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' Itl i r. v. mtovvx, Kpijoii. - - - Anfat 17, 177. ,1 CIT.CIAL PAPER FOR OREGON tsk KTtTK ismr.nr.mENM. The Kaleiu Mcrmry has hunled up the official record mid makes conclusive answers to charges niinst the JVino crntic State AiliiiiiiiKti-ntif.it. In i'Ih answer to the Slatftttxatt the Mf ft'in'if wtys tlmt the Staten.nan lalxnvd hst'il to prove that at tho close of tin AVimmIs yity ulwuiistration in I J1 70, tlm in Mtlness of the Hhili! vri.s only i.'IO, 000, while in truth it wits nearly 000, besides tin; outhtAii'ling JJoimty anil Belief Isvniis, ituioiintiii;,' to 110!', fi83, with interest, To reduce tin's sum there was in the Treasury ill 1K70, 1119,017 42, which, taken from the amount of tho bowls outstanding, would lottio ii n inilelitMlnr'.Hii on (lie .lioiuit and lloliof bomb of f 89,6fli5 58, hmidea interest, or a total inilebteilness of the State when tlic Democrats as- hiimod control of about ?179,CCi 68; nod what was there t show for it ? We hud no penitentiary of durability -only a wooden shanty not fit to keep priso ner in, for they were continually es caping; no State House; no health officer at- Astoria and Coos Bay ; no schools for thnt unfortunate class of people, the mutes and the blind ; in fact, the State Covernment hardly had an oi i)iiiation. We claim that outside of the Bounty and Relief bonds the Mute indebtedness was nearly MO,000, lis shown by the figures. On the 5th of September, 1870, ac cording to the report of 8. E. May, Sec retary of State, tliero wero $245,491 43 in f he treasury, to which add 2,83 1 3.1, collected of linker comity taxes, and tuoney received from flic ('lerk of, tho Supreme Court, making a total of mon eys in the general fund of $248,328 7fi. The indebtedness of tho State at the close of 1808 was $20,101 82, to which mid warrants drawn from 1808 to 1870, 1277,004 40, nnd woliavn $298,067 22, the amount of liabilities, to pay which there was the amount of f 218,328 70; leaving a balance unpaid of ?( 9,738 48, to which' odd 40,000, for intorost on the warrants drawn for two yoars after Woods and his liadical brethren broke up the Tjogislattiin, and tho indebted ness foots up, us stated uhovn, to bo n!xmt 90,00U exclusive ot Bounty and Kclicf Iannis. Maui. May, in his report, to the Legislature of 1870, computed interest on tho wiimints drawn by him during the last two years of his admin istration at $25,801 97, while, thoTucU ore it required about $10,000 to pay twits that were not paid JCTTtfCS IN CflEGON. While at Aihlsnd we me Mr. Put, Kniitli, formerly of Portland, who has a' liii-fjo band "f thoroughbred Merino sheep, which ho purchased in California and intends to dispose of in Oregon. He ha already sold a Inrfto numlier of sheep, at good prices, but is saving the cream of his flock for sale in tho Wil lamette Valley about the time of the State Fair. At Ashland we mot Mr. (. C. Apple j gate, editor of the Ashland Tiding, to whom we are indebted for many eourte-. sies. Yt Jnle there wo observed a large '. rvit n won." BOW IT W.i IMWIU There is something grand iu the cf- It will bo rememWei thnt during frontery of the Oregonian. That paper has a way of "cheeking" its way through a controversy which must in spire its readers with the most suhlime admiration. Notwithstanding the fact ' that wo last wnek cornered that paper on the relative cost on printing, in pro- jiortion to the quantity, between 1 term of its proprietor, Mr. Pittock, and the present State Print j-, that pn;cr comes out and denies that Mr. Pittock received the 20,101 19 stilted by us. The record given us from the oilicc of tho Secretary of State shows that Mr, liHitv ariniiirinir for it trip to Crater N,L- m.l ... Mr VioL. nf .:. .... i Pittock drew wnrmnts for himself to lie', Illnlminl Weekly, v most pud.-1 tl""""ullnt of fc'",fi90 44, and that his ably join the party, we may expect to j I'inflor, Mr. Seibert, drew 92,410 To sco m a short timo a cotrect illustration inking ui an . of that most remarkable inland sea. : "1 the Omjommidmy that tins bind- At Ashland we also met Rev. Mr. Bell, a Southern Methodis.1 Preacher whose circuit extends about us widely as did that of Lorenzo Dow. Ifo preaches at Jacksonville, Ashland, (17 miles away,) Kirbyville, Josephine county,(70 miles away,) at Linkville, Lako county (90 miles awny,) and nt many intermo- jiate points licsidcs, Indeed it is pro!) able that Bra. Bell twitter the Uospel over a rauiiis ot at least live hundred miles, and is said to keep his appoint ments to a dot. But we suppose lie must be paid at least one bundled and ninety-five -dollar a year for his ser vices, and is therefore happy 1 Metho dist preachers can usually afford to per form a great deal of work they get so well paid I Wo forgot to say that at Jacksonville the Masonic Fraternity have tho finest Hall in tho State, except the one in the Portland Masonic Temple. It is thor oughly ventilated, amply proportioned and elegantly furnished with all modern comforts. Tho building in which the Hull is located cost about 11 1,000, is owned by tho Fraternity, and is the prido of Jacksonville. There nro some