aw sr.i-rr'ts&armmm m i ttjrrsii ffwfaMilwsWPgWEgjftffisT 'sBmiuZZSm Tho Ooasfc Mail. SATURDAY, tarmmmmmmmmmm . march oikso. 111 ."i TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, VrriTfotf rnn Paudon. A petition is being circulated in this county for tho pardon of .lames Gibbons, who was convicted of (ho crime of man slaughter ill this county mul sent to tho Penitentiary for ton years, in 1875. While wo mo not willing (o concede that tho evidence in hiH oaso wan in milltciitiit to jiiHtify tho verdict, wu havo no desire to oppoo his paidon. Ilin I'omliii'l while in tho Penitentiary is saiil to huvo been exceptionally good, and fronrtho circumstances de veloped nn tlio trial it scorns proba lih that Edwards, who was sentenced for life for tho samo eiiino, wan tho principal nutor in robbery and nutr tier of Noble, th.it. Gibbons' co-opera-tinn in tho ciiino was of u passive character, ho being iindur tho inllu once of liquor at tho tinio, whilo I'M wards planned and executed tho vil lainy. llohiiH alroady hoon in dur nni'o for something over four yearn, mill is in declining litMilth. Under tho eireuins'imccs, tho ends of justice oan hardly ho said to call for his fur ther confinement. Poind l)i:.D. Last Monday, ns 11. P. Whitney and (Joo. M. Dyer wore coming up Jtho coast, thuy discovered tho hotly of u man lying on tho Iwnoli tihoiil four miles from llantlon, hy the ntdcofalico root, whoro ho hail ap parently lain down and chilled to death. On examination il proved to he tho hody of an old man named Arthur Boyd Scott, (better known ss 'Hunter Scott) who has hecn forborne yearn past a icsidoiil on tho head waters of Flora's crook. Ho was ccun passing JIandon tho evening hefore with a horce, which was apparently loaded with a light pack, anil it ap pears probable that night overtook him there and ho laid "down to his last sleep." .Mr. Scott was a man of eccentric habits, and prohably sixty live years old; ho had, so far as we have boon ablo to loam, no relatives in thit part of tho country, hut ho lived a lonely life in tho hills anil en joyed the good will of his neighbors. " rM'i.KKsANTsnss." I'riday of last week, (!. W. Thomas (" K'ontuck ") and V. S. Wheeler, had a little dilli culty about some plank used hy .Mr. Thomas for crossing tho creek, which Mr. Wheeler s-iid ho would throw down when they were in his way. Mr. Wheeler says Thomas wanted to shoot him with a Ilonry rillo, anil Thomas Mys Wheeler had a desire to string him on a piko-polo. Whedler got hold of tin' gun which Thomas had, anil broke it over a plunk, which tor niinatcd tho light. Wheeler had Thomas arn-sted and hound over for assault with a dangerous weapon, bonds being fixed by Justice Song-Ktai-ken at $250. Thomas furnished the required hail. As I ho matter will be examined by tho (iriinil .Jury, wo ub.ti.tin from comment upon tho mer its of ihe case. lcoply Injured. Tho -'loading editorial" of tho News of this week consists of what might bo mistaken foru malicious and iiuwnr ranted attack upon tho County Court of Curry county, and particularly up on tho Coiiuly Judge. Ilul such Is not tho character of tho articlo; it is thu fixing of n great soul, stung to frenzy by a deep and cruel injury, an expression of just resuutniont for a (orriblo outrauo. The writer of Hint article has wrongs at tho hands of tho Curry County Court that would "stir a fever in the blood of ago, and make an infant's sinew Htrong as stool." The only wonder is Unit more forcible means of icilressaro not resorted to b) the injured parly, and should he proceed with the threatened "investi gation" ho will certainly have tho sympathy ol a large circle of friends. The injury which has called forth this nbii o from tho AVici, consists in an older niailti by the Curry county court whereby tho Coaht Mam, was designated to do certain printing for tho county, and to that ex tun t became tho,'ollloial paper" for said county. To add to tho enormity of this olloiisc, it wiih done without tho knowledge or consent of the AVir.t num. It appears tint tho iWi's has a claim of Mime kind upon all