi
ness, which seems to drag rather heav
ily. Christmas times are just here,
and of course, during tbeir continu
ance, trade will be rather brisk. San
ta Clans baa already announced their
coming by a numerous display of pres
ents, toys and fancy wares of all con
ceivable shapes and varieties in almost
every show window and case.
The barks Gungner and Lyra are
still discharging railroad iron. Tbe
Gungner at. tbe new wharf, and the
Lyra at tbe old ferry landing. After
they complete discharging tbey will
load for England with grain, if a car
go can be procured, if not tbey will
probably finish out with a load of lum
ber. The captain of tbe Gungner will
try to effect a direct 'line of shipping
between this port aod England, and if
sufficient freight can be obtained be
will probably tucceed. Tbit it what
bat been needej), direct tbipment from
this place to foreign countries.
Work on the new wharf it ttill br
ing pushed with vigor, pile driving
and floor laying are progressing rapidly,
nd before long will be completed in
fact, Clinton's Point now presents a
very lively and busy appearance. Ex
cavation it being protecuted, and tbe
dirt and gravel it taken along tbe
road and dumped on either tide at
ballast.
The excursion upon tbe first tram
from Portland to Albany was a grand
affair and terminated bappily, and to
tbe entire satisfaction of tbose wbo
were favored with an invitation. This
should be looked npon by all as an
epoch in the history of the progress of
our Slate, and hailed as a most success
ful commencement of tbat great syste-a
wbich is to unite us to, and with
other States, and will place ut on an
equality with them and the outside
world, which otherwise would bn un
attainable and entirely beyond our
most sanguinary hopes. We now be
gin to appreciate tbe many benefits to
be derived from railroads, the wealth
and population tbey bring to us, and
Stimulation and Incentive to labor and
enterprise which tbey beget.
"Fetch on Tonr Rats!"
Adm Bepler keeps a tarern in Al
leghany. One rather gloomy evening
recently, wben Adam was in rather a
a-loomy humor, a stranger presented
himself about bed time and asked to
stay all night.
"Certainly," taid Adam, eyeing tbe
rather seedy-looking stranger. "If
you take breakfast, it will cost you one
dollar."
"But I have no money," said tbe
man. "I am dead broke, but will you
trust me "
"Ah! "said Mr. Bepler " I don't like
that kind of customers, I could fill
mine bonse every nigbt mid dat kind,
bnt dat won't help me rnn dil bouse."
"Well," said tbe stranger, after a
pause. " have you got any rats here ?"
"les, replied the man, "you d
better believe we have. Why, tbe
place is lousy tr.it dem."
" Well," rejoined the man, " I'll
tell you what I'll do. If you let me
have lodging and breakfast, I'll kill
tbe rats to-morrow."
" Done," said Bepler, wbo bad long
been desperately annoyed oy the num
ber of old Norways tbat Infested bis
premises.
So tbe stranger, a gaunt, sallow,
melancholy-looking man, was shown
to bed, and no doubt bad a good sleep.
After breakfast next morning, Mr.
Bepler took occasion in a very gentle
way to remind his guest of tbe contract
of the previous nigbt.
'What 1 Kill your rats I Certainly, "
said the melancholy stranger. "Where
are they tbe thickest?"
1 Dey are putty dick in the barn
yard," answered Adam.
" Well let s go out therms, said tne
stranger. " But stop, have you got
a piece of hoop-iron 7"
A piece about fifteen long was
brought, to the stranger, who exam
ined it carefully from one end to tbe
other. Expressing himself entirely
satisfied, at length, with its length ana
strength, he proceeded to tbe barn, ac
companied by Mr. Bepler and quite a
party of idlers wbo were anxious to
see in what manoer the great rat-killer
was going to work. Arriving there
the stranger looked around a little,
tben placing his back firmly against
tbe barn-door aod raised bis weapon.
"Now." said he to Adam, "lam
ready. Fetch on your rats 1"
How this scene terminated we are
not precisely informed. It is said tbat,
although no rats answered the appeal
of the stranger, Mr. Bepler began to
smell one pretty strongly at thia junc
ture, and became very angry. One
thing is certain, and tbat is tbat tbe
new boarder was not at Adam s table
for dinner, nor for any subsequent
meal. He bad suddenly resolved to
depart, probably to pursue his avoca
tion of rat-killing in other quarters.
Pioneer Boot and Shoe Manufac
tory.
