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V. 8. Offlrial Papr for OHon. FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1874. Ten fatal cases of sunstroke to St. Louis, Mo., since Saturday. Later reports of the Pittsburg ! Cady Stanton and Susan B. An disaster reduce the loss ot life to 150. 1 thonv both throw in their mite. Ninety bodies have been recovered. The gre at destruction of life and property at Pittsburg on the 26tb, is attributed to a water-spout. Ohio and Kentucky have been visited with terribly destructive storms within the last few days. R. X. Basirin is the fortunate man to receive the nomination of the Liberal party in LTtah for Dele gate in Congress. There are now sixty-two Gran ges P. of H. in Colorado, with a total membership of 2,500, and the order is but started there. Speaking ot the "heated term"iu Utah, an exchwfic ays, that in some of the gardens in Salt Lake City apricots have been cooked on the trees. Whew ! The Oregonian charges that Ben Simpson, as Indian Agent, is defaulter to the Government to the tune of $30,000. Carlists obtained a victory over the Republicans near Olot Re port has it that tbey have shot 235 more Republican prisoners captured from Norvillas' column. On the night of July 29th, the stage between Hamilton and Pio che, Nevada, was waylaid by two men, the treasure box taken out and rifled. On the 28th, as we learn by Lon don telegram, the steamer MUbank collided with the steamer Hank now, off Dungenncss, and sunk. Fifteen ot the crew were drowned Lately a band ot fifty Kiowas and Comanches killed five men near the mouth ot Ute Creek, New Mexico, near Fort Bacon. Send the Peace Commissioners out there. In a recent battle between the Carlists and Republican forces in Spain, two companies of the former who refused to surrender wire cut to pieces. On the 28tb Tilton was arrested, on complaint of W. J. Gaynor, for libel of Henry Ward Beecher, but was released on his own recogni zance. The probability now is that the whole matter will be brought before the Courts. Heavy rains are reported in Ari zona. A water spout struck the stage near Frank's station in the deaert, and came near drowning the driver, who was considerably in jured. The outlaw, Cbunz, was being closely pressed by the troops and Indian scouts; many ot bis fol lowers had surrendered, and it was thought he would eventually be captured. 1 - The upsetting of a kettle ot boil. ing lard at the Prirjoass Dock, Lir- erpool, on the 28th, threatens to cause the destruction of the entire Dock. At 6 P; M. of that date all the landing stages bad been d troyed, and tbb ferry bust tem porarily suspended. The inooove atom tad km WA be great. THE TIIVrOVBKKCUKK al'ASDAL. At latest dates Henry Ward Beecherhad not handed in his reply to the statements made by Theodore Tilton, published in last week's Register. In a card to the news paper press, Mr. Beecher emphati cally denies every allegation made by Tilton. Mrs. Tilton also denies all criminality with Beecher. Mrs. Both ladies professs to have been in possession of the substance of Mrs. Woodhull's statement, long before that statement was publish ed. The substance of Miss An thony's statement is,that while at the residence of the Tilton's one even- ing, Theodore came in, and angry words ,regarding a separation in the afternoon, passed between him and his wife. Both became intensely excited, and in the heat of the dis cussion, each acknowledged to the other having broken the marriage vow. In the midst of these start ling disclosures Miss Anthony with drew to her room. Shortly after, she beard Mrs. Tilton dashing up stairs and Tilton following her. She flung open her bed-room door, and Elizabeth rushed in. The door was then closed and bolted. Theo dore pounded on the outside door and demanded admittance, but Miss Anthony refused to admit him. So intense was his passion at that mo ment that she feared he might kill his wife if access to the room was gained. Several times he returned to the door and angrily demanded that the door be opened. "No wo man shall stand between me and my wife," he said. Susan said: "If you enter this room it will be oyer my dead body," and so the infuri ated man ceased his demands and withdrew. Mrs. Tilton remained with Susan throughout the night, and in the excitement of the hour with sobs and tears she told all to Miss Anthony. The whole story of her own faithlessness, Mr. Beecher's course, her deception and her an guish, fell upon the ears of Susan B Anthony, and were spoken by the hps of Mrs. Tilton. It would seem that the more this scandal is stirred, the more unfath omable it becomes. Tilton gives it as his opinion that the Committee will clear Beecher, as it seeks only favorable testimony ; that to get fair and impartial trial, the matter must be made the subject of judi cial inquiry. tireat Lom of Lift and Property Eastern telegrams to the 27th give accounts ot a terrible flood at Pittsburg and Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, on the night of the 26th inst. The whole of the upper part of Pittsburg was flooded, the water reaching the depth of fifteen feet. Whole blocks of buildings were 6wept away and destroyed. Two hundred and twelve lives were lost, and property destroyed aggregating one hundred million dollars. The search tor bodies was being energetically pushed. On the same evening, the Presbyterian church at Wilkinsburg was struck by lightning, the congregation be ing ignorant of the fact till after the service, when it was discovered that the roof was badly splintered. The Eastern States seem to be en joying a season of fires, floods, hurricanes, murders and pestilences. The Pacific coast cerUiclv is blessed being tree from the - , - , MITCHKIX HO AIM. ON RAIL. A resolution passed the U. S Senate in March directing the Se- lect Comittee on Transportation Koutes to "inquire into and report to the Senate at its next session as to the nature and extent of the obli gations existing between the rail road companies and the postal serv ice, and whether any and what ad ditional legislation is necessary to guaid the postal service against in terruption or injury by hostile ac tion by any or all of said railroad companies." The Committee refer red xtie wlola resolution to Senator Mitchell, as a sub-committee, to ex amine and report. From a letter data! Washington, July, 13, writ ten by B. F. Dowell to bis paper, the Jacksonville Sentinel, wo rind the position that Mr. Mitchell will take pretty fully outlined. He holds that railroads are common carriers, that they must carry the IT. S. mails, a refusal to do so resulting in a forfeiture of their charters. The railroads may not say to the Gen eral Government we will not carry your mails, but they are at liberty to say ,ve insist on a reasonable compensation for such service. In case any railroad refuse to carry the mails, the Senator holds that Cou gress, in the the exercise ot eminent demain, may lawfully take, for the purpose of the transportation of such public mails, without the consent of either the owner or the State, pay ing just compensation therefor, such railroad within a State, owned by a private corporation, and use it for such purpose. The report is con ciliatory but positive, and, it is thought, will form the groundwork for a bill which will become a law during the coming session of Con gress. It is probably generally known that Mr. Vnllard a,ud others, repre senting the interests ot the German bondholders the parties who bought the bonds ot . the O. fc C. Railroad Company, and thus furn ished the wherewith to build and equip said railway arrived in Ore gon some days since, and have been over the road, taking a look at our country and making a thorough examination of the work. It would seem that they, after a thorough in quiry and examination into the con duct of the road, have deemed some changes necessary to theioter- ests of the bondholders. Mr. Val lard, the immediate agent of the bondholders, deemed it best that the receipts of the road should go into the hands of a Receiver, and has therefore appointed Mr. Kohler to that position Three of the old Directors were also decapitated, and Messrs. Kohler, H. Thiclsen and Hon. S. F. Chadwick appoint ed in their places. Ben Holladay, we believe, remains as President, with a salary of $7,200 per annum. A woman, found guilty of mur dering her grand-son, only 12 months old, was hung in London on the 29th of June. Mrs. Francis Stewart had been living with her son-in-law, but acted in so exasper ating a manner, that he ordered her to seek a home elsewhere. Avow ing her determination to have re venge, she left, taking the little boy with her and throwing him into the liver Thames. Although recom mended to the mercy of the Court, the crime was regarded as so heart less that no effort was made to SESATOB (stay taecafTfingoatof theantem. This season nearly a dozen stones have been placed in the new Tem ple at Salt Lake City, at a cost of about $1,000 apiece. Twenty years ag0 the foundation ot the Temple was laid, and although $2,000,000 have been collected abroad for the building of it, their walls have only been raised twelve feet above the foundation to this day. All this money has found its way into the hands of Brigham Young, and there it remains. A London telegram of the 27th says, a special from Moravia states that the town of Azagaro has been destroyed by a torrent. Sixty-four houses were destroyed, and but tew inhabitants cscaed with their lives. Many vineyards were llood- 1 ed, and the railway is badly dam- j "g Pverv direction. The Bullet in and Oregon ian, clubs played the second game of base ball at Portland on Saturday, the Oregonian's winning, the score standing 57 to 45. As the first game was won by the Bulletin's, the clubs are now a tie. We await the result ot the "sugar" In the northwestern comer of the Territory of Wyoming, "set like a gem among the mountains," is lo cated the most