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The Portland daily press., 1869-12-29

WHAT EVERY PERSON NEEDS is
some remedy for habitual Costiveness. "Iwould ad.
wise all those who are troubled with Dyspepsia Co.'S
tveness, Piles, Biliousn' SIS, Headache any form
of Indigestion, to use DIR. HARRISON'S PERIS-
TALIC LOZENGES."-ELISHA HUNTINGTON,
NJ D., Ex-Lieut Governor of Massachusetts,. For
sale at No. I fremont Temple, Boston, by E. A
HARRISON & Co., Propretors, and by all Drug
gists. Mailed for co cents dc24sn2mw
, 1869-01-15
CARD OF THANKS
fcorcLupap raoN rounrn rAar.l

The undersigned Committee OF Arrangements
OF the " Packers Social Parry" desire to express
their sincere thanks to |. 7. Reese, SchwaUacuer
Bros. Il Co., and Adams Bros, for generous cou,
trlouuons of supplies and materials tor decora.
ton OF the hall. Also to Messrs. Hartman &
Cook, OF the Oriental Hotel, for The splendid aud
satisfactory preparation Of the supper furnished
TO our guests, and for the preparation OF which
they have generously refused to receive any
compensation whatever, other than the good ElIi
and best wishes OF the packers, which Is hereby
sincerely rendered to them. We also tender our
thanks to Hon. F. P. Dugan, for The appropriate
remarks made in our behalf, in response TO d
vote OF thanks, rendered US by our guests. We
are also under obligations to Mr.. j. f. Abbott
and Mr. ThoEas TIeruey, for the use of cur.
ri"ges and other vehicles generously furnished
our guests, and for which they have refused CONS
peusAtion Also to Mr.. Cosgruve for use of the
ball. We desire especially to extend our uuani-
nous thanks to Mrs. Hartman, tor her in valua
Ole services in arranging aud superintendlng the
camp tables during the eutire night, aud to
whose excellent taste and untiring energy, We
are mainly indebted for the many compliments
bestowed upon the supper, by those who partook
of the same
, 1869-01-15
Notice to Settlers on Public Lands
Homestead Claimants,
l. &c TU r. f > .

A SERIES OF LECTURES will he delivered y
IA the NEW SCHOOL HOUSE, nBder the mau'ssf
ment OF the School Committee, for the purpose v
raising fund to complete the building, and % n,s''
incidental School expenses. Admission Zee % CeI1
Tickets for the whole course, 81 TO he oe'aiDsd "
Mr.. KOhlhautt7s
First Lecture, on Thursday, January Il, st Z -
by Hon. F. Henry. Su1ject-The Future ol "''-
ington Territory. ,7,
second Lecture, on Thursday, January Zl' h''
NJ, BY Judge J. F.. Wyche.
ruird Lecture ON Thursday, January 25, " - hA7
by w. II. Newell
Fourth Lecture, on Thursday, February d ""f
n, by JuGgs J d. Mix.
Fifth Lecture on Thursday, February H. a 5,.n.5 :,
NJ. BY Hon. Frank P Dugan. Subject-Ine f''''4
Revolution.
Sixth Lecture, on Thursday, February lo :.
N by N. T. Ca9on. Sugjeet-Study Of H's"''I ~
,JHuuury Isis -
, 1869-01-15

On the l4th inst, Col. J. H. PARKrR, native
OF Maine, aged about so years.
Deceased had been engaged in mining and
other pursuits at oro Fino for some six or seven
years, and was greatly esteemed by all who knew
him. He started for San Francisco some two
months since, but on reaching Walla Walla be
was taken down with paralysis and was unable
to continue his journey. Kind friends ministered
TO him throughot the whole period iof his sick
ness, and done all in human power to alleviate
bis suifrrings1
, 1869-01-15
RoI.s CITY corrssnondsnce.


