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Republican Nominations'72
For lrellen,
U. S. GRANT.
For Vtre President,
HENRY WILSON.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
A.' H. Meat-ham, of Umatilla County.
W. I. Hare, of Washington County.
Jus. F. tlaaley,' ol Douglas Comity.
gex. ghant's nascirLEs:
"I would sunt up tin pulley of the Ailnilnls-
tnitius to I- a tnormutii enion-einem oi every
lnw : a lkiihiul collucUon of the tax urovbled
lor: tiwisiiy la the disbursement of the
sauie, and a prtsapt payment of the dt lit of
the nation ; a reuituons taxes a rajam? m
the reiitirinient8of llio country will unit;
rts:iictioii of taxation and Urlffto busoar
ranpnt m o afford the (Tea test re IM ( Uie
XrKicaxt mininer: hone, and air dealings
with all oilier .-on to the end that war,
with all its biihilnTt consequences may be
avoided, without surrendering any right or ob
ligation iltie to the Colled Wales; a reform in
the treatment ol' lliu Indlaus, and the whole
civil service of Uie country; and, anally. In
securing: a wire untrammelled ballot, wheraj
-rerv man entitled to east a votemavdo so
just once at each election, wltuont fear of mo
lestion or pro'ripllon on account of his polit
ical laith, nativity or color."
U. S. GRAXT.
National Republican Platform
AU(1'TI:U BY TUB NATrONAI. KKITULlrAX
CW.NVKNfloi AT raH-AUELl-HIA, JVHH
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The KcpuhMVan rty of the I'nited States
assembled in SalionarConvelitiou in the city
ol Philadelphia, ou the ''h and 6th days of
Jime, H7i, aualu declares Its faith ami ap-j-als
to u history and announces its positkm
Usil tlie questions beiore ttie country.
r'trst During eleven years of suiremai-.v
it has aoceited with pra'nd courage the sol
emn duties of the time. It suppressed a gi
rantlcr;liellion: emancited 4,(Kiu,iioosuive.s;
fecreed the npial ciii.enhtpol al I and estal)
lishe.1 universal sutlrane. KxhlliitliiK unir
alleied iitmnaiiiinity. it criinliutlly puul-hed
no nutn for political ollenses, and warmly
welcomed all who proved Ihelr loyalty by
obevinn the laws and. leallug justly with their
neighbors. It has steadily (lecreastid, with a
llrm lutiiil. Hie resultant disonlers ol a preal
war, and Initiated a wie policy toward the
Iii.Uan. The l'a.:irt.-. Kail mad, and similar
vast eiileriries, liave been generously anied
and succe.viliillv oonducleL 'i'lie public lands
are li eely giveii to actual settlers; immigra
tion is proti-cte.1, encouras-d, and the lull
acknowledgement of the naturalizeti citizen's
riglitslias been secured i'roin Kuropean powers
The natlonalcurreivy haimirovediureguta
tlon and Uie national credit has been sustain
ed under extraordinary bunions, and new
lumdsliave been negotiated at lower rates.
The reveuHea have been carefully colkMtel
and honest Iv applied. De3i4ethe annual iarge
rc dueihais from the rales of taxation the pnl
lic debt has been reduced during Grant's
presidency at the rale of one hundred tnill
i. u dollars )T year. A great II uancial crisis
has been avoided and icac and plenty pre
vail throughout the la n. I. Jlena. ing foreign
dilHctilties have been peai-elnlly ami houora
hlv cuinprmulseil, and the honor and surer
oi'tne naiion has been ept high ttiroiujhout
the world. This glorious record of the jm-st
is the party's best pledge ftir the ftiture. We
lielieva the people will not intrust the (Mov
ent 10 anv party or combination of men, com
posed of those whochielly have resisted every
step in this beneficial progress.
ttecond -Complete lifa-rty and exa. equali
ty in the enjoyment of all civil, political and
puiiuc ngnts snouin ue esuuiusne.i aim entv
nallv maintained throughout the I'nion. by
elhcieiii and appropriate Siate and Federal
legislation. Neither the law or its adminis
tration should a. tin it of any discrimination in
reect to citizens, by reason of race, creed,
color, o previous condition of servitude.
Third The recent amendments to theXa
titiiutl Constitution should be cordially sus
tained, because they are right; not merely
federated because tliey are law ; and shou id
la; carried out according to their splrtr by aji
propriate leglslattou, the enforcement of which
can he safely trusted -only to the party that
aecuxwd IbiTametuinMml - -
h ourth The Nation.-ii iiovemment should
seek to maintain an honorable peace with all
nations, protecting ilscitizenseverywliere and
sympathizing with all paople wlio strive lor
greater liberty.
Fifth-Aay system of civil service under
which the'tftnMirdlnate positions of the Gov
ernment are considered as rewards for mere
party zeal. Is latallv demoralizing, and we
UieKlbr& favor a retorm of tlte system by
laws wliich lhull abolish tha evils of patron
age ami iniiku lioufsty, etliclency and Ihielity
essential qmililicatlous for publiu position,
without practically creating a lite tenure of
oili.-e-.
Sixth -We are opposed to further grant of
the public lands to corporations and monon
oMes, and demand that the national domain
shall be set apart for the free use of the peo
ple. - -
S:venlh The annual revenue, after paying
the curie nt exiiendilurus, should furnish a
moderate balance for the reduction of the prin
cipal of the debt; andrcvenue,exceto much
as mar be received from a tax on tobacco and
liquor's, ought to be raised bv duties on im
portations, the scale of whicn should be so
adjusted as to aid in securing remunerative
wages to Uiliorers and to promote the indus
tries, growth and prosperity of tbo whole
countrv.
lghih -We hot.l In nndying honor the-soldiers
and sailors whose valor saved the Un
ion. Their pension are a sacred debt of the
nation, ami the widows and orphans ol those
u-hmlii.,1 t'nr thircouiihrv are-elltttled to tlie
care of th ijovoriiuient and the gratitude of
tlie uenole. We favor siu-Ji addttionaueglsia-
Hon as will extend the bounty of the (iuvem
inent to all our soldi ors and sailors Wlio were
honoralilv dis.:hargeiU and who in time of ilu-
tv became disaiiiea, witnnut regaru to rue
lengi h ol their service or the cause of such dis
charge. Ninth The doctrine of Great Itrttain and
other Kuroar. Powers coiu-enilng allegi
ance "once a subjoct always a subject," hav
ing at last, through the ell'orts of the Republi
can lartv, been aliandoue.1, and the Ameri
can Idea of the right of the Individual to trans
fer his allegiance liavlng been a.vepte.1 by the
Kuroiean nations, H Is the duty of our Gov
ernment to guard wiih H'aloiiscare the rights
of adopteil citizens against the assiimiillotiMof
uutiathori.ed claims by their former govern-mi-nts;
and we urj.e tlie continued audcare
ful eiicoiiragement and protection of volunta
ry immigration,
"Tenth The franking privilege ought to le
aboll-bed and a way prewired lor a reduction
.iu the rates, ol" postage.
Klevi'iith - Among I he questions which press
for attention is that which concerns the rela
tion nfcaial and labor, anil the Republican
mrtv recognize the duly of j stutping legis
lation as to secure full protection and un am
ple lield for capital, and for lalsir, w hich cre
ates lor capital the lamest opi tiinllies, and
a just share of iniiii.nl proiits of those two
great servants otaivillzaiion.
Twelith" We hoi.l that Congress and tlie
President have only fullillod an im)Hrtant
dutv in their measure for the suppressiou ol
violent and treasonable orgauizalions in cer
tain of tlie lately rebellious regions, and tor
the protection of the ballot box; anil, there
fore they arc eutlt led to the tlianks ef the na
tion. Thirteenth -Wc denoun.- repudiation ol
the national debt, in anv lorin or disguise, asa
natl'-nal crime. We witness with pride the
reduction of the principal of the defa and of
the rales ol interest us.rnlie balance, and we
coofidentlv eivt tliat our excellent national
ciirreiv.y will lie perl.vleii by the siwedy re
suinpti'.ii of pe.-ie ment.
Kourteeuth The Republican party Ismind
fnl of it obligation tot he lo a I women ol Amer
ica for their noble dcvotioi. to the cause ot
freedom. Their admission to wscfnli.ess Is
received with satlslaction. ami the ho.iest de
mau.ls of anv class of citizens for aildltlonal
Tigt -I- should be treatetl with resjiectful oon
iderati.si. .