things of thisoharaolor,(prob ably a right of discovery) anil there fore tho just rage now exhibited. If the injured party, by this high-handed measure, docs not annihilate all who had a hand in it, lie will bo entitled to great credit for leniency and forbearance. CORRESPONDENCE, Is Jail. IC. ha Selles, formerly of Cm ry County, anil more recently of Gardiner, has boon arrested in Rose bore for forging an order or eortillealo for .ft", a protended balance duo him f'r teaching school. Ho vn discharg ed on a technically but was rearrested foi trying lo obtain money under false pieiense, and was held to answer, bail being fixed at $150. Ho was unable to furnish the required security, ami has gone to jail. This is tho follow who wrote WagslnlPs editorial de nouncing Judge Woodruir of Curry County, and ho is still sustaining the character ho acquired in' that and other lranaotious in good stylo. l.i:m:u List. The following is tho Jistof letters remaining in tho 1'oslof lice at Marshl'iulil, March 1st : Thos. llering, Addio Jones, S. Judkins, An drew Johnson, duolOets., Marg. A. Krang, K. Mortimer, Moat Huildor Mackey, Mary K, Moltr, J. 1). Moran, Chas. II. Smith, Solph, W. Strau- herg, William Strong, duo 10 cts , John Selin, Richard Vincent, 2; Jay Wiggin, Bardie West, Willie Wobstor, held for postage. A.NABiiuitii.P. M. FitoirTitiinR. 0. Howe, tho Dora iiursery-nian, will ho on tho Hay next week to 1111 orders for trees. It is now u good time to put out trees, ami he hopes to meet all his customers ready to take the treouoll'liis hands without, delay. Tin; "Ci'itr.s." We are informed by Capt Hum! of Norway that thu utoanier Cvrc is ready to receive her machinery which has late boon or dered from San Francisco, llo ex pects to have thu boat ready for duty by tho 1st of April. G. A Hhnnktt, who ban been absent in tlui interior some monlhtj past, ar rived on tho hay htbl week, ho looks as though ho had been well treated abroad. Wi:jiii:n Bltos. have been painting and refitting the interior of tho Cen tral Hotel hut it doesn't add a cent to the price of hoard. Give tlio.ni a call. Wi: call (ho atteuliun of road Sup visors tonconiniunieallou from. lodge. Koflor, onthueuhjeot of road work, appearing in another ooluwn. COQUILLE ITEMS, Dim. Steele and Augell have gone to Sixes river to examine a Mrs. Kate Wilson, whom il is said is insane. Till: schooner Free Tmtle wna towed out on the 21st of February, and the JoSr on the 22d. They are both ex pected hack. Miss Nannie Ranaomo of Myrtle Point, who has been attending school hero has been quite hick for tho past few days, but is now convalescent, At the annual school meeting at this place, the following ollleers wore elect ed : (i. Mold, re-elected, Director; W. 1'. Wright, Director to fill vacancy canned by resignation of J, Niuburg ; H. K. Huek, Clerk. A report caino up on tho steamer to-day, to the cUocl that the dead body of W. A. Scott ("Hunter Scott") of I'orl Orfortl, Curry county, was found on the beach below Lewis' place. The question is frequently asked, "When and where will the Republican County Convention meet?" Coqtiillo City, March 2, 18S0. Another Ticket. Coouin.i: Oitv March 2, 1SS0. Mit. Kniron : I would suggest tho following candidates for county olll eers on the Kchuhlican ticket : State Senator, II. 11. Jones; Repre sentative, Win. .Morris : County Clerk, Alex. Stand' : Sheriff, Hob Simpson, Chas. Olive or Joo Gilbert : County Treasurer, David Morse, Jr. : County Commissioners, S. Rogers and Dan (lilos: Assessor, 1). Drew, or 1.. Her locker: School Superintendent, I. II. Atkinson: Surveyor, J. J. Clinken heard : Coroner, Dr. Steele. 