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V. Offlrlnl P:pi'r flr Oregon. FRIDAY, JULY IX 1971 trtr MviBRSton. The ew York frwiWliaspnb. lished letters from Stanly giving a history of the meetu .g will that very remarkable traveler, Dr. Liv- ingstoi.e. and letters of Ins contain f . i . ! . . ! jug a account o ins cxpiorauoim i nuwi iw uiivnncumiw The Doctor tells of two countries twecn murder in the first degree through which the great river Nile i and manslaughter in the third de rims ai d place where ivory is soigrce. It is a lamentable fact that cheap a.-to be used for door posts, j ami whew grass e'otli is manu'ae- tnred, rivaling India, lie says the people arc ,;early white and extreme- lv handsome, whom I supposes to I be desw..datW tte ancient Epyp- j tains. sneaks til Conner mines j being worked lor ages at Katanga, j the IWopw teing friendly and docile. 'He odor ai id la, lev explored , , , ,. , , ,i I tin l.oa.l ,i nl-f oii"t!nmla. and : returned 1 1 Ujiji where they spent . Christmas. I ii iugstouc was found j by lanky in a very destitute cop. dHion, 1 aving teen robbed and de-1 serted by his men. I !e looks to lie j onlv lifty and is quite hearty. Af- ter 'exploring a few doUbtM points, ... . .. .. which will take cignteen monins, he contemplates returning to i-.ng-; laud. M,"i" h, Wwn He imbecility to which Democ racy was reduced was seen in the lact that while some of the leading organs of the rty were most anx iously urging the party to make a straight out Democratic nomination at Baltimore, that Convention on its assembling dared not, in the face of the threats and dictation of the Greeley-Brown taction of renegade Republicans, to so do. With the austere eye of'their Republican mas ters upon them, they dared not assert that manly spirit of exemption from control and freedom from dictation, which flows from a consciousness ot superior authority and independ ence. Obsequiously they yielded to the behests ot' t heir masters. Greeley but a short time since wa proud of parading his record of opposition to the Democratic party In drawing a comparison tetween himself and (;rant i this particular he said that if the Demo cratic party were called upon to decide between him and tfrant, nine-tenths of them would vote against him. The reason he gave for this belief was this : " I am a decided enemy of that jiarty, even in its most reiectable aspects." "General Grant has never been beaten, and never will be," rote the "wood-chopper" ot Chappaqua, tefore he went into the wood busi ness for Presidential purposes. The enthusiastic old Sage slopped over a i..e, mayue, wnen no sm u,, for Grant may be beaten sometime ; iMit he will never beat Grant, cer : 1". .1 . I 1 l. ! .1 . 1 - . 1 tain, " Grant and his jxilicy deserve tlie highest credit ," asseverated Greeley tefore he retired to the farm to "cut wood." Horace doesn't think so now, out loud, but the people do, and they will cancel the credit mark next November by voting tfraut into the White House fbr another four years. It would 1 cruel to interrupt the Tribitm farmer in his theoretical wood-pile amusements. v I. v ' ". , : wt An Lpitok is JAii..-the edi - tor of tlie Oconto, Wk Lumber- man is under arrest for non-payment f a MO judgment in a libel suit. MM t.l 11 , . , , I he Sheriff allows him bounds ot one mile from the jail, so he only goes to the jail to get his meals, . .i . i - .... .- and t hat at the excuse ot the plain tiff, A Wisconsin paper says : "Jo. rather seems to like his sitnatinn: - and gives the Sheriff a puff for the; (Ml'i'if - i lil.- i rtlJ.i " now the marl who dissects it will Tho" Mohi'e lieaixter one of if.n ! 18 01 U' 0M mP' e"ergy. I bill liau passeu Will some ...eoo-e- , , , fe j,, fi,r tie remark i no .iioiii e AMre,one ot tne I ial amendments. He raved, storm-' '! , ,:: j ... . leadu-g Dcmoemtio organs of the It is remarked as a significant I ,i and moved a rccoiisideration, but l,iaV y ' j; j ki i of .i i i'i . ' , . . ., Mil . .., V, renaior rpnura syen my n.im i ii South says : "In the light of recent j fact, that the religious press of the all to no purpose. ing on the wall. If it is Horace eveBts.iftte Democratic party dies country, almost without a single ex- a7T3Z fiiiA'iiiiit'in Xnnont Greeley's handwfiting, we don't look in vain fbr its' backbone." 