beautiful lake on this continent, if not in the world. Ad jacent to it are the sources of four of our most majestic rivers the Yellowstone flowing into the Mis souri at a distance of 1,500 miles ; the Missouri itself, which finds its way to the gulf through the Father of Waters; the Columbia, which leads to the Pacific, and the Colo do, which, passing through the most remarkable canon in the world, dis charges its waters into the Gulf of California. Grouped around this wonderful lake, and in the mid..tuf this remarkable water shed, is the grandest display ot cataracts, hot springs, guysers,mud volcanoes and natural architectural beauties any. where to lie found on the face of'the globe. The Sioux are up to their old tricks again. TheBozman Courier learns that they made their appear ance at the Crow Agency week be fore last and at Benson's, stealingsix horses and tiring at a heard, and are reported still in the vicinity. They have been seen several times during the week. It would not surprise us if they got away with a large number ot horses. Besides Storie's herd of about 700 horses, there are various other small herds, and we know of nothing to prevent a good sized party of Indians just helping themselves. The Crows are not at the Agency, and the raiding party can act with impunity. Nashville youths are economical They take their duloineas to ice cream saloons and order one dish with two or more spoons as the ne cessity of the case require, and then eat most of the eream themselves, leaving the girls the bare privilege of licking the dish and smacking their lips at the evident enjoyment oftheir gallant. On the 27th a land slide at Al arran, Navarre, Spain, destroyed the village. Two hundred bodies have been recovered. A German squadron has been or deredto cruise off the northern coast of Spain. The old town of Tacoma contains two companies that have property wessed it over 160,000. MemryloS" at Pendleton last week The Umpqua Call thus descrilies the town of Oakland: "Oakland, at times, presents a charming and romantic life-pictnre, especially to a new comer. Hog farmers cultivate herds of swine in the street. The hogs are so tame and well acquain ted that they walk in to the shops and offices along the streets, seeking what they may devour something. Then thousands ot dogs, more or less, can be seen by day and heard at night. Cats here are too numer ous to mention; in chorus with the hogs and dogs, the cats hold tea parties evry night in the week. Fleas and other parasites are plenti ful they are necessary to keep the hogs, dogs and hotels, company. A striking feature is, there are no hoodlums in Oakland. The writer ot this is well pleased with the high ly romantic vilkge, built like Rome, on seven hills, nestled among the ' vine clad hills of Cmpqua,' upon the classic lmk of(alaKoia creek Future prospect here, wo think, are very good tbr about oae-half of the people to starve. Business is lively as a funeral procession. Time works strange mutations, and Oak land is not itself at all at all. How hi- ;! Out. "John" says: I met a man in Cal ifornia who would tell me a story. He said: "I knew a fellow in the States once, old Bill Smith; he was the worst old beat you ever saw. He'd chase a mosquito eight miles with a pair of lemon squeezers if lie thought he could get one cent for the oil. lie got married on tick, and has slept on tick ever since, lie was so mean that once when he had a cent in his pocket, to keep his wife from getting it, he made his oldest boy swallow it, and that boy was a copx?rhead all through the war. Bill was going down the Mississippi on a steamlioat. When the collection was being taken up, he got out on the guard to hide, and he fell overboard. The water was a hundred feet deep, and two miles wide, and the best water to drown a man I ever saw. Bill couldn't swim a stroke, but, stranger, he got out." Says I, "How ?" Says he. "He just took and walk ed straight ashore." Says I, "How could he walk ashore in water one hundred feet deep?" Says he, "Stranger, do you want to know very bad?" Says I, "Yes, I do, real bad." Says he, "Well, stranger, that Bill Smith was such a big sponge he just soaked all the water up, and then walked right ashore." The Salem Statesman of last Sun day, says: An extensive tire was no ticed nartheast of town yesterday morning, which caused considerable loss of property. Some boys, we are informed, set fire to some under brush in that vicinity, which in turn communicated to a wheat field be longing to David Shannon, destoy ing fifteen acres ot flue wheat just ready for the reaper, Ho also lost 1,500 rails, while other parties in the vicinity lost 4,500, Two cows, with their calves were burned up in the brush, together with a num ber of swine. The loss is a severe one, and a penalty should be attach, ed to settiug fire to underbrush where personal oronertv w MvfanM: ed. The worst mav sot vot ho. known, as other property may bo missed. Eggs are eggs and 87 cents pet