Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-02
DAILY DEMOCRAT


One WEEK LATER FROM OREGON AND WASH
NGroN TERRToRIEs.-Locatiny Lands near
Military Posts.-The following General Or
der, dated Fort Vancouver, O. T., October
p, is issued by General Harney:
General Orders, No. 3.-As it appears that
citizens are prevented from locating near
some of the military posts in this Depart
ment; the General Commanding directs, that
hereafter every encouragement will be given
them to do So provided no Infringement is
made upon either the Military or Indian Re.
servatons Of the country.
CHILDREN BUMED.-A little daughter of
j. O, Mcdonald, Of Salem, was recently so
severely burned rs to cause her life to be de-
SPARED of. The child, says the Statesman,
during the absence Of the mother from the
room, crawled to the fire place, and fell back
wards upon the heated hearth, where it lay
sometime. The back of its head and the
neck were badly burned by the hot hearth,
and the top ofthe head was roasted by the
fire
The Olympia Pioner says that an infant
daughter of Mr.. James Guerin, of that place,
aged two and a half years, was so badly
burned, recently, as to cause her death on the
succeeding day
HENRY SHGPLGY RECovERIxG-Th Port
land Times says: Henry Shipley, of whose
serious injury by the fall of a horse we fur
nished an account in our issue of the 9th Nov.
is now in hopeful way of recovery.
DEAD BODY FouND.- The body of John
Schafner, who was lost from his boat whilst
going from Portland to Fryan's mill, has been
picked up.
AN OFFICIAL PHENoMENoN.-The States
man of Nov. 10th says }. l.. Parish, for four
years Indian Agent in Oregon, has Just re.
ceived notice of the adjustment of his ac-
counts at the Treasury Department. He
owed the Government ninety-two cts, which
sum he potiached. and took a final receipt,
ArPoINrMENT-Col Jennings, of Clacka
mas, has been appointed Register ofthe Land
Office at Oregon City gjce Ralph Wilcox, re-
signed
LET OFF EAsY.-Hackney, says the Salem
Statesman, who last summer shot Mccoy, de
putty sheriff of Multnvma county. while at
tempting to arrest him, has Just been convic-
ted of assault with intent to kill, and senten-
ced to five years confinement in the peniter-
tiary
The SoUrH UMpQUA GOLD MrNEs-The Sa-
lem Statesman of Nov. 10th says;
From our correspondents at Roseburg, and
from conversations with persons who reside
in the vicinity of the mines upon a tributary
of the South Umpqua, we learn that the
richness and extent Of the mines exceed the
anticipations of the most sanguine. There
are said to be now about two hundred per-
sons engaged in mining there, and nearly all
of them are doing exceedingly well.
Mr. Beck, of Salem, showed us the other
day a sample of the gold from these mines,
which he had obtained from some halfbreeds
recently from the South Umpqua. 1t very
coarse, and much resembles in appearance
and quality, the gold from HumUug dig
gings, in Siskiyou county, California, Large
nuggets Of several ounces in weight are fire.
quenty taken out.
OREGON LEGIsLATURE.-Th Territorial Le-
gislature is to assemble on the 9th of Decem-
Der.
SEVERELY INJURED Carl Terry, who lives
on the Forks Of the Santana, near the town
of Scio, was thrown from his horse, and so
severely kicked on the head by the vicious
brute that his skull was fractured His head
had been trepaned' but fears for his recovery
were entertained.