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Fare to New York, in the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company's steamers, has been
reduced to SIT in first, and S152 in
second cabin-coin.
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A lady mechanic at Springfield, Mas
sachusetts, is manufacturing new sew
ing machine of her own invention.
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NOTICE.
TN THE U. S. LAND OFFICE AT OREGON
City, Oregon.-Charles W. Richardson %.
John G. Norman.-To the said John c. Norman:
You are hereby notified that under date of May
Office affirmed the decision Of this office allowing
the Homestead Entry of said Richardson upon
the Of N w and N ! of s w of Section Is
T. 10 s.. r. E., embraced in your presumption
fling of Sept. 20, 1859, and that you viii be al
lowed thirty days from service hereof in which to
take an appeal.
OWEN WADE, Register.
HENRY WARREN, Receiver.
Jan. %, 1s69-mysw4*35
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america with the United States portion
immense scale.
CoLoRED IN 1900 COUNTIES.
TNHESE great Maps, now just completed, 64x
Il 62 inches large, show every place of i'm port
ance, all Railroads to date, and the latest altera-
tions in the various European States. These
Maps are needed in every school aud family in
the iand-they occupy the space of one Map, and
by means of the Reverses, either side he
thrown front, and any part brought level to the
eye. County rights and large discount given to
good Agents.
Apply for Circulars, Terms, and send money
for and see sample Maps first, if not sold taken
back on demand. J. L. LLOYD,
May 22-1m % Cortland street, N. Y.
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VEVHE simplicity and practcability of this new
Plow commends it favorably to the special
notice of every farmer. 1t possesses decided
superiority all other plows now in The
wheels ara four feet in diameter, and run on the
unplowed land. Its entire construction is in no
way complicated. The plow is managed in every
manner with ease, and requires only two levers
to be used in making any alteration. The supe-
riorty of the '.Gay" Plow will be clearly shown
by the following certificate
We, the undersigned, citizens of Linn county,
Oregon, having purchased and used upon
farms the "Gay'' Plow, hereby certify that the
same. has given entire satisfaction. Itsfacility
for adjusting to suit the depth of furrow without
moving from the seat, is simple and easy. We
like the pillow for its draught, because the is
brought to bear directly upon the plow- beam in
stead of the carriage also, because it is strong
and durable, all except the woodwork being con-
structed of wrought lron-no castings are used.
The wheels running upon the solid land is an ad-
vantage other gang -plows, in striking off
land and in plowing, not having to make the nee
essary changes in the machinery, and the seat is
always level, not throwing the driver forward or
sideways as in other plows Better work and
more of it can be accomplished by the use of this
Plow than by hand.
We take pleasure in recommending the re AY,
PLow to our brother farmers, as one having no
superior in Oregon.
J. G.. REED, W. P. ESHOM,
" ". Il. Il doGTFREn. aoGTEa Il 4. p DAvIDsooN. v1Dso
May 10th, 1869.
The "GAY" PLow is manufactured by a..
Goulding, Portland Machine Shop.
All orders viii be promptly attended to by ad-
dressing.
G. r. GAY.
Portland, Oregon.
Albany Agents.
J. BARROWS 4 CO., Agents
for Linn Benton counties
JOHN BRIGGS, Agent
for Linn d Benton counties.
May %, '6s-s7
NOTICE.
TN THE U. s. LAND OFFICE AT OREGON
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"SE MURRAY'S IMPROVED MAGIC
q Oil-the King of Pain. ju5-39tf
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OVERCROWDED.
The Virginia Penitcntiary Surfeited with Crimi-
nal Humanity.