BOISE CITY, January s, 1869.
EDITOR STATESMAN TO day the Eques.
trian Statue of Washington was presented to
Idaho Territory. This interesting occasion
was conducted by the presentation of the
statue and unveiling thereof by the sculptor,
Mr.. Charles 0stner, through His Excellency,
Governor D. W. Ballard. The Legislative
Houses, attended by Col ST Clair, and the
and the troops under his command, aud on
invitation of the Legislature, the Masonic
lodge, in respect for the memory of that
great and good man, who is so much rev,
cred by that order, attended the procession
in full regalia. On the stand beside the
statue were His Excellency, Mr.. Ballard,
the Judge of the Supreme Court, the Presi.
dent of the Council, and Speaker of the
House of Representatives. The Hon. j. R.
Mcbride, in an excellent speech, presented
the statue, and Frank Ganah, Esq, in his
usual fluent style, and by his love of grace,
showing how fully he entered into the sub
ject, and his thorough knowledge of history,
returned thanks on behalf Of the Legislature.
The soldiers presented arms, and amidst the
shouts of the multitude and the booming of
cannon, the affair passed off pleasantly in
spite of the snow which began to fall this
morning. This statue is the work of four
years, and is made from the native wood of
Idaho, and is presented to this Territory by
the artist. The sword is an exact represen>
tatiOn of that which the noble Pole, Kos-
usko, presented to Washington, and the iea-
lures of the Father of his Country are excel,
lent Idaho may feel proud to be the first
of the Pacific States to have a statue of
Washington to erect in the capitol square,
During the course of his remarks, Mr..
Ganahl referred to the memorable 25th of
December, l777, when amidst the cold and
terrible SHOWS, Washington exposed himself
calm and unmoved, and suggested that it
might be hoped, that as then the glory aud
triumph Of the immortal victory of Trenton
followed, so might now follow, on the expo>
sing to the people the statue of Washington
during the cold and snow of Idaho be fol.
lowed by the victory and triumph of the
Gem Of the Mountains. If the speeches are
published, as | presume they will be, they
shall be sent YOU. OBSERVER.
, 1869-01-15

INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBr.-The
first Of this month about s27,00O,OO0 10
coin were taken from. the vaults of the
Treasury Department to pay the semi-annual
interest on the bonds of 1881, and the Eve
twenlies 1t is estimated that there would
be about 500 O0O,CO in coin in the Treas,
on the lst. After deducting the interest to
be paid It would leave balance of seventy,
three milliun, OF which about twenty FIVE
million is in gold certificates, thus leaving
only about Sj0,0O0,0 900 in the vaults of the
Treasury.
, 1869-01-15

CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION. : 1t
is generally understood that Congress, at
the present session, will make new appor'
tionment under the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution. 1t will be remembered
that the amendment deprives any State of
representation in proportion to the number
of citizens within its borders who are denied
the right of suffrage. Under the new ap
portionment, the delegations from Kentucky,
Maryland and Missouri will be considerably
reduced, as in those States the negroes who
are held to be citizens now are excluded
from the suffrage. The reconstructed !"
States will gain slightly, as two 6fths of the
negro population, as shown by the last Gems
sus, and which wero not counted under the
old regime, will now be added. This coast
will not be affected Oregon and Nevada
cannot be deprived of their single represent
ative, and, as the Chinese are not citizens,
they will be counted as heretofore in Cali
fornia. 1t is probable that, if a census were
taken, California would be entitled to an
additional representative but, as the present
apportonmenl is to be based upon the cen
>us of 1860, she cannot reap the benefit Of
the increase in our population until new
reckoning is had in 1870
, 1869-01-15

THE RAILROADS Both the Central and
Union Pacic Railroads are being graded
west and north of Ogden City, Utah. Some
places the grading parties of the two roads
are halfa mile apart, while at other points
they come with in FIVE rods Of each other
running parallel.
, 1869-01-15
BIRTH.