waggish bovs in Jack sonvillo. While there we noticed a patent medicine man Vending his wares in the street, from a goods-box stand, and whilo he absented himself from his stand fur a little while ouo of the town ing matter is a part of Mr. Pittock's re- tbe lait Presidential campaign ve con stantly warned our Democratic friends against the Peter Cooper movement, as being in the interest of the Radical party, and such wa the infatuation of some of our old time Democratic readers with the Cooper and Cary business that they manifested a good ileal of resent ment against us for our denunciation of this most palpable Badicnl scheme t: ibv off Democratic vote:. Wo v.;'i in jiossnssinti of filets which perfectly sntiafied us that, the few riepuhlii.ins ivboprofe;wd si mpathy with this move ment were onlv " lushing the Demo crats for the pilose of currying the State for Hayes and Wheeler and elect ing Dick Williams to Congress anil by this ruso they absolutely succeeded iu accomplishing their purpose. In Linn ANDT!JE! HASSAGP.E, Cra. (ilhhon wltll ' In 4lelM Jmpk ceijits from the State? Surely not. county alono there were 138 votes cast There is no division of the matter of for this hermaphrodite ticket, and not- printing and binding. Koch aro a part withstanding many Republicans openly of tho State Printer's duties, and he professed sympathy with the movement, id at the time they were drawn in conse quence of tho Badicnl conspiracy lhat broke up the Legislature of 1808 with mn jessing mo appropriation mil, so wo clearly see that tho Statetmmi' lindiiig the indebtedness of tho State in Sept ember, 1870, at ft.10,000, should lie 179,005 58. -'' In summing up wo find that 1111 in debtedness of $1 79,005 58 left by the Kadicals in 1868 lias been paid, oxcont 27,380 outstanding Bounty, and Belief bonds. Deducting the amount of this indebtedness paid, from the Indebted ness at present of $310,780 83 and there is left the sum of $158,507 25 of an indebtedness moro than when the liadical went out of power. And the SMnaiau, with a (loin Ui of trumpets, asks: 'What is there to ahe-nr for it X We will tell him. A permanent and convenient ppnitrntiarv bus Wen erected at a cost of $103,000. j A Capitol ho been built at a cot of 190,927 13. Tlio niiinlR.r of patient tno insane Asylum has gimtly in creased, Health offices have been cs tiil'lishcd nt Astoria and Kmpiro City ( 11 prevent the introduction of contagion's diMscs into the State. School have been established fin- the education of th,. mutes ami blind, and liberal doiintiim, have Ik ch mu lefor the Orphans,' Homo. Had things gone on in the same old groove all the indebtedness of the May Woods administration would have l.i,n jwid and a large surplus ,,f m , wui'ld Imve in tlio trwuaivv, bnt oil' public land giiuits would not hut a Uen Havel to tho. Slate. The iuwmo would lie 011 stinted allnivuuie. vnxsleu ienitent iry would Is- tilhouiig prisoners in escajie. We would have nu Otpitoi In fact all the Dojmtnii nts .f ISmtc Oovmnneiit would hnve no lo ad or iirganiKHtion. . ! !, 'i he inxestigatiini of the ciim of Hen. ui,.r tbw.r, uf Oregiin, reinads (he llniii,U-ljilik Tim!, which wu lagiiu i.i'h such unparalleled eiu igy, ussisteil in rMu.e d,.;!iw !,,. S,-nut"r .Mortoni cwiimitiiv, apparently i-udisl in a kind ' - ',,1'' f'i'it. The mnil bring us iu-t-.i i.-i.ti.iEi whit-b the telegraph did .not 'i ' ..-r it -If iih, (;, ihii nigh! when rt.m.sne eivmlali it work, the ' '. !-! nf i'M.lln-nl brnuhl ..Ml I lie 1 mid I'lcrrlmdr Mas ...ivumiwl. 1 .'( f,M B I t the l,(,sr ,,f ,l( ' " ' Wn llnlUi.l.it. but hj 1 tO I.), 1 ,1,.1,,'t ,.. f 10 I ) III l! . ... J HI I lot nd Me, hotel. Iwys went to work and sold the goods all out mid hud most of the proceeds spent m cigars awl lemonade. Tom. Roams, tho principal merchant of the city, Hiiiil it was "tlic best sell made thnt ',uv'" At Jacksonville tho air is thcelrnriwt and lightest we uver experienced. f In deed tho atmosphere is fully fifty per cent, lighter than in the Willamette Valley. One gentleman asserted most solemnly that the air was so clear and light and conveyed sound so distinctly that he could hear a man who had money to loan some. 40 miles away ! Jacksonville has two well conducted nowsiapcrs tho Timet and Smtinel. Both are edited with care and ability, and are valuablo ncipiisitions to that flourishing burg. At the margin of Rogue llivor Val ley, 14 miles north of Jacksonville, we had ft fine viow of Table Rock, seem ingly many milos to tho eastward. It is apimrontly an upright wall, siimohun- liwls of feet High, supporting a levol surface resembling a labia, It is said that during the early struggles laitween the whites and Indioiis a band of the latter were luirsued and driven to the i very verge of Table Rock, nnd that after a haul fight, iu which tho whites steadily gained tlio advnnta'-o, mahy of tho Indians, to oeae being shot or oapturod, leaped from this fearful hight to the chasm below. As it was said to he ulsjut three hundred feet from the . p to tno nearest " lighting place, we live tlio iiimginativn rcad"t to guc is nw much of each Indian was left f.r practical purposes. A lniiiaciousDiiteh man wnu " keeps More ut the point where we got our first view of Table bock recited this legend to us, and alter he had concluded his thrilling narrative ho very suddenly suvs : " ttfer I fmv. gets by myself. DtJso Iutum it killnl py dot ymnp !" Wo giued in an awo strieken mauiier at tho feui-ful height, una told I11111 we thought . t !. ... i 1. 