1T has become very serious question, says
a Richmond paper, what shall be done in regard
TO providing quarters for our penitentiary con-
Victs. The penitentiary building remains of the
same size, while the number of its inmates in
creases from year to year-we may more pro-
perly say from week to week. The following
figures will show the rapid and startling in
crease. The whole number of prisoners in the
penltentiary on January l. 1866, was 49, of
which 100 were white men, 20 colored men, and
colored women On January l. 1867 the whole
number was 963, OF which 106 were white men, $40
colored men, and II cOlored women. On Janu-
airy l. 1868 the whole number was 443; of which
100 were White men, 3l7 colored men, and II
colored women. OF these, so were hired out on
works OF Improvement, while 1913 were confined
III the penitentiary. On January l. 1862 whole
number 521; OF which 1l9 were white men, 375
colOred men, and SO cOlOred women. OF these
lSS were employed on works of improvement
while 339 were confined in the penitentiary. On
July 80, 1869, the whole number was 500: of which
rs were white men, 433 cOlOred men, and 35
colored women. OF these, l7S were employed
ON works OF improvement, and Ais confined in
the penitentiary Five children are included
among the inmates.
1T thus appears that the whole number of
conNlcts in July was within four of 600. We
may assume that it is now 600 ut least.
NOW look at the accommodations. The
whole number of cells in the penitentiary is l73,
the average size of which is 6X12 feet each, being
capable OF accommodating comfortably two in
mates. The number of single cells used by con-
yicts averaging from one to five in each, is 127.
OF the li3 cells, some are used for storing pro-
visions, &c, some for solitary confinement and
one as guard room. Some are called rooms
and include two, three, four and five cells, and
are populated accordingly, One OF these rooms
containing four cells, is occupied by eight
women. Two rooms, 1924 feet, are occupied
by eighteen women and five children.
These figures show that for 600 prisoners
there are only 119 cells, of which 127 are known
ms SinUlp cells. III happens that at present
about 17S convcts are employed on works of
improvement, leaving 422 to be accommodated
in 113 cells of all descriptions. When the cold
weather sets in those employed on the works OF
improvement, or the greater number of them,
will have to be returned to the penitentiary in
consequence of the cessation of the work. Mean
while, judging from the past the number of in
mates will be increased by new accessiOns"
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HiI6pbT.and.

The st. Louis Democrat of the 1lth publishes
the following:-
In confirmation of the despatch to Colonel
Meyer, Police Commissioner, in yesterday morn
ings Demccrdt, we have a statement made by
end of the Iron Mountain Railroad Yesterday
afternoon. He says that on Sunday, the Sth
inst, while Colonel Bowen and Sheriff Murphy
were riding along in the vicinity of Big River
Mills, twelve miles from Pennington, they were
fred upon by Hildebrand and three companions
They were on a rocky eminence, which gave
them full sweep of the road, and "A fine chanc to
shoot at their pursuers. One shot from Hide
brands party went in front of the Sheriff's eyes,
grazing his face and binding him. The second
shot tore his shirt bosom and killed Colonel
Bowen's horse. The fire was returned by the
officers, but without effect, as the pursued had
good places of cOncealment. The people of the
region round about are thoroughly aroused and
hundreds of men have engaged in the man hunt
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EOOIIGardincSS.

\ young man of South Pittsburg has probably
committed suicide to win a drunken bet. Dr.
Roberts was called on Wednesday morning to
attend the young man mentioned who was
found lying in a state of unconsciousness by one
of the low walls on the south side of the Monon-
gahela suspension bridge. On going to the
patient the doctor ascertained that his illness
was occasioned under the following circum-
stances;-On Tuesday evening he had been over
in this city with two of his comrades, and drank
until he became intoxicated. Towards 3 o'clock
Yesterday morning the trio started for home,
bringing with them a quart bottle filled
with whisky. When they reached the south end
of The bridge they felt tired and sat down on one
side of the walls, where this man. whom the
doctor is attending, made bet that he could
drink the entire quart of whisky, without taking
the bottle from his mouth. He attempted it and
succeeded. but soon grew totally unconscious
and fell on the ground. His companions, it is
said. were too drunk to do much with him and
found that the foolish young man was suffering
from congestion of the brain, caused by the I'M
mense amount of whisky he had taken. he was
taken to his home, and the proper remedies
onnIied. but the prospect of his recovery iS
slight Piusburg Chronicle.
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Philadelphia Trade Report.

FRIDAY, Aug. 13.-The Flour market Is quiet but
steady There is less inquiry both for shipment and
home consumption, and only 700 barrels were taken,
including superfne at s525@55O; extras at $5'621E@
5'75; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family
at s6'5O@7'T5 the latter rate for choice; Pennsylva-
MIA do. do at s65O@72 25 Ohio do do. at S675@s; and
fancy brands at SS5060, according to quality. Rye
Flour sells at S6'25@6'37h.
There is less frmness in the Wheat market and
less activity Sales Of 5000 and 1000 bushels Indiana
and Southern red at sl59@16O. Rye is quiet at
S120@1'25 per bushel for Pennsylvania and Western
Corn is quiet at the decline noticed yesterday Sales
of yellow at S11S, and 2O00 bushels fair Western
mixed at s115 Oats are unchanged. Sales OF Wes-
tern at 74c old and new Pennsylvania at 60@73c. !;
Barley or Malt
Bark-In the absence of sales we quote No. l
Quercitron at $40 per ton.
Whisky is quiet at 81 13@l15 for tax paid.
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COMING CALAMITIES.
What May be Expected Along the Line of the
Andes.