Yesterday, Messrs. Protitnan, Corson
and Uillihan formally opened their Boot
and Sboe Manufactory at the corner of
Taylor and Front streets, the ceremonies of
the occasion being a christening, cham
pagne lunch, toasts, responses, and a gen
eral felicitation of the proprietors by nu
merous friends who dropped in ta partici
pate in the festivities or to take a look
through the establishment.
This is ao enterprise of much greater
magnitude thnn most persons would be led
to believe by the bare announcement above,
and as it certainly is one of great import
ance to tbe State, it dc5crves more than a
brief, passing notice. At present, the ma- t
ehinery which it is intended to employ bnt
not all arrived and, consequently, the
force of laborers is not near so large as it
ill be within the month. Tbere are now
twenty-two workmen employed, but within
the next two weeks and immediately upon
the receipt of the balance of the machinery,
the force will be increased to fifty men,
women and boys, which will be the aver
age, as now eontemplnted for the first year.
A very large proportion of all the work,
when the factory shall finally be in com
plete running order, will be performed with
machinery, Tbe company have, or will
soon have, all the modern appliances used
in the most sncoesfnl manufactories at tbe
East, so that fifty workmen will be able to
turn ont an amount of work in any given
time wbich would require the labor of sev
eral hundred, working by hand. The work
of making a pair of boots or shoes is per
formed by a considerable number of per
sons, each having his or her especial part
to do. Briefly, the hands which a pair of
boots, for iuslnnre, goes through, may be
described as follows: I. The euttcr who
has a given aixe given him, cuu from a pat
tern, the vamps, backs, etc. 2. The vamps
or fronts are tben passed to the crimper who
passes them throngh a machine, thence to
crimping boards to bring them to their best
shape. 3. Back to the cutter wbo trims
and shapes them. 4. The first stitcher then
takes the parts and puts in the fine or fanry
stitching, a Singer or Howe machine being
used. 5, The paster then takes them and
pastes the parts together and adds tbe stays
when any are required, o. Another stitch
er sews on the straps and counters, etc. 7.
Tbe siding up then follows the work be
ing done with a New England Wax Xhread
machine as rapidly almost as ordinary
eJoth sewing. S. The next process ia rub
bing down the seams aad turning the legs
the latter or machinery, y, ine up
per next go to the bottomers who work in
teams or gangs of four. The first lasts and
tacks on the sole : in pegged work, the sec
ond drives tbe nails, and tacks on the heel ;
tha third is tbe trimmer who pares tbe soles
and heels to shape ; and fourth, tbe finish
er who blacks and polishes the soles. 10
The boots being made, passes to the freer
who stretches and puts them in shape for
nackinsr. In sewed work the process varies
only in the work dona by the teams the
soles being Jacked on by one man ana tne
sewing being done by hand by another.
Shoes are made by nearly similar processes.
At tha close, instead of being treed, they
are " d Missed or " gummed.
An expert, with tbe New England Wax
Thread Stitcher, will seam up from 1 8 to 18
doien pairs per day. The average earnings
in a factory like this, are about $20 per
week to each of the fifty, making a total of
$1,009 per week. Each foor men will aver
age fourteen pairs of boots daily, or one
hundred and seventy-five pairs for the
whole force the value of wbich is about
$827. In a shop of fifty operatives, about
ten men, women and children, will work at
women's and ehildren's shoes, making an
average of fiva dozen pairs per day, rained
at $2 per doien. The cost of stock is
abont equal to the cost of labor with one
third added, wlere, is in this factory, the
material is all Rrench brands, and mostly
of tbe very finest and best quality. The
investment, then, here, is not lees than
about $135,000 per year in material and la
bor, to say nothing of incidental outlays.
The home payment of the factory fr a
year will reach about $60,000. The firm
will undertake at present only the manu
facture of the superior grades of work,, tbe
stock used being from the quality of French
kip up to the very finest and most eostly
fancy French material, and the make to
correspond.
And, now having as briefly as we well
could do, noticed tbe general processes in
this factory, and the purposes of its eon
doctors, wa take pleasure in commending
this enterprising firm to the trade and tbe
public, partly because tbey are genial and
worthy young men ; but chiefly because
the enterprise in which tbey have encaged
is ene of that elans of wbich our youDg
State stands greatly in need a home man
ufactory for borne consumption. This
manufactory will not only furnish employ
ment at remunerative prices for fifty work
men, but its bearings upon the prosperity
of the city and State may be traoed very
much further than that one fact. The en
terprise being new, the number of workmen,
with the families belonging to their care, is
practically that many added to our popula
tion. They aid all classes of dealers and
producers, by becoming new consumers.