On the 9th inst, the wife of R. Gu1cHARD,
Esq, OF son.
We tender the happy father and mother our
congratulations, and trust that their innocent
boy may ever enjoy as much happiness during
bis life as his parents have thus far.1
, 1869-01-15

AT White Pine, board is s meal, lOdg'
ing 81 per night, and mining tools, etc., iu
sweet proportion. A drifting pick costs s.,
a shovel So 50, and 40 cents a pound for
steel. 1t costs about SIS to locate claim,
inclading the necessary work to hold it for
O year.
, 1869-01-15


Toors His HoRN.-We are little later
Than usual in publishing this weeks issue,
for which we crave the pardon of our patrons
In explanation we would state the following
fact: During our absence last week there
appeared in the Register a very Aattering
notice Of Hon. L. Holmes, u S. Attorney,
who is now On a political pilgrimage to
Washington City Inasmuch said notice
did not echo our sentiments nor the SEMI
ments Of the community concerning l..
Holmes aud his qualities, and as the same
had been written by Holmes himself, as We
discovered by the original copy in bis own
handwriting now in our possession, we we're
unwilling that any politician should toot his
own horn under cover of the editorial peu
and without our knowledge or consent We
accordingly wrote a small item, removing
any false Impression that might have been
created BY the aforesaid idiosyncrasies of
Holmes, when. to our surprise, the hands in
the ONCE refused to publish it. As we in
tend to be the captain in the Office and
don't like 10 submit to the censorship of
mere employees, we gave them their walking
papers, and the trouble in securing new
!nelp explains the delay in getting out this
lssue.- Hdncouver Register
, 1869-01-15

MORE BONDS during the year ending
june 1868, according to the report of the
Register Of the Treasury, there we're issued
bonds to the amount of S375,879, 900. Of
this rmouut 1878, POI, 900 were direct issues,
S2,335 800 were issues on transfers, aud
S340, 900 on extras
, 1869-01-15

RAILROAD ELEoTIoN.-On the 22d Of
December the little town of Chilicotbe, in
Missouri, voted by Dearly a unanimous vote
to subscribe s4OO, 900 toward the coustruc>
tiOn of the Cbilicoths aud Des MOines Rail-
Road. The vote stood three hundred and
three for the subscription, and five against
it If town in Missouri, with a voting
population of less than four hundred, can
subscribe S400, 900 toward a railroad, what
is to hinder county like Walla Wdllu frou
voting a million dollars toward like enter
prise, If necessary
, 1869-01-15
MARRIED.

On the 7th inst, by Rev. s. Neel, MR. ABRA~
ham MoKERS to Mss LIBBY B. Books, all OF
Wala Walla county.
At the City Hotel, the l4th inst BY H. NJ.
Chase, Probate Judge, E. G. RIFLE, to Mas
REBECCA MORRISON, both of Walla Walla county. .
, 1869-01-15

PRIVATE adyices from the Sound state
that Juise o. B McFadden is very generally
spoken of by the democrats of that section
as their first choce for the position Of Dele
gate in Congress The River counties un-
dUubteCly will claim the candidate, but if
this ciai is disallowed we know Of no one
who would lie more acceptable to the demoe
racy OF this County.
, 1869-01-15

MUTUAL DEPENDENCY = Some niggers
down in Georgia have memOrialized Con
gress, upon which occasion they say "Our
ouly hope of dtliverance is in Congress"
The rumps can rcciprocate, and should reply
to The Georgia genrrmrn aud say, Our
only Eope of dcivcrance is in the nigger."
, 1869-01-15

TIMBER ON HOMESTEAD LOCATIONS CAM
NOT BE SoLD.-In answer to calls for in>
formation as to the rights of persons to use
timber of Homestead entries, the Commis,
sioner of the General Land Office has replied
as follows: "a homestead settler has the
privilege of using the timber upon the land
settled on BY him 70: the improvement of the
premises, but not for sale or speculation.
There is an erroneous impression that the
Homestead law regulates the matter. Tne
general law for the protection Of public
timber and punishment of trespassers there
on, as Interpreted by the Supreme Court
and department regulations Hereunder, con-
troll in the premises. Until the homestead
claimant shall have resided upon the land
claimed for five years, aOd made 6nal proof
according to law, and obtained his patent,
the fee simple title to the land is 10 the
United States, and th1 timber growing there
on must Re protected the same as other public
timber, subject ouly to the privilege of the
actual settler, TO use the same to the extent
already stated, but no further"
, 1869-01-15

