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mt g FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1881 THE I'll! tiFYI On Friday of tot wuok tho Presi dent's case was considered almost hopeleaa, but op. Sahbmh lite symp toms were better, ami ho has improv ed steadily ever since, and is now in a fair way of recovery, lie is now nhlo to tnke mu, and bis stomach retains other light food without any trouble. Hi chances are now bright er than at any time since hi -attempted assassination. The Salem Town Tnli: wants us to lis explicit and inform him which of the editors of the Siat&rwtn we refer ed to as being a candidate for the United States Senate. In our opin ion either one of them wonld take it. The General has had an itching after some such position for years, while Judg4 Roise, the silent partner would probably let it tie forml upon him rather than have his clothes torn like Joseph of old. Ova uext Lj?islturo should n.e to it that the compensation of Count? Commissioners is measured. It is a burning sbama to ask a niai to attend o the duties of this iursmrtant office for the compensation now offered. We should bave none but the lieat men to 611 that option, wen of known business ability, bo&eaty and integrity, but so long as the couijimaa uon is as low as it is now, we can never get t hem to serve a second term un'ess they are wealthy and have the time to sjawf a:id th? money to throw away upon it. It is very propable that our neigh lur of the RrjUter is on the wrong ttack when he accuses Villard uf med liog with a little mail route of the size of the oM let ven Albany ami Leba non. We have nerer bad much expe rience in manipulating a !;!' railr ad c mbination like that raside.1 over by Villard. but it looks to us like if he at tends to that business as is reported, his time is most too valuable to spend iu changing a mail roue which only amounts to some $700 or ?300 per autonm. Wi Heard a gentleman say a few days ago that the death pi the Piesi deot wonld settle one question, and that was "What should l? done with OuUeanf It is trtiri that it will ten der his death a matter of certiirtty, but it begins to !ok as if the jeople in Washington were making arrange ments to take his execution oi t of the hmds of the law. So the manner of his death is yet a ipteation to t solved in the future. Fbec trade is becoming nme jkij.u lar every day with our Western farm era. Even almist an idiot can under stand that if our protective tariff was removed or reduced to such a?i extent as to allow English shijw to bring British goods to our shores instead of loa ling up with stone, the freight on our whia. from Portland to I.ivertoci need not lr over half what it now ij. Farmers now have to pay freight indi rectly on every jtound of roek brought to Portlsnd as ballast by the win at flet. We expect bete many venrsto see that old Democratic loctriu' of "Free Tiade ami Sailor's Rights" breoae very popiUr in (be W'a iU-rnSt if,-4. Prote: tion won't d, Muti the farmers are tiegin ning to fuel it out. It not only causes them to iay in Mine c-ses double what a manufactured article is worth, but also causes them to fail to realize fully one thbd of the value of their grain. It ia like unto the two edge wnl its workings. The only das that reap any a-1 vantage from the protective tariff are th Ea-? . inamifscturrs tn the O.:: hing in connection with the Gaifitd i r. rased v is arauin;. The Re' public n nwHjjpr which weie a few short we-ks ago tilln.! wiib h ides con taining Moihing t.nt cn-:'-e for Vice Pr d-nt Arthur, some of them even go'm so fnr as to Uy tbe cane of the Pr sidfrit's assK!.iiati:n at i-is door, are nw j.rHjrS'ieg to swallow the s'ip perv NV Vrk politician without even tin f irm uf jc-iiniiig his ears or greying his boO"y. It will la a bitter dose, bun they are fchooling them selves to i, and in the event of Gar tndd's Wt-ath ther wiil have o take it. Tu:: i ouglaes monument and st r-eophagu-i erected at Chicago, and which cost about $75,000 ia noV re ceiving its finish log touches, a bronze tablet medallion being added, which represents "legislation," and which will have a place on one side of the base. The remains of Douglass re pose within tLe wcophagus in an iron casket. The marble of which the sarcophagus is made came from Rutland, Vt., Mr. Douglass's native county. On its front side are these i ..script ions : "Stephen A. Doug lassBorn April 23, 1813. Died June 3, 1861." "Tell my children to oley the laws