, 1877-11-24
From the Daily Of Tuesday.

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To BE AssAss1NATED.-A transac.
ton in the courts of Oregon has
thrown some light upon the customs
of the Chinese in onr midst. In
Astoria a Chinese woman was held
as slave subject to the control of
one Of the wealthy Chinese compan-
les operating there. She claimed
that her purchase money was all re-
paid, and demanded her liberty.
This was refused, and she was sold
again, to be taken to Eastern Ore>
gon. The woman applied to the
courts for protection; but her wealthy
prosecutors purchased sufficient
testimony to defeat her. Linn Sam,
a Chinese pagan with a Christian
heart in him made up his mind to
assist the woman in regaining her
liberty, and at the peril of his life
fought the matter through the courts
and saw her married in accordance
with the customs Of Oregon to
cousin of his in Astoria. The wrath
of the company interested in keep
ing this woman in bondage was
aroused against those who befriend-
ed her, and Linn Sam, who acted
the part of the Good Samaritan in
these proceedings, has become salts
fed that the doom of assassination
awaits him. It is said that the
Chinese have banded together under
their pagan laws, selected the man
who is to do the bloody work, and
gone SO far as to fix the price, which
is $1,000, to be sent to the China
mans friends in China, and, when
the matter comes to a focus, provide
evidence enough to prevent the au-
thorities from hanging him, but in
case that he goes to the penitentiary
he is to receive $400 per annum
while incarcerated. Take the mat
tel through, from first to last. it re-
veals very many new ideas to us
white barbariars, as to the msodus
operendi of the celestial systems re-
gulating the vices and corruption of
that race in our own community,
under the full blaze of Christianity,
setting our laws at defiance, in the
methods Of perjury pursued by
them. to carry out nefarous plans,
even to that of selling slaves, and
assassination, if need be, to fix the
chain of title to the doomed one, as
in this case. If the object of the
ill will of these Chinese was q white
man his assassination could be ar
ranged for as easily.
ExPLoDED.--The shell which we
mentioned ae being found by Mr.. NJ.
l.. Cavanaugh last week, was taken
by him to his farm, about four miles
above town, and placed by him in a
hollow log, and some dry wood plac-
ed around it and then set on fire.
Mr.. Cavanaugh started for the house
and had scarcely reached it before
the shell exploded with q loud re-
port. Some of the pieces were found
scattered around. Mr.. Cavanaugh
had supposed from the. long time
the shell had lain in the timber,
probably % years, that it would not
explode. Persons finding these shells
should exercise a reasonable amount
of caution in handling them.
The Lewiston, (Idaho), Teller
makes the census of the Nez Perces.
which shows only 726 persons and
200 heads OF families, a text for a
demand that the reservation be re-
duced. It says that 900 square
miles Of the best land in Idaho is far
more than is needed for the tribe.
now so greatly reduced by the war.
It favors division of the reservation
in such q way as would throw open
the west and south portions to the
whites, and at the same time leave
48O acres of land for every Indian.
man, woman and child, of the tribe.
FATHER BucHARD, s. J., has de-
parted from Portland for San Fran
cisco. A large number of Catholics
visited him on board the steamship
to express their thanks for his
! faithful labors in their midst,