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. Hotel AnKLurc ' COXMHCIAIt HOTIfc IVUBDhX. ' " Joan Carr, Portland, Kick Baad. Dm J B Binrham, Clin- MoIm Io toft. Ho., QT'Millea, Pleaaaat N J GerMt, filw- , ill, f ton, i r d i JUhnt. ntOFESSlOXAL CARDS. STATESlil M II.XAMETT ISIVERSITY. SALEM, ORFXWN'.the nlilrst and largest livorpw-ateU School in the State. Clasrionl Commercial, Ncr.nal and Solent Inc routmcf study. For full luformnlion address the Pres. Meiit, T. M. tJATt'H, Or C. N. TEKRY, Sec. of B'd Trustees. Sept. 7. dAwly WEEKLY OREGON S"a DR. E. K. FLSKE. OOFFICE-Xo. 1, Mooros' Bio. k. Rert tlenoe Court Street, Opposite Inlvcn-llv. ootll J. c. t;m bus, m. n. 1IIYSICIAN AND Sl'RCEOX. offers hi ppififs.-lnnal services to the citizens of Dai las and vU-.iT.lty. nur.ldwtf SALEM, OREGON, -WEDNESDAY; NOVEMBER 8, 1871. $2 50 per Annum in Advance. VOL. 21. NO. 15. 1 R. I'AINE. nOMfElWTIIIST. - Those preferlne; tills mil' I, elli.-icnt iiK"lical treatment can con sult him at his odi.-e. corner of Liberty and Court street, opposite Ojiei-a House. On Ttielar and Frtdav ni-nliiiifti Medical nlvtce and treatment will lw Riven free of -naive to all those who are uiiable to jay for t.ie M-ni. es of a I'liyi'ician. Jitne27ilAw A. n. BELT, M. . OFFICE AND RESmEXCE Tomer I'nlon an-1 Court streets, Salem Oregon. Onlers can lie left at Souther's Drug Store, ut w lilt. J. 1'. ItIXT, T ATE OF SAX FRANCISCO, offers his services to the city of Salem and vicinity. Having had I en years cxjierlcnce iu the prac tice of medicine, feel competent to attend all cases that mav coine itn'ler mv charge. Ollice at present. Corner C'hurvh and fnton Streets jnlydAw 8. C. SIMfWN. J. A. WAYUIRE. SIMPSOS & H AYWIRE, A TTOUXEYS AT LAW. Salem. Orezon. Office In Ration's It rick, upstairs last riii on the fronl novvrUiwii A TTOltXEYS AT LAW. Portland. Ove- X iron, ortice, u n st.-tJrsS. E. corner Front and Washington Street. Seut.2h.Uw POWELL Sc FI.I.V, AT TTOTtXKYS AT LAW and So! k-l lors- In Xotnrv Piihiti Collections and conveyances promptly at- fu-ie'iio. Lii S. K. HAMMKlt, C. K. TKKRV, Notary Piiutlr, Attorney at Law. HAM M IK A TERRY. O kFFIf'E OVER THE HANK, Salem, Ore- Real K state, Insurance" and Col- lei-tiiur Ac'-nls. Real Estate in tlie t'ltv and fountrv lor sale. All-tract of all titles in Ma rion count v, doc 4Uwtf J.tnKS A. KH'IIAKDXOX, M. THYsICIAN AX SCKHEOX, (Late TScllvne JL Ifospliiil Mcllc.il Colleire New York Cltv.) pilicc In Moore's Brick, Salem, Ogn. He'si- oem-e, c ommerciai lioteu 'AKKISII ATKINSON. C W. ROVAL. inrtland. Pattnn's lllixk, Salem. '. VV. ROYAL, TJEAL ESTATE ACJEXT. City Property IV ail Farms for sale. Houses to rent and runts colhvte'L DR. K. T. HASK, Office - HUT. MIX'S P.MXJK, up stairs, Innron. Entrance on State street fJ Salem, Orettun. inxwltetlie Jiriiir Stove of Thatcher & Son. ind also on Commercial street, onnosite llrii" Wore of J. W. Souther. seulotf HIM., THAYER A WILLIAMS, ATTORNEYS A COXSCLARS AT LAW JY Will practice in Federal and S'ate Courts. Mll.-e -No. to,; Firs; Street, (over Post Office), i-'in lao'i, ureron. iy CHANCE & NICKLIN, DENTISTS , ( Iver Cox A Earliart's), Commercial Street, Nnleui, OrrKou. A S ItEFORE, WE DESIRE THE PAT- ; Hint class il roiKcre u Dental Work. Nli rous 0ide for the painless extraction of Tee'h. octwuvw C. W. RHODES, ARCHITECT, (Ofiice In Opera Building,) I.IHERTY STREET, KALEH. IJLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND Accnra'e Iietail Drawings furni-hi?d for nil devriotions of Imi'.diug and superinteii'V ence stricfly attended to. lwtf JSMtTII. J. W. MKREDITH. SMITH & MERIDITH, "... .- J V DENTISTS Griswold's Block, Oposiie Bank, si.i:n, )i:t;oN. Drs. Smith S McredKh are now in i'ses.-ioii ol a new invention in dental plates which for tvnuly and comfort, far e.vrrls anylluitc that ha- ever Immmi inir lucel in the proy-ssioii. The invention is now ia;eiu-!. and called the "Purvine and. Smi'h improvement on v;ic u m or sii.-llon t!a:es.'' The iinprovcnuMit coiist" in supjiortiiii the plate to tlie wall with sinaM Uirs aua-hiMl to the plale and v i.-mn, Insica l of covering the whole roof of the month Willi the p!a'e, as ha lieen tlie cu!o!n heretofore. We intend to inirvl;i.-r tlii style of work in the profession as sm as praciicahle. Sjus-l-lnens of this new st !e of work can be wen at Krs. Smith A M -re-lith's oitice. All our iiiiui- rrm'piibaivl the pulnl. in ireneral, ai-e cor- iia laiiv mv vtle I to (-.ill and examine them. II G t i: L s GHEMEKETA HOUSE, KAIiEVi ........ OREUOX. This new and elesant I lute1, supplied with every m i.lera c:iivenienc(.-. d now ojieu for the receiition nf guests. free i'-i.i i:. ii i',-i r.- EARIIAR I', Proprietor. Scp'.iTdAwtf. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SA LEW, RUO, I am slid keepinij this IIous and I am dc lerinined thai'un li'el shall furnidi a lie'ler tahle than I do. 6Jr" Fit EE " COACH TO THE "IIOI SE. J$$i Wesley timtm, rropiietor. Septll litK Reduction in Prices ! ST. CHARLES KOTtt, IMIKTUVSn, . Only First-Class - OBEUOX. in the City. Transient K'HIIU lUlrf Hoard, Per loy, W 00. The nri-f e'e;jnnt Bcoomni'ulitlona; tahle niHssfs-t, at the al"w JOilX J. JACOBS, Sonal!e piicen. ocf71.tw Pnijirittor. IMIRTAr Tl THE l'lBUKV n.VVIVO r.K"OMK'HJ5 rKOr-RIETOtt of the b-i.-l--.ess of Frio lnwii Cosllner, at Aivii'Hi Corner, Salem. I take pVa.-4irehi announcing that while the, Ann lias changed the systcni of low prices luu not changed, lint continues as follows: Our host In-and of Calico, nine yards for one dollar. Heavy IToiucsilc, 12J cents a yanl. other lHaiiestU!.in proportion, and Hat. lotliluji, lt.)t.s and Shoes, very low. French Merino, only S7J cents a yard. MenV sjf-kg 10 cents a pair. Women's Stockings, very low. 4 Kipers of Neeitlef for 4 cent. . 4 )pers of English Tins for i cents. 4 siiools of cotton for ii vents. 4 iiiecea of Dress Braid fir 24 cents. Ijicc? and Emhroidery, very cheap. Comln aud Jewelry, cheajer than ever be fore. 3 pocket FlandkettWcf. for !5 cents. White Linen Table Cloth, 73 cents per yard. Towels and Crash, very low. ' It will astonish you to see how low we can fell groceries, and crockery. In fact all the goods remaining in our store will be sold cheap er titan ever before. L. FKIEDMAX, Salem, Oct. 2 1S7I. .1. S. I still continue the Auction busine. DANIEL LOWER, 133 Front St., Portland, C o m m i s s ion Merchant. Oregon proluc Bold to liest advantage in i-ortiauu or :an r raiiolsco. neaicr m CALIFORNIA & OREGON XxodLxxco. TROPICAL FRUITS. Merchmt's orlem flllel on reasonable terms. Portlan.I, Apr. 1 (Utr. Endand's Qnwn. 