and uphold the con stitution." The Chicago Inter-Ocean gives a lengthy detailed description of the monument and tomb, tbe first we have seen, whowing it to be a truly magnificent structure worthy one of the greatest and noblest states men and Democrats the United States have over prcdaced. Km tui: u u a tilt Journel of cotttinrw. UtMA HiK THI. We were both surprised and pleur-ed at the stan I taken by the lar.k of Ual- tforma on the finmoiul question on prised because experience bus shown us that institutionH of that clutHCter U . .. . L. 4 are usnttliy coufTVituvc, to m" treme of even sUlTertng inconventWUPri soort r than venture, on the, i thm, untried. We arc pleased Iwcsusc the views of those advocated by the Jour nal eC,H yw, because for a 'oig time we stool alone in their advooicy, and that now the oldest and on" of ti e leading banks amongst us should give the stamp of its approval t them, It looks to the gradual extinction of the National D inking system from natural causes goes in for free banking a di rect issti'j of paer money, leased en specie, by the government, and tie issue of silver notes It says: "It may be set down as an inc m trovertible proposition that the future currency of the country will consist, as in the pabt, of coin and jiaper. We take it that the coin currency will be composed of the same metals as now. They are naturally adapted to the fields they occupy, and any attempt to reverse them can only result disss trously. The gold is needed in the settlement of large balances whenever coin is required, and silver can never successfully take its place on accomit of its greater bulk. Silver in needed in the smaller trot sict:ons of every day trade, where it is really more con venient than gold. The small coins must of necessity be ot a cheap metal, and the present alloy probably ai s vnr. the caae as well M any other. The coinage of gold should continue tree as now, and tho coinage of sutaddiai v or token coins should forever rematn mi der tl- control of the C n.mtnent.' And again, it t tkes ground diiectly against the issue of per money, ex cept by the government: Ve maintain that the brrowfrt should alone issue this iar. It should Ite issued ytdv against deposits of specie. It can mft&y issue $1 00,010,000 for ex ery S 10,000.000 of specie. The true solut'on of the sil ver question is for the trovernroent to take the ingots from the mines at their commercial value and issue notes against the same, receivable for all debts public and private ami redeem able, in gold coin at the option of the holder. Sjiecie is the only true is sue for pairtsr issue, and no lietter hssR is known. The silver mining interest is peculiarly American that is, to na tion has an interest of the kind of such large magnitude. It deserves to be fos tered to tbe extent named. 1; is a safe proposition for tho Government, as silver will ever havj an internation a! commercial value equal to the aver age price paid for it. Something wUI have to be substituted as a lts of circulation for the United S -- bnodi so rapidly leing canceled, and silver is jusf- the tiling needed. It is al ways saleable, and can at any tjme lie converted no gold to mako go I a iv decrease in the (Soverutnent re-serve of that nature." It takes ground again t the existieg bank taxation, whic'i useless as a tinancUt h practic:i!iy Wasir.' a id ought to lie abolishe I. It ii a bojieful sigi of the tiun'S to find a great orginizttiou likn the bank of California taking such a stand, and we hope that ali our funks will fail in to line, and agitate until such a sys tem shall Ik that of the coti i'r. A I.ATE copy of tlio Public LetJ'jtr, of Philadelphia, Rays 4the Oregon Pa cific; Railway Co.(Yaquina Bay Road) expect to have I3B ndlea in opera tion by the beginning of next year, covering Rcnton, Einn, Polk, Mai ion and Lane counties, which produce three quarters of the Oregon wheat crop. The company wiil ho an active rival of the Oregon Navigation com pany ami is expected to replace freight and paenger rates fifty per cen. Steamers will run in connection with the road to Han Francisco and barges on tho Willamette river. The company will ultimately build to Bobe City, Idaho, connecting with tho Union Pacifi.