1 . . .vii. mu iUK'k joint unit coining lown Jtogue liner, we saw sonio splen did corit-tudds, Mr. Bii'dscvo bus one of uts.ut SO eiss nhioli iaas thrift j iu iipiKiiramv and will dniihthwi yield or lunvily as any of the greet corn pro ducing prairies of Iowa or Illinois. lu.le.sl all the little valleys from the time we left tho Willamette until we arriied at the California line were dot ted and elos ked with corn-fields of most promising growth. Therefore, anybody that says we ruit't raise corn in Oreunii is a bad egjr. draws pay for both alike. If the Ore imiian claims that tho binding has noth ing te do with tho printing, then we ask tlmt ho deduct some $5,000 frem the amount which ho charges the present State Printer received during his term. And now we desire to inform the Ore- ijuiiiiin editor of another fact of which he is perhaps not cogniaint, and that is that tho appropriation for printing nnd binding made by the last Legislature wan only $28,000, instead of. $.10,000, as tluit paper keeps continually charg ing, and we desire also to state in this connection that tho House Committee on Ways and Means (Hon. Mr. Fergu son of Yamhill being Chairman,) had inserted tho sum of $30,000 for public printing nnd binding in the general up propriution bill, and that the present State Printer went volvuhirily to Mr Ferguson and asked him to reduce the printing appropriation to $28,000, as he did not believe the bill fur the work would exceed thnt amount. In this statement wo Idievoiiot only Sir. Fer guson, but flow Chndw ick lis well, will bear us out. Will Bro. Scott phmsc tell us at what tunc anU minor w hat circumstances he ever asked that his salary or perquisites should bo reducisf ! t the lipg'uiniug of this conhiii rrsy the Ore.joniim charged that the State Printer counted paper on the eight fold plan, After our denial of the charge that paper fell a quartette on its. fable, and now charges that paper was counted four fold. Wo do not pretend to say how tho proprietor of tho Orejouian, Mr. Pitt.Hik, counted paper when he wiih State Printer, but for mirself we flatly deny tho cluirgo of the Ornjouinn and ask that paper to make an investi gation. It very groasly misrepresents facts, and wo nsk that it prove its state- ments or stop its preposterous exnggero- ti.ais. , u is an undeniable tact that not halt a dozen of thein voted the Peter Cooper ticket ! Tho tickets were only printed by Republicans, and generally in Re publican printing offices, and in most cases Dick Williams' name was printed on them. But as further proof that this thing was gotten up in the interest of tho Radical candidates and manipulated by Radical leaders, the Standard has pub lished the following copy of n circular letter sent out just before the oloctioti by the Chairman of tho Republican State Central Committee : Cut (if Hnyi-i. ik W heeler. HP.AIHil.Atm lis IL'jiiililiitei Stnte Central Cominillefi, riityei nnd Wheeler Ciiiiamiijn. CotUVIelitlnL Mil. riT!.ASti, Oh,, llvt. , 1N7U. Dk.ii hik : i Neuil ynll by mall A (nw t'nacr Si t're? lit kela. I'tease nee that thev Rre pnincrlv mini. If vuii pirn not pcmuiule many Utinnmtn to vote lor Hnye'aA: w'he!er lirnnanivmcy inn no Inrtnml to (fo lor looiier k I nrej Yours truly, O. A. Srrur., Clialnnan Hop. State foil. Com. Hero is the indubitable evidence of PACIFIC COASTERS. ' , Wheat lgl.17 at McMinnville. Olympiaia now moving to buy a steam fire engine. Tlio hop-growers of Puyallup will want 2,800 pickers, to begin September 1st, Hon. D. P. Thorn ' i .w 10 China men at work digging n ditch near Jack sonville. Stock sheep of avrao quality L'miitilla county aro worth $2 to 2.50 mutton sheep, SI. 75 to 2. W. A. Cowl, of Unlatilla county making good white wine. He will pro duce 500 gallons this year. Chinese want to fish on Puyallup res ervation. Indians are willing, but the sheriff of the county says they shan't Thieves have been stealing consider able quantities of bacon from the smoke house of Messrs. McC'ully, near Salem. A young man named Campbell was thrown from a runaway header near Sheridan last week and got his leg bro ken. G. D. Richardson, from Maine, with a family of twelve persons, has arrived at Pendleton, Umatilla county, and will settle there. The man Frciderichscn, who was bo frightidly lacerated by a circular saw at Tacoma, has sued the mill company tor heavy Uamagej. ur t , ureif, wno Killed a nesro known as Bob, at Tacoma, two months ago, will be put on trial for murder. Ho will probably hang. Union Sentinel: "With all duo re- scpect for the opinions of those who deairo an extra session, wo have so far been unable to find any reason sufficient to induce us to sign the petition." F. Moflit, a resident of Rosebivrg for 11 venrs. committed suicide bv tnlrinn - .v . - a L --, - v..u uv- strvchnino last Thursday. Ho