'Die jjeojilc of Englainl have become very tired of supporting i-oyalty, and of lute years tlie Queen has beeome unpopular ; for if they have royalty to pay for, the plebeians of the Mother Isle at least wish to see the trappings occasionally airert ; to enjoy the show as well as the sulfcstn.nee ; to get some thing, if only a glimpse of occasional tloings in State, as some reward for the burdensome taxes they continually are called to pity. The Queen has been , prodigal of heirs, and the number of : Princes, Dukes, and royal (laughters her niufrruity lias inflicted on the dear people, lias created a burden grevious to lie borne. .Since the dealh of the Royal Con sort, Prince Alliert, popularity 1km. been lacking .for the Royal Family. The Princes of the blood have not done anything to create love or admi ration in the hearts of the English jieople. Tlie Queen herself lias been a subjirt both for criticism and carica tuiv, and whatever feeling of devotion existed at the farlier years of the reign seems to have died out as tlie jieople liave obtained more liberal ideas of government, anil have extort ed from their rulers concessions tiint must lie increased, but never can be re scinded. We look upon it as doubtful if ever a king, lom of tlie Hanover line, can ascend the English throne, for the people of 'England are becom-. ing rapidly Republican in sentiment. The present Ministry are trying to induce tlie Queen to consent to tlie es tablishment of a regency, perhaps for the purjiose of pleasing the power in the liands of the Prince of Wales, to avoid any danger of revolution in case . of the sudden demise of the Queen. Probably, also, liecanse Her Majesty is proving to le incompetent as a ruler, and her reigti cannot lie prolonged without danger to the succession. It is certain that England is fast ap proaching the time when royalty will die out, and Republicanism, or essen tially free and representative govern ment, relieve tlie English people from the incubus of monarchy and the last vestige of feudal aristocracy. The time cannot come too soon, if brought aliont by peaceful means. -The sanity of Queen Victoria has lH'eu seriously nuestiotied at times for some years past, and it is jmssihle that her reason may be affected. It was the case wttli George the Third. Since the death of her husband, sue seems to have mingled little in public life, ami t liave lieen at times suly'ect to great despondency, though it is only it few days ago that we read tin interesting sketch f her public labors, and it was claimed that she gave pcr-iowal inspec tion and opinion on every subject sub mitted to her. We are inclined to believe that whatever her mental condition may lie, royalty in England Is quietly pass ing away. At Salt Lake. Just at tlie present time Silt Itike ' City, and the Mormon problem now in process of lieiug solved then', absorb tlie attention of the people of the Tut ted Slates. Whetlrt'l' tixr State Law tigiiiitst bigamy can lie eiifon-ed. as has Ih-cu attempted, ng:tiiist those having pliu-.ility of wive, seems doubtful, for the iitteiit of the Mormait Statutes is to recogni.e jilitr.il marriage ticeord ing to Monnon rite-, its leg:t and biinling. A judgment has been ren dered against Hawkins, convicted of bigamy, and as the only appeal must lie to the higher I. S. courts, it is a matter of interest as to whet he r polyg amy t"iii lx: destroyed under the laws enacted by the Mormons themselves. Also, prosecutions have lieeiL com menced against the Mormait leader for murders coinnitted years ago wlien Moniianisin was supreme and went unchecked. Then the I)aiiites dealt death at the command of their superior-, and the church was protected from threatened dangers by wholesale as sassination. The trouble will be to bring these miscreants to justice by sulficient proof, and the only hope to furnish -that is from disaffection among thoe who committed the crimes. One satisfactory feature of the Mor iiviu problem is that while intense ex eitcmont.prevails, the Mormaus pre serve the peace and recognize that blus tering or force can only hurry 'their own .distinction. The power of gov ernment, is at last rejected in Utah. Tj Goon to r.E Lor-T. The fl lowingis an ex;i'-t copy of a letter which we saw la 't evening posted up o:i the bulletin board at the postoffiee : I'OUKOY. JlEKiS CO., Olrio. Sep. 1ST I. $ To the Post Master of Salem, St, Origon Wanting to find the Resi dence of Mv Brother Mr. Hugh Lee. intl Surveyor went, to Origou alioiit '20 years Jvtst. as lie took up se vestal 100 acres or j-anti, you wotiia oonge oy Making Iii'iuirv tit tho Land or Le- cordcrs ofllee for me where the name may be. And post this o.i the wall ot your ofllee for ot tiers may know him. Also a Mr Hurpen laud owner 1 . S. Direct. George J.ee i-iuire Pomroy Meiggs County State Ohio Salem Printing: office mav send a paper as Friend Hadeu is trying to make up a Company to settle on Homestead land Build a Church did they kuow of situation, South in Ori gou. Insurance Companies. The following are the Insurance Companies tliat have complied with the law of Oregon respecting Insur ance business in this State : lire rssunANCK companies. Continental Life, Xew York; Em pire Mutual. Xew York ; Germania Life, Xew York ; Xew England Mu tual, Pacific Mutual. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Imperial Fire, Ixndon ; Union, San Francisco; Pacific, San Francisco; Phfenix, Hartford, C-onn.; Oregon Branch Home Mutual. Portland Ore- A clergyman who is settled over a society of fivir wcatlier christians, and who Is greatly annoyed by .tlic non-attendance of Ills .parishioners, has hit upon the novel plan of inviting tlie de linquents to attend church on Sunday. He proposes to Issue tlie Invitations as early as Friday each week and in tlie following form, to-wit : - Kev. Mr. PreachweH's compliments to Mr. and Mrs. Stay-at-home. Will lie glad to see them at the church next Sunday at J0.l. o'clock, a. m sliarp. He thinks this would be likely to fetch them, as none but the hopelessly Incorrigible would dare send their "compliments awl regrets." Truewisdom is to know what is best worth knowing and to do what isjxjst worth doing. - (iranes from Thistles. The Democratic Oracle, published at Portland, believes in the principle of compensation and lias a very happy way of reconciling the jieople of Xew York City to the rascality of the Ring which has plundered them so success fully for years jiast. AVe were in formed the other day, liy telegraph, that the swindling operations had amounted in two years to sixty-tive ' millions of dollars, hut the Organ has discovered that Xew York should lie cheerful under present difficulties in realizing that her citizens are able to discover the defalcation, as a commit tee has the privilege of examining the accounts to ascertain the facts. All public re cords are open to inspection, so the Xew York corporation thieves have finally lieen unearthed. The journal iu question liemoans, in comparison, the fate of the people of the nation who are swiut'Ied as badly hut cannot find it out. The intima tion of the Portland paper is that Grants administration is as dishonest as the Xew York City ofrichd.s have proved U) be, but they are so far aliove the reach of justice tluit the people cannot discover it. The coming session of Congress will flnd a powerful minority in opposition; so powerful tliat their demands for proper investigation of expenditures cannot Ik- ignored. Tlie records of the government are not alwe examina tion and criticism as the llmM in timates. That paper lias lalored for months to convey the impression that the national expenditures should not lie more than proportioned to the times of Iiuchanan, and neither would they lie, if allowance were made for the ad ditional expenses occasioned by the war, consisting of increase of expense for collecting internal revenue, interest on debt, pensions, liottuties, etc.; but the game of the partisan opponents of the administration is to charge that nearly all the expenditures, above the amount exiended a dozen years ago, lias lieen bodi'v stolen from the treas ury. To answer such bold faced false hood is to insult the intelligence of the people. They have the means and the intelligence to know better. Let the Republicans in Congress ullbrd the fullest investigation of national affairs and that will put a quietus to all this Democratic assertion and make itnl for us in the next campaign. cap- Tl'.e Executed Thieves. ri'i-.'in tlie New Ynrk W'.rl'l, Oct. l:t:li.l With the terrible news of disaster and calamity llashed across the electric wires from " Chicago yesterday came the cheering intelligence that by the stern rigor of the martial law of Gen. Sheridan this city had l-en released forever from the depredations of as vile a gang of lawless sctimnlrels as ever ticked a pocket or cut a throat. ; The dispatches slate tliat James Miiuday. Harney Aaron, Bill Ti-acey. Jim I'.rown, Edward Newman, famou- mi ller the alias of Dutch lleinriciis and Joe Butt the bank robber, were shot and hung by the I'nited States soldiers, having been caught ivd-handed iu the midst of tlieir robberies. The -receipt of Ibis news brought a feeiing of joy to t he heart of every respectable man in this i-it y acquainted with the evil character of I best-ruffians, and a cor responding feeling of regret and fear among Ihe roughs and thieves of Hous ton street and Broadway with whom they asci.it'-d. William Traeey was a young man of rather slim build, with light hair and mustache, about .'