TnE SENATE RoLLs.-The roll of the
Sen1Ie now in session contains the names Of
sixty SIX members, including Messrs. Hill
and Miller, Of Georgia, aud Mes,rs Speacer
aud Warner, of Alabama being an increase
OF Thirteen since the vote on impeachment.
OF this number the terms of Office oftwenty.
two will expire on the 4th of March next
n1mely; Messr'. Bayard, Of Delaware /;
Backalew, Of Pennsylvania Chandler, of
michigan COnnsss, of California; Dixon, of
Connecticut; Doohttle, of Wisconsin Ed,
munds, Of Vermont (re-elecled); Frsling>
huysen. n. ]; Henderson, of Missouri :;
Hendricks, OF Indiana Morgan, Of New
York Morrill,, Of Maine; Patterson, Of
renne'seej Ramsay, Of Minnesota Sprseue.
OF Rhode Island IRE elected Stewart, of
Nevada Sumner. of Massachusetts, Tin.
Ion' OF Nehraska; Van Winkle. of West
vlrginiAi Welch, Of Florida; Ybv,s of
Maryland Wade, Of Ohio.
, 1869-01-15

Gan. L F.CAarEE, Surveyor General Of
Idaho Territory,is now at Walla Walla, and
has paid US the compliment of call Mr..
c. speaks hopefully in regard to the railroad
and is .anguine that the branch road VII!
reach the Columbia inside of two years. lie
stats that the Company desires to run their
road through WaAa Walla Valley, and have
instructed thdr engineers to find a pass
through the mountains pointing this way. 1t
IS believed that at or near the hea OF the
Nulla Nalla a practical ronte will be found
and II so We may safely calculate upon the
road passing this way
, 1869-01-15

WHITE PINE-W. Q. Child, formerly
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S agent at Walla Walla,
is at present IN the White Pine country, and
senls US favorable reports in regard to the
mines Treasure City, the trading point for
the mines, is situated at an elevation of nine
thousand feet, aud as matter of course is a
cold place 10 live in.
, 1869-01-15

y GEN. LoSdsTREEf, says the s. F. Dis
patch, is making himself ridiculous, and
earning the contempt Of the South and the
North alike. If be we're 10 asseverate until
doousiay that be was iu favor of negro suf-
frage, no cue would believe him, aud yet he
has the assurance to tell the Southern peO>
pie that all that is required for perfect peace
is their hearty cooperation in Congressional
reconstruction Such oficious and masked
for advice is impertineut and insulting. The
idea of a people giving hearty support to
that which is not approved by their hearts
or their heads, is too absurd for serious con
sideration. The most that could be expect>
ed of them would be to peaceably acquiesce
in a state of affairs which they are powers
less to change. They might follow the
example of Longstreet, and bypocrltically
pretend to approve what in the innermost
rece.ses of their hearts they utterly despise
but that is condition Of dishonor to which
honest people, who value self-respect, cannot
descend. What Longstreet is after we do
not know. His attempt to curry favor with
the radical party will at least secure him the
unmitigated contempt of all honest men
among them. They will make him useful
to them if they can, and, all the while,
oathe him for his baseness.
, 1869-01-15

THE Western Pacific Railroad Company
propose to commence laying track upon their
road between Sacramento and Stockton in a
few days. Curs for the accommodation Of
the track layers arc now standing upon the
track in lh- vicinity of Brighton.
, 1869-01-15

NEWMAN, the silk weaver of San Jose.
intends to manufacture wholly of California
material, splendid silk flag. to be presented
to the State, TO wave over the new Canitol
pt the next session Of the Legislature. :
, 1869-01-15