Their employment enables another man, or
a number of men in the State to carry on
the business of making leather, which also
widens the field in which labor seeks its re'
ward. But one of the chief effects is in tbe
employment at home of the capital iavolred
in all the business connections and relations
of the factory und its people. Tbe amount
of money annaaJly sect out of tbe State for
its boots and shoes alone is enormous. The
figures would almost appal if tbey were
fully set out. Take oat of circulation the
amount which this bouse alone will expend
in one year at Aome, and tbe effect npon fi
nancial matters all round, wonld be very
appreciable, affecting all branches of busi
ness alike. As heretofore that amount of
money has been annually sent away to
purchase what this firm will now make.
Now add tbe amount to our circulation,
and the effect is aa appreciable as in the
. first ruppoeition, while, instead of being
hurtful, it is wholly advantageous to the
entire business community. We take it
that whosoever understands the truest in
terests of the country, will welcome the ad
vent of this and all similar enterprises, and
will.do and say whatever be cau to secure
tbeir entire success. For, most certainly,
the full development ef the State demands
a greater diversity of industries as much as
U needs a multiplication of population ;
and he great outflow of money for neces
sary articles of consumption should he
checked and made to benefit our home arti
sans. The Pioneer Boot and Shoe Mann
factory, we trust, is but tbe forerunner of a
doien or a hundred similar establishments
in our State, to come quickly. Daily Ore
gtmian, Itec. 10.
J ... .
New Advertisements.
IIO FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Dolls for the Children.
JAPANESE WORK BOXES
AND
Glove Boxes,
Cooulnlng Jouvan'S Extracts for the Ladles and
a variety of
HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR ALL
ALSO
THE BtCST AISORTIEIT OP
MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS
To be found in the city, Including
Ladles L Children's Hats all Styles
Feathers of eTery Variety.
Ribbons all Colors, Laces, Flowers,
AND
All Styles of Jewelry.
Children's Furs Cheap for Cash.
Call at joor earliest opportonltity and
SECURE A BARGAIN.
at MRS. W. MOXLEVS,
Pa'ton 's Block, Slate fk., Salem, Ogn.
Dll:diw.
Salt! Salt!!
Liverpool and Carmen Island
Pure White and Clean.
A Large Snppljr ait
COX - KARH ART'S.
Dec. 10. tf
For Invalids.
iTJGAR OF LEHOd,
makes a
Delicious Lemonade. At
COX - KARH ART'S.
Dec. 10. tf
MRS. HOWELL
Bas a new Sock of
Millinery Oesotlss,
Of the Litest Winter Styles, includini an as
sortment of
Feathers and Flowers,
Which the Ladles are Invited to call and exam
ine. declti.SnidAw
J. H. FEASTER,
Practical Plowmulter,
Waeonds Oregon.
GANG PLOWS on hand and Made to
Order.
Dee. 14lh, 1870.
8aidAw
For SXnle.
"VNR Concord moveable two seated wienn,
Vl handy fnr a family or basinets use. Enquire
of Booth A Plamandon, Capital Stable.
decMtw
CITY DRUG STORE.
Hi ile in IMspensary,
(Opposite Chemeketa Hotel)
J. W. SOUTHER,
DRUGGIST ASD APOTHECARY,
KstablUhad 1st Oregon 1837,
And Successor to
Geo. V. 10lo Ac Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, WIN
DOW GLASSES, CHOICE
TOILET PERFUMERY.
Physician's Prescriptions
Carefully Compounded.
Pure Wines and Liquors.
Family
Medicine OareftUly Pre
pared.
Raving had twenty years experience In the
tmsinna. I (eel confident that I can five entire
satisfaction to all wbo may favor me with their
patronage. . w. sutTHan,
gnlem, Dee Sih. 18T0. SnklAw
NORTH SALEM MARKET,
The people ot
The I Jewt
1st Good
Salem can bay
or Ieo,tsa7J
Variety
AT
Brown's Market,
Next te W. L. Wade's Store.
, Salem, Dec. 8th, 1870. lmdAar
o Whom it Iday Concern.
rOTJ are hereby notified that the nderstfned
wilt anear btlere the proper authorities, at
the proper time, to coolest tne late city Elect ion.
to -r as It may concern "to whom It may cost'
eertV and the and-mrned,
i SJSkXH K. HAMMER
Lat4 Candidate for City Reosidar, and wbo
veteV for oae ef the contestents.