Fifteenth--We heartily apiTove of thea.--tion
ofOmgTess in relation to the rebellious
siates, and rejoice In the growth of leave and
fraternal feeling throughout the land.
Sixteenth -Tho Republican partv proposes
to res-.- tlie rights reserved by the teople to
themselvesas oan-fiillv as the powers dele
gated by them to the Slate and Territorial
government. It disapproves of any resort to
unconstitutional laws tor the purpose or re
moving evils by interference with rights not
surrendered by the people to either the Ktate
or tlie National Government,
Seventeenth- It Is the duty of the General
Government to adopt such measures as will
tend to encourage American conmerce and
shipbuilding.
Eighteenth We believe that the modest
patriotism, tlie earnestness of purpose, sound
fudgment. practical wid an, lncorniitible in
tegrity, a nd i 1 1 list ri ous serv ices of U .S.Uia nt,
have cool men. lel him to the heart of the Amer
ican peopht, and that with him at our bead we
s.art toxtar on a new march to victory.
MISCELLANEOUS.
W. W. MARTIN.
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THE IAIXS VILLI: t'ONVETI.
When Horace Greeley and B. Gratz
Brown were nominated at Cincinnati,
we said tliat tlieir caniHilacy would
end in one of the most stupendous
tirces ever enacted In American po
litics. AVe have not at any time seen
any reason lor modifying that opinion.
It was in the nature of things that the
incongruous elements: upon which tlie
ticket must depend for its support,
could not he conglomerated into any
condition of positive strength. The
campaign rtiust be, necessarily, one of
exaggerations ami ludicrous juxtapo
sitions of men ; falsifications of tradi
tions and trauspoitioius ol party prin
ciples and measures ; efforts to make
antipodes meet ; to make round men,
tit in square holes, and Square men in
round holes, ete, the effort in its en
tirely being so unnatural and impos
sible of accomplishment as to amonnt
to broad farce. The movement has
made some noise, because of its novel
ty, rather than because it moved men's
judgements of stirred meu'S heart-.
But it lias already culminated and the
sun will never rise again upon the
Greeley movement and lind it as strong
.is it was the preceding; day. Judging
of Greeley's chances by the indications
of this day, lie will not get to exceed a
dozen or twenty electoral votes.
We have all along said that the
Louisv'dle Convention of straight Dem
ocrats would be w orked up into po
sitive strength. Very limited knowl
edge of human nature was suliicient to
foretell tliat, witli certainty. We
knew it because we knew it was not
in human nature that any considerable
organization of men should submit to
be transferred bodily and without pro
test into the camp of, and fraternal
concord with a foreign organization,
between which two there had been war
so old as to be traditional. It was an
impossibility from the" first," and the at
tempt to do it, proved that . men liad
lost their sagacity if not tlieir .sanity,
under the hot spur of ambition and
lust of power. To suppose it possible
was to suppose tliat all tlie individuals
of the party to be thus huckstered and
debauched, were as venal as the party's
leaders and betrayers. Those who
proposed this wholesale transfer of the
Democratic party forgot that there
never was, . and never can. be a party
witliont honest men in it. The Dem
ocratic party, bad as it was, had
lionest members men who at least
had. the. virtue of believing in what
tlieir party leaders professed, and who
were hot transferable by bill of sale,
like chattels. 'e do not pretend to
say that all the men now engaged in
tlie Louisville movement, have been
prompted by honest convictions ; for,
indignation, revenge, jealousy and
ambition may have each ftirnislied its
quota ; but in the main we believe
them to be earnestly anxious to pre
serve the party in whose principles
they had titith and whose history they
had reverenced.
Our prophesies in regard to tlie Lou
isville Convention are liefcig every day
fulfilled. Tlie little side-show at Bal
timore which the great Democratic
jo.trnals affected to ridicule, has grown
to such dimension as to be almost the
sensation of tlie day. Scarcely a day
passes but we have some dispatch an
nouncing an important accession to
the movement, another prominent
man who has gone back from the
G reeky hodge-podge and declared for
a straight-out ticket, or another State.
tliat has taken action to swell the pro
portions of tlie movement. The dis
patches of yesterday say that the
Chairman of the Executive Committee
claims to have been assured of the ad
herence of 850.000 straight-out Demo
crats and tliat Unas, u Lonor nas
consented to be a candidate. Chas.
O'Conor as the Democratic candidate
will knock tlie tail-board out of the
Greeley cart even in Xew York, and
dump the Cbappaquack philosopher on
his own premises, a demoralized rem
nant of an ill-advised and disastrous
campaign". Chas. O Conor as the
straight Democratic candidate would
go into the electoral college with live
votes to Greeley's one. lie would
carry every Democratic State with a
furore, because Democrats could work
for him with tlieir hearts iu the work.
It is, Unlay, more nearly possible for
tlie Louisville nominee to be elected
than for the double-headed, Clncinnali
Baltimorc concern.
Senator Doolittle was up In Maine
a short time ago, making speeches for
Greeley ami Brown. In a private let
ter to tlie editor of the News, he said :
"We have carried North Carolina ;
we shall, I thiuk, carry Maine. There
is a ground swell bere'lor Oreejey and
Browu. It is a flood time." If tbe
'ground swell" operates in Maine as
in North Carolina, the Republican
majority ought, really, to be about
20,000. Doolittle would do well to say
little about ground-swells ; his pre
dictions will sound very ridiculous
, after awhile.
A rilOMBLE TIIIXU.
AVe understand the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of Oregon are to
have a meeting at Portland soon, for
just what purpose, we are not inform
ed. We presume, however, tliat it is
to take action iu regard to tlie resigna
tion of L. F. Lane from the" compound
electoral ticket. But we shall not be
surprised to Uatrn that tlie attention
ot tlie Committee has been called to
tlie fact tiiat there is shortly to be a
straight Democratic National Conven
tion at Louisville, Kentucky ; and
that it has been asked to take that fact
into serious consideration in determin
ing upon its future plans. We shall
not be surprised to learn tliat mem
bers of that Committee liave decided
to go back on the Baltimore nomina
tion and take a 4,new departure" in
tlie direction of the straight Demo
cratic camp. Should the Committee,
however, not do anything of that kind,
we are assttre l that there are Demo
crats outside and who have not been
sold to tlie Greeley combination, who
will set about putting a straight Dem
ocratic electoral ticket in the field.
That being doiie we shall see such a
going backward among Democrats of
Oregon as the chiefs have not dreamed
of. Tliere will be hundreds upon hun
dreds of Democrats who, otherwise,
would vote for Greeley, who cannot
be iudueed to do it, while a straight
out Democratic ticket is before them.
We look upon it as certain that a
straight ticket of respectable character
and abilitv would get more than half,
probably two-thirds, ol the Democrat
ic vote of Oregon. The Democratic
Greeley press may say what it will, it
cannot alter the result. There will be
presented tlie spectacle of a party
press and leaders without a party. As
an incident of the campaign in tlie
eveut of a straight out ticket, tlie
Eugene Guard will come to the trout,
and such recreant papers as the Her
ald and Democrat, will be forced to
take very modest back seats, so far as
the Democracy is concerned.
.NI.AVKN . MOKE.
We are having iu these latter days
frequent (lemonstsations of the indis
position of even the humblest clashes
in America, to follow any leader who
sullers himself to lo- his points of
compass. It is extremely difficult for
any man, however able, to constitute
himself a god for any people to fall
down beiore, and worship. Charles
Sumner and the colored people are il
lustrating this fact, in a very remarka
ble way. A few years ago, it any
body bad' been asked to point out a
man and a considerable class of Amer
ican people, between whom it would
lie possible to establish an absolute
oue-man-powcr ou the one side, and
quiet, willing submission ou the other,
lie would have selected, at once,
Charles Sumner for the people's god
and the colored race tor the god's pc
jieculiar people. That was when
Charles Sumner had not, through mal
ice toward one man and an overween
ing self-conceit, cut loose from the con
sistent course of his life. Now that lie
has left tlie party which enabled him
to rise to where he is and which lias
always been the only friend of tlie col
ored race, his command is utterly pow
erless and his entreaty fruitless. The
blacks followed him while he was
right, and admired him with almost
worship ; but the moment he went
wrong tliey suddenly stopped and im
phatically refused to go further with
him. Not only tliat, but they told
him, in public resolutions, ot tlieir re
fusal, and why ; and they are continu
ing to tell him. Wherever they have
lield public meetings they liave bravely
cut loose and frankly declared their
reasons. This is but an expression of
the ruling spirit of the times, which
may be witnessed among any or all
classes ot the people of the United
States, upon occasion. Freedom of
opinion and independence ot action are
now the people's mottoes.