hnn "rs charged them, and driving the In- been ill for somo time and had met dnnce from it held it aiid at once Helena, Montana, Aug. 11. The following was received this morning: Bio Hole, M. T., Aug. 9, 1877. To Gov. Potl : Had a hard fight with Nts Perces, killing a number and losing a number of officers and men. We are here near the mouth of Big Hole pass with a largo number of woun ded in want of everything food, cloth ing, medicines and medical attenilance. Send us assistance at once. JOHN' OIT1BON, Col. U. S. A, To Got. 1'otlt : Wo had a had fight and took the village, but were finally driven back with heavy loss. dipt. Logan and Limit. Bradley aro killed; Gen. Gibbon and Lieut. Coolidge, English and Woodruff, wounded Eng lish seriously, the others slightly. The troops are entrenched and the Indians' were leaving when the messenger left. Deer Lodoe, Aug. 11 9 a. m. W. H. Edwards has just arrived from Bis Hole brinsrinir accounts of a terrible but tle between Gibbon's command and the ez Peroos on Big Hole river. Auir. 9th. Gibbon's command consisting of tej men, w omcers, loj regulars and 23 citizen volunteers, crossed over from Ross Holo to near the Big Hole on Wednesday. Storting at 11 o clock on the same night they moved down all the troops, with the exception of a tew left to guard the transportation a few miles above close to the Indian camp, which was made on Big Hole about three miles below where the Bit ter Root and Bannack trail crosses. At daylight this morning the fight was opened by the volunteers firing and kill ing an Indian going alter horses. The charge was then made on the camp and hard fighting occurred for the next two hours, during which time a number of men and Indians were killed. The sol diers then charged on the lodges, but were ropulsod in the attempt. The In dians then attempted to cut them off trom a high wooded point, but the sol- UIGBV IM tKlI Vll l. Jt UVK DKNaCMAt'T. The Slate DonionratMHJoiivcntion for Maine met iu Portland hist Wed nesday. Tho platform iivalliinis the platform and principles of the St. Louis Convention, churaotoriiuiig as a mon strous political fraud tho reversal of the election of S. J. Tilden as Piiwident, and asking for tin amendment to tho constitution which will mnko a ii-poti-tion impossible; and finally declaring that tho restoration to tho rights of cit izenship of the people of the threo Southern States, long kept subject to military occupation, is a iust acknowl edgment of tho wisdom of Doims'ratic principles; that tho Democratic party acts upoif principle, makes no facticious opposition and opposes onlv what is wrong in tho administration in (swacs siim of the government. Several eon- nutates were tliou placed iu nominal ion for Governor. The third nnd final bal lot resulted: Jos, H. Williams. 282: (iaiwllou, 101; Talbol, 87; Ifuines, If.; Andeivon, 4. Williumi tuts deehuvd the nominee, and tho vote iwtnV unanimous. this great fraud so successfully practiced tijioii the Democracy of Oregon as to loso the State for the Democratic candi dates and elect Hayes to the. Presi, deney t No wonder Geo. A, Steel has a fat federal appointment under Hayes. He is surely entitled to it, and notwitl: standing the fact that ho doesn't rcsigu the Chairmanship of the Radical State Committee, in olwdienco In Haves' or iter, ho will undoubtedly, or his past service, retain his fat Postal Agency for the North Pacific const. Steel is evi dently a useful vessol for the Radicals, and can therefore defy the general or- lcrs which more modest men foel them selves called on to respect. 'fl tMI AI'ITH," Our liopublionit coleiuis.nirics Kre ery greatly dianmntgisl, because the IVmooiiitii! party in the Fast is able to f THE I ALL ELECTIONS. ' In tho first week of this month Ken tucky went Democratic by an increased majority Louisville, the Metropolis of the State, showing a Democratic gain over last fall of nearly two thousand, Alabama s election, at the same timo, resulted in so great a Democratic victory that tho Radical telegraph can't bear the news to us, hence wo are compelled to wait the slow process of tho mails for particular, Tho election in California comes off on the 15th proximo, and the Democrats oiifidently rely on gaining tho Legisla ture mid consequently replacing the Radical Sargent by a Democratic United States Senator. With Oregon suimly. ing Mitchell's plneo next year with a Democrat wo will just have charge of the u p or brunch of the Rational Legis lature. i , I T1IK SAUK Fit llllUK. Ovrrl..ll llh a -nntor who think ho U ,.nii.rie. mi 'of tho imrly anil h (irvimlnir for ro-eloetlon, I he He linl'Hcmif. of California have little chains, of micro, nrt month. The I'hronirlo wtya the truth alioiiltl not he i tiil-il am! mnnot lie too qnlekly lohl ; the Ho piihlUiin parly, loaded down a 11 la, " I, IrretriovaWv ilefoatl in the oniluc ele.-tl.in," Thai luiwcumid mltdouMtuI whether It will Into tlio Joint con .riitjisi with nii.rv than ir Id out of the lan vot,. e would like to ask the Orryoman if the Republicans of Oregon are not in tho snnic fix, with Mitchell to carry uu iiii.ioui.n-iiiy "liunks ho is proprie tor of the party and is pressing fur re election. .1 rtUSOMK TtTE. I t TtaTK. List Friday .Mr. Malloiy, tho V. S. District Attorney fur Oregon, went lip the ivrnd te R.we!.tii-g, ttlMl ,, Jl.m.Uy ho came i,,ivn mi l!.