Anues.
By the way of San Francisco terrible news
ought to come in a few days to this city. There
is a German astronomer in Valparaiso who pre-
dicted some time ago that there would be three
severe earthquake shocks on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday OF this week, and that the cities
of Lima and Callao would be partly overthrown.
The business is to be finished October 80, when
Callao and Lima are to be submerged and totally
destroyed. There is also an astrologcr in Lon
don who makes the same prediction about these
two cities, giving the same months specified by
the Valparaiso astronomer for the earthquakes
but not fixing the days.
1t is reported that the German astronomer
fOretold the earthquakes of last year, including
the shocks ut San Francisco; and consequently
the people of Lima and CallaO are il is said
much frightened at the predictions now made.
The churches are holding special services, IN
which the priests offer prayers to avert the
threatened calamity, and men are moving their
families and personal property out of the cities.
The hurricane season on the Gulf of Mexico
can be pretty confidently predicted to begin
some time from the last of August to the last of
OctOber-that is, if it comes at all during the
year, for sometimes two, three, or even five
years elapse without a hurricane. But earth
quakes have not as yet been brought within the
reach of known laws which would render the
prediction of coming shocks even possible.
Last year earthquakes occurred through
nearly the whole twelve months, and were
particularly violent in August, September, and
October The tidal-wave which partially
submerged Callao began on the South American
coast August Is, and reached the Sandwich Isl
ands and the coast of California three davs
afterwards. From August ! to August IS Peru
was terribly shaken. October Is Chilli received
a series of shocks, and the volcanoes in South
ern Chill were active. October 80 began the
fresh eruption of Nesuyius, which continued
with greater or less violence through the rest of
the year.
The Valparaiso astronomer is tolerably safe in
predicting the months in which the earthquakes
will come, if they come at all. Which proviso
should have accompanied the prediction; instead
of specifying particular days, the "Old
Farmers Almanac formula respecting wet, dry,
warm, and cold weather should have been fol-
lowed; down the entire calendar for the three
months should have been strung the ominous
words: "ENpect-seyere-e earthquake shocks
abOut-thcse-days ~ \. POST
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FROM THE WEST.
Escape of PrisOners-Arrest of n Disciple of
IIsculapius for Bigamy Recent COnha-


Escape of PrisOners-Arrest of n Disciple of
IIscuIapius for Bigamy - Recent Conaa-
grRtiOns.
Despatch to The EUe,,ing Telegraph
CHICAGO Aug. l3.-Two young men confined
in the county jail on a charge of burglary made
their escape yesterday by squeezing through the
grating at the window.
DR.. Albert 2. Weaver was yesterday arrested
at Laramie, in this State, on the charge of
bigamy, and committed to Jail in default of
$1,000 bail He is an oculist by profession.
RumOrs state that the doctor has six wives living
in nine counties, with the rest of the State to
hear from. He had been visited in jail by nu-
merous sympathizing female patients.
The loss by the destruction of the Crystal Lake
Ice Companies, six ice-houses and contents ag-
gregates about seventy-fve thousand dollars, and
the insurance is for forty-one thousand dollars.
mostly in Eastern companies.
Fatal CasunIty-A Negro Who May be Lynched
desperate Attempts of II COurtesan TO End
her Life.
Despatch to The EOening Telegraph.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug 13.-Cain Mahon and two
others were killed on Wednesday by the fall of
an embankment which they were making for
bed of the Cairo and Nincennes Railroad near
Mound City. :
A negro, named Nappet, attempted to outrage
a girl six years old, in the upper portion of
Cairo, and on being discovered leaped out of a
second-story window, and was arrested after n
long chase, and is now in Jail. How long he
will remain there depends on the temper of the
citizens, Judge Lynch being threatened.
Mollie Abbott courtesan, attempted to COM
nit suicide in Jail by hanging herself with strins
of cloth through the top of the hunks. She was
cut down unconscious and restored, but after
wards swallowed a whole bottle full of an opiate
left by the physician to be taken hourly, and
bottle of other medicine, left for another
prisoner. These nearly accomplished her pur-
pose, but she still survives. She is accomplished
handsome and of good parentage, and declares
} she will yet commit suicide.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Politics in California-San Francisco
and her Plague of Corrupt Off
cials-The Yerger Murder
ase-Removal of Con-
servative officials In
Mississippi.
Desperate Attempts at self-Immolation
in Cairo.
FROM THE PACIFLC COAST
Politics In san Francisco - An Independent
Ticket TO be FOrmed-The City Plagued with
Corrupt Officials.