1 am a Republican of the 'old school' and I would have at tho head of my ticket the name of J. Ci. Itlaiuo. for President. Coqviu.k City, Oh., March hi, 1880. JCd. Mam,: Hinco the Into Hlorin I lutvo frequently l)eeii nuked the qtioallon by road supervisors: "Can Wo, under tlio present roml luw, make double (issoshiuuiiL of road la bor in our respective dintrioUi, in or der lo open tlio rotuls blockaded hy fallen liinbci'V" In answer to tho above ititorrogn torioH I need only refer to .Sections 28 it .'II lload Iaws of Oregon which iiiiny opinion gives road siipervin or full power and authority to cause the roads in their roflpootive dislrielH lobe put in good repair; and I think where roads have boon once opened and travelcil,it makes it oblig atory upon HttpcrvisorH to open the Hiune, and in case of failure to do so, tho supervisor is liable to indict ment by (he (Irand Jury. Sect. 28 ways if the labor in his district, iihkcbkciI according to Hect. 22, that is, two days work and one for each II, (XX) assessed for Slate and for that purpose, then he shall have county purposes; is not sudicient authority lo assess and call out etc. Woareall moruor loss interested in having good roads in the county, and no good citizen would object to double assessment if it is made uni form and equal, 1 would therefore recommend, under tlio present cir cumstances, and taking into consi deration the condition of the roads throughout the county, that super visors adopt the double ascessnient plan Ihe present year as tho present assessment is inadequate in many districts to open Hie road3 for travel ; by so doing we will have better roads than we over had, heller markets and enhanced value of our property, and we will scarcely miss the time Let us have roads. J. IT. Nosier, Co. Judge. 1 """.' ' l.. . "J I tn II roml OpcrulIoiiN. wn Z'M IIMT.S, Mi!Nitoi:'s drugstore sports a new sign; Toiuplo was the nrlisl. W. Klliott has opened a blacks mith hop on Xasburg's wharf. Tin: Juno makes two trips to Um pire daily morning and evening. Tin: health of Mrs. Senator Grovor is reported to bo improving. Snow about tho dopth of three in ches, fell hero Tuesday oveniug. Win. Riaciir.UT has been repainting his saloon iiilCmpire and everybody goes their now for boor. Woiticon tho scows at Umpire City has been suspended during the week in consequonco of had weather. Rkv. It. Vr.oMANs will preach in Umpire City, next Sunday morning, and at Marshlleld in the evening. Kmimimi'h lenn of public school, taught by Mr. Welch, expired on Thursday lust. A piitVATK school, wo understand, is to 1)0 oponod in Ibis place about tho 1st of April, by Miss Ltivello Cliukonbcard. It is announced that Jerry Iluntly is mentioned as a candidate for Coun ty Judge by the Doiiioorais of Curry county. Tlio Democratic party could not probably do hotter than to nomin ated him. II. 1'. Wiiit.viiy is keeping up bis stock of fresh inontto tho beat pos sible standard, notwithstanding the umitml severity of tlio winter, llo drove some ilno' catllo from down the const this week, Mr. M. Mai.ahki:v lias opened a candy ktore in thu room adjoining tho Pioneer Saloon dn Front Street. As .Mr. Malurkoy is disqualillcil from performing notivo labor, wo ha upeali for him a liberal pjitiuuagu in tlio line whiqli liu bus uliOiuu as a UJOJMi of livelihood. Our groat progress in journalism is shown by the fact that in 17"o there were in tlio United States less than for ty newspapers ant! periodicals, whoso aggregate issuo for that year com prised 1,200,000 copies ; now the united press publishes over BOO daily newspa pers, more than -1,000 weeklies and about 000 monthly publications ; of the dailies that existed in 1S70, about S00,000,000 copies were struck off that year; of the weeklies, about 000,000 000; and of other serial publications, about 100,000.000, amounting in all to 100,000,000 copies. And to sum the matter up yet more forcibly, it must ho stated that the United States pub lishes newspapers, with greater com bined circulation, than all the other countries of the world can boast of having. The oldest paper of uninter rupted publication in this country is the Harford Coiirant, which has al leiuly attained the hoary ageof 110 years. In regard to its last birthday it plaintively says ; "We believe that, with tho already announced death of a New Hampshire paper, recently, at tho age of 111, wo are left in a condi tion of absolute isolation. The hwt of our early contemporaries is goiie."