- i,,.;.. -, :.i. lligbv. We don't claim that he met tW.t eiuiiirnt .llwug fa (he purs of .iininging his Rcipiiilnl, but wo do assert tlmt it wus in Iwd tnito for thf mini whiw, ,l,y ;i ;H t pnwivnlo an eeused ci-iiuir,.d lo 1h hobnobbing ltl him duriuir a tri. li;.i i.;,...r i... I..,.. IishI milet ; and esjieemllv i this tin . when it is elii.i-r.sl that the Manu Pivmvuiiin Attorney m uh we otur llicli.'s Alll.IV. lilni-iv : .t. !;-' i.l.-iitiea !;-iit Mmn vlocl, ""'UK .1 i tndicied. " ' ' ' is I. t It Vlcidellt make eapitel "a thev call it unto U.e great strike, The fact U, the "Kadi ra I party would make nipitnl out of a wtilenis, or even Noah'a ll.md, and now lieoause the Democracy lmtuinlly and instinctively sympathize with the oppressed and stun lug laborer of the country they cll it "making capital." The Deimwintic party mnorchanipiouovj or Imored mob violence, but it is nnd ever has been the friend and Kiipmrter of honest labor, and iu nieouiil of j.vrs au.l charges uf "making capital" will detw it from championing the euuso ol any and nil oppressed law-abiding citi tens. It will 1. seen by our report of the battle in Montana that Gen.tiibl.iu haj ' aurpii.st.il " I l,e Indians nnd lost mort Jion half of iis comnmnd. This it il.iil the third lime in this Iii.limionm iign lhat these liuliiuis have Us-u sue ,11-iMHl, and in cvh the is.ldien hve l,.n nuursapml and the Indian! jave gi.ne "nmivhing on." This u n-uui-tliiiig like the modern surprise par i la'i w tl.o )u.Kt and hosier u.-.l tor tlio ,1 !,((. l According to tlio Sltuulunl Mr. Ilig- by, although under indictment for sub ornation of perjury, and Iheivfuro tnp. ptmtt to be in jail, has all the privileges of acitizcti except appearing to be under guard. Hut as the Custom House lows who procured his services am ex pected to " see him through " there is M'hnps no impropriety in allowing him all tho priiilcgcs of a distinguished prisoner of State. Tub Ohio Democratic platform k un uijieiiious contrivance, since it plcsi Uio hard money and "softs alike. It is in fuvor of making giwnWksa legal muter tor everything, at a gold basis, ii op)sed to either inflation or contraction of the national currency, favors the re iteration of silver to its "normal condi tion" ith gold, and demands the imai. liste repeal of the resumption act. It is claimed by Ksdical " sniai'ti."! hm Higby ill gis! out on a tet'luiical ty of low- ho having himl Liko U iww.r to a be on G rover ls-fure th. Ut. : had Isvn utficially chm-gisl with me. We inll sis? whether Judsn Dindy -riits si:.h "crookedness" ti iuhshhI in hij court. ll.'l'K and confidence have no '!'.! th.-ir m.iAimum in the luinm. with reverses. He was 58 years old. Logs have been sawed at Port Mad ison, Puget Sound, which weighed 25 tens each, and produced over 6,000 feet of lumber. A whole raft of logs now lies thero which will make over 2,000 feet ouch. At Philomath, Benton county, last week, C. E. Arnold was charged with poisoning a farmer's water bucket, and a Mr. Denny was charged with prac ticing shot-gun Democracy. Both were acquitted. A farmer in Yamhill took a demi john of whisky to the hands in the harvost field. Before night they had made kindling wood of a header worth $400, and he had to start to Portland for a new one. A Chinaman in Baker county has bacn held to answer for selling liquor without license The principal witness against him is another Chinaman, who hopes to get the defendant in the peni- Itentiary arid then oVtain liis charming wite. A sheep herder named Franklin has killed a grizzly bear in the Blue Moun tains which weighed 700 pounds. The ocar was a young ono. The track of an old grizzly which has been seen in the same locality measures 16 inches long and 12 inches wide. Two children, named Probe, Thurston oounty, W. T., the eldest of eight years, were drowned last week by falling from a foot log into the creek. They wore found clinging to each other nearly under tho log. Tlio water was only four feet deop. Isaac and Dorcas l'redenberir of uaraneuos, Jackson couuty, are prob ably the oldest married people in Ore gon. They were married in New York m 1817, and have removed successfully to lYontucky, Indiana, Missouri and Oregon, reaching this State in 1861. The non treaty Indians who have been op north fork of John Day river says the Grant county Timet, for some weeks post, moved last week to the Malheur Indian agency to pay a visit to tho Snakes. Tho Indians number 100, with them something 6ver 2,000 ponies. They go to trade, gamble and raco their horses, which noble enjoy- ""'l" "T greatly prefer to work. From Baker county we Icaru that wool is being wagoned below ; good crop mir quality. Drain good, full crop. Ilaccrmines cleaning up with jood results. At Auburn thero is more money in .ircnhuUm than for wveral ycara. w ator is short but will iuxreaso next month. On Weatherbee creek, ..mil river, m e arastms will soon be -...suing quart. ttcnis A. rv, vnA . few tons from their mine, which