EBANO VOL. I. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1887. NO. 17. nn E EXPRESS (ixtti cvkrt riuiv.) J. H. BTINE & CO Publisher TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTIOH.. On. Vear W Hit M.inth. 1 lare. Month M ( fa)all la alTauce TERMS OF AUVKKTISINU. Cn atnam. flmt lnrtlm .. W W r-acfa 4.1IlI.uI MiavrUiin. lit Local Notice, pet tin. IS crnta Regular ailTCTthemenU laaartrd upon liberal W-rtu, JOB PRINTING. All dewrtytlona of Job Printtnt dona on ahivrt nttr. HtanVa, tlrenlara, Huatuww t'aitt. Hill IliwK Letter Hnx'l, lMter etc.. executed Ul good tj k .ml at kw.t uvtni praeea. BOCIKTY NOTICES. LEBAHOX MlttOH, NO. . A. F. A. M : Mceta ml tbetr tifw hall In Mamnto Muck, on Satunlay drculnc, on or brtur. the Kill moon J WASSON, W. M. LEBANON IXVfXlF, NO. 47. I. O O F : M.tU Hal unlay evening of each Week, at IHItl rVllnw Hall, Main Mnrtj iatUu( fcreUm-n cordially inltml tu attend. J. J. CHARLTON. Tt. tl. HONOR LOIMSK NO. A. O. V. W., T-tnon, lrrM: MrvU every lint and tliinl Ttmmlajr rrii tua in ill. mouth. V. K RoMIAtti. At. W. J. S. COURTNEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON, LF.BAKOX OREUOX. f'WOtRct la Dr. Foa-lle RoMnm. F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public and General Insurance Agt, LKRANOX. OREOON. Collection, ami other bwlnna promptly attended t-v OAc on Main street. DR. A. H. PETERSON, SURGICAL. DENTIST, Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. tEBANOW. OREOO. Oflic In re-rf.lmre, on Main street, et done iwwth ot V. B MnoUpw bow reatdunec. All vurk warrant! Itiarcea reaaooable. C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, LEBANOX. ORfXSON. Sharinc. Hair Outline, anl Ahampooin. In the latest and BEST STYLES. W Patronage respectfully solicited. ST, CHARLES HOTEL, LEBANON. OKEtSOX. N. W. Corner Main and Rheeman Streets, two Mock. feast of K K. ltv. J. NIXON, Prop'r. Table Supplied with the Beat the Market Anortls. Sample Room, ami the B-t Aecoeamodatlon. for vocanmiia. awn. t.Onrral Mage Ofa . J. O. ROLAND, Ibanoa. OrKB. HAiicncnrut o psai.is. tx Harness, Saddles,. Bridles, Whips, Spurs, ,...AD ALL.... Goods in the Saddlery Line, Harness and Saddle Repaired Promptly and at LOW PRICES. LiKI3A0 Meat Market BI HL . KGLLEHBGRtlGit, Prprllar. Fresh and Salted Beef and Pork, MUTTON, PORK, SAUSACE, BOLOCNA and HAM Bacon and Lara always on Hand. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. Gr. W. SMITH. Lebanon, Oregon UKAl.KR IN Siotes auflTuiware,lM,PMDs,&c. .MANf FALTt'RKR OF.. Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware, LIMEKILN CLUB. Brother Gardner 1'unl.hea a Wretch Found tiullty of Mealing nn t'mbrvlla. Previous to tho opening of the meet ing IlrotWr GHrtlner, Sit Inaac Wal- k1c and Yaj,lowti Iluhpo were 'n In arni'st conVt'i-witlion ninuntt the lire!- dent's dtwk, and Mlirti th triangle aminiletl It wm pretty woll unili'i tMnl thnniKhiiiit the room tlmt Hoinn nitiU trr of grurift liniMii tiuico wft on tin tapiH. Onn Inillvlilual aoi'iinnl to ft'-l evi'ii more than a lively tuirloHity. This was llrothor Pro;e!i Darlji, a nnml)or of alMiut sK nioiitlm' BtMiiding. lit) jiunnii'd Iiioist lf into a corner ami trhnl to appear as uniaU m os11j1o, and when inquiries worn made nlxjut hU (tore heel ho let on that he had an awful toothat'he and didn't want to talk. Seareely had tho meeting open ed when he was called to apiiear at the president a tU-Hk. I ho hnik of terror AN ENORMOUS GRANT. Over Rtiven Million A area of North weatorli Iinil One. Owtifftt by On Man. Searching for other records In the ofllefl of tho ltefflstor of Deeds of Craw ford County, WUcimslii. I cimie across tho following entries, which moy le of Interest to many of your readers. Transcript of a deed given to Jonathan Carver in 17C7: "To Jonathan Carver, chief of the most mighty and potent (Jcorgo the Third, King of tho Kngliiti and other nations; the fame- ot win we courageous warriours has reached our ears und has been more fully told us by our good brother, Jonathan, aforesaid, whom we rejoice to see among us and bring us good news from his country; we, the Chiefs of the Naudowissics, who have hereunto set our hands and seals, and by these presents fflr ourselves and heirs forever, in return for the m.inv which t ame to his fa as he rose " pre,.its and good srrriees done bT th'e All kinds of Repairing Done at Short Notice. A!o koep In stock Tlio "WIRE BED. T. S. PILLSBURY, Brownsville, Oregon. Practical . Watchmaker. .1KALER IN. Watches, Jewelry, Optical Goods. A COMPLKTK ASmlRTMBNT OF. JEWELRY. Rings, Bracelets, ROYAL ALLOY THIMBLES, LADIES Cuff and Collar 8ETS, Chains, Pins, Etc. ROGERS & BROS.9 SILVERWARE. All .l .