Politics in san Francisco - An Independent
Ticket TO be FOrmed-The City Plagued with
Corrupt Onlcials.
SAN FRANCIsCo Aug. 12.-The movement for
the nomination of an independent ticket for
municipal officers of this city for the approach
ing election has eliminated in the selection of a
convention for that purpose. The nominations
of the recent Democratic Municipal Convention
have created undisgused dissatisfaction. 1t is
charged that open corruption prevailed in the
convention, and that majority of the officers
were up for purchase Never since the time of
the vigilance committees has there been such
interest manifested in municipal affairs. The
leading journals demand decided and immediate
action, and compare the present state of city
affairs with that of 1856 and argue in favor of q
general reformation.
Financial Intelligence.
The unusual stringency in the money market
continues, and rates are firm at 101 4 at bank
14G2 per cent. for call loans, and lO015 per
cent. per annum.
The supply of coin from the Mint for July
amounts to over two and a half millions, includ-
ING million and half borrowed from bullion
funds.
Mining stock is completely demoralized, and
the bottom of the market seems to have fallen
out Savage closed to-day at 81 Kentuck,
40; Yellow Jacket, 35; Chollar, 10; and Gould IL
Curry, ~.
Arrival of Vice-president CO!fnx.
Nice-President ColiaX and party arrived at
Sacramento this evenin., and met with an en-
thusiastic reception. The parry will reach here
tomorrow night.
The san francisco Markets.
Flour firm at SIS 12H. Wheat-Sales OF choice ship
ping at S1'I5@1'T7H. The principal buyers refuse to
nt goate fresh contracts In consequence OF the close
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Trial-The Nerger-Crune Tragedy.
Despatch TO The Evening Telegraph.
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 13.-Judge Jefferds, of
the Supreme Court, A. Warner, Secretary of
State, Judge Speed, of the Criminal Court of
Warren county, with a large number of minor
officers, were yesterday removed by General
Ames. The persons above named are prominent
in the conservative movement in the State.
The commission that tried Yeager is still en-
gagged on the Egan-Downs murder case. The
murderer and the murdered man were both ne
groes. The father-in-aw murdered his son-in-
law. The father-in-aw is a good man. The
murdered man was an extremely bad one. Egan,
to save his life, shoots the son-in-law, who falls
on his knees with his head on the ground.
While in this position, and half an hour after
the first shot, Egan returned with his horse
pistol reloaded and fired second shot into what
must have been lifeless carcass. 1t a curious
case.i
The mystery surrounding Yergers possession
of the key with which he could at any time re-
lease himselfo of his manacles is yetunexplaned
1t was probably furnished by one of his guards
for a present or prospective bribe.
That he could bribe all his guards is improba-
BILE; that he could avoid being shot in attempting
to escape is next TO impossible to conceive of
Mrs. Yerger in any of his daily visits, when the
officer or corporal of the guard is stationed be-
tween her and her husband, suggesting such a
risk is simply absurd
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Malaga Raisins.

The crop of Malaga raisins last year was the
greatest ever realized, amounting in the aggre-
gate to 1,950,00O boxes. The yield the present
season did not promise so well at last accounts,
and it was thought that ii would be one-third
less than that of 1868. All the old crop had been
shipped from Spain except about 10000 boxes,
which would soon find a market. This fine
fruit is shipped to all parts of the world, and
generally obtains a ready market wherever in
troduced,
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FROM EUROPE.
This Mornings Quotations,