111 hUHttH' ()M New York journals are justly incensed at tie resn't of ite Stokes' , farmer" dodge now, inteuding there, trial. The Erpre calls it a farce j by to induce tlie people who liveio and contemi of common sense. tlie country to supxrt him. Such The Fkmt says that we arc Hearing, demagoguery as that won't "pan it we have not already readied, the ," It stamps the quill-driver as point wlx-re taking life is not con- j IIe farmer! " sidered murder except in cases of pie know his farming iicver extend vulgar burglars who have treses- 'nd milking, and that was ed on the rights of property and lu,lg. long years ago. sacrificed life to reach it. The Commercial blames live law which II . .... 3. ... .... ..,,!!., .'iki.l ml In). the practical option of our jury system is to show more leniency to wards the wealthy murderer than j to an other class of criminals While tlie most rigid i-enalty oMhe law is visited upon the horse thief and other petty thieves, the infln- ential and wealthy murderer as a rule is rarely punished. TT, XX'l.at a iralaxv of recruits is that " . 1 1 ")' as vv' J t,lp Altnuijr, N. i ., - ''".' : " AW political traitor Jefl 1 )ais, the l,ati""al trairi -''iiral Semw, : 5 '' Wn l,,e ;.....,i.,r of t:..rv ,.f 'hn.it and in.:,... ,..., ,.1 ti. Cr.H.tt.v i ; - beauty;' t'akey tiail, the ring! i plunderer; Whaus.the corruption- J i ist ; Andrews, the rioter ; Cochrane, I the dead beat; Wood, the gambler; , .... " . Mrrii.v tl. si.oith.if man. ft id ! omne s-all 'that crowd.' " rwtUa ,,mulr ,.f iwwm'n hs ' ... ' ,. a 8. lie said it would be the ruin gone this summer from Oregon to i flf j( my my em g(jt the l'a'ouse country, north of the ai,y j,owt.,. jM ,t big bend of Snake river in Wash- ington Territory, where, it is said, I For years Horace Greeley, a dis hes the largest body of agricultural ciplc of Henry Clay, has preached land, now open to settlement, on this j Hie sterling motto of the "Mill-Roy coast. A new county has been or- ot the Nasties" "I nao rattier ne . , . . ...ji. right than be President." Now he ganizcd, embracing the valleys. " . . u. , , p ' i lives to practice the motto, "1 had commonly called the 1 a ouse coun-: ,, , i.reiiiutM1, t18ll rfM,. try, having lieen cut off the eastern portion of Stephens county. Tlie county seat, temporarily located at the forks of the Palouse river, has been christened Colfax. Now that Dr. Howard has been j ,oin..,i lui tU s;i..isl. Cm-mis IUI ll.'l 'l "V ment under a peremptory demand by the United States, it seems to be ; generally known mat uowam not an American citizen, and it was : ... ... i a ... really no special business of ours what became of him. lie is a Frenchman; hasn't lieen in the United Stales for thirty years. A little while ago, "Flora Tem ple," then "Goldsmith Maid," was Queen of the turf. Now in steps "American Girl" and out trots the 'Maid" and c'aims the honors Wtere are all the gentlemen horses? Is woman's boasted superiority to! mean to be first illustrated on the j turf? Trot "Dexter" out, Mr. Ron ner, and let him give these female horses the go-by. James Lyons while playing at a game of cards at a grocery in San Vnuim m the ig,lt of Uic 14t( , ejtwrmh!d by m m. mn(1n ,w Jmb Mip, a bystander, and drawing a revol- ver shot Meier twice through the breast, inflicting a mortal wound, i Lyons was immediately arrested and takcu to tlie calaboose. In tho cell ' he clapped his hands rejieatedly on i ,. , . . . . j his breast moaning as if in pain.' Soon after lie lay down on his blanket, audio all appearances fell j asleep.' On going to awaken him j Later in the night the officer found him dead. Ho is supposed to have died from heart diseasw, aggravated Iiai. - :... .,....:...,. ,,, ..,,.l.,l nv trio luieusu c.wn-tii"-"' nwnivw ; Vt , ' , . ntW 1 T - Rev. Peter Cartwrright, the fa- ! nious Methodist preacher who is ... ,i- . 1, j now nearly ninety yean of age, has i teen adjudged incapable ot attend- . - . . mg to his own affairs, and piaceu following day. In the miuitie ot j you a iirceiey man ; niu snow ma under the guardianship of his son, j the night l"was aroused by a mess- j an honest man, and I show you an Madison Cartwright. Theold vet-1 enger with tl.e iufbrniation that it anti-reeley man! - wan seems to te failing rapidly, tli nnl. 1. rt ,1J,. i-l,,, ti-u l1.ii.Ji 1 1 i i ception, is against the Cincinnati nominations. The Farmer BodKe. Greeley is playing the "humble The Literals and Democrats in Illinois arc thoroughly disgusted with the ticket nominated by tho dotib'c convention, pni igtield man writes to the Inter Ocean : "I have not found a leading man