-iaaraatee4. All Mark Warranted. First Doer Hart, of the Citi HalL Mail Street. I IiowiiMvill Or MITCHELL & LEWIS CO., Limited. Parlor-: Haelae. Im. Hraarhi I"rlla. Or MANtTACTCRFRS OP THE MITCHELL FARM AND SPRING WAGONS. provetl that ho reganltnl the matter in a very serious light, and ho nhuflleil up the long nislo like one (,'olug to an exe cution. . 'llmdiler Ppocrss Davis," eattl tlie president In very solemn tones, ."at one of our weekl3" meetin's last fall, an as we" war' about to disjK'rse to our homes. Sir Isaac Walpole dtakiucred dat his nmbreller was niissin'. It was an um bivller wid a white bone handle, an' it was an heirloom in his fam'ly. His gran'fadder had walked under dat nm breller, an' it had kept tie rain off his fadder, an he himself had owned it fur nigh upon thirty y'ars. It had leon left in kyars an on steamboats an on de front doah step;, an' IioIxmIv had ttwik it. He liatl biung it down heah two huiulreil times, an' it war' alius wait in' fur him when ho got ready t go home. At las' some one stole it some human hyena laid his desecrated paws on dat sacred relick an' Wro it off. We made ebry effort to find it. but de hunt was in vain. Ien we settled down to wait for Justice. She uebber sleeps. She sometimes does a good deal of fixdin' around, an' dar am sometimes a mighty long wait between de ackts, but she nebber sleeps. She didn't go to frleep dis time. She war' lookiu' fur you. an' yesterday she oberhauled yon. You hud Sir Isaac's umbreller under jer arm. iteaii am tie limn prom 10 con vict 3'ou! You are de hyena who stele it, an' you are now liefo' de bar of Justice! Prisoner, how do you plead?" Process stood there with his mouth open and could not reply. The sudden shock seemed o have paralysed him. His guilt was as plain as tho hind but tons on a coat. Do pusoon who will steal an um breller nmler any circumstances," con tinued the president, 'desarvcscouiline ptinishnienL In tlis ease you stole it litini a fellow-menilter of a society, an you atlded do sin of lyin' to your crime. Your name will be enwsed off our ImmTs, an' you will enter dis hall no mo' forelter. De carryln' out of tie rest of de sentence am left to (ivcad.im Jones an' Hercules Johnson." The prisoner was removed to the ante-room, and altout a minute later laradie Hall was shaken from roof to cellar. This was followed by a buni ing sound on the stairs leading to the alley, and thU again by the sound of fee making a rush for life, brother Process Davis will doubtless remain in Canada during the rest of his life. Ik t roil Free iVcw. HIGH-LIFE NUPTIALS. rrvttr Kdltorlal Hrnd-OflT foml.inwl from th. Mnilily Fork. Hugls. THE MITCHELL WAGON. IxST. Header and Trucks; Dump, Hand and Road Carts; Open Buggies, Phaetons, Carriages, Buckboards, and and Top Renerat AgcnU for Canton Clipper Mow. Harrows. Cultivators. Road Scrapers. (Me Chilled l'lovrs. Ideal Feed Mills ar.d Wind Mills, Knowl ton lUr 1 takes. Horse Powers. Wood Saws. Feed Cutters, etc. Wa carry the largest and best assorted stock of Vehicles on the Northwest Coast. All ur work is built especially for this trade aud fully warranted. Send for new 18S7 catalogue. Mitchell & Lewis Co., Limited, 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Our good are sold by F. H. ROSCOE & CO., Hardware Dealers, Ibanon, Or. Gr. E. Watch maker MEAD'S Harness Shop Manufacturer and Paaler b HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS, SPURS, ....And a fiili lino of.... Saddlery Goods. All work work wursnted Rand made umI Cuiif urnita Leather. ..PEALCR IX Watclies, Clocks. Jewelry, Silycr Plated Ware and Optical Goods. . . AGKXT FOR O O O O O O O Anta (or STAYER k WALKER Agricultural Implements And the Celebrated STUDEBAKER WAGON. Main Street, . now, Oregon. Repairing Specialty. Quick-Train unequaiiea FORD WATCHES EXACTING SERVICE O O O O O O o a -'.