, 1878-07-27
TOWN AND COUNTRY.

4coIcu tudJ MaJOT W1lKInSOn s VIII
raid up the Columbia will have tn
effect to drive him into hostilities
1t certainly is a great misfortun,
that just at this time officer of cool
ness and Judgment cannot be dis
patched to visit that great warrior
and arrange with him for terms O
peace. Let Moses go en- the war
path, and the settlers in the Paloust
country, the Four Lakes, Cral
Greek, Spokane and the whole vas
interior will be swept away. The
latest authentic report we have from
Moses represents him as peaceably
inclined. A few days since Mr.
Chas. McKai visited Moses with O
message from Gen. Howard. The
report is that after hearing the mes.
sage, Moses made three hours
speech to his warriors, and then sent
three of his young men to inform
other Indians Of his tribe of the true
state of affairs. He told McKai that
all he wanted was the same liberty
enjoyed by the white man; if any
member of his tribe wanted to Join
the church, he had no objections,
but he didn't want them compelled
to; if he wanted to play cards he
thinks he ought to be allowed to
play; it is nobody's business but his
owu. He says he will sell the land
he rs now on, but he will never be
driven from it. He will meet How
ard at Priests rapids at any time.
He had not heard of the Bannock
uprising, and he supposed the
troops coming up the river. destined
for the Bannock war, was to force
him on the reservation. He was
arming and very much excited until
the messenger arrived. Moses says
Smohalla is an old fool, and he will
take rope and go down and hang
him some day. Moses says that if
he breaks out it will be the greatest
Indian war the government ever had
to deal with. and he says he knows
that he and his Indians, in case OF
war, will all be captured and killed.
McKai says thai Moses is very fine
specimen OF the aborigine. He
weighs $50 pounds and is as perfect
in form as statue. He is, today.
the most powerful chief in the
United States. He is a very fair
English scholar. and dresses in Eu-
ropean style.-Wala WaNa S.ates-
man.
THE LEGACY TAx.--Pursuantto an
order from Washington, the Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue in this Ter
r1tory is at present busily engaged
IN the work of overhauling the rec
ords of the Probate Courts of the va
rious counties of the Territory, for
the purpose of ascertaining in what
cases, heirs and devisees came into
property in this Territory between
1862 and 1872, without paying to the
United States the tax on such in
come. required by the internal rev.
enue laws then in force. In all such
cases discovered by the Collector,
Steps will at once taken to enforce
payment Of the tax. When the par
ties primarily liable cannot be
reached. administrators will be call
ed upon and may have to pay, even
though they may have long ago been
discharged from their trusts, and
have not retained any of the assets
descended; and when all other rem
edies fail. real estate will be held for
the tax, even in the hands of inno-
cent purchasers without notice.
These proceedings, we are informed
will be certain to bear hard upon
many persons in the Territory.
PEOPLES PUBLISHING COMPANY. -
Articles Of incorporation have been
fled in the County Clerks Office of
Marion county, says the Statesman,
authorizing the formation of COM
pany under the above name. The
object of the association, as stated
in the article, is " to establish one
or more papers at Salem, Marion
county. Oregon, under such names
as may be hereafter agreed upon by
the directors of the incorporation.
and to do such other printing and
publishing business as said corpo-
ration may find for its interest to
do" The capital STICK is S25 900,
with shares at $40 each. The incor-
porators are DIR. G. F. Payne, of Sa-
lem, and Messrs. L. M. Wilcox and
G. II. James. Of Portland. We
learn that immediate steps are to be
taken to carry the object of the as
sociation into effect. 1t will proba-
bly, be greenback paper.
AT the recent city election in
Walla Walla the total vote cast was
23S. In Seattle the total vote was
42O-a difference of 1872. Only tax
payers we're allowed to vote, which
excluded lot less than 200 electors
in Seattle, where, as in all seaport
towns, the proportion of non-tax-
payers is much greater than in an
terror city. These returns show
that Seattle is much larger town
than Walla Walla, or that the citi-
zens of the former took amuch more
lively interest in their local election
than those of the latter.
FINE STocK. Mr.. W. Fl. Shondy
has Just laid in one of the finest
stocks ever brought to this city Of
tube paints, artists brushes, paint.