In IStiO, lloraee Greeley said the
electoral vote of New York was stolen
from Grant by "the foulest, most au
dacious conspiracy and gigantic fraud, "
to wit : illegal voting and false count
ing, lie arraigned Tammany as re
sponsible for it, and cliarged upon
that organization that thty icuuM do it
wjnin. Tammany is now for Greeley
and Greeley is thick as three in a bed
with Tammany. Greeley claims to
be able to carry New York, by one of
the old-time Democratic majorities.
Is it not a natural conclusion that
Greeley dceuds and ctunts upon
"foulest, most audacious conspiracy
and gigantic baud" in New York in
1872 ? "Honest Horace (!) relying upon
illegal voting and false counting, is
the picture now presented.
The San Francisco Chronicle says
pithily : "The New York Tribune ad
vertises the "Life of the New Horace
Greeley." It is a mournful record,
describing in detail the sad death of
the old man we loved, the bargain lor
his corpse by the thieves ot Tammany
Hall, bv hungry office-saekers, and
cunning wire-pullers and disappointed
Republican renegades ; the desperate
attempt to make capital of tlie lifeless
body ; and finally the birth and doings
ot tlie new Horace Greelev.
Tbe St. Louis Democrat has dis
covered that, after all, it wasn't cher
ries, it wasn't soft-shell crabs, it wasn't
nervous protration, it wasn't too much
mind for his body, that ailed Gratz
Brown at New Haven. It is now
ready to prove, according to Mr.
Stephen Pearl Andrews, tliat if Gratz
Brown hadn't taken too much ot the
absolutoid aud abstractoid clitneutisi
mus, his relatoid and cencreloid elab
orismus would have been all right. Or
if lie had taken his elimeutisimus
straight, his virtiginous affection would
have been pretermitted.
A portion of tlie Democracy is just
now supporting Horace Greeley lie
cause he was an '-original Abolition
ist." Yet Wendell Phillips says of
Horace: "I need not tell you, mv
frends, what Horace Greeley is. We
abolitionists knew him only too well
iu tlie weary years ot onr struggle.
He had enough clear moral vision
to see the justice of our course,
but never had courage enough to con
fess bis faith. If events had never
given him the courage he never would
have had principle enough to risk any
thing lor the idea."
"Waiting lor the Juisville Conven
tion" Is what a considerable proportion
of the Democrats are doftig, just now.
It is "masterly inactivity utilized." :
"M II AT
MAS KWIE
JIOSKYf
of Tine
There has been a continual com- -plaint,
since last winter, . about the
scarcity of money. There is no denial
ot tlie fact that business has suffered
greats, during the entire summer, on.
account of tlie "tightness" of the mon
ey market "Where has the money
gone?" is a question we bear asked ;
almost every day. Last year it was
comparatively plenty ; this year there ;
is so little in circulation that embar-.
rassuients are frequent in the most re- ,
munerative business. The tlieory-that
the farmers have "salted down" motK
ey does not sufficiently . account lor it. fl
Tliere may have been some small
amounts saved in that way, and still
larger amounts have unquestionably
been held for the purpose of paying
tlie expenses of barvestinz; but it
cannot be that the aggregate of money
thus taken out of circulation has pro
duced the stringency. We must look
for the explanation elsewliere.
Some progress is made in solving
the problem, when we have taken into
the account tlie immense sums of
money that must go every year to jajrv .
flr the' clothing; the Iwots au(t shoe.
the groceries, und the everything tds
that we habitually buy from abroad. ,
One of the largest single items of
money-drain for the last year or two.
has been the agricultural machinery
and implements imported, and sold to .
our farmers. An intelligent 'gentle
man informed us a day or two since
that not less than a million and a bait ;
dollar's worth of such goods had been,
or would be, sold to our farmers iu
1S72. Perhaps that is too large a fig
ure ; but the aggregate iuvestment in
that line, litis been immense and it '
continues. Not only has a good fwrt .
of last year's crop gone but much of
this year's crop Is pledged, in that
way. It is a good investment, httf it
helps to explain the scarcity of mouey.
Tliere is a furtlier explanation : '
Within the last two years, say, there
has beeu a considerable increase iu our j
population ami a very great iuultipli- jj
cation and enlargement of our busi
ness enterprises. We may safely say
the demand for money has beeu uearly
or quite doubled, by this means.
Thus, while tliere was but one use lor
a dollar two years ago, tliere are two
now. Bank capital has not, meantime.
liccu much increased : the mines have
' 11
yielded comparatively little ; ami rail- 3
road-coitstrnctitm expenditures have
, , i , , , . . 3
U-eii greatly shortened. 1 here has been 3
lotiung. ill fact, to supply the kiereas-
, , . . , . ...
ed demand. It is, therefore, evident
how It is that each man or each busi
ness has only about hall the money
that each one of tlie fewer lumber
bad two years ago. The same amount
ol money is divided among twice as
man- users ; oi course It is spread
thinner. Tlie scarcity of money i
more comparative than real ; but it i
none tlie less embarassing. We see
no way out of tlie trouble except
through a more diversified industry,
the introduction of manufactures and
a general practice of rigid economy.
We mu' buy less of the things which
can and ought to be produced ot man
ufactured at home ; and we must turn
our attention to the production of a
wider range of articles which other
people may want to buy of us.
West Virginia held an election yes
terday. One ot the issues Is the adop
tion or rejection of a eonstitutiea.
State officers are also to bo voted for.
J. N. Camden is tlie Greeley-Detno-cratic
candidate for Governor, and
John J. Jacobs is tlie straight Demo
cratic candidate. The Republicans
have no candidate but support the
straight Democrat. Mr. Jacobs' tick
et is opposed to the adoption of tha
constitution.
The N. Y. Herald agrees with John
Morrissey that Greeley loose is dan
gerous to his own success, aud that he
ought to be tied up, instead of being:
toted around tlie country like a 'moral
wax exhibition." We vote tor the
largest personal freedom for Horace.
We hope his trainers will allow him to
write all the letters and make alL the
speeches he wants to. ' i r
The Milwaukic Sentinel says s Th
Tributie published a list of defaulter
to tlie Government tbe other day.
Three of them are dead, five of them
are fugitives and the other thirteeu
are supporters of Greeley," The de
faulters usually tall out with Grant,
immediately get into the Greeley cart
and commence howling tor "reform."
The scoundrels really ought to reform.
The Chicago Times very pertiriently
says that "Mi-sonri has been tor the
past year the most lawless and riotous.
State in the Union." Tlie legitimate.
result of "shaking hands atross--the
bloody cham." by B. Grate Brown,
and Pap Price's Boys.
The telegiaphie report continue to
give account of straight lietnocratio
movements in the various Sbites, and
of defections from the Greeley : party. 3
1 ne double-geared ticket is bow, also,
a back-action ticket. "
DR. HOWARD. j
He tells His Tale ot Woe. ;
New YottK, August 21. Dr. How
ard, who has returned trom Spanish
imprisonment, attributes his release to
the efforts of the American press, and
returns his warmest trunks. He
thinks Fish might have dieted more
promptly, as he was an American cit
izen, and might have abbreviated or
at least alleviated his sufferings. How
ard will go to Washington and present ,
his claim, which is a pretty round
sttin, including loss of his medical bus
iness at ( ientugas. The latter is val
ued at thirty thousand dollars. f He
will return to Cuba in a fewdaysJ He
was loaded with chains on tlie trans
port ship, lodged in tlie hold and wlien
lie wanted air had to go on deck, drag
ging bis cliains behind. These actions
and bad food gave him dysentery.
The commander ol tlie prison at Gadbt
was a brute and a thief. Some ot the
prisoners actually died from i eating
food other than tbe regular fere,' fiir
which the commandant charged doa
ble. No other prisoners'were allowed -to
converse with Howard. 3?o letter
or papers were allowed to reach him.
while filth aud vermin were terrible.