nairl II. On Connor creek the new mill n.i works will be finished soon. The. have rich rock and plenty of it. The Virtue mine will start up as soon an it Jmei-ge from the bankrupt court Tl.i. .) good mine will par well if -, ly managed. The McCord .;n dght mil froin Ber, , ,..; tively; it funiUiei l,,,i.,. .V strikers or hoodlum hem i, nty of laborer What w -..,. pitl to develop ,. undoulrfl - wurces. fortified. Fighting continued here all day, and was still progressing fitfully wnen me courier telt. At 11 o clock the fighting was desperate on both sides, the full force of the Indians being in the fight. Cant. Logan and Lieut. Bradley were killed. Gen. Gibbon, Capt. Williams and Lieuts. Coolidge, English and Woodruff were wounded, Gen. Gibbon only slightly. Bradley was tho first man killed. The messen ger says that after they failed to capture the lodges the Indians moved their camp off in the direction of Bannack. All their horses being captured the messenger had to come to French gulch, nearly 60 miles on foot. Another messenger was sent to Gen. Howard, wno should have reached thero to-day. ine nowitzer had been lott six miles be- L ; l j i i . , umu, aim was orttoreu to ue moved un ac uayugur,. .Limine tne Petit thev heai r it discharged twice and then it woo silent. A band of Indians soon appear- ea wiui a large nana ol horses, and it is believed all the horses of the com mand, the gun, their supplies, reserve ammuniton, etc., were captured. Gen. Gibbon thought when the courier left there he had still one hundred effective men, and believed the Indians had near ly all withdrawn from his front. The messenger says he thinks one hundred Indians were killed, and nearly half the command including citizens, were killed or wounaeu. uen. iiiblxm has sent tor medicines, surgeons, supplies and juj. jji; miicneu wilt leave to-day with an esoort. Gen. Gibbon particu larly asks for ambulanoe wagons to come unuer escoit, and every available wagon will go forward from hero and Bute, it was one of the hardest In clian fights on record, and Gibbon's command made a most ffallaiit and ,W perato fight against overwhelming num- Deer Lodoe, Aucr. 11 in i uot, au me men we want here to escort wagons. We are rushing up wao-ons stores ice etc. Eighty out of 181! are killed or wounded. Tke lutett. Df.ee Lodge, M. T Aue. 12 Two oouriers are in from Gen. Hnwar,!'. commami. lie was 18 miles distanco irom uiDDon and would reach there eariy on tue nth. JNo further partic ulars from the battlo field, oxeptintr I to wnoi4 C:tl . t & ,, v,IUUUU a mmp Hn(( gm rial Amohi at I he Balllr, Chicago, Aue. 12 The fniw; the nHioiol ronoa nf a1. T. i, rt . . ... . .ts , lllH xn,unn ng,lt ln St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 11 Limit. Gen. Sheridan f'himn m a dispatch just received from Gen. Gibbon, .8 11V.,B pass, Ag v u m fo, lows: SupprUed the Nez Perces camp here this morning, got possession of it after a hard fight in which both sides tost heavily. Capt. Logan and Lieut. Bardley are kdlod. Myself, Capt, Wil'iams and Lieuts. Coolidge, Wood- ugiisn are wounded, tho last wnousiy. A. H. XrJRRY, Brig. Gen. Commanding. Wort; Xio-Orr. IT XIH.ESA, 31. X, Aug. H.The fol .uiS u just received from Bannack Indians crossed at the head of Horse praino te Lemhi. itrit;n. e.,i . this monung, kUling the Pierce brothers and others en route. They are ovident- v .. meir way to Snake River Tho Coos Bay -..Vote of August bth publishes the following statement of an interview with Higby : ' Ijist Saturday night aboiit I oVlwk, we heard a ring at our door, and when we arose and answered, who should stand before us but the lost Higby, ac companied by Mr. Bennett, who, it appears, had him in tow tor somelioiii'S the ex-l'ev, was slightly inebriated and in fine talking condition, and the tempt ation for an interview was too great to be overcome. Well, Mr. Higby, where in the worh aro yon from and -where bound 1 Well, I am from the reservation; tame down the coast and am going te San Francisco to meet Senator Mitchell. I am informed you aro about to send a dispatch to the Standard about my be ing here, and that is what 1 cauie to see ynt about. 1 don't want it to go ; "I suppose you have later news from Port land than I have, and can guess the rea son. Yes, I uuderstnnd you ore indicted, and they have Stiles in juil nnd are looking after you. By G d they dare not throw off on me, and they are treating Stiles shame fully ; tliey should have bailed him im mediately and let him go ; but I have facts ; I have a letter from Morton him aeu aince mo examination, telling me to come to Washington mid giro my tesuipony, ana I should be paid for it. I had an interview with Morton and kept away at his solicitation. After wards I got dispatch niter disr.utcli to come before the committee, but did not obey them, and was not expected to obey them., I did as directed, and if they txpect to make a scane-coat of me they are mistaking their man. VV ell, how about Lake and Stiles 1 They were hired, of course. Waters knew all about it, so did John Kellv. Dolph and the whole set. If they don't stand by me I know enough to set Kelly s tail way up over