!() years of age. He as born iu the eleventh Ward, near aveiuie !.- where his mother now resides. From bis youth up be con sorted with thieves, and drificd info tlieir ways, soon becoming noted as an expert pickpocket. Barney Aaron was a cockney, hav ing been born iu London. England. He was n son of old Barm y Aaron, the English pugilUt. I lis age up to a week ago was about 37 year's. lie came to this country over twenty years ago, and boarded in William street with a family named Sickles. He sTion became a piclqioeket, and varied his occupation with prize-fighting, lie fought Billy Edwards and Sam ( ollver, and l-at them. He was what is known as a feather weight, qr the light weight pugilist. Buijas he grew oid Barney found theiviug to lie the imst profitable, and organizing a mob or gang of pickiockcts, they worked the Southern cotton fairs i:i the Fall and the Western cities in ihe Winter of the year. -When Jerry Dunn shot Jim Logan in Houston .street and es enied from the city he made for Xew Orleans and there joined Barney ami the mob. And when detectives Irving md Duenbury captured Dunn, near St. Boms, they found tnat Jsarncy and the gang were ubiquitous over the West. This Summer while in Cincin nati and Cleaveland the writer heard of Barney and the gang having lieen there, and so on all over. Aaron was bout 5 fect (i,1 inches, prominent nose, steeigray eves, ami ngnt nrowii hair and mustache. He was a dapix-r. well-dressed man. and so disguised his age that, though 7 years of age, he lookeil to a casual observer only 2."i. He was a "pal"' or companion of Tracer. Jimmy Mundty. another of the laughtered innocents, is one of four -lirothers all thieves. The eldest Peter i in jail in Xew Orleans wait ing trial for sho'iting a police officer; Cliarley is in Sing Sing for five years for burglary ; ami the youngest ot tlie four Eddie Munday is in Movanien- suig prison, l a. Jim I'.rown js tlie brother ot Walter Brown, the hank sneak-robber, and a thief of the meanest kind. He used to be a liar-tender for pan Noble, the bond thief, when the latter kept his saloon for thieves in the Eighth Ward. Brown Ls also a pickpocket, and is jwenty-one years of age, five feet nine inches in height, dark complexion, and was a native""of Troy. The manner of the removal of the precious quartette is ju-t this. Aaron ind 1 raeev went to cmcago aim put tin a iob hi the hostelry of Tom Foley, on Fourth avenue, where all the West ern mob of thieves stayed while in C In- eago. During the progress of the hre tin;-, with Monday and Brown, who had joined them, went out to roll. lliey struck through the nurnnig streets, and at last reached Chirk ami Randolph streets at the Sherman House. This was betore that magnii iceiit hotel caught lire, but the flames were rapidly sweeping toward it. There was a large jewelry store further down and a bank nearly opposite. Tlie fire had touched tliese and the doors had been broken open to let the fire men run their liose through tlie build ings. Traeey and Aaron went for the jewelry store, while Brown and Muu day struck for tlie bank. Both parties were captured. Two lampposts were convenient, and some of the citizens' special police ' elevated Traeey and Aaron thereon, but a sweeter fate befell -Huiittay and rown. 1 liey were cap- lurert try some of the infantry from Omaha, men who sjxsik to a thief with uie Dntts ot tlieir muketss, and ask mm where he is going with the muzzle. rlw consequence was natural. Mun- day and Brown were stood up with their back against the wall of a house, and the rifles of tlie foldiers did tlie rest; So ended tin? Chicago career of tl.e Aaron gang of thieves. An irishman says he can see no earthly reason why women should not re allowed to become medical men Swamp Land Petition. A very respectable petition has lieen presented to Hon. V. II. Odell, Sur veyor. General of Oregon, from tlie residents of Link River and the vicin ity of Klamath Iikes in Jackson county, which tells its own story so much better than it can lie told in other words that we give it entire as able and comprehensive dissertation on the infamous Swamp Land Act pass.il by the last Legislature. The interference of the General Govern ment is all the hope left Oregon that this wrong can be righted. As some legislation must take place to coiifiim the right of the State to the swamp rands, it is proliable that Senator Cor bett can secure the rights of settlers and the interests of the State against the speculators who are at present running the thing to suit themselves: ritOTEST 1SY CITIZENS OF KKS OlilCliON. SOLTIIEA5T- To Urn n-n. II'. IT. O'klh Smrrjitr The undersigned, your petitioners, citizens of Jackson county, and resi dents of Link river and the Klamath Lakes country. wtiud respectfully rej-. reH.'iit tliat tliey are farmers and .stock niisers. induced to settle in this part of the State on account of the advantages if affords for tlie latter employment. Tliat rain falls so seldom and in such small quantities, tliat the land, unless inigatcd naturally or artificially, can not lie. relied on for crops of grain, grass or vegetables. For this reason, the lands lying low along the margin of the lakes or streams are the only lands of value in the county, and if we are deprived of the use and ownership of them many of our farms are worth less, and we will all suffer great loss and injury. The Deputy who surveyed this country on the part of the Govern ment, run his section lines to, and es tahlishcd his fractional corners, and run his meander lines along the mar gin of the low and valuable lands, and not along the bank of the river or lake, aliiug which those lands extend. So that, lie-sides the river on the lake lying lietwecii the meander lines, tlicre tire large tracts of valuable laud called " lake." or " marsh." which is neither in either the legal or common sense definition of those terms. Hut there is now here a party surveying the lands U'tweeu the lines of meanders esfaiiiisneii oy tne icpuiy .-surveyor, ahd the lakes and rivers claiming them .n "swamp and overflowed' lands." belonging to the State in vir tue of an act oi" t'ongtv granting the swamp and overtlovcl lands to the State in which they lie. and extendi d m Oregon and Minnesota on the 20th of March. 