While Howard was sick tbe com maud
ant refused to allow his removal to
hnspita!,-which was only secured by
the efforts of the Americas Consul.
A person who was called into'court
for the puqiose of proving the correct
ness ofa doctor's bill was asked by a
lawyer whether the doctor did jfot
make several visits after the. patient
was out of d inger." "No, replied
the witness, consider the patient in .
danger as lou as the doctor continues .
his visits." . ; .
Daily of WednemJag Aug. 21.
' STATE NEWS.
Crape in Yamhill are turning out well.
I Xaahill has but one representative in the
penitentiary. '
The fires in Uie mountain around Jack
mmrSie have abated.
: X passenser coach run twice a day be
tween Koseburg and the railroad.
: About 100 men are employed in and
akannd the mines of Coos county.
' Tw acres of bill-land in the vicinity of
Saaeborg were sold one day last week for
3oa- .
Hiflsboro has become very moral of late.
It now takes two Sunday schools to supply
the k'muid.
' The artesian well bains bored at Jackson
ville has reached a depth of about IVi feet,
striking very bard rock. .
' The Court fiooue in Hillsboro is finished
to the top of tae second tier of windows,
and is Koing to present a neat appearance
when finished, and be an ornament to the
amnty.
: At a meeting of the Teachers' Institute,
held at Eugene last week, a resolution was
passed, asking the Legislature to create the
office of Statu Hnpenntendcut of Pubhc
schools.
t The Jacksonville Times says : Indians
belonging at Camp Harney have been raid
ing on settlers on Cruokid river, stealing
borsesand butchering cattle. A party of
soldier followed them from Camp Harney
and after a jaunt of fifteen days overtook
them atear Camp Warner, 200 niiles distant.
rJKmk toJrii' U1 Wimrrf
Sosebuiv is nrogreiwiiix finely. The 1'Uiu-
J dealer nay: Contractor Eichar's men are
l'gJpni away at tlie deep rix-k cutting, half
J a mile from IJimlIhu-j;, ubont tlie only piece
oi grauing ro w aone to complete uie roan
to this place. This, and the North (Jmpqua
bridge, are likely to be finished about the
same time, say about six or seven weeks,
and thru all will be ready for iron. The cut
is over thirty feet deep, in the solid rock,
and towards the bottom of the cut looks
wry biuck, ninrr and refractory, bnt the
thundering blasts tliat hourly make tlie wel
kin ring, show that Eichur is on it.
From DaHg if Tkursdoj Avij. 22.
STATE XKWS.
A good many vwople are still loitering at
the e-ide, at Clatsop iieaclu
Engineers are at work this week making
tlie necessary sarvcy for the Willamette
bridge at Portluxl.
It is reported that an incendiary tried to
fire tl Cornelius station shed a nijjlit or
two. since.
According to the local of the Oregonian,
ttlie circus band lias taken to discoursing
"imposing sirs." They didn't do anything
of that sort here.
." Mnltaomah jail has thirty-one prisoners
--twelve ronbued nnder "United Htntes
charges, and nineteen, nnder Stat; charges.
Mitws. . I.. Coleman, Carl Boxco and
others wlio started to do the summit of Mt.
Hood, didn't do it on account of htorin on
the mountain. They went for the purpose
Ol fcifcmg vimrs.
; Grand blaster. T. Aperson, assisted by
tir&nu Njrretary lerry antl others, organ
ized a near Okl yellow's Lodge at Corneli
as. Tuesdsv Aug. 20th. This is the fortieth
'
jurisdiction.
lodge in Oregon, and tlie tifry-timt in the
The Oregonian says : Maj. H. M. Robert
im made amilieal ion for tlie sum of $1,500
nt of th geaeral appropriation made by
. l ongres lor tue improvement ot nvtrs aud
', i arbors oa the northwest coast, for the pnr-
S .1.: . r
jj irford.
ruse WttiaAiJg prtuiuiuitu j kutvuvs u x u n
) t -From Dmly of Friday Avg. 23.
j Tlie Pnblic Schools of Portland will open
Aug. Mil.
: The Wallowa Talley Indians are threaten
S ing the settlors with" the scalpel, etc., hut
,i uie sewers aeep pouring ui.
Eastern Oregon lightning went for a hay-
stark a few niglits since, in I nion county
and that neighborhood had a jolly lionlire.
A voung man of Union County named
Ben Hurrin, who has a young wife, has
gone and mysteriously disappeared.
Mr. . M. Melville, a Scotch emigrant
agent, arrived in Oregon by tlie last steamer.
He will remain several weeks, and make an
examination of the State.
Wedneadav evening, at Eugene Citv. L
DT Miller shot and killed T. G. Smith,
known as "Cherokee Smith." Some scan
dal about Miller's wife is saia to have been
at the bottom of tlie matter. Miller was
arrested.
The Portland Bridge Co. was incorporated
Wednesdav evening. Capital stock $400,-
(100. of which S J10.0UO is already subscrilied.
The tneorporators are H. R. Leonard. Wal
ter Muflett, A. P. Dtwison, P. J. Martin
Eugene Kmpk W. W. Piper, John Cogs-
celi, . A. smith, aud J. C. Hawthorne.
THE TERRITORIES.
"Vivian is astonishing the Seattle folks.
Idaho will have an average crop this sea-
"Walla Walla is to bavs a throe-story brick
wtel.
.1 TjM-fTA 1 11 rut a rif ttlo ,m luinff rt ri T,n
Jterragh "Walla Walla on their way to IV
iiaose.
Cant Hines has been appointed aasistcnt
inspector of customs for Paget Sound. He
.will reside in Victoria.
On Bock Creek, near Walla Walla, a few
gets ago, Samuel Kelly shot and killed
(oifiorge Duke. The difficulty arose about
.seme cattle.
The Seattle Disprtch, edited by Beriah
3fOwn, Esq., will siKin lie issued as' a daily.
The inhabitants of Silver City, L T-, in
flsle in snow cobblers during the summer
season. . '.
,. An Olympia paper says that the last ap
saranoe oi' tlte itohinson Troutie at tliat
place was on a "four-horse stage, ' in a farce
called "How to amid paying hills."
Walla Walla boasts of a silver-mounted
hearse. Who wouldn't meet the "grim
monster" half way under such circumstan
ces. The grasshoppers have done considerable
damage . in llodtana Territory. But the
crops an re parted in splendid condition iu
some localities.
A Walla Walla paper says : It is under
stood that the local railroad company has
disposed of its franchise to a party of capi
talists, who will at once put down a first
class road. '
It is announced that the North Pacific
7? i 1 n liiiii'.tf nv i t 1 jYi.l Vw. f i ni tlw ,'1 1 imj
y f the seawin to let contracts for st lwt two
Xundrnd miles of road between the CoJuin
aia and tlie Itoclir MonnUins.
Tlie Kalama lieacon says: "By the first
f January, it is contemplatd by "the divis
in enginei r to have the road 'thoroughly
fravellod through to the end of the track,
.sixty-five miles northward from Kalama.''
On Saturday, the 10th inst., while the
Sound stJ-amer was off Cape riattry, a coal
taaser, named Fitzpatrick, cut his throat
with a knife and died two hours after. He
was taken to V ictoria, and there buried.
Boulder county, Colorado Territory must
beagenaine seventh heaven. Millions of
dollars worth of undeveloped "filthy lucre"
is in open sight So says the Denver News.
Oh come now let tu a little, we don't like
aura in such large doses.
The Olympia Transcript says : Six miles
of telegraph poles, from Port Townsend,
have been put up, and tlie work is being
uslied rapidly forward. The machinery
3or six office's, and the wire and cable for
the entire line to Seattle has been ordered.
Tbe superintend!, Mr. Sweeney, propose
to span Hood's Canal, about one mile above
Pkrt Gamble, instead of laving a cabio. The
distance is one and a half miles. Poles,
400 feet hbjh, to be used, with steel wire,
weighing eighty pounds to the mile, instead
tf common telegraph wire, which weishs
9300 pounds to tbe mile. ,
Love-making is an uncommon plea
sant employment for the winter nights.