Sslera, Dee. 8th, 18T0. M
-i
4
imm.
PL.ASTKK,
Jait received by
vzaruvAusi as wbiuu r.
:m, Auf. la.
T
X
i
Advertisements.
jVEW CLOTI1IAG hTOUE
BANK BUILDING.
MURPHY & CKOASMAN
Wbert yea eaa find
Fine Dress emits.
Business Sulfa,
All Sorts Gents' Underware,
Hats aud Caps.
Dec. tb.
ALREADY FOB TBE H0LIDAT1.
Y EATON & BOON.
BOOXSELLERS & STATIO MEF.S
AHD
DEALERS
w
FANCY GOODS,
Offer at the same OLD STAND,
Commtrcial Street, Salem,
In sddltloo to a tail sappiy of
STAPLE (iOOWH
IU THI
BOOKLINE
Many thlofi Intended for
CHRISTMAS ANO NEW YEARS.
ELEGAKT GIFT AX.XCALS.
PAEIAN MAEBLE VASES.
STATUARY.
BOHEMIAN WARE.
WHITlJfQ DEIKI,
'POHTrOLIOl,
WORK BOXES,
BIRDCAGES,
VIOLISS,
GUITARS.
OROABI,
FLUTES,
TAHsBOVRIilBS,
Aod many ether
MUSICAL INSTEUMEOTS.
ALSO
ATTRACTIVE! TOYS
Inclndlof the
Champion MeeUaiiical
VELOCI IErI3.
All of which are, aa a matter ot coarse,
TO BE BAD ON
REASONABLE TERMS.
Deed, 1870.
lm.zt
CHEMEKETA house.
this isrvr HOTEL
Will be Opened
Doo. 2C3tla, 1870,
At Sfx 'clock p. n.
SUPPER at O o'elooli-.
A. CTJTTIHO,
Proprietor.
Salem, Dec T, 1S70.
UPHOLSTERING
LOUNGES &. MATTRESSES.
For comfort durability, eeorrnieDc and
chapDsM, try Veaton'a
Patent
Spi-iii Mattress.
A
Complete bed In Itself. Bis lonnros are
neat In Style, ftronr and Cheap. All
kinds of Mattresses, Hair and feather Pillows.
and Bolsters, made to or order.
In all lu branches
Neatly and Scientifically
Doneat reasonable ratesby ARTHUR T.TSA.TOK,
Two Doors north Ytraton A Boon's Book lit ore.
Commercial street, Salem Orefon.
uecz:zm
. cisrums. a. b. b. t. ciin, a.
DR'S CARPKXTKR 4fc CHASE.
Offlet Liberty ft..
SALEM : : : : : : OREGON.
Fresh vaccine matter received, and nne af tba
firm will be In the office from In a. m. to t p. sa
to vaccinate thou who may desire It.
fealem, Ctc 9th, ihTo.
Overcoats and Umbrellas
at ntnrni ss. vsauasss abjsi.
Dec. 4th,
xaea
JESBITT S MEAT MARKET,
On Commercial
Office.
Street, opposite tha Unionist
Here can always be Soano
The Best of Fresh Meats,
Carefully prepared for markst, aad kept to r
cry variety. . Mr. KesblU will always have
Sugaar Cured Hams
Dried Meats,
Constantly on hen1.
and
aa ft u
SALEM DRAY K HACK CO.
FORWARDERS SRlFPIRg.
CITY DRAYMEN & HACKMEN.
All frelirhtlne within the citv Idon.'.t .kort
notice and on reasonable terms.
UMTtares constantly In attendance to eenvev
passenf ers to cars or bo-s or on eily drive.
Sept. 19. 1W0.
HALEM MAltKET,
(Croat Ol Ststmd.)
CAPITOL MARKET,
("rsatorlw Lo;kjeev4a.)
PIONEER MARKET,
On State Street.
The pnbllc win find at thai above named'pls
ces every variety of the
Very
Uotat Of
Meat
FOR SILK
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL
DANIEL CLAB
is Sept. IS, 1ST0.
A. L. FRANCIS
TIT ILL receive scholars for Instruction
T f Science ef Hoete oa tbe
Guitar, Piano, Violin, Etc.
And will end aver to give poplls a tsoreatrh
knowledge of the Science and the art m parlor
Ins Maste tastefully.
instractlon la tboronrh Bass If dcatres.
Omce la Grttwlda Block.
Btlem, 8rp f.lSTO.
f ..
Sew
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