1 By an iniquitous act of the Legisla tive Assembly of the state of Oregon, approved Oct, 25, l-7(i. it is provided that the swamp lands belonging to this State "shall lie so!tl to the 'first appli cant." thereby cutting off all conicti tioii in the purchase ot the lands of that description, which is to the pecu niary injury of this State, and does great injustice and injury to those set tiers upon and contiguous to the land so claimed as "swamp or overflowed." The lir-t application for swamp and overflowed hinds on ihe Maters of the Klamath lakes -md rivers bear even date with t !ir- approval of the act of the State Legislature "providing for their stile. The principal application is in the name of o:n; A. J. Purnctt. a member of the House of Repr.'senta that pa.i-s-d this iui jiiitous law, and the remainder in the names of sjieui-latoi-s. lielji vm to 1 - in collusion with said Burnett. We ' the passage of the iaw tor the sale, of those lands was procured by in irrupt means we An '"-it i; an i'd'urv to the Slate, and will giviifly damage the sell lers and scltk-nr-nt of this part of the country. The land it will place in the hands of speculators :i:it I monopolies i; of great, extent and of great value. Much of this land is neither " swamp nor over flowed," a is proven by the growth ujio'i it much of it is natural meadow, never being too wet for ih.it purpose; anil none of if being too" wet to be val uable for pasture lands, and will be purchased for that pu'po;e as soon as it is brought into market. We therefore pray that yon cause the public surveys to he extended over , that portion of the lands now mean dered as "swamp or lake." and the fractional corners anil the meander lines placed upon the hit" it'll bank of Ihe river or lake as (he ease may be. and the land so surveyed brought speedily into market. Aud whereas, by the proviso of the 1st section of the act of Congress of the Villi of March, 1 s id, granting swamp and overflowed lands to Min nesota and Oregon, "swamp and over flowed lands" may be taken up under the pre-cnmtio:i and homestead laws prior to their cession to the State, we further pray that you eaum the sur veys asked for to lie made speedilyand in advance of the cession of the swamps on the Klamath swamps tothe State: and that you use your iufiticiu-e with the Federal Government" to pre vent the ceding of any swamp on the Klamath waters to the State until sur veys herein asked for are returned by yoti to the General Land ofiice. Weudclin Xeez, ( 'has. Schneider, A. Henry, John Gleim. Jesse D. Carr. bv Jesse Applegale. Jos. Penning. Joel M. Kambo. A. F. Woodruff. "wr. H. Miller, O. A. Stearns, Isaac Lewis I. Fullertrn. Gwin Butler, Geo. Thomas, Roliert Whittle. T. D. Small, J. H. Miller, ( has. Traftoon. I. B. Munn. Link Kivki;. Oct."-'. 171. The 21-armca Prosecutions. A California exchange has been very bitter upon .the Foi1-T.il Courts of Utah, denouncing Judge McKean as a fauaiic and worse, a-'il assorting that the pro-ecu!!o:is are illegal and unnec essary. It appear front telegrapic news published to-day that these pros ecutions are carried o.i by advice of the Government, and : late Cabinet meeting decided to continue them. If so, we may expect to see thorough work made of Mormonism, and it will be all the more thorough if the system is attacked and destroyed under the laws that Mormonism has itself pass ed and enforced. At any rate flic Government is in earnest, and it Is in deed time that the outlaws of the plains' should be made to resjiect the laws of the United States, to which the wildest Indians are becoming sub missive. A Yankee Pass. An official Dutch man in the valley of the Mohawk one day stopped a Yankee peddler jour neying slowly through the valley on the Svblwth and informed him that he must put up for the day ; or, " if it vash neshe.ssary dat lie should travel, he must pay de fine for de pass." It was necessary, it seems, for he told tlie Yankee to write a pass and lie vvou'd sign it; that he could do it.tliougli be didn't much write or read-writ-ing. Tlie pass, was written and sign ed'" with tlie Dutchman's hieroglyphic, and the peddler went forth " into the bowels of the land without impedi ment' Some six months afterwards a brotlier Dutchman, who kept a store further down the Mohawk, in settling with the pious official, brought in among other account. n order tor $25 worth of goods. " How ish dat ?" .said the Sunday officer; "I never gave no order let nie see him." The order was produced: he put on his spectacles and examined it. "Yaas; dat ish my name sartan yaas; but it ish dat d--d Yankee pass." STATE NEWS. " Portland. From the Portland dailies we select the following : The steamship Oriflamme, now en route for this port, is advertised to sail for San Francisco at 5 o'clock p. iu. on next Saturday. , s. The Catholic Cathedral will receive by the next steamer the largest organ in tlie State. It is of the Burdett man ufacture. A new town, called Cresswell, lias been laid out on the line of the railroad, twelve miles south of Eugene Lots are advertised for sale already. Almost every day or two it is shron iclcd tliat families arc en route for Eastern Oregon, so that it is ratlicr stale news but it will lie altered when it is announced that lialf a dozen "prairie schooners" arrived bore last night, and that their occupant were bound for Washington Territory as wcH as Eastern Oregon. The rumors some time sinc afloat to the effect tliat the P. D. S H. Co. had sold out to Ben JloUaday.eem to have been based on a better foundation tlian most rumor that go buzzing arotuid. We learn upon unquestiona ble authority that the sale has been made, and tliat the transfer will take place to-morrow, Xov. 1st. We are informed that the Oregon & California Stage Co. has discontinued its office in this city, and that hereafter through tickets can only be purcliased at the Co.'s office at Eugene, or of the local agents of the. O. & C. Railroad Co., iilong the road. A. II. Burrows is the Stage Co.'s agent at Eugene. A variety theater is soon to lie oiiened on the corner of Taylor and Front streets A parent residing in Salem recently conveyed his daughter to Portland and consigned her to the custody of a bad woman. Had it not been for the po lice of tliat city an innocent girl would probably have lieen ruined. From the Portland dailies we learn the following : A distressing accident occurred on Sunday, at Kalama, to a man named Smitlison. a carpenter. He attempted j to couple some cars, as an accommoda tion to the engine driver, but in so do ing got hts left hand between the but ting heads. lliey came together, crushing his hand in a shocking man ner. The flesh was torn from the bones and muscles, leaving them bare and separated ; but, strange to say, none of the bones were broken. The wound was one of tlie most iainful nature, but it i-i thought the hand can In- saved, though of course, in a crip pled condition. A man, until lately employed m ! the A'h'mt if i Efi, in East Portland. ; has N-vn taken into custody on a j I charge of emlH'zz'ement preferred by I S. W. Paveley, proprietor of the Etn. ; A grand Vocal Concert will !e. giv- ! en at, the Odd Fellows' Hall. East j Portland, Wednesday evening. Xov. j S, 171, the proceeds of which will lie j applk-d towards purcluising an organ ! fir the Methodist Episcopal Glmrcli in I East Portland. Some of the liest mu- j sical talent have volunteered their '. services for the occasion. Admission, j ; 1 ; children. 