You may talk of the perils of young
nteti wheu they come up towit -out
there l no better safeguard thin- eiv
?ii such young fellows the associatCins
ofliotneaud sweet woman. 'Tareut
nrake au immense mistake in fakfiig
tea severely momentary a view oi"
yawns fellow's prospects. I never
knew a young fellow under ever so
lark a cloud, who, with purpose and
ability, eould not work out bis wnv
Ko tha sunliglit. R-Uer even die
Sang ensageineiif. or tlie early mar
riage, titan many other suppositions
fliat mlfiit be put. - .
': ' . '. " jstfi.' "'"
' The jllssouri DemrerasV 'It
was the bright idea of some rteral
editor that the Cincintiati Convention
should nominate a candidate whoe
name should lie a platfon in itself.
We think the Convention has done it,
and we are unable to recall a single
principle of any political party, living
or dead, that Mr. Greeley has' not ad
vocated and denounced. He should
be a very satisfactory candidate to all
classes of men and women, without re
gard to age, ser, color or condition. -
From
i -
UREKI.KY-N 4 'LA I VI OX TIIK Ul
ntHiMt Y tOK n rroHi.
First Because during the loiijr con
test waged between Democracy mid
rvniggery fie was tne inveterate roe or
Democracy.
second Hecan.se ne was a L'ntteti .
States Bank man. whilst the Democ
racy was opposed to it.
third liecatise he was alwavs in
fctvorofhigh protective tariff, whilst
the Democracy ever opposed It.
r ourtti Because lie was in favor or
the distribution of the poceeds ot the
public lands among the States, whilst
the Iiemocracy opposed it.
r ittti Because tie was in favor or
abrogating the veto power, whilst the
Democracy opposed it.
Mxtn Because he denouncer! .lohn
Tyler, whilst the Iiemocracy sustained
him.
Seventh Becanse he violently op-
liosed the annexation of Texas, whilst
tbe Democniev favored It.
Kighth Becan-e he" fiivwed tbe
Wilmot proviso, whilst the Detnovrat
opposed It.
Alutn Bccnne lie was against h
country in the Mexican war, whilst
the iH'tnocrats were tor it.
Tenth Because he opposed tbe fb-
gitive slave law. whilst the Denun.-r.its
lavored It.
Eleventh Because lie opposed the
Dred Scott decision ot tlie United
States Supreme Court, whilst tlie Deua
ocrits sustained if.
Twelfth Been n be was one tA tlup
most violent anil slm-ive ot all tk rp
piiiients of the Democracy tluriig ti.
Kansas struggle.
Thirteenth: Because, with the rxw-
er bis press gave him iu tlie Nortb. hf
did all iu his jiowerto stir tip sectional
feeling on the part oi the .North against
the South.
Fourteenth Because no one in thir
land is more responsible for the fratri
cidal war between the North and Ihc
Sotitb than lie was.
Fifteenth Because, when the war
eame, he said. "It tlie erring sister
go in peace." and afterward demand
ed the severest measnrcs toward tru
people of the South.
Sixteenth Because he favored zTl
of the mtst ultra measures .ignitk-t.
the South, while tlie lK'inocracy v
jxised them.
Seventeenth Bectnse he favored the
adoption of the Coitstitntion.il Ameurt
.nients for the benefit of the IsVjvt
man, whilst the Deu-ovracy opjioed
them.
F-ighteenth Becatfe be tlcmawlcd
the Ku-Klux law, whilst the 1cidoc
racv opposed it.
Nineteenth Because be has ever
denouneetl the Democratic party as;
lieing eoinpo-H'tl of all tbe worst citsse
ofsH'iety. viz: the gamMers, tliietv-.
shoultler-hitters plug-uglies, the-ileiii-zens
ot the lowe-t sltutis and slosrTi
the uneducated, roiightrst and worst
classes of society.
Twentieth Because, in a worT, be
lias ever opposed everything tliat lla
Di m ocra cy fa vored .
Twenty-first Because a man wl
will consent to serve a Irty fc ha
ever deuouucpd, niu-t be a disfcirst
nan, wlio will betray his dupes, tlie
Democracy.
Tweiity-secontl Bitinse be rwr
the ltemocratic candidate, never lov
ing taken back one word be ever said
against the Democracy.
THE PRESS.
We are not aware that we have ever
seen a liner and more truthful tribute
to the iiower aud bih ini-winii vC llta
press than is contained in tlie follow
ing brief extr.nl from an article bi tlte
New York Evening Post. A reflec
tion tor a short lime upon the influence
which the press wields will convince
anyone that "n the entl it will triompi
over corrnption.'unprinopled iuotis
lies and every other evil which sevksto
sup the 'foundation of a State :
We firmly lielieve tint the firt tfiin
for college and schools to do is U
teach boys 1kw to write rather Jhrtu
bow to speak ; the press inn- be
reformed before anything else can
be, hecausr the press is an euoriuottss.
jiower with capital liehiud it, atut
every year gets a more complete ew
trol over the opinion of the countrv.
The man who can sit in bis office iintl
repeat to an auilieiiee of fifty thoustnd
men the same argument day after day
ami week after week, until tliese facts
and arguments beivnie part of tbe
mental furniture ot tlie mind of tbe
audience, has a power far superior to
that of the man who, after tlie work
has been going ou for six months r
so, mounts tlie rostrum aud delivers
himself after all. of the same tacts
and argument once more.
womajcs rowi K iok .hi Mjm
1.VII..
One gifted and beantifnl woman, if
wrongly disposed, cau work more evil
in society, can scatter more seed of
corruption aud death, than, with tlieir
utmoset ettorts, a score of men. Her
capabilities for good in the diflemit
departments of morals tire equally
great, and in such proportion to ir
powers, both for good ami evil, most
lie her condemnation, if she is liilse to
her holy stewardship. Society cannot
be destroyed if woman is true, nor
saved if woman Is false. Besides, so
ciety shows no unequal discrimination
in regard to this particular class fit"
feni-es. Tbe rule applies to nil, ;JL
profane woman, a drunken woman,
female thief or mnnlerer excites. al
ways a greater liorror ami disgust trwi
if the crime had been committed by a
man. And this K riglit, and it will be
an evil day for this world wlieu wo
man in her sin excites no more ab
horrence than a man.
A Californiiin, Iieing aked If br
could "go" Greeley, replied that th
situatioh reminded' him of an incleut
flat occurred iu tlie mines. A party
of miners took np a claim and eh rt if it
one of tlieir party cook ; who wsas r
serve iu that cnntcity until some- one
found fault with bis cooking. In thot
event the fault-finder w:s to bike Lr
plare ami do the cooking hiuw'C.
George li. was the first to till the
position and everything went smooth
ly for a week or two when George be
came iireu ami rernveti ro nave i
one to find fault if posmble. So one
morning he mixed up his dough fbr
breakfast, and Bill J was tlie first
to break a biscuit. He fisted it.
sinclled it and tasted it again, and
sakl: "H I! IU lie d d if this mint
the saltiest biscuit I ever got hold of
but,"' said he. suddenly rememlierin
Uie contract, "it is good !" Xow the
Ileniocrats are in tlie same fix. Gree
ley is the saltiest pill they ever got
hold of, but then tie is good.
Near P , in West Virginia, is a lo
cal court presided over by an honest
old farmer, who in earlier years wa
an attorney at law. The judge is wit
unique . specimen muscular, iui pa
tient, quick tempered but not ungen
erous. Recently while ou the bench,
lie espied in the audience an old negro
whom he hail employed to haul some
timber from his saw mill near by bnt
who had beeu Induced to do Uie same
kind of labor for anotlier irsou. to
tbe neglect of the judiciary. The
Judire nil mediately srtsneudud the tri- '
lal, quit the woolsack, and approaclied
tlie African with, j a ' ; .? ; v
"You old rnseajl why didn't
you haul timber for me, as yon prom
ised? I'll teach you a lesson !"
Old Africa squared oft", shucked his
cont, spit ou his bauds, aud replied.
Come on, niassa! come ou? dW
ole chile used to spank you when you'd
a boy. and by golly be can jes do it
again!"
- Tfin tiidtrn's motion vt-n nrprrnlpd.
ul jr. " ' '
aiiu a uui. pru?, euiercu.
"Mister, bow do you sell sugar to
dav :" "Only twenty cents a pound,
sir." - 'Can't give it. Ill drink my
coffee without sugar, and kiss my
wife for sweetening. Good day, sir.''