REPUDIATIoN.-The New York World,
commenting on the wise, honest and econom-
ical administration OF the finances and taxes
in Great Britain, uses the following language:
" Unless we, too, can manage our debt with
some approximation to wisdom, it would be
better 10 repudiate the whole of it at once
(diSgracefui as that would BEL rather than
have our public service and business circles
tester with chronic moral rottenness. By
repudiatiug the debt and aboIishing high
taxes, we should be delivered from the gangs
Of thieves that fatten upon the public rsve.
nue." The foregoing shows that, 10 Ger,
tain contingency, tha. paper and the element
it represents will favor reputation. Will
the bond-hOlders and their allies be warned
in time
, 1869-01-15

A MYSTERIOUS TRANsACTIoN-B BOGUS
BONDS We clip the following from an ex>
change, which speaks for itself: 1T is
reported by a Washington correspondent
that about q month ago it was considered
necessary to have the plates from which the
$1,000 bonds were printed, retouched by an
engraver, and for this purpose these plates
were sent to Philadelphia, where they remain
ed twelve days, although it was supposed
that they would not occupy as many hours
Where these plates we're during these twelve
days absence, or who had them in special
keeping, is perhaps known to the officers of
the treasury building but the belief of many
is that during that time S80,00O, 900 worth
of bonds were printed, many of which have
found their way back, and some have been
redeemed, as shown by the duplicate NUNS
bers." Who will say anything about repud'
iating the debt after this The public faith
must be preserved, aud we must pay these
bonds in gold or be classed as scoundrels.
There is no doub. that nearly half of the
public debt was created 10 as fraudulent a
manner as the above, aud yet there are men
who insist we should pay the whole without
question. We don't say so.
, 1869-01-15

ATTACHED. - Rnmor has it that the
printing material lately used in the publica
tion Of the Blue Mountain Times has been
attached This acc UNITS for the delay in the
appearance Of Cox, Stone & Co.'S Onion
Let the radicals cultivate patience, aud in
due time they will be furnished their regular
allowance Of garlic
, 1869-01-15

CHARLES WEsTMuRELAND, one of the
California Presidential electors, died at Pans
ANA Of small pox. Deceased formerly resi-.
ded a, the DllIes, at which lime he figured
rather prominently in Oregon politics. He
was gentleman of fine talents, but his
habits we're such as to unfit him for life of
uscfulutss.
, 1869-01-15

DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS. .-Commi,-
sioper Wilson, of the General Land Office,
states that in the month of November last
40,9al acres Of Government land we're dis.
posed Of, the greater portion to actual settlers
, 1869-01-15
WaIIa WaIIa County Democratic Club,

EDIToR STATESMAN In response to several
enquiries lately made, am induced to furnish
the following brief sketch of the objects and
purposes of the Walla Wala County Democrat
ic Club, lately organized 10 our county:
In the month Of December last, several gen
tlemeu met aud organized this Club by appoints
ing temporary officers. Executive and otaer
committees were appointed, when after free
Interchange of views, and cordial concurrence
10 the objects proposed, it was resolved to ad
Journ until the first Saturday of January, for the
purpose of eiiectng permanent organization.
On Saturday, the End inst, the Club met at
the Court House, at o'clock, p. NJ, where there
was large assembage of democrats, represent
ing all portions OF the county; when, on motion,
the temporary, were elected the permanent Off
GERS Of the Club. The Executive Committee re.
ported near 300 names enrolled, and the belief
expressed that over 40 would be reported at
the next meeting. Bylaws reported from the
committee foF that purpose were adopted, and
the hrst Saturday in each month designated as
the time for regular meetings, with authority
conferred on the President to call special meet,
iugs at bis discretion.
The Chair briefly explained that the purposes
OF the Club were for the thorough organization
Of the party upob the basis that the dssemiua,
uon, upholdiug and perpetuaIiou of democratic
principles should be the united purpose aud labor
of democrats, who should, one and all, ignore
personal feelings and animosities, and be actua~
ted By patriotic desire to further this important
work, as the liberties of the people and safety of
the country depends upon the success of the
democratic party and hoped that the unapimity
OF feeling prevailing upon that occasion would
characterize and pervade, not only every pre-,
cinct in this county, but every precinct and
county organization in the Territory, to the end
that success might attend our abors ia the next
canvass, which organization and harmony alone
were necessary to secure. And concluded by
stating that we know there is large democratic
minority in Walla Wala county; ; and believed
there was 10 the aggregate, a handsome majority
in the Territory and that it required but u uni.
ted, harmonious aud energetic effort TO elect
full democratic ticket at the next June election,
and thereby place Washington Territory where
size ought to be" redeemed, regenerated and
disenthralled.' These sediments we're heartily
responded to by all present Then followed
speeches by Hon. Frank Henry, Judge Wyche
aud Wm H. Newell, which were received with
much appreciation, and all gave assurance of the
successful issue of this organization!
The Climb then adjourned to meet on the frat
Saturday in November EDw. SHEIL, Prest
, 1869-01-15