-AV. I'rcslilriit lul (.'iiiitllilufes. All oyes are turned in oxpcctnncy toward the railroad operations in Kastern Oregon and Washington, laborers, mechanics nnd producers alike anticipating with delight an era of prosperity which plenty of work indueos. Tho Moitntalnr.cr of last issuo says : Work on tho lino of railroad between Cclilo and nnd Wallulii is progressing, but tho force will bo quadrupled within a. very short lime. Mr. Frank Z. Taylor, of Walla Walla, has received Ihe contract to board tho hands engaged on tho work. Ifo has established one camp about ono mile above Cc lilo, whoro a forco of 120 men are engaged in blasting and grading. Four oilier camps havo been ordered established immediately. Two will bo nearly opposite Columbus, and the other two about twenty miles be low Wallulu. The Chinoso contract ed for have not yet arrived, and the only force at work is the ono men tioned above. A full force will bo putonassoon as preparations for hoarding are made, nnd tho work will boom right along toward com pletion with all possible speed. 'I'lio Ciinitl. A dispatch of tho 21th says : jr. Do Lesseps and some of his engineers ar rived to-day from Panama. The can al route has been thoroughly studied, its dilllculties investigated and prac tical plans laid for their successful treatment. The prejudices in the minds of some of the members of the commission have been removed as to the practicability of a tide level canal. Tho whole work, including every eventuality, is fct down to cost 813,- 000,000 francs or $lo8,000,000. Sever al members of the commission believe that the entire enterprise will not in volve an outlay of moro than f 150,000, 000. Time allowed for tho work, eight years. Sober .lion ICi-qn ti-cd. The chief engineer of the Oregon Railway 'and Navigation Company has notified the Superintendent of con struction that he must discharge from his employ any man who carries liquor to the workshop or into his camp. As a further precaution, that the failure of gang foremen to report any eases of disobedience ol thisorder will be regarded as sufficient cause for their dismissal. Tho reason for this stringent order is that none hut careful nnd sober men should bo em ployed, and there is no reasonable man that will think this order to severe. F.xcha.igc. A IMfttrcNMliiK I'leliirv. A correspondent, writing of the condition of tho pcoplo in Oalway county, Ireland, uses the following language : "It is a terrible slate of affairs. Fifty families here cko out a miser able existence. Their bouses arc small heaps of dirty stones, their land is rock and soft bog, and hun ger and want arc everywhere appar ent. The pcoplo go nuked and with out food. Many are slowly starving to death. Such scenes of appaling destitution I never before witnessed. Every step we look brought before our view a new and more fearful picture of destitution and suffering. The moro we saw, the more certain did death from starvation appear inevitably to be the fate of every man, woman and child in theisland. Gaunt, thin and pale were the faces of men who were naturally of her culean build, and the features of tho women and children were overspread by the ghastly palor of hunger. In many of the cabins children crouch ed shivering and almost naked around tho fire, and when I entered they sprang behind their mother, whoso single garment, a thin dress, was but the slightest protection against the wind which blew through the broken roof. On the ;firc was the dinner, a pot of brown-green seaweed. It is certain that unless Ihey are well cared for dozens will die of starvation." A 'lYxiiN unit .Tlo.ilcun ICall-irny. A lato dispatch pays tho Ifouso com Licutoimnt Hnbcrghnm has mndd mittco on railways and canals has ",s r(-'Port of l" """'oy of tlio Ump- ngreed to roport favorably on tho bill ! rlUft river wilh ,l viow t0 i'uprove authorizing the Secretary of wur to mc,lt' "u il nppci" Hint tho only mtitrnni with tbn Ran Anfnnin nnd ' improvement deemed practicable is Iloslon jiiul her IcoIc. Tho New York World expressed doubt as to Mr. Tilden'.s being a can didate, whereupon the Sun replies : Wocan answer the World: Mr- Til den