-vt i y v- a Bfcjrr. sola Tfr. In O '& Saral Ob 1 .ruu-TH .w Hill ShankM and Lib Hipper waltzed into the ofllco of onr genial justice of the peace yesterday, and wcro made tine man in about three shakes of a dead sheep's tail. Lib and HUl are loadinir society twoplo here, niul thev have scads of friends who join us in wishing that their married life may be all lovo and molasses. Bill is a royal good boy, and them that knows Lib knows that they ain't no discount on her. Sho Is the most accomplished young lady in Muddy Forks, anil one that any man could bo proud of. She killed two bears with a club, one day last spring, aud can slap over throe acres of iraifie-sod with a yoke of oxen any day. Sho can split more rails in a day than any other j oung lady in these parts, nnd there ain't many men that boat her on "cord-wood. Lib Is a dandy when it comes to fancy work of litis kind. The blooming young couple left yes terday on foot for Kansas City, on a lit tle wedding-tour anil honeymoon-speculation. They will bo at home in their own dug-out after tho 10th. I'id-Iiits. . . Answers to Correspondents. r V . . 1 1 . . ! . d. a! Maggie. i. iiu; a enow mihii is huv J e aV e I e T. suitable for street wear unless you have it dyed. 2. You should always nng tlie door-bell when visiting, and not use a pass-key. A. U. C Trim your velvet skirt with flounces of white llanjmrg edg ing, and slit the waist up tho back, so it can Iks buttoned in front. Daisy. White chalk is gid for red elbows; also stove polish. If wo were you, we would have tho graduating dress made with sleeves to como to the wrist- This will prevent red elbows attracting attention. Clara 11. 1. No; seal-skin saeques will not be worn all summer. 2.Sash m 1.1 mi slionhl lie n vard wide, and all Guaranteed wool. 3. We do not answer imperti nent questions by mail. Lije. . Carolina said Jonathan to ourselves aud allies. give, grant and convey to him, the said Jonathan, ami his heirs and Rssigns forever, the whole of a certain tract or territory of land, hounded its follows to-wit: From tho Falls of St, Anthony running on the east bank of the Missis sippi, nearly southeast as far as the south end of Lake Pepin, where the Chippewny River joins the Mississippi, mill front thence emtwunl five iliivs' travel, accounting twent v Knglish iniltT i wicked per day, and thence north sis days' travel at twenty English miles ier day, ami from thence to the lulls of St. Anthony in a straight line. We do, for ourselves, our heirs and assigns for ever, give unto the said Jonathan, his heirs and assigns forever, all the Raid laud, with all the trees, rocks and rivers therein, reserv ing to ourselves and heirs the sole liberty of hunting aud fishing on the land not planted or improved by said Jonathan, his heirs or as-dgus; to which we have affixed our respective seals at the CreatCave, May the 1st, One Thou sand Seven Hundred and Sixty-seven. "Hawnopawjatin - Turtle his X mark. 'Otehtongoomlishoaw-Siiake his X mark. "Said deed is in the records of the Plantation-Onicc, White Halt. Lon don." Leavens Carver, one of the descend ants of Jonathan Carver, purchased the right, tit 1.9 nnd interest of some of the other heirs prior to 1.')7. The 10th of July, 137, a deed was recorded in Crawford County, whereby the said Ieavcns Carver sold tho one-half of all his right, title and interest "to James Ilaxter, of Stanstead, in the Province of Lower Canada, Member of his ltt'itatiuie Majesty's Legislative Council for the Province of Lower Canada, in Ilritisli North Atricrica, and Wright Chamberlain. E.. Lieutenants Colonel of Stunstcd County militia." Consideration for the deed was five hundred thouaiid dollars, lly act t,f Congress, approved the 17th day of April, 128, the Carver claim was ac knowledged and confirmed. It seems nlitioKt incredible that less than one hundred and twenty years ago the vast area covered by the Carver deetl was transferred for such paltry considerations. Three large cities are now in this territory. How many of the inhabitants of St. Paul, Chipjiewa Falls and Kau Claire know in whom was vested the first title to all their real estate after the Indian title was ex tinguished. Kven the Pillbury miils at Minnc hh;Hs must stand UMn this grant. In Wisconsin the counties of Pierce, Pepin, Clark, Kau Claire and Taylor, aud parts of the counties of liuffalo, Trem ealeau, Jackson, Wood. Marathon, Lincoln, Chippewa, H irron, Dunn and St. Croix are within tlie bounds of the granL lit Minnesota tlie valuable part of this grant is to-day the city of St. Paul. It would be an item of interest to know what Jonathan Carver's heirs rccievod for this enormous domain over 7,(XK),(KH) ncres of land. Cor. Chicago