50 cents. I hiors open at 1 7 o'clock. Exercises to commence at j 7::!0. j The bark Alice Graham, which ar- '; rived Saturday night, brought a cargo of MS tons of railroad material, con- j s'sting of 3,'i0. bar- of iron, 710 bun dies offish bars, and 28 boxe of lxH and nuts. It is stated that Mr. J. S. Smith and i others have iiurchased a lot on the south side of Adi street, and running through from First to Front streets, and will next Spring ci-ect a large building on it similar to the one on the opposite side of th street. Tlie new steamboat Alvinza Hay ward is "now running regularly be tween this city and the Cascades. She is tlie fastest and neatest boat on the river. Mr. Carl Bo-h-o wiil go to Hams burg to-day to take photographic views of the bridge erected there, for Mr. Buchtel. This structure is the largest draw bridge on the Pacific Const. A .man named Smith, while em ployed on a construction train, had his hand very severely injured by hav ing it caught J Hit ween the coupling of two hand-cars. Eu -iness during tlie past four or five days lias Ih-cu right lively with the stove dealers, who are overrun with orders, and consequently are its inde pendent as memler.s of the Xew York King. From the Oreifininn we learu the following : We are informed that a company, with a capital of $500,000, h:ving for its object the building of a bridge across the Willamette at this point, and also to purchase a tract of land on either side of the river, i ; soon to !; incorpo rated under the general incorporation laws of this State. The regular term of the IT. S. Dis trict Court commences on next Mon thly. The U. S. Circuit Court meets on Tuesday. The County Court meets on Monday, and the Circuit Court ou the 13th inst. Tlie number of divorce suit now docketed for the next term of the Cir cuit Court figures up iu the neighlior- hood of tweiity-five. . Tlie feminine gender appear iu a majority of the suits as plaintiffs. A bad state of af fairs, tndy. The schooner Louisa Simpson after occupying the attentiou of tlie LT. S, District Court off and on for a year or more, and having been declared for feited for a violation of the United States laws, Is now advertised to be sold in San Frnncisco by the U S. Marskd. The County Assessor has completed the assessment for the present year. The returns which are as follows show a very flattering Increase over tlnse of last year : Value of bind, $1,195,070- value of lots $4,389,035; personal proiierty, $3,475,210; Indebtedness, $1,4.40,075; total of assessment, $7, '319,000. Increase over last year, 2!J2, 800. Amount of poll tax collected. $1,033. - Yesterday Chief of Police, La ppeus, arrested six hotel keepers on tlie diarge of keeping hotels without li- cense. : The City and County. L'roia irc-rfncuttlVjr'a Daily. The Faik Gnorso Switch. It seems that Bcu Ilolladay has conclud ed that only freight trains liereafter shall stop at the Fair Ground station. The freight trains will slack up tliere whenever there is occasion, at least we are so informed. The aforesaid has also concluded to take up one of tlie sidetracks there tlie one built ex pressly for tlie accommodation of tlie President's car. Tliat lias been done ami so the aforesaid air will have no exclusive resting place in tliat vininity. These facts have given rise to Innum erable rumors. Ben Is to move Salem away as soon as the bouses can tie scraiied together. He is to shipwreck the State Fair whether or no. East Portland or Albany will receive aid from him to set up. State Fairs on tlieir own account. It would be unkind of us to grudge them anything of tlie kind and we don't do it, not by no means. Furthermore Salem Is doom ed, and the Willamette river won't stop liere as it goes bv. We are the last to wish to see it damned. Every body has a solution of tlie dileuuia. The general opinion is tliat Benjamin is out of temper, which greater men than lie have been and lived to' get over it. Xow the real truth is tliat if Mr. Hotladay wanted to move a mil track he would 1 foolish not to do it. If he doesen't want to run his Presi dential car to our State Fair there is no law to compel him and lie wouldn't mind it if there was. The switch is gone ami that is all there is of it. Tlie passenger trains don't need to stop every two miles, that is a fact. So far as tlie Railroad King's ill humor is concerned tliat is probably exaggerat ed and if it isn't lie can fall back on an old lrahit ami cuss himself jmt of it at bis leisure. We get a little mad our selves sometimes and why shouldn't Ben Ilolladay i Roll of Hoxok. lu Sunday morn ing's issue apjicared a short address to the young people of the State, from Jacob StiUel, of Portland, Grand Worthy Chief Templar of Oregon, and Prof. L. L. Rogers of Willamette University. These gentlemen, who ate laboring earnestly iu tlie cause of temiM-rance, have instituted a pledge to be signed by all persons between the ages of six and twenty-one. who are willing to abstain forever from tlie use of intoxicating drink as a beverage; from the use of tobacco in every form, and from profanity. Tlie pledge will lie in circulation until January 1st, 172. At the expiration of the time a Roll of Honor will lie made out. com prising the names of all who liave signed the pledge, and a copy of tlie s-iine will be forwarded to each signer. We think, with the framers of tlie pledge, that "the plan is a good one, and if s object most worthy.'' We sin cerely liojie tliat -thousands will place their names noon this roll and thus dedicate their lives to tcnv.icranee. Magazines. A'm'rV. for November, ojiens with "Thirty-seven Days of Peril." tlie story of T. C. Everts, who was lo-t from the Yellowstone Exjieditiou in ls70. An interesting illustratod arti cle recites tlie efforts making to clear away the obstructions to I (ell Gate, near Xew York City, eastward. "Low Life in Nature " is another illustrated piece. S'Vcral stories are published this month. K'sides the usual serials. The publishers announce great im provements iu future nnmlier. They iiave secured Joa'piin Miller as a regu lar K)ctieal contributor. ji-irpr's yiini)li. for Xoveinlier. h:n an illustrated nrtitle relating to SvinpafJietic Art in France. A sketch I of Stix-kl'iidge and its celebrities; a j frontier hero is depicted, in Bio jierson l of "Johnny Awp'eseed ;" and " Kam ' bles in the We.-t Indies." furnishes ! in my fine illu-trations. 'l'lre is tlie ! 1 1 -ii. 1 1 amount of g'Mnl story literature, j and the current nuiiifier will 'ie found j of average interest. ! Wiii i:i:'s Tiir, Mu,t i:v? This is j what a patent medicine peddler wanted ! t know :s he rod" along tlie stn-ct vesferl.iv afternoon in an old rattle- ! tr.m of a bicr-Tv. Tin- fellow evidently ' ,' had been worshiping lSacchus a little ! too devoutly, the eonsopiem-e of which was an inl'-rv lew witu a member of the city oliiv who stopjied his go-cart and ordered him to lx ipiiet. "Spose I am drunk." was i lie reply. "I know the law as well as anvlmdy. Free America; stop a man in the middle of the street in broad daylight. Don't you never do it again Mr. M irslial. don't you never tin it again." And oft' he went lu search of the "Mercury." He found "his man." FlT'iM low v. Yesterday we fell in with a gentleman named W. B. Ptison, just from Cass, c-iu'ity, Iowa, having made th- trip in a little le-sj than two weeks. He comes for the pnrjxise of spending tlie winter in tlie State, and in the spring. If favorably impressed with the country, he expects to 'return home and bring back his family, which consists of grown-up sons, who are fanners. Mr. F. states that tliere are scores iinil scores or persons in bis State who are intending to move to Oregon within n year from now. The opinion seems to lie general that Ore gon's pou!:ilioii will increase during the coming year at least one-third. HrnuAiiD. Mr. A. B. Gleason, en gaged in business at the new town