who e,d0 the ticket, W promises to support it Among lie prominent Uoeral who openly expressed their , "Pillion to tne Maic iickm, are ion,. I esse K. DuRois, O. JU. 1 y. Wm LuW. W I Newton l'ateman, and Dr. Win. Jayne. Many other who have taken j an active artin the Liberal move ment have openly renounced their adhesion to the coalition. A Democratic correspondent of t),e Detroit Free Free gives the followi,lg mmm wiy 11C j. theowasion of a slight Aiffmm of- opinion between my party and II. G., he said I was a da,""tHl. ,lia, , . . tV f . lie faid I was a horse thief. o Me said I was a rascal and perjured villain, 4 He said I was a i r- He said I was slum. a poisonous reptile. H ' 1 was a traitor. i. lie said my "iitniiities were all ld (not female) Greeleyite organs delight to dwell upon the services the old pMloaoper has rendered to the Re publican party m times past. Iut, ; it has been forcibly queried, "what's the use of a cow that fills a bucket with milk and then kicks it over." All Illinois lady of Celtic descent lately blew down into the chimney 0f a kerosene Imp, and the lamp blow hack again, and Bridget Moil. ahan is no more. Of the 107 Republican members of the late Illinois House of Rep resentatives, only two are for Gree ley. The 'age has teen a candidate for office nineteen times, and was only elected to fill out an unex- P"ed Congressional term. , " . "Clappaquacki, ,s t,ie , lat?st and most appropriate name for the Greeleyitcs. Ah Sick, of Jamestown, ( ah, is dead, and Ah Gone, who hit him, is gone, ah. "Sloi-hm.vg Ofk." In 1865 the Republican party saved itself from the fate of its predecessor by sloughing off the decrepid element, and in 1872 it will do the same. Tim rvnrtv Wolf ia as vonmr sh it. wag the ,ay of its birtll T)C leaders ot the organization are in full sympathy with ihc men and ow dominant in the country. Such it will ever continue to te, if, genmtion of niblic me J)as8 jllto ti,e mi ,! slippered age, the party, Sinbad like, castsolf the "Old man." It ic related as a irood ioke on Sumner that the day tho Civil j Rights bill passed, the Senate had a t.u-etitv-hotir session. Mr. Sum- .' , . 11Cr, who had carefully nursed his bantling to the exclusion ot all oth- I ers, grew wearied out toward oven? j , and seeing no prospect ot the , Olll COIIIOI" mi, l-HU liuiuv mm iu ; )$jf ()r , ..(i . ti i0rious effort on tlie i r . . . .. .. ..' was up. liasnij liiui'inu ino ins. clotf)(4 i,e hastened to the Senate , ., t' 1 . ! li..U. 'PLi I i .. i -i . i it. .. the fox ate up two of the dogs and frightened the rest away. FOBEHIH WS. Catacar.y has published a aui phlcl in justificatjkin of his course while repreamtfng the Russian Got emment in tlie United states. Tlie London Obtereer thinks tlie Geneva tribunal will require Eng land to pay lieaty sums to tlie Uni ted States for direct damages, though the total will fall .several millions below the American esti mate. irazil has refused to receive Gen. Nilo as plenipotentiary from the Argentine Confederation. The Hrazillian government wa prepar ing for hostilities. The dispute with the Argentine States originated on 'me noii-iuiuiuueni, ui nw iwj concerning I araguay. i5raz, ,s making belligerent pre- parat.ons m anticipation o! a coming Wtt the Argentine IlepiiUllc. In tho fight near Ilolquin, est Indies, recently, the Spanish Col. Iluerata and the Governor of Ilol quin were killed by the Cubans, The difficulty between the Amer ican consul and the authorities of anta Marie, Hayti, ended ill the !". S. Government ordering Mr. Rasselt, American Minister, to al low the matter to drop, owing to the incorrectness of the Consul's statement. A dis)mtch from Loudon to Aden announces the arrival of Stanley, the New York HeraUTt correspon dent, and says he starts for London to-day in company with a son ot Dr. Livingstone, liearing letters from the great explorer to the Eng lish government, as well as for the family and friends ot Livingstone. Stanley says when he left the Doc tor was unwell, but had determin ed to proceed with his explorations, and will not return until he discov ers the sources of the Nile. Kr.gland was visited by very de structive storms on the 12th inst. In the middle of the southern coun ties and many other p'aces, the growing crops were prostrated and destroyed. 