"Good day. When you get tired ot
that kind of sweetening. pleae call
round again." "I will." He called
next day;
roun-
CrerW- riors to a friend In Btnn
that lie will carry New Hampshire,
Connect iont. New York and New Jer
sey in tlie Kast. and that he Itwks to
tlie ami bouth tor all the rest ot
his streirgth in tlie Electoral College.
CoiioeclKMt Ik may be able to carry,
if tlie Iiemocracy gives him its solid
and full rofe; but on what authority
or premises hetla'uusNew Hampshire,
is hard to divine. That State is likely
to give its vote to Grant by 4.000 to
(i.OOO majority. He now has the call
in Xew York, if we may believe In
popnbr minor ; but should the Louis
ville Canwution nominate Charles
O'OiuiHH, his chances even in that
State wosild be compromised. Sew
Jersey depends upon the same contin
gency. -;
Turning front the East to tlie South
and West, we tml tlie following States,
incluxlii tlie four above named in tlie
East, as either sure or probably tor
Greeley:
Marybuad.,. 8
Uenrtria.., . K
Alslauiia . 12
Lnuixiana H
Kents.-J,j K
MtSMnri.......,a
'Araaasaa . C
Vlrijinia X 11
Tuxu H
West Virginia
Xew York
New Jersey
"Cnnneclk'nt
New Hampshire..
'Indiana....
5
37
a
5
s
15
Total
,.lfi5
llOwkttwt ..-r.'
Tbcsire tiio'jtiiio4jstmiiU
Vht newjjintanuiiit act, which oftu
liKiTiiaUlr jrivu to Greeley, u n less J
ib p coituc IU.-nla lor iihu. lhey
ive lifnt ttfbva States, but of these
Jive are dOTbtfaJ. These five have 34
electoral votes. But allowing that
tiroeley obtxinsall the doubtful States,
including Xw liampsliire and Coo
ueifirut alatsst sure to rive lOTfotes
ugaiust him lie ill has Is 1(15 votes
iiutf a full U-ge of 3(i, thtK leav
ing Grant StI, w a majority of 36.
Tate away Krm I Jreeley'Xew llam
shireaud Cauuoeaicut. aisi add their
10 votM to GTtta's, aud we sliall have:
For Grant,' 231 ; C reeley, 155 ; major
ity fur MUraut, 55, And tliat is about
tlie vay the fiigat will 1st read three
or fair days tftcir" the first Tuesday
uCut the &r JWauduy in XoVmbu-.
KEHiiisr'EMcvoi' Utasicf. wcb-
iFrora tk Baltimore American.
In 1840, wlwa tbe old Union line of
strajners to Pbiiaik'lliia was in its
glry. Daniid U'cbster reached Ibtlti
mwe n his way 'North, and it be-
i iHu'utfr known thai lie would take the
I'uioii Hue, wbica deputed, from the
foot of South treet, a laije crowd of
lTous asserabkqltn the dock." The
great M;usariiuKs reuresefltative
wujt ou board te Coiiaution, then
commanded br Uteite Captaiu Cliap
tir, aud it being Sunday afternoon, no
kit. expected a speech from Webster,
Imt the tbosgatlrss crowd were vo-iif.-rons
iaits calls. Tlie great man
of the ac appeared on t lie upper deck
and eoiumeijtvd a speedi that thrilled
.dl hearts Ijy amply saying. "My
iwutrymen. there were no Sundays
i;i Revolutionary times." In after
ytrs. on the close of a session of Con
gress Websttr aocepn-d an invita
tUtu to visit CaDieroti at his home in
Pennsylvania. Oa reaching Balti
laoreWUibiiaT. IVaters, tlien acting
iiresident of tlie old Susqiieimiiiia rail
omiU (now the grtsit Xorthern Ceti
traL ) had prwridea a special car, and
with others, accompanied Webster to
Pennsylvania, Before reacliing York,
dispatches raiiM over tlie wires tliat
thousands tf peojde were at the depot,
mid when Walters informed the states
man of the great assemblage, he said
Ik; regretted tbe fact, ns he was unable
to nuke a speech. Finally the train
r-aclK-tl tlie bsrongii of York, whereat
the depot, people wore congregated in
multitudes. Load cheers went up for
Webster, and ha was at last induced
to appear on rbe platform. As soon
a-.- order was restored, Welister
stretched out hisarwis and said ; ".Men
of York, In yanr borough lie tlie re
ntiu of two of the most illustrious
sigwrs of the lieclaratlon of Inde
liendfiwe M'elsli and Livingston."
vVehier went oa electrifving the
cruwd, spiyiking until the progress of
tl train make his eloquence itiaudU
hlit. It Is alo tvconlml tint when
Psfkeuhain was British minlstw at
Wadiiiigtou, at a enurt-dimior party?
lKk Wl-bster ami Clay belli dead,
tbe) British minister was asked tlie
ilifTerence between tbe two men, wlieu
be promptly replied, tliat he knew of
but one -Clay kisspd all tlie women lie
met in the street, while Webster never
kUsnl them except in the house.
THE FOri UR VO I K FOR PREHI.
Asa matter of reference. Interest
ing, as we are now entering into a
new political campaign, we have com
piled the papular vote of tbe countrv
I for President since 1830, giving in tlie
, lirfolmnn tbe vote of the successful
J tniidate, with his name, and in tlie
sernml tlie vote of the opposition cau
debfe: or candidat4-s :
Kit Van Ititreii. 7i3. W.Harriwn.... 737.711
lHRHsrrison...1,i71.ti.Vaii Bnren..l,ls..Ho:l
tstl.rnlk ...trauiia.msntinn..ljK7.4
lsm.Tavlor l.li.i.Upo(ilin..l,MS.17S
Wii.rier.-e I.!h.i.i )iiBinm. . l.V.l.ili
MViHn,hailaii..l.s.l'irJ.OiiKiili(m..i-21fi.21
ls.mJ.ln.-oln l,iifi.tV2.'jipof1tliin..i.S19,7l
lt.Lin.Miln....,-2IK.7.M,nullan..l.sns,7l
lj,rant 0,(iU,u. Seymour a.;uS,HO0
It will he seen that from 1S44 to
1S5Q, inclusive, no Viss tliau four Pres
idents were elected by a minority vote
of the people, tltoitglt tliey had the re
qaNte electoral majority. In 1S44
I'olk had an electoral majority. In
114 Polk lind a majority over Clay
on the popular vote ot only 37,000,
while the Abolition vote for "James G.
lUrucy was 6(5.304. in ISIS Gen. Tay
lor bad a majority of about 140.000
over Cass, but was in a minority of
15U.O00 against the combined votes of
( tiaud Vmi Bureu. In 1S52 Pierce
had but a slight majority over the op-IKi-jlion.
In ls."5 liiK'hauati was in a
poil..ir ntinorit v, as against Fremont
and Fillmore, of nearly 400,000,- while
iu 1S0O Lincoln, though hnvinga plu
rality of the popular vote, ana a ma
jority of the doctoral, was in the mi
nority as against tbe total vote of
IimigJas, Bell ami Breckinridge. The
total popular vote cast for President in
1 SSI was 1.501,293. In 1W?8 it was
5.7U.68S. having nearly quadrupled In
thirty-two year. When we take into
acvotint the addition to our votinjr pop
ulation since 1 SOS. by the passage of
tne ni"entn amendment, the removtti
of the disabilities of a large number ol
Southern reliels. and "the natural
growth of the country, we shall ex
toct a h)tal vote at tlie coming presi
dential election of very nearly seven
millions.
A (iOUO t'AtUtER.
One of our best aud most accurate
farmers informs us tliat wlieu a boy,
as soon as be liad learned book-keeping
at, school, his father employed him
to keep (lie farm accounts tbe cost of
labor the amount of work expended
on each field, time of,jerlbrniing oji
enilious, plowing, sowing, cultivating
and barvestiug, anioiuitol'erops. prices
at which sales were made, cte. - He
soou became much interested in farm
oisrations, and tlioroughly acquainted
witli all the details of work, in a more
complete maimer than he ever could
liave been in any other way, and was
early placed on the track of farming
regularly and system loally. , Let other
farmers tollow Ids example with tbuif
sous, ami wc liall have less of randoln.
hi-skip luLsbandry and more of order
aud success. The Kural Southerner.