of Ifubbard. on the prairie four and a lialf miles this side of Aurora, says busi ness litis been good there this Summer. A Postolficc will soon lie estahlislied. company will build a large wheat -i wrnncp lilinilui nf ntiilflimva lire to lie soon erected. Tlie M. E. " Church will swn build an edifice tliere and the prospects of tlie place are in every wav favorable. Ilicrc are two stores and several shops tliere already. Tax Gatii rhino. Road Supervisor Schwa tka is dead set on getting in all money due this District in a very sliort time. lie was very energetically en gaged at this business yesterday, tlie consequence ot wmcn was many were compelled to "shell out." Holidays. To-day is All Saint's, and to-morrow All Soul's day. Tliese are holidays in tlie Catholic Church and arc to be observed to some extent in this city. 1nv Mass at O' j a. in.; High Mass at 0 a.m.; Vesper, 7ji p. m. Ri-nnNKP. Mr. E. D. Towl, who lias lately returned from the East, in form us that he visited Chicago a few days after the fire and the scene lieg gars description. It is impossible to compreliend the devastation witliout actually viewing it. At the Dktot. Yesterday after noon tlie freight train came down bringing twenty-three ears. Six empty flats, nineteen box ears, loaded mostly with wheat, and one densely filled with cattle. Several car loaded with flour, from the Saleni Mills were waiting shipment. M, E. CniT.CH. A large number of luuids arc at work upon this building, and if good wratlicr lasts two Week3 longer, the walls of tlie basement story will be completed. AGRicrLTVRAL Wokks. The .walta of this building are not rising very rapidly, on acootnit of tlie small num ber of workmen employed. The force should lie two or tlireetimei what it is 1 at the present. Mariueu. At tlie residence of Mr. J. W. Lane, In this city, by Rev. P. S. Knight, Mr. David Basye, of Idalio Territory, to Miss Francis Smitli, of Benton conty. Tliat prosperity may attend the liappy pair, in every walk of life, Is the sincere wBh of tlie printers, for they were kindly remembered. Railroad Ties. Six cars went to the front yesterday loaded with ties. They were obtained from tlie woods this side of Iake Ivibish. Erom Thttrnhtys Dnibj. Found Dkad We learn from Mr. R. M. Wade tliat a young man named Wrightnian, aged about 21 years, who lived near Sublimity, was killed on Tuesday. He was rolling a field with a heavy roller and four horses. How his death occurred cannot lie known as he was found lifeless, his liead maslied, lying iu the middle of the field. One of the horses was-fonud loose, the oth er three were tangled in the lwrness and considerably injured. He was probably thrown by some accident and the roller must liave passed over him. The family arrived here a few months ago from a Western State. Tlie father died in tiiis city soou after tlieir arrival ami left some means and an Insurance on bis lira for $1000. They purcliased a farm in the Waldo Hills and settled there. Tlie death of tlie oldest ou leaves tlie motlier with four children, widowed among sf rangers. His body will pas through tlie city to-day at alKiut 1 1 o'clock, to lie taken to tlie Odd Fellow's burial ground, for its final resting place by the side of his father. Services at the grave will lie conducted by Rev. L. L. Rog ers, lyet all who can be present and sIhiw to the liereaved mother tliat tlie people of Salem truly syniafnize with her in this hour of deep affliction. PliOF. Cuanev. This astronomical gentleman attracted (piitc a crowd to the Opera House last evening, and eu deavorcd, in a very scholarly manner to prove that Abraham was tlie planet Saturn, and not a person. He stated that tlie lord's Prayer was not origi nally addressed to God, but to the planet Saturn. The ancients divided the week into seven days, liecanse of the seven planets, Uraum and Nep tune not having been discovered. We liad not tlie time to liear the Professor through, and of course cannot give an extended rejiort. His auditors seemed to lie very attentive, but whether they were in any danger of being convert ed or not, we cannot say. He will lecture again this evening, wIkmi otli ers who have not heard him will have a chance to go and bear for tlicmselves a strange, but perhaps a true philoso phy. IIoi.id.vv. To-day is All Souls Day, and is celebrated by the Catholic Church in commemoration of those who have left this world liefore in and who may yet suffer tlie iturifying pain of purgatory. To pray tor tlie dead is a pious ami cliaritahle work which the Church not only authorizes but enjoins ujion all. thus she lias set apart one day iu tlie year, on which special Masses, prayers and otlier gmxl works are offered to ;od in expiation of tlie sins which those for whom we make those mementoes may liave. lieen guilty of. This day should also remind us of our own death, certain to ixvur sooner or later, and to make full prep aration for ouk hist hour, tliat we may leave this vdley of tears without fear of tieing lost forever. Chinaman Asai i.tkii. There are a few boys in this city who would doubtless die if. they didn't have some way of appeasing the evil spirit wit-Ii-i ii them. Yesterday a chap of about fourteen years of age took it into his head to stone an unoffending China man as he was com ing from tlie wharf. Xow what on earth he wanted to an noy this peaceable Celestial for is more than we can imagine. There are some jieople however who glory more "over performing an evil action than a good one. This young cliap will be made tn learn a trick worth two of tlie one he played yesterday should he in dulge in this kind of sport again. The New I lEr.vKTi'itE. During Fair wit-k an incident occurred of no IKiIilieal importance, but with an amusing political feature. Col, J. II. Reed, of Portland, a Democrat pure and simple, took iiassage for the Fair Ground iu a liack which liad a negro driver. "-Soon allcr tlie Colonel was eatiil a Chinaman took passage, and x-Scnatnr Geo. II. Williams, who wa the next comer, taking a careful urvey of the motley crowd, remarked lat as it was tlie ".New Departure he would go also, and so he did. IlvDRANTS. Three new -hydrants have lately lieen placed .in position One on tlie comer at tlie Commercial Stable, another on Mallory's corner. oppo ,ite Gray's lirh-k, and the third in front of Kev. I . S. Knight s resi dence, opposite tlie Christian Church, 1 lie city now lias tlurteeu hvurants ready for service. Oroans. ii. D. Boon informs ns that within tlie past ten days lie has sent oft" six Burdett Organs, and litis a arge supply coining. This is a prettv sure indication tliat our people, ot late. are liesfowhig increased attention to the cultivation or their musical talents. Sr.r.iurs A(vipi:vt. On Tuesday iftemoiMi List a child liad its elbow lint dislocated ami one of tlie Ikhics of the arm fractured, by Hilling from the roof a wontlslicd upon the side walk, near tlie Catliolie Church. Drs. Carjx-iiD-r and Fisk were called, and reiMl'-nil 11k- necessary Mivgica! alii. AlTOls n P. Mr. George A. Edes, of this city, lias lately lieen appointed Collector of Customs for Alaska. He will re-ign his po;ilion soon, as station agent oti the O. ifc C. Itallroad, in this citv. and eo Immedia.elv to his new Held or moor. Ills family win stiu re main m iNiiem. A. T. Yeaton has on hand lotuigcs, matt lasses, etc., and makes oltl ones as good as new at reasonable rates- We can vouch for the neatness and firmness of bis repairing, liecanse he lately worked over an ofiice cliair for us and made It letter tlian ever it was, Sewing Machine. Mrs. Vroom Is agent for the celebrated Singer sewing machine, and those wishing a machine would do well to irlve her a call. The Singer is said to lie among tlie best- School Tax. Mr. C P. Stratton clerk of Scliool District No. 24, is suc ceeding admirably iu his work of. col lecting taxes. 