-." The United .States must on take rank an the- wealthiest nation in the world. It tails behind only England and France in its ( resent valuation, and its average annual inet ;ase of wealth is greater than that of both these nations combined It is estimated at $8!H ,000, 000. This is an ci.oiuious grain, more than the entire productive industry of Spain, or Italy, or Russia. The resour ces of our (ountry, both agricultural and mineral, fctirpass those of any other country ; the inventive genius of the people is greater, and their industry is mo:e constant and uni versa1. The Bull Run defeat of the temper ancj advocates in North Carolina is attributed to the Rcpublica'n state committee, which arrayed agam.st if the solid negro vote by denouncing the bill aa imed at the "liberties of the people." The next southern state that is likely to vote upDn the prohi bition question is Georgia. A bill similar to the one passed by the North Carolina legislature has been introduced in the Georgia legislature and seeni3 likely to pass both bran ches. Ifitgocsto tho people it is thought it will share the fate nf the North Carolina bill. In the progress of tie drive from the Tietan some of the workmen en gaged upon it ran into a den of rattle snakes ju3t below where that liver empties into the Natches. 1 hey kill ed 142, and fhe boys fay lo's of them got away. Fubscr te for the lb moc rM i it coivrr.Kitft Flour i quoted Ml $lfi,5') ptr thousand at the Ash 1 and and Kag'.o mills. Twenty thusnd pnitids of Hour were sold at Jacksonville tout week at $ir per thousand. Mr. Hurlburt s:tys that Ashland buto h 1)000 (bet iu height and DflQO feel higher than Ashland. Thcdiumer Andrew Snider in re ported to bo doing a rushing busi ness on Goso Lake, supplying a want long felt. Hour Ut worth nine dollurs per bar rel in Grant county, most of which lilmub d from H iker and trnlon coun ties. There will bo a imdlo feoo feet long between Bodes junction and the inoutn of tho Tticnnttou, on thv Grange Gity branch. There are this scaion a grcul num ber of Hlcani threshers m ttio field. Phcy bid fair to do a.vay with 'he horse isjwcr machines ultogcthcr. The hop crop in Liiio couuly ia said to bo good, uud pui tii - raiding hops urc making ready f r tho har vest. Orr Brown, of Josopntu. county, lute MUit jSi tor another --.a ahum mid with an emtio tud outfit lor manufacturing pyrup on the most improved procu J. ii. u r-.. , i. ii.vt.4g; up bis evaporator, rc, tr.ilory to ui4kiug sorgnuui. Tuu auaauii um boon very tacraiao M Ha growiiiof cunu alio a gUud y it Jt ot .rt...ui i aiiltc- lualou. Ibuvt -ui.g - progicAotog n.o.iy in Josephine county, tiraiu cruis alu yiu.uaiL' uit.UtTaiely lutr. there Wtd hv uiiifu gtalU li.iiehed In the vicinity ot iiUcr... ' Uiii -i-a-Miii than over UiUoTC. Gut. prcil. iui-u) to JuUviioh t tiy, ha-JUal UuUliu tl tftfttl YaqUolU Ho Speak uocoai-aitogtj i i.i. IH-cti thcro ami ihr ovcrioitout Work oil thi; u v in iiului; tui WaTU and oeiog Uouc to u -nroiig .tud .ia:- Ol.l.til . llUtll.l l. The Salem iMu Gmusmj pnHic u budu tbe ctuuing tuiuuvr, a tww Itttti U lOO IftOik oi t o Uf ciomly iargv to groU liuU uurvta ot liur ocr o..y. Air. iIuiaI. .i mo c liiqiiin, ui.l go oa ami 4 u. i.ae itiv tmi iiuproVi-! ituvitiu:r , MOd il ia tho purpoeo ol Uc couipa y tu uuiizc, iu a Htu fi liuic, all tut? w.tler power ut hand. llon-nuktUi' Wlii .-..niineta c oil September oih, ul I'oyahup W. T., and tho lmliaiiM aro girlting ready for their yearly harvo-u. Geiieral ilroy wiilsuspoml tho schools dur ing the picking soasun. The hop re turns wiil bo largo this y .-.r. Miss Mary Dolan of Washington county was adjudge tl insano last week ami commiitcti to the adytum. She in but 17 years of ugo and Ii is thought that a few woathfl treat roent will restore her. A seperator boloitging u Richard Bros., while standing iu tho field in the i. ia tiiilt a low uays Mttce took fire from fi let ion and burned to the ground. Loss $500. It took the eltirt of t lie entire crew to save the field. Surveyors Howard and Uurtburt's parties, who were working In oppo site directions, met Isdween Ris'k point and Chavner's bridge. It is expected tint thy will examine the Sout Ii Umpqu i and Trail crock. Thcro it an industrious buxom lass mi Appleg ri, a minister's daughter, with the help of a younger brother, who h i mowed uil tho hay on her f it Iter's place this season, also tun,i"Ka helping hand to various oilier things on tho f.trui. Wh.U? out hunting cow.' one day hut week, MU Annh Sa vago of ilogue river shot and killed a panther raeasurirg eight fed in length. tShe was accompanied h: her alster, Enher, and a coup'e of dos. Tho young laly mentioned generally takes a gun along for any gnme that may come in sight, but t tils l int act of her m a plucky one, to nay the least. J. A. Morgtn, tho wer, hide rail way agent at IlillshoM, who was hurt some timj ago by the e tra, has recoveretl so that he can rido isit to the station atalscohow Uilnga go on there. 