Tribune. RUSSIA'S PEASANTRY. The L'ttrrly Hopttlra Condition of th. Orrat Majority of the liar'. Suhjert. The condition of the Russian peas antry, w hich has been long and steadi ly deteriorating, has now become so utterly hojielesB that only some special extra pressure is required to make their deep discontent break out In rebellion. The "nioujik" knows nothing of "con stitutions" or "political freedom." Ho sighs for none of these things. He hates the Niliililts, for they are innova tors and the declared enemies of the Czar. He has a great patriotic ami su perstitious regard for the Emperor, as the head of his Church, the fountain of all good gifts, ami the representa tive of an ancient national institution. Hut when firmly established in his po sition, one Czar satisfies the Russian peasant quite as well as another. The Kmperor Nicholas was quite as good to him as would have been his elder brother Constantihe, hail the latter not been put out of the way, and the Em press Catherine, a foreigner and a woman, was quite as good as the hus band whom she disposed of. If his grievances become too great the peasant will not hesitate to attack the Czar's officers, tax collectors and others, and he will maintain a comfortable theory that the autocrat is unaware of his sufferings, and that he is the victim of nobles aud officials who have combined to persecute him and to deceive the Czar. Before the peasant was emancipated he worked under his master's directions, he mid no taxes, he seldom .had any money, and he got but little "vodky." His master guaranteed his subsistence, and he had no particular cares or anx ieties. W hen emancipated he was made a present of some land, but he also became resjwmsible for his own subsistence, and he became subject to a land tax. He remained, however, thoroughly careless, and his only so licitude was to do as little work as possible. Circumstances for a time favored him. Good land was abun dant, the price of corn in EurojK? rose, railways were made to tmnjMrt his grain, the money rolled pleasantly into his poekeN, and tho Government kindly alsdishod the spirit monopolies, ami brought "vodky," plentiful and cheap, to his door1. Times have, 'how ever, changed iiow;1iis land, which he never troubled to manure, is exhausted; the once of rrain has fallen; America and India are convicting with him; his sons, his laborers, are taken away by the conscription, and the land tax alone remains as liefore. Remissions of the tax are made from time to time, but only where the arrears have become so heavr that their collection is per fectly hojndess. Naturally tho peasant is on his last legs and any thing but cheerful. He is slow to move, but with a little extra pressure, a cry against any of his recognized enemies, the Jews, the "tchinovniks," or the nobles, will start him on a career of violence w hich nothing but grape-shot will stop. And this is the great danger which will smil Russia from within under the in- uenee of the stress of a prolonged war. Quarterly Ilerietc. INDIAN .ARISTOCRATS. SKATING IN AMSTERDAM. o o o o o o o Ihty by ezeltutTa Airenta llaaln. Jeweler.), artta a mi matraniy. All Work o o o o o o o ALSO AOINT TOWL.... The New Noble Sewing Machine and Machine Supplies. LEBANON OREGON. The farmers of South have concluded that they can no longer raise rice with profit. It is very diffi cult to obtain reliable labor for the rice fields. During tho last few years several other cereals have come into use in the placo of rice, nnd the de mand for it has increased. Cincinnati 2'irnea. Winter Ncene. of Interest on the Frosen Canal of th. latrh Mrtropolla. As Amsterdam is made up of one hundred little islands, formed by the intersection of numerous canals, the click of stetd-clad feet is heard all around the tourist. The grandest view of humanity on wings cati; be had in the environs of Amsterdam oil a Sun day afternoon. Upon nn ice-covered space of more than six miles square. created by the union of the Amstel and tho Y, tho inhabitants of Amsterdam and vicinity are out in force, and to see a gang of 20,000 skaters is nothing wouderful. Rows of tents, used as res taurants, billiard saloons, theaters. etc., meet the eye everywhere, and the tired skater has always a place on hand where rest and a supply for the. inner man can bo obtained. Gazing upon the flying assembly, the eye is drawn to a couplo who, hand in hand, execute the