'Hirec-fourths of tlie sjiecial bfx, levied last Spring, for the supiioi-t of schools, has oecu collected Recorder's Cockt. A fellow" was up before Recorder Waymire yestcr day morning on a charge of drunken in-ss. A tine of was imposed ami the cent not bavins the necessary cash was taken to the city boarding lion- Chicago Aid. T. H. Caun, Esq-, tells ns that lie has received from Rev. Charles 11. Bonnell the sum of ten dol lars, tlie same having been contributed at St. Paul s Clinreii, ui aiu oi uie cm, cago suflcrers. Caittal' Enoixe Co. No. 1. Reg ular meeting this rfliursday evening, Xov. 2d, at 7 o'clock. . New Agent. Mr. L. 8. Dyar, an old resident of this city, has received tlie Appointment of agent for the Grand Ronde Agency on the Coast Reservation. Tlie appointment is a good one. Personal. S, C. Simpson, Esq., takes this morning's train for Port land. He goes to take deposition in the interest of tlie Investigating Com mittee appointed by tlie last Legislature. PAnmNO. The Salem Mills will soon be out in a brH new coat. The work of repainting has been going on for a week or more, and will be' com pleted to-duy, perliaps. N. Haas, np Commercial street, has an excellant stock of leather and find ings and can make you as good a. pair of winter boots as any man can ask for. Skatjno Rink. All will please re member tliat this evening, at tlie Wig wam, will lie a gcand place foramuse ment. Roller skating is getting to be decidedly iopular. Sold. C. II. Smith, of the firm of Cooke & Smith, lias wild his entire in terest i tbe-saxh, liUod um1 door fao . tory, to O. F. Dennis Esq. Water. Ir. Carjnter Is having water introduced into, his house and ofllee on Liberty street. He i tlie first on that ftreet to use river water. Who will lie tlie next? Ffjin Friday' a D 'iiy. A&twoiju;v. Tlie heatlieli ancients used to believe In astrology, and had soothsayers, who consulted the stars and all tliat. This age has not entire ly thrown off these heathenish prac tices, a i evidence by the Cut tliat a professed soothsayer and astrologer is now practicing on tlie credulity of tlie people of Salem, using tlie same old devices tliat were worn out centuries ago. A man wlto pretends to predict the future by consulting tlie stars is eitlier a kiwve or lacking sense. We prefer to believe him tlie former lie cause he manages to make a profit of the credulity tliat exists to-day as it al ways has. We know of several cases where this man has cast horoscopes for children, receiving ten dollars therefor from tlieir parents and lias foretold sad Cites for his poor vitcims, who, as a consequence, are impressed with the terrible Cite promised to fhein and are literally pining tway. We feel that tlie public should lie warned against tlie clever tricks of an impostor, whose shrewdness may amuse, but should never deceive. "A true filth does not look to astrology for support, but goes about lifes work conscious of an over ruling Providence no human menus can ii.terpret. Fatal Accident. From Mr. Geo. S. Downing. we liave learned tlie prol able circumstances as to tlie manner iu which Mr. Asa Wrightnian was killed. , Tlie young man was iu tlie employ of Mr. R. L. Swartz and was engaged at the time of his death driving a four horse team to a heavy roller and while thus engaged his team became uniuan- ageaMe and ran asliort distance, wlien the roller tame to pieces with the horses very much entangled in tlie liar-ne-ss. It is thought that Mr. Wright- man must have endeavored to cut his team loose from the roller and while so ling, received a kick on the band from one of the horses which forced tlie blade in bis neck musing death al most instantly. Mr. Downing, J. P., immediately summoned a jury of six men who returned the following ver dict : "We, the jury em)anelied by G. S. Downing. J. P., to hold an inquest on the liody of Asa Wrightnian, found dead iu T. S. Townsend's field, on tlie Slst clay of October, IS7L find tliat deceased came to his death (as near as we can tell) by one of bis horses kick ing his hand, in which lie had his knife, forcing the blade in his neck. causing death almost instantly by liemorrhage. ' John Downing. Georc.k L. Hrvr, John T. Brewer, Wji. Kino, P. Morris, David Mvlkev. . Sublimity. Xov. 1. Jury. For Ki.am.vth. Mr. James Brown, of the Indian Department, went north yesterday on his way to the Dilles AVarm Springs and Klamath Reserva tions. He will lie .accomatned hy Donald McKay, and they will take a train of animals at tlie Dalles and some Snake Indians, who were taken prisoners during the war. At arm Spring-1 tliey will gather up more of these pri-Kiners and tlien proceed to i amax. on the Kiamatn Jicservation, and restore these captives to tlieir proper bauds now tlicre. Since tlie State Fair Dr. McKay lias been en gaged gathering up tliese scattered captives, some of whom were in Washington Territory anil some at Umatilla. We do not know how great tlie nnmlier will be. Relief Ball.' The impatience that has existed among tlie lovers of tlie dance, for tlie past two or three days, can lie lietter imagined than described. The Grand Relief Ball to lie civen to-night at the Cliemeketa House, lu aid ot tlie Michigan and W iseonsin sufferers, promised to be the most brilliant affair ever known to Salem. Mj. R. P. Earhart, tlie gentlemanly proprietor of this-magnificent hotel. Is making every arrangement possible tliat will contribute to tlie comfort and pleasure of all who may grace the oc casion with their presence. . The mu sic, tinder tlie control of Mr. Haas, is expected to be superior to any music ever prepared for a similar occasion hi t'nc city. From what we can learn we anticipate that the crowd 'will be im mense. Fi'KMTCRE. As inanw people move Into txvwn for winter, and some get married and set up liousckeeping and need an outfit, we call attentiou to tlie fact tluit Van Wagner & Co.. on State street, liave a large lot of niniirure and house furnishing material on hand and can set you up in any style you please on ehort notice. Ihey have eveiything to suit, from the ordinary kitclien furniture to parlor and neti room sets that are really elegant. Head tlieir advertiseinent. Mkiucal Lbctcrk. On to-morrow evening Dr. E. Y. Cliase will deliver tlie opening address to tlie regular College course in tlie Medical Depart ment of the Willamette University, at lli-cds. Opera House. Subject of lecture, "Modern Medicine." The Lecture will commence precisely at 7 o'clock. Tlie best of music will be furnLslied for the occasion. II. Carpevter, I lean of Medical Faculty. TtKLn.F Frxi. AH funds tMt have lieen contributed by Ihe citizens of a lcm in aid of Michigan and Wisconsin sufferers will be sent off on Monday. Ladies wlio have been acting on com mitties, and have any suggestions to otter, will please call on tins Treasurer, at the .Secretary of tstate's office. Grapes. Mr. O. Dickinson has the thanks of all connected with this ollke for a box of luscious grapes. Those wishing tlie best variety of grapes can get them of Mr. Dickinson for Scent per pound. He has 700 square fect of them. Bead hi? ad. CHEliEKIttA flOlUE TUESDAY. Ned Anderion, Port F R Iluting, faff Uad, York, James U - Bay ley, W A Lancaster Saa F, forming, - Geo Hart, do, G W Johns, Salem, G