1I Is much em;tt iated, hav ing fallen off some GO pounds. He ha? not regained his flight ierfcctly, having to wear goggles. It is feared that his eyes will be weak all the rest of his life. The new Episcopal chtireli at New Tacoma Is to a memorial church, Mr. G." B. Wright, formerly presi dent of the Northern PacibY, and now president of tbe land company, having giving 10,000 for the erec tion of the edifice, ji h Intended to be a memorial of Mi .is Katie, eld est daughter of Mr. Wright, who died last Juno, at tho ago of 18 years. The church will bo know as St. .Luke's Memorial church. Gen. Irvln McDowell, of the Unit ed States army of the department of the Pacific, passed through Jackson county last week on his return to San Francisco, where, ho has been called by special messenger from the war department. The general camo over from Fort KUmath, where he h id been inspecting tho governmout military works, combining duty with pleasure. The Idaho brought up on her last trip from San Francisco tow und ports $120,000 and 141 pUKHengers Saturday last a fdepxon of G. &Ghe- ncy, living In Moxce, va- badly bit- en on tho heel by a rattlcmuike. Since then It ha bceu hurt! work to savo his life, and at last account the skin of the child hail turned green. A terrlhlo accident oceum d at Mr. Maxwell's place on Union Hat, nlmut twelve miles south of Colfax, on the ISth. Mr. Maxwell was running a mowing mnchlnoann Id hoy Arthur, about ten years old, wa playing In tho wheat jiiHt ahead of the machine. Mr. Maxwell shouted to tPho boy to get out of iho way, at tho aafne time pulling up tun loam, but hot tjuiek enough to prevent tho hklu from cutting through hi anklcjolnt, near ly severing tho foot from tho leg. Tho revenue collected at tho Port fowusond cuHtom bouo during one year rwently ended win $10,720. During the simo year tho direct Ira- ports from foreign countries am. Hint ed in value to $17,o00, and tho ex ports to foreign countries to $.102,000. During tho year 02 foreign vcel of .10,700 Ion entered the district, and 237 American voel of 107,100 tonA Nlncly-lhroo foreign vessel cleared of .11,000 ion, and 2.11 American ves sels of 140,2)00 ton. The coatwlc traffic of the wimo period inciuded the shlplnout ut 12"i,OO0 ton of coal and Io0,0e0,ufo feet of lumla r, la? side out, hop-, oyster?, Milmon, and all the other article that go to make our hx id trade. Thew cm only la? estimated, an no of'lclal rcprtrl I raado of them. The foreign trade of the year wa diminished by the war in South America ; Ghili and Peru being the heaviest foreign purees tier of I'uget Sound luuih r. Tho work of threshing l for advancett in Umatilla county that n general Idea of the result may t ar rived at. Ir. Dtatoek ou hl ranch near V.'alU VTalla, It aeoms stand at tho head of wheal producer. He has sold the i-normou quantity of 70,000 butheli and someof hU land ran as high as 30 bushel to the acre. The Prospect wheat faun tandnext ami will produee 40,000 bushel. Tliey an tmw thrchlng Iho crop there. Among our smaller farmers tho season has lieoii rvjually favorable. Mr. Brown H- Ing ou Wild Uorc, has 10,000 or 12,000 buHhoU: J. G. Ing has "M bushels or more, and to look tho wheat region over it seems an Insoluble mystery how tho grain I to be gott-'it out of Iho coun try. No crop iu the country n far as heard fiom hi produced le- than .10 bushel tn tho acre. tui: rit iri. or tmk wukit ntuKrr. Under the abovo caption the Kan Franc io Journal of('ommtrtn Of August 2 "dh ha u splendid article on a subject which now of great I mport a ne to nur readers. It gives very clear the situation of utuaira in California, and a Oregon's condition is almost similar Wo will republish the entire article. Hero it is ; A gentleman tolerably well poted in cereal KtatiaticM, vontured to us tho other day tho prediction that be fore tho year elose.i the market for shipping wheat would have reached $2, and that 18S2 would ho a year of the highest prices in tho wheat market over seen. Tho advance In LiverpMl, during tint pat two weeks, gives a good deal of proba bility tojtid forecast of ibe market. With wheat now at $1.03 an ad vance from $1.33 no long time since its advance to $2 wou.d not tie a very wonderful matter. At the pres