Bg the AnglO-d Dericdn Gable.
LONDON, Aug. ia. M.-ConsOls for money, 92zs,
for account 93. Fiye-twenties, s3 Erie 1917; lli-
nOis Central, 94A.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. ia. M.-Cotton active; mid
ding uplands. 1871. ; middng Orleans, l34d. The
sales of the day estimated at $4,000 bales. The
sales of the week have been $4,000 bales, OF which
$4,000 were for export and 10000 for speculation
Stock, $780, 900 bales OF which $4,000 are American.
Total stock OF cotton, $1,000 bales than hereto
fore estimated while the stock OF American is 10000
bales less.
LONDON, Aug. ia. M.-Sugar quiet both ON the
spot and anoat.
This Afternoons Quotations.
LONDON, Aug. 13-P. M.-COnsols for money, 021i ;
tor account 925S. u s. Five-twenties, So ss Stocks
quiet; Illinois Central, 94E; Atlantic and Great
Western, 25T.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13 p. NJ Breadstuns firm.
Peas ABS. Red Wheat los. 2d.@1Os. 3d. Receipts
OF Wheat for three days, 250000 quarters Of which
$4,000 were American Lard lis. Pork, 1928. 6d.
The Weather at the Sea-shOre.
At 8 o'clock this morning the weather at the
sea-shore was reported as follows:-
Atlantic City, East, clear, II.
Cape May, East haZy, %.
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Steamer MqSlSToT Iultz My YORK " p Clyde e.
Brig John chrystal' Barnes Ponce p r. John Mason
sc6r yeldren Cavalier Weymouth. Scott, Walter d Co.
Schr Sarah Fisher, Moore, Richmond, do.
SsRT SsR SsooS Ssa ErfPh gSioB Boston, do do
Schr Hattie Ellen Dix, Boston, do.
Schr E. b. Wheaton, johnson, Weymouth. do.
sRF sRF NfSREsE Baa GsaRss
$SRE MSGsaIsy YisESTs {JR%Gst GR35SsttOwn' d.
Sehr S: HotehEiss, Hodgi9n AleKsndEis . DO
Tug CHESAPEAKE Merihew, Havredo Grace, with tow OF
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Caymont, Robertson 80 hours from Richmond
Wig Norfolk with Sbr1s mdsS to & gySS G9 from Baltimore
mSss Gya1 S g. "a hours from Ne" York. with
Myaukse Brown days FO@ dST ESw New NsT Bedford
SebT Bradded CrOWel 1s days from Boston, with ic
Eofdnfs fse. RF No ico As FSss FSsi from Norwich
sSPF cPF J J. 7; '%eiiPeon qhip%9n, from from Boston
sSRr %%. VILLAGE, $saii i,is from RdsPsS B4stCn
Tug Thomas Jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore with
tow 1s Gf 6SR@0soT%S BSTses to F'tjGR 6iSdO E Co.
uor,,,os Naooie Hammond from Liverpool. and Fre-
derrick VII, from lvigtut.
,,,,,ssnon,,eoce ofae Pa1aielpliq Exchange.
LEw Dell August Brg yee orGsT and iTSm
Zaza, arrived at the BreaA"a'ei' ioOo' '' "N" PEV
ceeded PHILADELPHIA - c,..-,,,.o, o,o 49,. -.
ons br Went TO sea this morning Barques Rhea Sylvia
@ Woodland for Cork and brig Dirigo for
Boston went to sea yesterday LAbAN H. LYONS,
MEMORANDA.
Barque Roanoke, from Porto Cabeo for Philadelphia,
% snnken 10th inst, 10 miles south of Hatteras
Baague Ocean Eage Luce, for Philadelphia was load.
;na al Remedies 23d ult. 49,
nSebrs Western Star Crowell; f. King Kelly; James
Warren, Drisko and 2. Adams, Talbot for Philadel
pRR ssRS FsSSa q ySstfESaS s nSS h inst
SohIs " Mnt;Itt IN; aSe ;s dtSe n: ~ hedges Hedges A.
Kendrick NJ i; Yahoney, Plummer; Mary Riley Riley;
Flora SMITH George and Mary Lord and N. r. HagaD,
COombs benee, at Boston 1lth inst.
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LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Ne,cS see Inside Pages.
[ BY TELEGRAPH.

san FRAMcISco, August l2IArrived, ships Midnight,
from New York lvanhoe from Boston and Ocean Rover
from Liverpool Cleared, ships Sharpshooter for Liver
pool with l6000 sacks of wheat, and Lizzie Williams for
liverpool with "a 600 sacks of wheat. Sailed ship Red
Gross Knight, for Cork.