The Xew York Evening Post, an
original supporter ot the Liberal move
ment, says of Greeley's nomination at
Baltimore : "It Ls simply the ok! Cop-
pcniesui party or tne war that seeks a
new lease of life through this nomina
tion." Correct. Not a Pence Demo
crat and Copperhead who supported
McClellan and Seymour bnt siiDDOrLs
Greelev to-day. Tlie uiost Intense of
v ar Democaats are for Gmnt. t ... f
Tliere are over 60,000 miles of rail
road in the United Stntcs of which
.! were Imilt last rear. -
KTU .4X1 WlT
4 ALLY.
Till K iXVWHY.
IKrum the Sacramento Union.
' We read long articles bi tbe Greeley
press complaining of Grunt's extrava
gance In the management of Indian
affairs, because tlie yearly expendi
tures arc a good deal greater than tliey
were some yeses ago. It is true they
are greater. But it Is true also that
tlie solid wont none jr.stines tne in
crease. In the List two years of
Grant's administration some 25,000 ;
Sioux, hostile before, some thousands
of. Cheyenncs. Klowas, Blackfeet.
Comanches and Apaches, all at war
three or fotrr years ago, nnd costing
tlie nation over 110,000,000 a year to,,
maintain armies in the field to punish .
and check them, have been brought
upon reservations and are now quite '
at peace and content with tlieir situa- ;
tiou. Just at this time tlie Indian
Coinmissiouers are preparing for a
treaty with what is left of tne once
freat and warlike Ute tribe. - Thexe 5
ndians are threatening a war with
the settlers of Utah. .They are pressed .
for subsistence, and must either beg,
rob or starve. If tliey rob, war result, '
and a war with the Utes would proba- '
bly form an item in the annual report
of tlie War Department not lower than ,
$3,000,000. Tlie administration's ,
policy is and has been to prevent such
wars by treating with tlie tribes, pot- -tine
them on reservations, foediux ajid
clothing tliein, and instruiliug. them
how to earn a living by regular labor.
Of course this swells the ordinary In-'
ill an expenst-s, but it. at the same time
relieves the War Department of those .
extniordiuary charges fbr fighting the
Iutliaus, which in the last llftecn years
liave ..mounfcd to far more than the
present cost of supporting ail tlie trilies
upon reservations in peaceful indus
tries. . -' ,
iiHUMAX KEPL'BUtANK.
Resolutions adopted by tlie German '
Mass Meeting at San Francisco,' J'rU
day evcnlne Aug. 10th : ' "" "X
Wheheas, Tlie German-born citi
zens of our country most ardentiyKle
sire the welfare, prosperity and perpet
ual continuance of this Republic their
adopted fatherland and the nreserva
tiou of our own tree Klitiuaf institn
tiofis, as well as oar peaceful and liap-'
py rebulons with all foreign countries ;
aud .
Whekeas The great National Ile
publicau party has. bv the abolition of
slavery in id tlie adoption 0 the amend
ment to the Constitution, established
a Kepublie in. its reak meaning, free
and equal to all men ; and
' WfiEitEAS, We leCegnize the ser-'.
vices of those who remained true to
those Republican principles in war, as
well as in peace, wbo defended tliese
principles with the sword as well as
the pen. and who caused onr beloved
neW fatherland to be to-dny united,
free, great aud mighty ; and
Wuekslis. Iu tbe event ot the elec
tion of Greeley aud Brown, we con
sider the rights and liberties ot the'
people endangered by tlie Introduction
of, to u. distasteful temperance aud
Sunday laws ; therefore, lie it
liemdred, By tlie German-born citi
zens of San Francisco, here assembled.
First That we accept with pleasure
and pride tlie platform of the great
National Republican party, as pre
sented to tlie people by the "Philadel
phia Convention, aud we recognize in
tbe nomination and election ot' Grant
and Wilson tlie future preservation ot
our adopted fatherland.
Second That we denounce the al
liance of discontented ltepublicans
with Democrats and Secessionists as
unnatural, and. portendiuj danger to
our Republic , -
Third That we pledge ourselves to
use. during the coming' campaign, all
our energy and all honorable means to
defeat a party supported bv such ele-,
uients as Tweed, the Xew York Tam
many. JefT Davis and Secessionists,
and drifting to anarchy aud increase
ot the national debt. ; j .
Fourth That we now organize a
Germau-Auiericaa Grant and Wilson
Club for the coming campaign, and
for tlie purpose ot uniting all Gertnan
born Republicans of our State, and we
tlierefore earnestly invite every Ger
man having the interest of his adopted
fatherland at heart to join and aid us,
by word aud deed, iu this jast aud
noble cause.
A fciOOI) JOKE OS 1MV. HarFMAa,
EH Perkins In Xew York Commercial Ad
i vertiser.J , ,
B. F. Beekman, the bapker, busi
ness and railroad milliona re, and the
great Christian, who raised $300,000
to buy Morrissey 's.club house last sum
mer for the Young Men's Christian
Association, had a talk with die Gov
ernor yesterday . !
Beekman said he had voted the
Democratic ticket, and that he had fol
lowed the party over pretty rough
roads, but he couldn't see how Tie
could go fur Midi a shuffling old wo
man as Greeley. 'Why. Governor,"
said Beekman. "tlie old fool don't
know enough to attend to his own bu
siness; he Ls eternally. letting some
devilish fool swindle him ; and with
such a big, overgrown child tit tlie
head, why business men wouldn't feel
safe ; he'd want to do some devilish
stupid thing every day "
"But," Interrupted the Governor.
"I tliink Greeley is a pretty good
judge or men, 1 think be cau pick out
an honest man or a. knave as quick as
any one. I "
"Why. there Is just where lie Is the
biggest fool," continued Beekmmi.
"Never mind." said tlie Governor,
"I would take bis opinion on a man to
be true quicker than I would take any
man's iu flie count ry."
"You would?" asked Beekman,
feeling In a side pocket. - ' '
"Yes, I would,", said tlie Governor
firmly.
"Well, here is a little slip where he
calls you a mountebank ami a corrupt,
dishonest and swindling Democratic
villain," said Beekman, as lie handed
an old Tribune editorial to the Gov
ernor. The Governor read it orer twice,
then looked as if lie was tryuig to look
straight through Beekman, a row of'
carriages and a two-foot brick parti
tion ; then be slammed down- ids hat
and went up stairs. . -.( ,
WOJIAS RIFrKAGE 151 WTOHHW2.
Much lias been written about tlie
failure of woman suffering in, Wyo
ming. But Ilev. Josiah Strong writes
to the Congregational ists that the ex
periment has thus far proved fniriv
successful. It has resulted in no dis
tttrliam, improved the order of the
polls, raised the price of liquor lice Me
trom fuiO to $120 each, aud diminished
tlie number of drinking places lu
Cheyenne nearly forty per cent. The
women have served creditably 'in va
rious otilces. The experiment is etill
in the early stage ot its trial, we ad
mit ; but so far as it has ' gone it has
proved a complete success and con
verted hundreds of its original opjo
iients into its ardent supporters, ..
Thasks for Fmrxc. Gmai In rstsi
Francico,at a'hieetlng W the Xinth
Ward BepubTicafi Club. on'tAe'evening
ot August ijth, Scbrader offered the
following resolution, which' "Was
adopted amid loud laughter and ap
plause? ' ''';-:.
,Vso7rwf. That ' thb tliarrks' Of tlie
Ninth' Ward Grant and Wilson Cliih
lie and tliey are hereby tendered to Dr.
R. Beverly Ole and otlwr Detnocrats
of this citv for their1 kind rislrJera
tlon In firing a salute (and paying the
expenses thereof In honor ot the
Republican victory In North Carolina,
and the secretary Is hereby Instructed
to fnrnlsb a copy of this resohitiotf to
said Dr, R. Beverly Cole. - V
The Philadelphia Age says An
influential and welf lnfortIled, Demo
crat of New Jersey s writes to ns ; l
have Iwcomfl beUer MtUfled than be
fore tliat there are a great many Dem
ocrats who will not vote- tor lreIey
makin the loss of New Jersev almost
wtaln.' -'. -.; ' ;,' 1 1 a
': EaMJCATlWaAaW Rf
Proeeedlnn of the OrnroN
Mate
-
The Oreeon State Teaober'a tiwd- t
tute met at -Eugene City Taeeday,
Augast 13, 1872. ; - ,
t President, J.' Qubin Thoniton,
called the Institute to ordcrl' The Sec
retary being absent, ' John C. Arnold
was elected Secretary pro tees.!. - ! ;.