ent rate of advance, It would reach $2 very soon. Hut for tho firmness of tho freight market, it would havo gone at least 12 ' higher, and would havo now been $2.87, instead of tho present figures. All this Is a good prospect for wjicut buyer, and for farmer, who have not as yot, been forced to sell. How many of these there are, we know not, but out of 26,000,000 centals surplus of old und new crop in the slate July 1st, not more than two aud a quarter millions have, as yet, como forward. This leaves a large margin in tho hand of tho farmer. The advance since the beginning of August, ban added to tho vuluo of wheat In tho state not less than ten millions oi dollars. A further advance will add still more. It I tu la? borne In mind, that this additional price has to be paid us by England, France, Belgium, ami tho countries where we ship our flour. When it is horn in mind that tnis increaso is more than equal to tho entire value of our wool, and greater than those of wine, or indeed, Its whole value, some idea may bo formed of Its mngnitodo and impor tance. But, it is reasonably certain that the average price of our wheat crop will be 1.80 per cental an advance of 33 cents per cental over tho pre vailing price on August 1st This is equal to probably fourteen million dollars more Into the pockets of the farmer and tho people of the state an amout larger than the valuo of our wholo wheat crop not many years since. It Is the samo as dropping four twenty dollar gold pieces into the pockets of each of 175,000 heads of families in the entire state mure money than the poor people of some countries ever saw in the course of their wholo lives. With a crop of 27, 000,000 centals, and a surplus of 13, 000,000, wo had on July 1st 40,000, 000 centals to sell, so that tho whole valuoof this, during tho present har vest year, cannot be less than scven- ty-tyvo millions of dollar. Tho reason for anticipating high pricos all through 1882, aro that u dry season will probably prevail next year not only in California, but in all countries. The. reason for this assump tion, is 4 hat a dry season, more or less marked more marked in Cali fornia than else where seems to come once in every three or four year. - - M.-Ti"iwa: OORRESPONDBNOE. A HltOII NMILLIA OV I I UIM It M I . Bttouifsva.bR, Aug. 29, 1881. F.ilUor JJciitccrut t Di.Att Slit : -In your innide of Aug. 10th I notice a lengthy communication signed by Itobei t I .. Btephen, and having carefully read tho same 1 feel some ulight claim to be counted among thoHo oupccially add mimed therein. Be ini( uivHidf what ia usually termed a "TutnMrancB Man," one who feels that his posit ion ia a jimt and reasonable one, luihg at all time ready and with iug to help those who from a fixed principle ure active in effort to assiiit in reclaiming those who having become intemplrate, realiza tbeir enslaved aud evil condition, and would, but it seems cannot, overcome a habit or disease, whichever it might be. Also in devis ing, and upholding any and all proper mean whereby temptttiona may be removed, eeially the clotting of those place w h d every opportunity in giv en, aud inducement fur the indulgence of a deputed Mppetite ou the art of thoe who, aa the direct .reult of "modeiatiou,"(Hhich my worthy friend lays down mm the true ami proiier courfcc,) hits pHftaed leyoncl, into the pith wbioh all am no very ready to deploie, but many, like our fiieiid are very "moderate" when it comes to lend ing any aid toward abating the evil. Now, Mr. F. litor, if 1 projierly un detttaud tho teachiuga cf true Chris t unity, it esMoially deumudi aelf-dnnial wherever your fellow man may la ben efitted iheieby. Presuming that we agree as to the evil, ain and misery, which is the result of a traflio in in toxicating liquors, and that drunken ueaslsa crying evil, entailing a large burden in taxes besides, uKn thjse who are innocent, and at preaent h-lp lean, therefore we claim it to la) unjust, that any business should be maintained tin- i emit of which is only evil, will we alao agree that it should he abated? Ibitl'.egto differ from hiui in the plaa he laya down by "moderation." Chat word I find is very hard to de tine. I have no doubt every saloon keer in the land will agree with and fully undorae his rfbaition. 