the moon. I am no fool, and havo it in writing, so if they go back on me they can't go back on that. What did the Republicans expect to gW by unseating Grover, and why this particular opposition to him 1 Well, I'll tell you ; they never ex pected to unseat Grover ; tho primary object was to defeat Nesmith. They feared his influence in Washington with the administration in the matter of " ap pointments. So it was decided to en courage Nesmith to expect a strong Re publican support and keep him out of caucus, and get tirover or some other man nominated, and then throw Nes mith, but the object was W defeat Nes mith St all hazards, and kick up, a row among tho Democrats at the same time, and Nesmith walked into tho trap like a d n blind fool, and everything worked finely ; then tliese charges against Gro ver were to be made and invest igated in Washington, and kept on the stocks for a year or two, to break any influence he might have, and also have a bearing on the next Juno election. Then why this investitration in Ore gon ? You sec that was not a part of tho general plan, but Urover got a little ob streperous ana Mitchell could not pro vent it without damaging his chances next year. then you think Mitchell is a ennrli- date for re-election. Think 1 I know it ; he Las more brains than any man in Oregon, and is the -mover in the whole matter, and but ror tiie bungling manner in which this investigation was carried on, or but for the investigation at all. all of bin nlnnn would have been successful, and he and Dick Williams would have controlled the whole coast. Do you think Mitchell L- new nl.iMit luring tales witnesses 1 1 don t know; but that wa3 done to attain tne end desired by Mitchell and tne rest ot them. The papers had von rnnorted a h ing lett the State. Where have vou m-v i ::rn -toil! Hill. In th Cii-er.it '.-wr (i Ma Stai, ,., , r ..j. tr r. i- n. . rifiBi. ... riainnT v t" Davis, Defendant. ! full in equity for (i.voice, lo Ptioba J. Divis, the 0lim- In the nu no of tie State of On, ro hereby required to aupear ii ' ' the complaint of tho above- aniwi !"1" In tho ab..ve-entit)ed Court, J,,!"" with the Clerk of said Court ii ' days from tlio .orviceof J, 11 upon you, it served iu said Linn " Oregon, but, If served in County In .aid State ot Onu,, ' wtihiii twenty days from tin, ,.' , tho service of tnU summonit uiw '" or, If seived by publication i!;"! or before the first day of the tia , ' the Circuit Court of the siauj , "" for iho County of Linn, to-wit, ,, ST day of October A. v., I8,;,a,.,i', '"" lioi eby notified that if you titii t Jl ami answer said complaint as Jin "j''' qiilre.l, the Plaintiff will applvt Sf ? lor the relief demanded in ta,,,,,,.,''11" to-wit t a dissolution of tho bjmii oi'''":"; rimony existing botween you ft, , Drl'eiidant, nd for the costs ami AL' inonts of this suit. August ih, 1877.' '.' HUMPHKEY A li win n2'5 ' . - - Atl'y. foi-Vi-o Published by order of Hon. H. p , Indue, made this loth doy of Aiuniv.iti' Dr. J- D. M0EEIS, Physician ami Surgeon f)7 runtxan rmvo won. t, yj bE.VchonurnoruldinhKiidlcrriitrM, un,.w.D OIUHU nw ouuu.nir. Havin.. hi, ui oluluren. ' " " Notice. To the Delinaiiciit. -r. . ... oftUeelly or Albuny " 1 10MB UP AND PAY YOUB Tave, J and savo costs. 'naAth V. M. WESTFALL, ' City Mauuai. ; Admistrator's Notice. 112 aZ ,i "eceaseo, will, on i, 14tn day ol Ueptomber, 1877, at the h, or two o'clock in the olioraoon ots, day, present to the County Court of 1A, County, Oregon, his resigoatiua as i,i ininiairator of said estate, and ask tlutbi. bondsmen be released. IJated this Hih day of Aug., J877 ... JOHN' J. DAVl'j, n2w4 AdmiuiBlratur been all the time? At home part of tho time- v.f the reservation part of the time fishmrr ana hunting, Here we informed him nV.,,1 Shubrich callidg for him, and Kelly's iw iu uie resrvation. ant shnwe. 1, tne standard and Afercurii in which b, was reported as having probably gone u, u.wtuc. newas greatly snrpris. ed and became quite, reticont. How ever, he said he was told that Kolly hnel Kaon 1 Ltr . , J ivosuif iur iiim nno thnr t. a omwncK mia ou sovoral daysf and says he thus explains the whole thing. -out. j., nice a ninny, put off into the mountains. Bv G d. I thnnirhf tl.. dared not give mo awav." He called on us again Sunday, and requested us to make he said the night before. We promisod uo iw i-iisy on nmi fts wo could, A Special Bculon. Tlw St.,t... ....... ,., mis M tabulated m. K'rt which sho-s that up to bt S,.. -emWrT. If. Cnnn had drawn from the '"wury the sum of $12 30 itire September, 1.S76, we U no Itu-ml n-irt of hi,, but it i mC, ... .T he still hld., his Srip - It us r.ro, " Ml llllll IHU'111 ; the tlv nor to valley TIM BwlllM , UiaM. New Ynmr i.,. i ... Wasliinirton snecial .v . t .' 'f Montana dispatches of this day say the ..vo U1UU tne jemhi .nr,,.,i:.. not more than 200 miles from here and marching m this direction. Howarf k Wg on at leturt three days in the war. Owuiff to tin r 1... i of Indians here and their very mtlcss condition, I feel great xiet7over oTr Tr. I -1 o r 1,0 Prott'on. s there Mil'' 12 'nlwus (sh.oshones) ami their - ... reservation, and no trooi "thin T,,0 ; 1 valid, and th. A .. v n t i 11"""'' tne indiaiui irfmnt, which is in IuVh, lust across the line from Montana, ttia fk-mrtan. .1 ., . 