The eomaiittee , appointed At tlio;
last annual meeting, charged with tlie
dnty of frambig the project of a Common-School
Law, seported by its .
C hairman, J. Qjiiuo Thorntou -:
Tbe rejxirt was accepted aad tJw .
committee discharged ; aud the project
of law recommended by sakl comnrlt-
tee, for consideration and adoption by !
this Institute, was referred to a neciai .
committee consisting of Rev. C II.,
Wallace, John C. Arnold and Rev. T .
M. Martin, with Instructions to report '
at 10 A. m. to-morrow. i
Tbe President having givaa u lu-
vitation lor remarks, Iiev. T. L. Eliot, t
of Portland, County Superintendent of '
Comuion fschoott, Rev. H. Wal
lace. Rev. E. Pi Hendereon, Bv". ' T. .
M. .Martin, teacher, at fcogeue. . IIoiu ,
J. II. D. Henderson, and otherSr re
sponded by making appropriate' re
marks upon various subjects engaging
the attention of Use luatitiite. '
Adjourned to meet at 19 , A. M. to
morrow. , . ,
TtTSDAT, ATGCST 11.. " '-
The special ' committee,' appocnTed
yesterday, reported that fully la
pressetl with a sen of tlie tuagutinde ."
and great importance of tha subject,
of tlie project of a Law provldUig tor
i general system of Public Instruction
in Oregon, they had care fill Iv consid
ered, iu all its details, the BUI referred :
to them, from tlie committee appoint
ed by tlie State Teacher's Institute of
last j'ear, and they recommend that1 lts
lie aaVipted by this body j ;uhI further.
tliat lloo. J. Q. ThpnOon be charged i
with the duty of bringing it to tbe no- j
tiee of the next legislative Assembly
for enactment. ' '"
Mr. Kliot here moved a stwpenshat
of the rules, which motiou bebij ,
ndopted, he offered tlie following reso-.
hit ions: ,
Itnotved, That In tlie Judgment of"
the Oregon Stabs 'ieachei' liMticutev"
in view of tbe present state f public ,
opl(jlon, it is not expedient to ask for
a new school law, which win embody
all tlie features of a system of public '
instruction, lmt that tlie Ieislatttre of
the State be asked for a few- prom-,
inent changes in the present, law; viz : ;
1. That the election of a State Su
perintendent of Publio Instruction be
provided for by law, tier! n ing the do-,
ties of the same: and. tliat one be.
chosen to till the office until tlie next
general election. '
2, Tlint State Board or education
lie constituted to. co-operate with the
Superintendent iu adopting a uniform.
system of examination of teachers.
3. That the attendance,- as far as
possible, of children, of proper age, at .
some scliool. for at least three mouths
in each year, be required by law.
4, That the State School' Tax be not
less than fonr mills on the dollar.
. A- very spirited discuion of these
resolutions foil wed, la which MestrAr
Atkinson, Campbell,- Eliot, Hendersou
and tlie President participated. Pctitl
ing this discussion the project ot scliool
law, as reported, was ordered to bo
read by the Secretary, aud its merit
were liointed out. These were ad
mitted by thoe supporting Mr. EIlol'S .
resolutions, bet It was asserted that'
tlie Oregon Legislative Assembly ba'bJE
hitherto, manifested a nductnmV Ay
jiassalaw embracing the wliole .
ject of public instruction, asa complete
system. To this It was replied 'that'
while such might be true of Uie past,,
there were many reasons for believiitt '
that the Legislative Assembly, to mei
in the coming Atituin, would rradlly
avail itself ot the project of tlie law V
under consideration, since, upon it,
had been bestowed more earnest labor,
by pntctlcil Oregon educators tliaii
had, probably, been given to any ex
isting statute in this State. . -
AKTEliXOpN eESrlOK.
Tlie vote on Mr. Eliot's resolutions
being now taken they, were adopted.
On motion of Dr. Atkinson it was
resolved that the project of law, nt re
iiortrd by tbe cofsmittee, appointed
last year, and also tlie amended project
of law, rejiorted by the special com
mittee appointed yesterday, accompany
Mr. Flint's resolutions, and with them
be sulunltted togetlier to some appro
priate committee of the next Legisla
tive Assembly, as containing the gen
eral feat utes of a law which Uie Oregon
State Teachers' Institute lias had un
der consideration, and which Is de-'
sinble. - .' ,; '
Dr. Atkinson, of the committee oa
School Lauds aud School Funds, ap
pointed some weeks ft go, with instruc
tions to report at this session of the In
stitute, stated tliat although there had
been no meeting of said committa
billed by its Chairman, Mr. Hare, ho
hail, nevertheless, given some thought
and labor to the matter, and begjretfto
submit tbe conclusions, to which hl
investigations had led him, in tlie tbrttt
ot the following resolutions : . .
Resolved 1, That tlie present mode
of loaning the hubllc school fund, by
fbe agency or the several Coutity
Treasurers, for various reasons com
mends Itself to Our judgment. '
2, That the St-tta Beard, wlio Iry tlie
Constitution are the custodians of the
fund, should be authorized to insist
upon monthly reports from said Treas
urers, and hirtlier, that they be arrthor
iaed ' to- employ satHcVnut lielp, of
Clerks and Accountantv to conduct
the greatly increased correspondence,
and to keep the exact state ot the fund
constantly before them, and thus en- -able
them to make the annual distribu
tion of the accrued interest within Uie
time required by law.
3, That while we approve the pres
ent mode of appraisal and sale of
school lands we would .reeonuneiid
that tlie Comity Superintendents be re
quired to examine school land ou sale
at tbe expense of tlie applicant. . ,,. j .
i That Jn our judgment any money
illegally loaned, or withdrawn from
the Scliool Fund, should be -restored by
tlieSute,, ' .". - -i
i. . .. . EVENING SESSIOa,
v Tlie exarclses of the evenhig : were
opened with prayer by by Rev. Dr,
Atkinson. ' :
' The President then Introduced Rev;
T. L. Eliot to tlte audience,: who pro
ceeded to deliver an address poa tbo
subject of "What the Common School
Svstem of America has AccomnHshed."
After Mr. Eliot's discourse Rev. Dr.
Atkinson, Kev.- Mt. 1 duapbeH, and
others, aildressed the Institute. . .,. ... ,
After the addresses Dr. AtklnscMi
oflered the '' following ' resolutions,
which wre adopted ? i :'!
-. : Whereas, A need of authority x
ists Ui protect vagrant children, ,n
Resolveii l.lTiat such authority
ought to be given to any city or count.
4, That we hereby i recommend tlrt
Legislature toprovkta Yagraut (Aik.
Ireu's Home or Reform School ot tlie
State. .
: Prof. (.Sampoell iieii offered tfie'rid-'
lowing resnluttno, whicli was adopted:
, BEWtvKD. 'i'b:tt this Institoie looks
with favor upon tln efiort ot, I'rof. U,
S. Smith, of Salem, to. establish a
si-hool for tTie deaf, and heartily rec
ommend an intrease of appropriation
,to sustain the same.-)- , , -
On motion, made by Rev. Mr. Eliot,
flier committee having bi charge tbti
project of law npon tlie srrbjeot of com
mon schools was discharged and ten-tk-red
the luanka of tbe Institute fir iu
parties labors. .. . ...
Oa motiou of Dr. AUdnW the
thanks of the Instluito were tendered
to tlie people ot Eugene City tor their
hospitable, eBtertainnaent of the meio
i vt in .attendance. , t-; -t(
On motion it was resolved that the
ofHcm of this Iristituta hold orr to
tlie next year, and that thev Itureafter
llx upo tiie tttne and place of (lie next
lueetiiig. ' "v '' '
! On motiwi the rutlrtite adKntrned
sine die, J. QCIXM TflOltXTOX. ' :ii
- wrr. . .-;t . ,rtvldciit t
IoiixC. Anxotn,
' S.'1-r tnry, pro iim. " 1 ; '
r-t ) , ,