1 would aak him if he has ever considered from whence the ranks of the great army of drunkards are filled, aa they drop into the drunkard's grave t Do they step out at once from among the ab stainer, or regularly fall into line from the class - which our friend pride himnelf to commend so highly aa )t tern followers of Him whose life was one of df denial, even unto death." Moderation we find then in this mat ter a delusion and a snore, and I am much of the opinion that ii one is nev er a "moderate" di inker lie will never tie numlwred among the CO.0OO which, it U said, every year, in Una country, enter their gravea in a state, which . a vaaa . m . tne same uiuie mat our tnenu so smoothly qnotee, alao says shall nerer inherit tbe Kingdom of Heaven. That ceitatnly mono way of teaching Chrie- tiauity. If oar friend is writing in the te east of the trarhc and of thesaloona, he will certainly find his words very acceptable,but if in tbeinterest of Chris tion teuijH-ianee, aa intended, I beg he wilt refect a little. Jaat eonaider how much will be done in abating tbe evil, in a man's taking just what liquor pieaMce, fur it )ou allow any one clue to say when he ia immoderate, then costtee iu th dictation and corapuleiotf so much Ureaueu, while by abatincnce you the-eby reduce the business by one at lcaat,and set an example for all good and none for evil, so far aa that goes, beaidea running no risk of the curse for him who "putteth the bottle to bis neighbors hpa. Much more I might add, but as he has been ably noticed al ready in your column, I beg, Mr. Kd itor, your further indulgence ia order to notice an articbt from near home, which leavca uo doubt aa to its object. A writer from this place in your laat issue sayM, and correctly, that there is a tttioti in ctrculstion here, and aigned to a considerable extent, and givuM tho purjiort of the same, adding, "expeettng to do away with intempcr ancn by putting the yoke of tyranny on the K)pIe of Oregon. He then proceeds to shed some genu ine crocodile tears over tbe "evils ariiiing from intemperance," and "other cattKCM incident to the imperfections of human nature. But I notice that he does not so much as suggest any meana whereby they may be cet reeled. Mr Stephens and he seem very ready to meet on common gvound, but tho form er has tho grace to offer some remedy, whilst the latter can only give his little sneer and ahusn for those who are ojMuily and honestly devising a remedy, lie kaya "all sensible and good men litr.tr widely as to tho meant beht adapted (or tbeir coirection. That's ao, but what is his plan. I think he mi sea tho point very mm It whou ho saya "teuiKjrita and resj.ee table meu will not suffer any conceited fanatics and ujtMtartH to dictate to tlii'inwlmt they Khali oat or drink." "Tenqferate and resjaictable" )eraons, man or woman, do not usually require any dictation in thia mutter. Them ia another eta who are always afraid of "dictation," and they are a very ex tensive class too, to the jcacH and wel fare of our country. They claim that restrictive laws are always interfering with their freedom. To which does my friend belong that makes him so vicious, and makea him speak of "rebellion, bloodshed, civil war, and revolution." He also' state in legal language "the business of civil government is merely to jirotect its citizens from aggresxions,to shield them from infringements of their rights." Is not that just what those "conceited fanatics and ujwtai t(?) ' demand! We feel that that tho protection is on (he side of the lieenM, and that tbe traffic asked to be rdatrictod is a prolific Rource of "outrage and aggression.,, We hero have had cause to realize the truth of t hut in the past few years, and I for one. would avoid all risk of a repe tition. Besides what is he so afraid of) Docs he actually need the whiskey? If so, then ho will not be choked on" entirely, for he can still havo his medi cine. And if he does not need it, where will the "slavery and persecu tion" and other things, relics of the dark agea, come in, if we succeed with our petition? Bright logic, ain't it? Worthy of the cause that deprives the poor wife and children of their natural protector and bread winner, and trans form him into a terror, and worse than a beast! I am reminded here of an occurance which lately transpired in an Rastotn idly. -A good lady return ing home f rom an errand of mercy one night, was arrested by moans comiug from a doorway, and ou stojqiing found a poor woman with a child iu her arms shivering and almost froven. Vainly trying to shield her child IV mi the blast. n unking why she did not go in, she answered that her lius'.iand was in liquor, and had put her out. and she dared not go in. The Isdy Mt some risk to herself got the jioor woman in to tho house, got the man pacified, and went home iromising to return in the morning. Htm UM so, and found the babe had died from the exjamure, and mother also died iu a few da) s. The man of course wa then very jwnitoiit, and when the lady presented a tenqe rutin.