'Several leople were killed by lightning. A Berlin correspondent says that General Shertnat-. has expressed himself disgusted, not only with his reception there, but with German matters generally. At a dinner at Minister Bancroft's, at which Gen eral Yon Moltke was present, the great generals did scarcely more than exchange sanitations. General Sherman's meeting with Prince Frederick Charles passed oft' in al most the same way. At Potsdam General Sherman was refused ad mission to the Park, because the Emperor was entertaining some Im pefiit guests. Subsequently, while the military review was taking place, and while the troops were teing reviewed by the Emperor, General Sherman, who was invited to witness the affair and be present ed to the Emperor, rcmemtering the Potsdam incident, jiolitely de dined. The party now moving heaven and earth to beat Grant, combines the worst elements of the south, the scum of the mirth, the repudiators, the disorgamzers, the moral jackals, who prey on grave-yards and feed fat on slander, falsehood, and cor. ruption. If there were any other worse elements, it would open wide its arms to receive and give them warmest welcome. Salem States man. Said Robert Toombs in his re cent speech at Atlanta, " Show me a man that tried to make a party out of the negroes, and I will show you a (Vreeley man. Show me a 7ullock man that has turned Demo crat, and I will show you a Greeley mana thief that has roblied tho State, and I will show you a Gree ley man. Show me one of the Jitchell orphans, and I will show vou a Greelev man. Show mo a S State read lessee, and I will show . . ... . i i .... i The Louisville CoimW cau't . : .11 -.-1 1 . . . know where lie is going to find a Daniel mat can react . EAXTMH SEWS. Twelve ce of sun-stroke occur red in New York on the 12th inst. Tlie engineer, fireman and four laborers were killed instantly and five otters wounded on the 19th by tlie giving way of a bridge on tte railroad being built south of Green briar, N. Y. First and second broods of cotton caterpillars have appeared on tlie coast of South Carolina. They hare also appeared in Alabama. The public schools of Patterson, New Jersey, have closed on account of the prevalence of small pox iu the city. Carl Schiira istospeak at several points hi North Carolina tefore August. Henry Wilson has gone to Long Hraucli on a visit to the President. The National Literal Republi can Committee met on the 11th Bt New York, nd elected Ethen Allen as permanent Chairman and Jasper W. Johnson, of Oregon, as one of the Secretaries, A resolution was passed recommending a union of Lilieral Republicans and Demo crats in selecting State candidates. Sell lira and Brown were present. Andrew I). Clark was hanged for rape at Newcastle, Delaware, on the 12th inst. Gnlz Urown had an attack of cholera morbus at New York on the 12th inst. It alarmed his friends very much, but he soon got over it. A new company has lieen formed with a capital of J200.000 to bring Chinese labor into tho Southern States. The Macon Telegraph hopes if they ever get Livingston out of Af rica, that they will put him iii irons and keep him out. A Lafayette, hid., lady, while in Philadelphia, was attracted by a handsome necklace in a window, and determined to buy it. She stepped in and asked the price. "816,000, ma'am," replied the sales man. l?eiiig $15,000 short of that sum, she changed her mind. There is considerable excitement in Sit, Louis over the determination of Judge Cullen to bring gamblers to tho auction block, and knock them down under a State law pro viding that ganib'ers shall be treat ed tlie same as vagrants. It is alleged that Walter W. Price, of New York, l as made a drunkard of his daughter Lillie, at the early age of four years. If the Savannah Aecs correctly represents the sentiment ot the Georgia Democracy, Greeleyism is too hitter a pill to take in that re gion. The JVeies predicted that it the I'altimorc Convention nomina ted Greeley, -Georgia will go for Grant by 20,000 majority, ami it commends the Democrats who say they will remain away from the polls rather than stultify them selves by voting tor Greeley. General Tom Thumb, who ar rived from Europe recently, is go ing to build a new residence for himself and wife near Fairfield, Conn. Ch'ot Clerk, 7erry,ofthe Com missary Department at Fort Mc pherson, Kansas, while picking his teeth with a straw a few days since, penetrated his tongue with the sharp edge of the straw and bled to death. Every Republican paper in Texas is for Grant. Tlie St. Louis Democrat has as. certaincd that an accurate census of the Literal Republican party of