is a candidate. Mr. Scymoro is a candidate. M. Hayard is a candidate. Mr. Thuriiian is a candidate. Mr. Samuel J. Randall is a candidate, lion. Hancock is a candidate. Cen. John M. Palmer is n candidate. David Davis is a candidate. Sanford K. Church is a candidate. Stephen J. Field is a candidate. IMilui 1J. Wahliburno is a candidate. Roscoo Conkling is a candidate. Win. M. F.vnrts isa candidate. John Sherman is a candidate. James G. Ulaine is a candidate. Mr. Hugh J. Juwott is a candidate Ceo. Crant is a candidate. Of coureo wo know nothing in par ticular about Mr. Tilden's candidacy; but wo know that thorulo, once a can didate til ways a candidate, has never had nn exception. An oxehango says: The informd brutality and disgusting coarseness of the Morman religion wore fairly ex hibited at a Salt bake funeral last Sunday. John Taylor, the President of the church, preached tho sermon ovor tho remains of a young man who had left tho church, hut whose mother and sisters are still members, Tho latter were present when Taylor said that "he died a drunkard, and will till a drunkard's grave. Jlo has gono to hell, anil that is whore ho deserves to go." Tho poor mother and sisters, believing in n spiritual power of tho wretch who uttered tho above lan guage, were overcome wilh anguish nnd carried fainting from the church, Quiutv. If the snow on the sum mit between hero and Hosohurg was uovoii foot in depth beforo the storm of the present week, what it is now? School Mrctino. At tlio nnuiinl uhuol mooting huh! hint Monday eve ning, Wm. Hall wmro-oleoted director uud Q. WtiUMer olwk. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES, A Mian y, Feb. 25. A fire to-night destroyed the Delevan block. The loss is estimated at over .fl.OOO.OOO. HAituisiit'ito, Feb. 25. John Wal lege, a negro barber at Mount Joy, yesterday fatally shot his wifo nnd slightly wounded his son, aged 15 years. Cause, jealousy. AfiiUKN, Feb. 20. Herman Galli gher, who murdered a school teacher named Wilson near Penryn, some months since, was to-day found guilty of murder in tho first dogroe, the ju ry nllixing the ponnlty of imprison ment for life. M Ait ion, O., Feb. 20. An unprovok ed murder occurred last evening. F.noch Young had a fight with two boys in a saloon and was badly pun ished. He left, threatening vongenee and soon returned with a knife nnd stabbed twico Israel Ronsley, who was not concerned in the fight, instantly killing him Tho labor agitation in California is attractingattention in tho East, nnd a Into dispatch says that tho New York Herald has a vigorous article on the threatened trouble in San Francisco, wherein Kalloch and tho sand lot con stitution are handled without gloves. The writer takes the ground that tho President has the right to interfere immediately, oven without the con sent of California to enforce national treaty obligations. Tlio artiolo closes thus: "Violation of treaty by Calfor n'u is'an act of rebellion against Fed eral authority and should bo vigorous ly put down like any other rebellion. If local powers refuse or neglect to af ford protection, it is tho duty of tho President to supply it, nnd all reason able citizons will rejoice to fco the sand lot demagogues taught a neoded lesson," This is the way the Cincinnati Times summarizes Boston : There is no place in tho country whore so much time is spent in study ns in Uoston. If is an old city, as cities go in this country, nnd it has accumulated wealth. Men havo leisure, and women, too, for study and reflection. They have a splendid public library, and the Athe mvum Library. They have a Music Hall, and a grand organ, and Mr. Jo seph Cook lectures to them once n week omnibus rebus et quilusdam aliis. Their young men have the look of scholnrs. They give breakfasts once in n whilo to Dr. Holmes, and the Doc" tor writes pleasant stanzas in which the wisdom of age is finely mixed with the vivacity of youth. The Atlantic is still printed there, though the North American Jleview, since it took to dis cussing fcturdy problems, has gone to New York. The genial Mr. Higginson vibrates