- jiledge so him, what do you think he aaid? ' do not want U $iyn uioay mi tiUrti:" This is just the kind of liberty we are now objecting to, and tho kind of "freemen" who ar so touchy about tbeir rights. Which class is my friend rea!Iy afraiJ off IM us seo where tbe cause for his wrath lies. Is he afraid that nouwJjody will bo deprived of tho privilege of running a bunioeaa that will HiiMtain him in idleness and luxury, at tbe ex pense of the community in general, or dooa be fear that an ojaming where large jirohU for little outlay, will be elon.-d to his sons or friend! Now, Mr. Kl itor, I fear I am "crowding" your valu able space, but I will only now add that the names to the imper in quealion ore plainly to be seen there, and as true courage is eupMjMcd to bo charac teristic of a freeman, 1 do not foel ob liged to follow the style ususJy practice where that traflic is carried on, and ia also adopted by your corresjiondont. Viz. To yrt Mnml a gcrcu, but un like him. i who boaata of being ao free.) I will give my name just aa it aeara on that jietition, and in favor of that "new born theory" whose voice (to biro) is so terrible. Wonder wlait the voice of a dragon ia like anyhow, and will serenely await the advent of tbosc mea aurea ititioned for. Thanking you Mr. Kuitnr, for your space, 1 am yours truly Prrra Heme. M34I1 ANHM Ktlitor m rU : It ia wbiaperod about that the high toaition once occupied by Judge Clif ford ia craved by a judge in Oregon. This rumor cornea aa a matter of cool aatoniahment more than anything elae. Without reference to any particular caae, we know that the greatest care should bo exerciaed in chooaing a man worthy to fill tbis jdaoe. Our people could not survive tbe mistake in plac ing an unworthy man on the beoch of the supreme court of the United State. It wants a man rijaj in scbolaatic at tainments; a man of erudition and one who ia incorruptible. lie ahould be renowned for good citizenship; fine so cial quaiitiea and sincere friendship. He ahould be pure in privntn lifn for on thin principle rests all public vir tue. Tbe confidence of tho eople in the supiiort of the .judge, without tbe bench ia a mockery. This confi dence .1 the MMple is never wanting where the Court is pure. The highest Court in the nation should be. above reproach. To have a Court noun J in good morals deiend on the selection made to create it, Thia whiiqieiing car tie with it iho name of Judge Heady lo fill the vacant. We are not diflpoeed to question the ambition that anggcted tfcix advancement in tho incumbent of our Coott, but we do question tbe b. v of m iking thia aje point ment until the charge recently made againut II in Honor are cleared up. We cannot oee wherein Judge Heady haa any claim on thia office. He could reflfct no credit on the posi tion were he to fill it. On the oontary his connection with it at present would entail a scandel upon the office that wo are not prejred to defend. Tbi applicant car.not effird to make appli cation fur thi KMitiim with the pres ent "br-H-ze in the wind" concerning him. Kor this reason wo do not fr.ar tbi calamity. After nil we cannot rctutt tbe pleasure of sjeaking well of our state if we bavo to sacrifice our respect for ita officer or Judges when there is catiae for it. We regard the oflico one of honor; one that i alaive tbe character of almost every nun . a nd no Judge-ahould hold the Mitinti un less be is triated implicitly and has the reajiect of the jieojile of his own State. A Fajiois craft is tho now steam collier Miiipiit belonging lo the Oregon Improvement Co., which ar rived at Portland l:tt week. The iron hull was built ut Dumlmtoo, Scotland, in 18G3,and used in the confederate navy under the name of Memphis. She was captured after being riddled with shot and shell. Sho was subsequently built up, thor oughly overhauled and remodeled Inside, and for some, years hns been used as a collier in astt m waters. Piiii-Aori.t'iiiA s Democratic mayor haa sppainted f ur colored men to serve as regular policemen. There arc 21,000 sons of Ham iu the Quaker City, and yet, through all tho yeara of Republican rule, not one of them has been