most difficult feat of scientific skat ing, or who, in company .with others, go through the iectiliarly intricate movements of the quadrille. Farther on, a space of two hundred yawls long by fifty broad is lined on both sides with spectators to view tho swiftness of competitive racing. Roth ladies and gentlemen indulge in these races, and every season prizes are offered by tho city authorities for tho swiftest skater. Crossing this skating place, you are nearly overrun by a joyful band of rosy cheeked lads and lasses, who, believing there is speed in union, have supplied themselves with a gaily colored pol twenty feet long, and placing it under the right arms of tho skatrs, ranged one after the other, annihilate space with the velocity of a race-horse.. Jewish Mes$ewr. ALASKA TERRITORY. 1 ts Otorovery and Area and Aeqnlsltloa by the l olled State. When Secretary Seward bought Alaska from Russia he abided to the United States a territory of much larger area than the States of New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois. Iowa, Michigan. Wisconsin and Missouri to gether, and nearly nine times larger than England and Wales. The terri tory stretches out so far to the west ward that Sitka, its capital, is only half way f roni New York City to tho most western Alaskan island. Many of the details of the formation of Alaska read ike quotations from fairy tales. It has a volcano 8,000 feet high. The Yukon iver is at some points from fifteen to wenty miles wide, its entire length is 2,000 miles and it empties with such olume into the sea that the ocean is said to be fresh water for ten miles out. The temperature does at times fall as low as liftv-eight degrees below zero. but as a rule it is mild, on account of a sort of gulf stream known as the Jap anese current It was Peter the Great who set on foot the expedition which finally discovered Alaska. It was in 172o that the explorers set out to cross Siberia, toward the east, and one of their leaders was Bchring, a Dane, who had been long in tho Russian service. He did not land in Alaska till seventeen years later, and died on one of the islands off the shore, which bears his name and where his Itotly now lies. Spain, Eng land and France also sent out explor ing expeditious, and Russia established a trading company, winch soul the furs of the region, lint in 18b7 Secretary Seward effected a purchase of Alaska for the United States, which paid Rus sia f7,2(X),000, and a little more than two years ago it was organized as a civil and judicial district, of which A. P. Swinefoiil is Governor. At present the chief industries are carried on by the fishery and seal fur companies. In 1880 the catch of salmon was 8,000 eases, in 1883, 36,000 cases, aud in 1885, 65,000 cases, at about $5 a case. The magnitude of the fur operations aiay be seen from the fact that between 1871 and 1883 about fo.000,000 was paid by the company to the United States Government as rent and tax. There are also mines of coal, lead, cop per, silver and gold, an l a vast growth f fine spruce and cedar, which will some day prove of great value to the people of the United States. It appear to be clear now that Secretary Seward tcted wisely when he negotiated tin purchase from Russia, San 'Fraiieise Examiner. Tralta, Mtnmn and Dreaa of th Various Order, of Hrahmln. To study Hrahminism, its mysticism. Its almost fatal influence either on its devotees or upon those wretched peopld who are not of that faith, and who from that unfortunate circumstance are ac cording to the Brahminical theory no lK'tter than dogs, one must go to South India. There one will learn that the Brahmin is an autocratic aristocrat and that neither merit, nor wealth, nor bravery, nor talent can place any man not a Brahmin on the same pedestal on which crouches the meanest natured man of his divine origin. And whether he be Vishnu or Shiva the Brahmin is an aristocrat One recognizes that whatever may be his other qualities the Brahmin is a gentleman a cultured and intellectual man of the world, who recognizes none as bis superior and a great many as his inferior. ;The Brah min is a striking example of the supe- ' riority supposed to be due to the acci dent of birth, and the further south one travels in India the more marked is this. In Tanjaze, which is termed the garden of India, Maddura and Tinnevelly, does the Brahmin most repay study. Here under their vast