Illinois shows that it is conqwfed of Horace White of the Chicago Trib une, Jessie K. Dubois, and an un divided half of Governor John if. Palmer. The Toledo Blade says : "Every plunderer, every treasury-robter, every Tanimany thief in Xew ork, is howling for Greeley and reform with a vehemence that makes an honest man shiver." Nast receives ?50 a day for mak ing caricatures. In New York on tlie 15th inst the jury in the case of Stokes for tho murder of Fisk repotted their inability to come to an agreement, An attempt was made to have Stokes bailed, , i ' .. , 1 Rains have caused the Alabama river and tributaries to otetrlow, resulting in destroying railroad tracks, cotton and corn crops to the value of two million dollars or more. In addition to caterpillars, the ball worm has appeared in the South. Alexander Steptens has pub'ish ed extracts from one hundred ami seven Democratic papera which op pose Greeley. New Jersey has sii thousand acres planted with crantem'e. Twenty-two Choctaw Indians are on a base ball tour in Arkansas. Gilmore's Jubileecosts $600,000. It lasted eighteen days. During the first seven days the receipts wero only $225,000. J. C. Caver, U. S. Consul at the Azores, died on teard the bark Fredonia, on July 4th, while on the passage home. ' New York es8 printers have been granted 29 er cent, increase of wages. Rishop Simpson has intimated his intention to appoint Dr. I ana han to the vacant PitJsiding Elder ship ot 'iVashington District. At Rising Sun, hid., on the 16th, the Jaryland House and other buildings were burned. Loss, ?40, 000. A Long Branch letter says Gi. Porter will shortly make public a list of Democrats who are going to stump for fVranf . It is rumored in case of Greeley's election, Jas. H. Eades will be Sec retary ot the Navy. ?'he Chicago Tribune apieals to the temperance men to cast their ballots tor (! roe ley, because he is in favor of prohibitory liquor laws, and to the friends of the lager beer and whisky cocktails, to vote for Greeley, because, if elected Presi dent, his views in regard to prohib itory liquor laws will not be car ried into the administration of the government 7'he Tribune is not at all embarrassed by the inconsist ency of these positions. The net profits of the jubilee ball are said to te 33,000. A Suf ok -run Tonocx. If there is any defect more striking than any other in American charac ter, it is bashfulness. Young Amer ica, in particular, is painfully affect ed by it. An incident is mentioned by a corresH)iident, who was de sired by his aunt to go over to her neighbor Shaw's and see if he had any straw for sale tor tilling beds. "Mr. Shaw," said our informant, was blessed with a goodly number i of .Misses Shaw, and I therefore felt i ""ie """ ai euconiuei ing mem. lo make tne matter worse, l ar rived just as the family were seated at dinner. Stopping at tho door way, hat in hand, I stammered out : "Mr. Straw, can you spare me enough shaw to fill a couple of beds?" "Well," replied the old gentleman, glancing around at his large family, and enjoying my mis take, "I don't know but I can ; how many will you need?" "Refore 1 coriW recover, those hateful girl burst into a chorus of laughter, ami I broke for home." Out iu Kansas the other day a man was arrested charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill. He had shot the plain tin through the thigh, and contended, that there was no intent to kill, be cause, with his reputation for "dead ly aim," he could have killed him if he wanted to. 7b test his skill he and the Justice retired to the rear of the office, where tlie defend ant, at twenty paces, put six balls into the bottom of an oyster can in as many seconds. Upon returning to the Court the defendant was dis charged on the ground that such an excellent " shot " could not pos sibly have any intent to kill. ' -. 7 he following is from the New York JlertUtPt report of a receni skirmish m the Senate : "Thurman qiiizaingly asked if the Indiana Sen ator could name n time when the Democracy would govern. Mor. hu m wl)ich Ti,nnnan fiMt j ne said, all things were possible in the providence of Godi Great ' plagues had come; Chicago was i Iamine iki mo iemocracy might win. The Democracy was a kangaroo iarty; its strength was a l in it lower limbs." Tlie fashionable shoe for spminer tpropienaders 1 made ot Kreneli kiit. and cut about tliree-atiartcft Mtfln 1 .... fastened with buttons with toes al most square, and heels about an Inch high. . '