between Uoston and New York, exuding sweetness and light and culture. Hut, after all, the virility of the Bos tonese is called in question, nnd by a question which every good Bostonian is taught to respect and read. "We have culivated our minds so much that they havo grown stale" this is the complaint. Itevcnuc of the United States. It is announced that it is thought at the treasury department that the total receipts from customs this month will be nearly 115,000,000, and from internal revenue about $9,000, 000. Taking this ns a basis, it is csti mated that tho total customs receipts of the government, for the fiscal year ending June 80th next will be about $15:!,000,000, and from internal reve nue, $117,000,000, thus making a to tal inconio to tho Government, in cluding recipts from miscellaneous sources, of about $300,000,000. It is calculated at the department that the total expenditures, including the sinking fund and interest on tho pub lic debt, will foot up between $275, 000,000, nnd $273,000,000. This would leave a profit to the government of about $25,000,000. Mcxicnn Border llnilroad Company for the immedinto construction of a railroad from San Antonio to a point on the JtioGrnndc.nt or near the town of Alcrdo, for the purpoo of es tablishing n postal and military high way from the United Slates military headquarters at San Auto lio, Tcxm, lo the Mexican border. The bill pro vides that tho Secretary of tho treas ury, for and in tho name of tho United States, shall endorse nnd guarantee the bonds of the company to the ex tent of $15,000 per mile of tho whole road to bo constructed, but not ex ceeding a total issuo of $2,100,000, tho bonds to bo made payable to tho United States. The entire line from San Antonio to tho Rio Grande shall be completed within two years from the signing of tho contract with the Government; that the Govern ment shall have the preference in the matter of service, and the right to withhold payment therefor until nil advances of money to the company are repaid, the amounts earned by the company for transport of supplier, etc., for the Government, and for the carrying of mails, to be credited to the company, and no money to be paid out of the treasury for service until tho whole amount guaranteed for the company shall have been paid. IIoiv Long Aniiuul I.lvc. The average age of cats is fifteen ycar3 ; of squirrels and hares, seven to eight years; rabbits, seven; a bear rarely exceeds twenty years; a dog lives twenty year's, a wolf twenty years, a fox, fourteen to sixteen ; lions are long lived, the one known by the name of Pompcy, living to the ago of seventy. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of 400 years. When Alexander tho Great had con quered Poms, King of India, he took a great elephant which had fought valiantly for the king, and named him Ajax, dedicating him to the sun, and letting him go with this inscrip tion, " Alexander, son of Jupiter, ded icated Ajax to the sun." The ele phant was found with this inscription 250 years after. Pigs have been known to live to the ago of twenty, and the rhinoceros to twonty-nine ; n horse has been known to the age of sixty-two, but averages twenty-five to thirty; camels sometimes live to the ago of 100 ; stags arc very long livers ; sheep seldom exceed the age of ten ; cows live about fifteen years. Cuvier considers it probable that whales some times live 1,000 years. The dolphin and porpoise attain the ago ol thirty ; an eagle died at Vienna at the age of 101 ; ravens frequently reach the age of 100; swans have been known to live 300 years. Mr. Malcrton has the skeleton of n swan that attained the ago of 200 years. Pelicans are long lived. A tortoise has been known to live to the age of 107 years. A Woman's Collcjre. IVovr Voi-lt I'roii ounce fa I'll III. (or Tho Now York Republican Conven tion mot at Utica on the 25th nit. Tho session was somewhat stormy, and ended in pledging thoNow York Del egation for Grant by a vote of 217 to 180. Tho following porsons wore named as delegates at largo to the National Convention: lloscoo Conk