0, western slotMSof the mo...,t;. ..... arat,g those territories, would show that u, llllpirig tnm 0U) w B. Hole canyon Mit thev i,, ,. t. .. i. F aau. 4.1 VI1 mien the wyju anJ are no,. f three te four day, ew ,l(.;r H,,rti oeierai Petitions are now in cireulafl.m ;,, tnis city asking tho Governor to call a social session of tho Legislature, to consider the touowtng subjects: 1. Proper legislative provision for promo tagthe nulroad intercut, of this State, and especially ,ueh provision as will secure an early connection of this State with tho rail road system of the United States. 1 Our State Constitution need, to W amended in many particulars, to keep paco with or growing agricultural, railroad, iniii tng, hshing, and cotnmwcial interests, and experience ha, shown th. the best and mwl expedition, way to effect the desired object l by . Const t.ltinnl O .: ' "DJCt legislative pmvurion m reference to this .SbT ect diould be made at an early day ,o Aat the qnct on nf llln . ..:.?.. .-y' . P' ,, s - -vuB.uuiionai con- n.vt ni " ".'' " m vo11 " at the O 1 i .... 4. Proiver npnviai.m f.-. j,u r : 4"1 miiuaiir me .state debt aUowermtca of interest iroataot winter. n.th-.t t .... . 6. armu. other measures of e-iwr.1 n.,,1 local uuiwrtance n.1 g For the fftr-,;., HIMt VM tr, i.,T T ""PUll y - to h. .."L",'VM"" A"mhly. Referees' Sale OF REAL ESTATE, WHEREAS. TIIE CIRCUIT COM of the State of Oregon, for the i ty of Linn, at the October term, 187(1 tlm. of, appointed the undersigned rcfcriH, make partition of cortnln real estate m ttoiie.1 aud described in a deoree of t Court' made at the said October term, it.; Ol Said Court, in a null, thaw.;., ft.. of said real property wherein Samuel h, i .u.i uiuars are piamtitls, and Mm Lonsand others are dHfanriunt .nrf,.i,.. as, said Court at the March term, IS thoreof, made an order directing the i deinnrnod n-fenwa tn u.i th r. n.. aZT '., 1 ProPerty. mentioned in t deo.ee, for the reason tbat partition ot it ssu e cannot be made withSut great L dice to tho owners thereof. p fherefore in pursuance of said ordfroi sale, the undersigned roforces hereby give notice that on 1 Monday, the 10th day of Sent M,7 between the hours of 9 o'clock a. r. .ml 4 o clock p. m., to-wit: at the hour of 1 ; o clock p. M., of said day, they will .ell public auotion. to ilie ihIim ihu. .kn Court House door In Albany, LinnCountv, Oregon, the followimr dnscrihmt i vl ertv, to-wit: " 1 The South half of the North-west qtur tor, the South-west auart.r of ib N.mi,. oastquarter, and the orth-westquarroi the South-east quarter ot Section 8, Town ship 14, South of Knnice West, oonluiius; , uuma, in ijinn t.;ounty, Oregon. Also, beginning at the North-east Homer of the donation land olaim of Thommi W i- lianiels and wlie, being notiticaiion Hi 18n, and olaim No. 4h, in i'ownshipli, South of Haupo 4, West; thence runn;;; South 65.48 chains; thence. West 26 chains; thence North 66.43 chains; tletit iast Hi at) chains, to the place of bevin ". oouiuiniug HO.atiacres, in Linn Coun ty. Oregon. Also, commencing at the South-wW . orncr of land claim No. 64, in Township 14, South of Range 5, West; thence ii .i4 rods to the West bank of the lm!u tboueeNorih 6ti rods with the meaadrruii "".''ongh; thonce Wet 5i!i ro,is in tno Willamette river; thence South 66 rod tO the Place Of becinninir nntini,.r 2 acres and 77 rods.3ituaied Til Linn Couiiiy, Oregon. Each tract of said real eslnln will hwW separately on the following torim: Uold Coin of the I7nil.il Stala .f Am.ri.ll. one half cash in hand, the j-emainilei- in six months, I'nyiopnt lo be secured iiy mortgageon the premises. xuluu August jutn, 1S77. . JOHN 1. KECTOlt,! CALEB OKAY, fRcfcrcffl JOHN S1PPY, I nlw4 OREGON 7 STATE EAll nooTiijBExrB r At tne. 11HE BOOTHS O.N THE FAIR GltOCynS n! ' Or,'?0!l Arinl,..l R.u.inlv will I Jt auctlun, to tl,8 highest, l.idjer, for tho Fair k lS,7 ll.v, on Thuml.iv, AllTOt 23, t ! o'cln-l 1 to Uke )lce on the I'airOlouudBM hereU,li're. A leiwiiiff HtK)thi. at uoli,n will be required tt i with nil the rules and n-iniL.tif.na nf mid fc. ' entincr tho uu of tin- hil,ijn ..... t to the officers of the Sotirty ou Uio .-atiiiia oy ot witl lair week. SPECIAL tTlK. I.iceni will be mnted as heretofo. Twentr eer rtt. of .h mMwt will t"ired In a.lvatu, the balanoe ou orbefom au ut t imeu, stn pud coin. E. M. WA1TE, JOHNTF. MILUiR. PLLOB JKH-Hi-"" For furtliec rwrtirolar nrriWnm ,rf biblti apiilj to Mr alto, Seorvaary, Ifatai. '" ' - Albany Marble Wof MORGAN & STAIGER, BBaUyOBtN STREET, : AMtASY, 0BE;1' --pe.uj:b i.v Obelislv Monocieets, -.ii EXECl'TED IX iTiLo r.::3 vrr:- ORnrRS FPOM All, f ht t 1' frwariutl. " I or Mr:y vibter. J f ' s:";rT 1 mt ii nil .:JtWMi F-if ch.Tmifr ( i !: 1 Rvnt iiiMu"ii e-wr ' Our hm 'iii ,r:iit' nit ntir. Kfft. intr wtii.r'.' iTZ' "iu" '.' IU. V, I . rs next 1 (unn s ' sw I he h .ibii. t n , j V t i t U .1 1 1 nil 4, ft ' " i i . v I ' J lull i,t ijsirrir i Mr t, , d li'sMtl ln. i: it fiVUtl s tl '1 1 v ""r'e-l t , I ,1, , '..I 1 to whip Vhh f J. i i 1 c - i , mi le