THE RAIN FALL iu California this winter
has been very light, and as sousequspcs
the papers predict short crops.
, 1869-01-15


"CooLIE SLAVERY. "A joke, perpetrat-
ed by Galveston paper, has thrown the
radical press into spasms. The Texas paper
stated, in substance, thai several Coolies
had arrived on some vessel, and it was like,
ly they would be subjected to sale, to pay
freight and charges. Straightway a howl
went up from all Abolitiondom about the
revival of slavery, in different form, in the
South, which the North would never sub.
NIT to-no, never. 1t turns out that the
pretended Coolies are signs for tobacco
stores, similar to the wooden Indians we see
on the streets every day The Texas editor
has has had his laugh at the fools, many Of
whom are still preaching about the poor
Coolie slaves 10 Texas.
, 1869-01-15

The name of but OOe revolutionary soldier
now appears on the pension list. There
still remains on the list the names of over
eight hundred widows Of revolutionary SOL
diers, from which it appears that these brave
men were partial to oung women.
, 1869-01-15

On the left of the room as you entered, the
first thing that attracted attention was full
length picture of Washington taking leave
Of bis mother, previous to joining the revolu>
tionary army. Over this picture was tie date,
l774, and the inscription " Hope of our Coun-
try" Passing down, on the same side of the
room, was an illustration of the mode of trans>
portation at the time of the first gold discovery
10 California, with the date of l849, illustrated
by a loaded train of pack mules. Still passing
on, another decade was illustrated by Wells,
Fargo Co.'s express wagon, bearing packages
of goods Filling up the spaces between the
decades were pictures of ocean steamers bound
from Boston and New York to Washington Ter
ritory. Also picture of the steamer Col.
Wright, the pioneer steamer on the Upper
Columbia, aud the harbinger of the magnificent
feet of steamboats, that now ply between the
DAlles and Wallula. The next illustration an
ticipaled 1870, and was indicated by a locomo>
tive and train of cars passing over the Walla
Walla and Wallula Railroad, the cars loaded
with packages of merchandise, addressed to all
the leading mercantile houses 10 the upper
county. The next was full length likeness of
Washington, as President of the United States
Immediately opposite the main entrance, and
worked in evergreen, was the word - Welcome" )"
and over the main door similarly worked was the
word Packers" indicating that the packers
welcomed their guests.
, 1869-01-15
W. B. KELLY,

AouSe Car-peutcT- andJ Joiner,
MAIN STREET, wALLA wALLA.
LIVERY DESCRIPTION OF CARPENTER AND
II JOINER WORK promptly attended TO. Also.
kEPAlRS FURNITURE. and attends to JobbinQ
generally. 3-tf
, 1869-01-15
GRAND RATTLE.

A BEAUTIFUL NEW PIANO FORTE, the
"A property OF Mrs. Col Cock, Will be RAFFLED
DAY, January 2O;h Call and zee it, and take a
chance. 6Iw