ling, Aloiuo 11. Cornell, C.A.Arthur and James 1). Warron. Wk Alii: informed that Owon Pel" hnm whoso disappearance from Um pire last week gavo rUo to tho four that ho hud committod suioide, has turned up n county uIimixw at Gwpiille City. Si-'jMCituix forth Aluu A dispatch from Battle- Mountain, Novada, states that an organization called tho Nevada Northern Railway Company has been ell'ectod, the object of which is to build a railroad from Battlo Mountain to Oregon and Idaho. The proposed rotito of this railway lies through some of tho richest mining districts and best agricultural lands of tho country. Robert L. S. Hall is President, and Lillian Bridges chief ongineer'of the company. Surveys of the route will bo commenced at once. Supt. Clark announces that the U. P. railroad will immediately com nienco a broad gauge road from Choy- enne to Yollowstono National Park, with a Deadwood branch. Another road will bo built from Kcho to Park City, Utah. It will bo completed by August. An oxehango says managers of tho Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com pany havo put in forco a good sanitii; ry regulation. They deduct fifty cents per month from oaoh man's pay, nnd that fund goos to equip n hospital and pay services of an attondaut surgeon Mh, Lash, tho Kastern Oregon cat tlokiug, has purehasod nt least 10,000 head of eattlo in Umatilla county, which ho will drive east in the early summer. Du. Gamih!i:m, who has boon prac ticing in Roioburg for somo time pnst line gono ISnst, it in sfud, to apply fur a position in tho army. Si'ttetti for the Maiu The Board of Trustoos of tho Willa metto University have taken the pre liminary steps to establish a now de partment in that institution, to be known as "Tho Woman's College" of tho University. A Committee ha been nppoiuted consisting of Clms. E. Lambert, E. J. Xorthrup, R. P. Boise, J. II. Itoork and W. II. Odell ; which committee shall hereafter be annual ly appointed at the yearly meeting of ihe Board of Trustees, and if thoy suc ceed in raising the funds ncccessary for the formation of said department and the maintenance for tho space of three years from Sept. 1st 1SS0, out side of the present source of income of tho University, i. e. tho property, and tuition fees of the Academy and Collet of Liberal Arts; the College is to be stablishcd. The following nro among the duties of the committcoiu organizing this department : 1st. To provide a coarso of social, moral and art culture for tho young woman in attendance upon the Acad emy nnd College of Liberal Arts of the University. 2nd. To provido suitable porsons to have charge of the different branch es of tho above, work, viz : a lady Dean or Principals Prof, of tho Art De partment and a Prof, of Music. 3d. To provido a suitable building for tho residence of such students of tho Academy and Collego as may not rcsidouts. Tho enterprise is ono woll worthy of success, and wo hope the amount re quired to put this now department in operation may bo readily securod. W.M. Ri:in, Donald Macleay and Ellis G. Hughes of Portland, havo in corporated tho "Orogon llaihvay Com pany, Limited," for tho construction of a railroad from Portland to a point at or near tho north ond of Goose Lake, the routo to be across the Cas cade Mountains somewhere near the middle fork of tlio Willamette. The capital stock is $2,000,000, and tho priuoipal olllco is nt Portland. Mr. 1). II. Stonrns has been appoint! to locate tho routo. tho romoval of three bars between Gardner nnd Scottuburg. Wo print tho following extracts from the report: Umpqun Bav from ita entrance to its head, is eight miles long, and J.f to yt miles wide. On portions of both sides marshes, intersected by tidal sloughs, extend to the hills. These lands cover about 1,800 acres, which, when reclaimed by 'diking, will be valuable. Tho bay is perfectly land locked, affording a sheltered nnchor age of 1,500 acres, with depths rang-' ing from 14 to 30 feet in low tide. It is the deepest just below Gardner. Tho entrance to Umpqun Bay pre sents the same principal features and general outline as the