R Endlong, F Noble, do. A B GUaaon, Hub bard. ciemeketa noma tbitbsdat. F B Stroof , Porti'd, W T Whittier, S F, Geo L Curry, J Donaldson, Grand P C Schajrler, Ronde, Jacob Conter, Jeffer- Bad Crowley, Salem, in. TBCans, " J D WooJon WbU'd, J I) Van Sana, Tbos D Ayers, , Roaeburj, R Robertson, caaMEKKT hotel WEfitteabAT. A L SUnton, Salem, S E Minto, Boatoo, . II E Ankeny, "CM Cartwri.ht, At I) F Bmwn, ; bauy, Jos MidJlemiftt, wf, 0 Piao, Vancouver, child k senrt, SF, A D Baboock Grand W B Horse, Port- Ronde, , land, J II Hawley, Bethel, John Perkins; Win Perkins, The Xew England MntiaK Life Iiwnninr CnmittnY offers all Ihe advantages of ape ami nrwlent management. Its average trre tx Inc lower than any otneronmpaov la the L' Bit ot St atex. U aluo offers imXivlloo against for feiture, br virtue of the MaKm-Jiurunon-Air-fiStura law, which ls a fnuure of rrral rmjor tan.': and should be can-fully cm hlerertbvall person seckine; Inminnco. The t'ornrsui? must give an equivalent In Inmranee f every lollur nr premium pftWL The law mm " Sn ford-Mure." Jow)ih XlxklU-iittxa, the General hiilK-iinleiHlcni for th! Una, l In lhl place, awl -Hiru the auqaatntanue M oar Ut7M on ' his all important sulgtvt, an-l will tale pattu to nake all acquainted with fact. nova. KerrBNEi). Dr. J. A. Richard --on, for ten day past has iieen out iu the country for tlie purpose of improving his health.- lie U back In the cify again and is looking much better. He cstii be found as tnual at tlie Commer cial Hotel. - ToJCtheun It Mar ver ,-in-tmt-iam-m Iwin annal. the fjfc Iimnranee (xwi)any that sprnds Ihe kM In running expenm-s Is the Ik In Inure in, fur tlie money thus mred is dlvfclnil among; the pol-k-v hol'liTB In purely mutual v-tiiAut.. "Mfc-h u Ihe New Enclanrl Mimwl." (iet one of their cin-ulans at the C'lM-mrkcta House. ihv3 Boys' Rights. BV A HOY. Talk about tlie women! and tlie dar kies, and the the rest of 'ein : none nf 'cm all are lialf so badly u-wd as tlie Imivs are. Ak any boy. I know a lot, and I can give tlieir names. Ak em all. 1 liey 11 tell yon to be a boy is to be soraclxxly witliout a right iu tlie world. . You're to take all the saw tliat's given to vou, and pve none back, ci i we you're a boy. You aae to pay full fare in the cars and oiniiihusses, cause you're a boy and not a child ; and never have a seat, cause you're a boy and not a man. Fat lady gets iu lifter its all full, and look aliout her : everybody look at you. Old gentleman says, "31' son," reprovingly. Con ductor wy, ,Come now, you boy." You've jaid your sixpence. No mat ter tliat ts notlitiig. 1 ou ve been on your legs with bundles all day. Wlio cares? loureaboy. is ow a horse lias such a load given to him as lie .can ctirry, and a man won't take any more than lie can walk under. -k boys what grown folks think they can carry. Tliere 's no limit to it. Who does'nt know a boy who does man's work, and does it well, for a tenth of tvhat a man would get for it? Who lias'tit read an ad vertisement for a boy wlio "writes a good hi) nd, understands ncoounts, is willing to make himself useful,' boards with his parents is trustworthy, lias no objection to pitting up all night, ami no impudence about him; the lest reeommendatson rulred, and two dollars a week wages." Ask boys wlictlier old fellows don't make as much fuss about wicb pkm.s as if tliey were doing you a favor tint would set you np for life. Who wants r boy anywhere ? Your sisters don't lu tlie parlor. Your fa tlKT don't ; he always asks vou if you are not wanted to do something soiue wliere. You make ,your motlier iK-ad ai-he, wlienever you come near Ikt. Old ladies snap you. Young la dies luite boys. Young men tease you, and give it to you if you tease back. Other fellows it' because tliey are aggravated I know always want to H4ht, if they don't kuow you ; and when you get' blrck eye ami a torn jacket, you liear of It at home. You lKk Uick and wonder If you ever were tliat pretty little fellow iu jietticoats tlwit everyliody stiifled wit'i candy ; and ou " won'der If you'll ever be a man. and liketl by tlie girls, and be treated politely by the otlier fellows, and paid for your work, and allowed to do a you clioose. Ami you make up your mind every day not to be a boy "any longer tlian you can help It; and you hear your grand father complaining tliat tliere are no Imys how, and wonder If lie remem bers the life they led, ami tliat lie don't consider it a Mibject of rejoicing. Tliere's only one comfort in It all : boys will grow uji, and wlien tliey do, they generally forget all tliey went through in their youth, awl make the Imys of tlieir day sutler "just as they did. Letters of Recommendation. A gentleman advertised for a boy ti assist him in his office, and nearly fifty ,-iiipncant.s presented tnemserves to him. Out of the whole number, he, in a short time, selected one and dis missed the rest. " I should like to know," said a friend, "on wliat ground you selected that boy, wlio had not a single reconi memlation ? " "You are mistaken." said the cen- tlemtm ; " he liad a great many. He wiped his feet wlien he caine'in, and closed tlie door after him, showing that he was careful. He gave up Kis seat Instantly to tliat lame' old man, showing tliat he was kind ami tliought fnl. He took off his cap wlien lie came in, and answered my iiutstloii-s Iiromptly ami respectfully, siiowing ie w.os polite and gentlemanly. He picked up the nook wntcti i naa pur posely laid umi tlie floor, ami re placed it on tlie table ; while all the rest stepped over it. 'or slioved it aside, ami lie waited quietly for his turn in stead of pushing and crowding, siiow ing tliat lie was lionest and orderly. Wlien I talked with hi in I not iced tliat his clotlies were careftillvbruslied, his liair in nice order, and Ills teeth as white as milk ; and wlien lie wrote his name, I noticed tliat his finger nails were clean, instead of being tipped with-jet, like that handsome little fel low' in the blue jacket. Dou't you call thoe things letters of recommend ation ? I do, and I would give more for wliat I can tell you about a boy by using my eyes ten minutes than all tlie nne letters he can bring me." Tlie Hon. Wm. II. Seward arrived in Xew York from Kurope yesterday, and immediately proceeded to the res idence of his son, Frederick W. Sew ard, Esq., at Peekskill. He lias em ployed his first year of recreation, af ter a life spent lu laborious public service, in making a voyage which not many years ago would Jiave been con sidered a reasonable achlevment for any man's lifetime. He lias not mere ly put a girdle round about tlie eartli, but Iks has visited with delilierate in terest the Interior cities of Japan, China ami India, ami although holding no official position, lias been received everywhere with tlie honors due to Ms long and distinguislicd service. In his active and varied career, he has ot course created many antagonisms, ami provoked much severity of criticism ; but we are sure that among opponent and partisans there are none wlio will not old him cordially svelcoine hom, and rejoice tlU he has been able sa-le and prosperously to complete this self imposed and hiost instructive expedi tion. Tlie good wishes of his fellow- citizens meet bim, ami follow him in his well-earned re'iioc. Trlti', Oct. 4th. An Irish gentleman, laving a small picture room, several persons desired to see it at the same time. Faith Gentlemen," said he, "If you all g In, It will not liokl lialf of you." .Taian luis a collar store, and Con stantinople has wltuesied iu first ch cits. ? ,. -