appointed on tho polion force. What was that we heard about tho Republican party being the colored man' friend. "Consistency thou art a jewel. Tho golden age of Chinese literature was oomtempory with tho eigth century of the Christian era. Its origin dates back thousands ej yeais, for 200 B. C, at the time the great, wall built by order of Chy-Choang-ty, who called himself the "tirst, emperor," there were many learned hooks in China, and he tyrannically ordered them all to be burned, including tho writings of Con fucius; but like some other tyrants, he was loss thoroughly obeyed than he imagined and many volumes escaped. Having a dim sort of suspicion that this might be the case, he ordered 400 of the wisest men in Jthe kingdom to Vie put to death, a masacre, however, which came too late, as far as the liter ature was consented, as the victims had secured the safety of the precious volumes by hiding them. I B Mto Li t rex! S to, August, 27ih, 1881 EtlHor JJ'-morrut ; A few items from Bcie may be of in terest to your many readers. We are visited to-day by a gentle rain. We hope it will not continue, as twill prove very detrimental to tbe farmers, by causing them to step threshing for a short time. The grain as a general thing Is of a better quality than that of ol last reasan, and the yield Is much better. If the weather is flee tbe balk of the grain will be threshed in about two weeks. Hcl.is improving considerably this nmon. More Improvements are reported for next summer. A. J. Houston's Store building will soon be finhdicd and ready for Ida stock of hardware. Mr. Chapman will seen have his new dwelling completed. Mr. Chafer, a farmer living near ftcio, had t w of hi finger cut off, try getting them caught in the gearing f his seif-bhider. Wbe.it in quoted ut 73 centa, bat very little bo been sold at thin price. Farmers are expecting $1.00. Mr. J. C. .Johmmi la engaged In buy ing wheat. Tie: grain warehouse at West H lo will be cempleted In about a week. The Blue Itlbbon Club meets once a month. Quite an Interest ia taken In the C4ti-e of tern f ranee In the locality. The Iron bridge acroas the North Hantlam will soon be completed. About fertv carpenters are now en gaged working ou IL Misses Lalu Stipp, Inez Curl and Mr. A. J. Houston have gone east. The two young ladle go to enter school, and Mr. Houston goes to visit bis aged master. Our Public School will open Oet. 3rd, under the auperdslon of Prof. Birm ingham, assisted by T. B. Cornell. Prof. Birmingham come to us well recommended. He is a graduate of an Eastern College and ha bad 12 years experience In teaching. T. B. Cornell is a graduate ef tbe Willamette Uni versity, and ha had. several year experience In teaching. fart every tcholar In the district be in attendance. Our lively druggist. J. M orris is. Juept buNy dispensing oil to the formers. More A no-;. nostm ttJWrsl astir. The Surth American Review lor September npena with n profoundly phil'xtophical article on Tbe Church, the State, ami the He boot," by Prof. William T. Harris. M. J. Savage treat of Natural Ethics", allowing that the p-inciple of morality are rooted In man's nature, and are the product of evolution; coa.sequently, that they are not affected by the vi cissitude of dogma or religoo creed. The Hon. John A. Kasson give a hbstory of the 'Monroe Declaration," and prove that the credit of formulating that cardinal doctrine of American statesmanship i doe to John (julncy Adam, lite Rev. Edward Everett Halo write nf the Taxation of Church Property. He would have ail churcue taxed in form, but would exempt iu prettier those which by their eharituMe work help to lighten the public burdens. Tho other articles in this number of the Review are "Jewiu OUrn ism in America", by Nina Moral: The Decay of &ew England Thought", by the Ilev. JuIUh H. Ward; "Ghost Seeing", by Prof. F. B. Hedge; and Factliiou History", by Itoeaiter Johnson. The latter article Is n seething criticism of Jeflerson D-ivis recently published historical memoir. Fifty cent per copy. Five dolls r r year. Address, "Tho ffefi JsasWesw Rdrtr, New York, N. Y." Despnudeoey la euute tutted cat led Hte blues," because the laUer term dsreriiass at one th color nd tfteeU cf imp -una blosd. Change U to wrose colored health" by using King of the Blood. See adver tisement. HOLMAN'S PAD, FOR I.IVfH. TIIK Airo Muiiinrli, Kidnf) s. i tin- nntr aafa and rollablc remedy for MalAiia in all its Types. 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