sea. Rugged hills, covered with fir timber on the south ; a long line of sand-fpits strewn with drift on the north ; tlio channel running westward to the bar, which lies a mile outside of the general shore line. No change of importance is percep tible in the form and position of the bar, as shown by tho U. S. Coast Sur vey of 1852. By tho courtesy of Captain Hill, of the tug Vearlens, I was cnnblcd to make soundings across tho bar, nnd found 13 feet least depth at low tide The distance between the 18-200 feet and the width of the channel 300 feet at its narrowest point. Inside, on tho south side of the channel near the second headland, there is a dangerous rock, shown on the map, a wnshout at low-water. On this a small wooden buoy, not easily visible to those unac quainted witli its exact position, baa been placed. Two buoys are needed, one on the bar, the other inside, near Winchester Head, the promontory on the south side of tho entrance. Sail ing vessels provided with pilots who know ihe bar can enter in favorable weather. Generally the outward pas sage should not be attempted without a tug. This survey was requeued by the citizens of Scottsburg for the purpose of ascertaining tho feasibility and cost of removi lg the obstructions to navi gation between that point and Gard ner. These consist of three bars, ex. isting at Brandy Island, Echo Island, and the mouth of Deane's Creek, and of a number of rocks in the channel just below the steamboat landing at Scottsburg. They are shown in de tail on the accomanying map, to gether with the works considered ne cessary for their removal. These bars have been formed recent ly, as within a few yoars schooners drawing 1)6 feot ascended to within a mile of Scottsburg. They are compos ed of sand, mud and gravel overlying rock, with a ruling depth of 2 to 3 feet nt mean low tide. The materials required in building jeities to increase the scour are found in abundance in the vicinity. In the absence of a pile driver, the jetties may be built of fas cines and gravel, tho lattor confined in sacks (a plan successfully employed in building dams on the Upper Will iamette), with ciibj filled with stone and riprapped at their extromaties. Tho estimated cost of improving tho throe bnrs is ns follows: At Brandy Islnnd, SOOfeot of jotty ; at Echo Island 1,100 feet of jetty; Deane's Creek, 1,200 feot of jetty. Total length, 3,100 feet $2 50 por foot $ 7,750 3 cribs, 15x10x0 feet, $500 eneh. 1,500 Romoval of S5 cubic yards of rock' $10. S50 Engineering and contingent expenses, 10 per cent - - 1,010 Tun Prince of WaIm belong to eve ry siurut society in lttiflnm! wteept tho flood Totapiiuv. Total cost of work - $11,110 The first town of Scottsburg was built one inilo below tlio prosont one. and was carried away by the disaster ous Hood of 1S01, and afterwards built on its present site. It was formorly tho principal dopot of supplies brought from San Francisco for the wining districts of Southern Oregon. Since tlio establishment of communication by rail and stage bctweon Portland and San FraneUeo it lias declined, this section of the country being thin, ly settled. The soil of tho Umpqun valloy is better adapted to grazing than agri. culturo; and its propuots, principally wool and hides are shipped by rail to Portland The improvement of the river below Scottsburg would benefit only the local trade, which at present is considerible. At tho same time it is advisable to move the rocks from tho vicinity of Scottsburg a- they nro dangerous; and if the shoaling on tho bars, which has been progressing for soveral years past, continues, it will bo necessary to improve them in order to keep open tho only routo through this section of the State whioh U tnuuitablo at all seasons of the yoar. Tun Sluwlanl uays an incendiary at tonipt to destroy I lie West Uniui school hoiiM in Washington county, wm mado last .Monday. The pu'tia who mmlo thu attempt curried out of tho buildiug all the books and piled them carefully awuy. Suapiekm 13 to the perpetrators is tery hwig, . nnd the next frond jury will nratMbly grt after litem-