groves the Brahmin seems not to have heard through the dense forests the bustle of an enterpris ing world. His world is yet the tiny hand-swept village, with the school house where the pupil learns by rote Brahminical nonsense and peculiar Eng lish phraseology, for the Brahmin kno-vs that unless he learns English there is no chance for hint to wear the Government livery, which alike to Eu ropean and native is the highest aspira tion. The way in which to distinguish the devotees of Vishnu and Shiva is not difficult, for men of Vishnu wear on their foreheads a mark similar to this , while those of Shiva carry in the center of their forehead a round sandal-wood dot, which is used by Hindus tani women for the same purpose as are the tiny black sticking-plaster dots upon the fair faces of our ladies, called "beauty sots." The Vishnuites and rrhivites also carry a distinction in their names. The former take the af fix "Iengar" to their names, while the latter have "Iyer." Not alone this, tho characters of the two are also dif ferent. Tlie Iengars, it is declared, are a self-sufficient race, and are noted for their cunning, while the Iyers are said to be humbler, more ingenuous and more scholarly inclined. As the women's names are never known to the outside world, and - as they carry no distinguishing marks on their faces, they are known by their dress. A woman of the Vishnu caste wears the folds of her paijama tight across her knees and thus displays a shapely ealf ' which may be envied by any woman, though it lie hidden by the petticoat. The Shiva woman, on the contrary, has a loose fold hanging on the side of her right leg, below the knee. The mate rial from which iter garment is made is of a silky texture, yellowish and red; it is but a single sheet, and forms the entire wardrobe of a noble Brah min Imly, thongti her possessions may be vast, her jew.Js the envy of many an European royal family, and her descent more illustrious and more ancient than that of any of the crowned heads of Europe. Many a Brahmin can trace his ancestry for a thousand years, while the family of Udaipur have records showing them to be over two thousand years old. A Tclugu woman wears her dress differently from either of her TAmil sisters, for she wears a close fold in front. Tamil girls who have not attained the age of puberty wear a single petticoat, and as the Brahminical law ordains that a woman has to marry when she arrives at puber ty, it goes without saying that with marriage the single petticoat has to ha exchanged with the dhoti, or man-form of dress, and that she also has to wear underneath garments. So rigid are the Brahmins in their sumptuary laws that they compel all other castes men and women to wear the petticoat, so that the most casual observer may be en abled to distinguish at a single glance a Brahmin. The Shivite and the Vish nuite alone wear the dhoti kind of dress, being equal in all respects, both having sprung from the face ot Bruiiia, the creator. There is also another sect of Brahmins called Rangi, who live on the Canarcse coast, and are declared by both Tamil anil Telngu to be lament ably superstitious and ignorant. It is among the Canarcse ttrahmins that the English have made less headway than among any other Brahmins. Cor. San, Francisco Chronicle A Deserted French Village. There is a charming Arcadian village called La Tour, situated near Privas, in the southern departnicntof Ardeche, which has become uninhabitable owing to the number Of crimes which have keen committed therein of late. A short time ago a widow named Roche was murdered there by her nephew and niece after she had made her will in their favor, and on Wednesday two small farmers quarreled with each other over a small strip of ground which each claimed as his own. The dispute was adjusted by one of the improvised liti gants kicking the viscera out of his an tagonist and leaving him for dead on the field. The inhabitants of La Tour, justly terrified at the epidemic of crime which has swept over their once-peace ful hamlet, have leit their homes in a body and migrated to less bloodstained regions. One may well ask where were the gardes champetres, or the gen darmes, while these crimes were being perpetrated. Rural France has of late had an unenviable notoriety for crime, land all its villages have hardly been like those blissful abodes depicted by -i Florian. Paris Cor. London TtUaraih.