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VOL. .27
OREuO
N STATESM
SALEM, OREGON,
RID AY, JUNE 15, 1877.
LATEST DISPATCHES
VERY LITEST KWS REPORTS.
EASTERN.
New York, June 9. Tha World's Wuh
ington correspondent think the duties of
secretary of the legation at London will ulti
mately lie tendered to Benj. Moran, present
minister vi rortfji, whom the correspond
ent extols as useful and honest
Washington, June 9. A patent has Just
Ixwn granted to taring Pickering, one of the
editor and proprietor of the Evening Bui
letin and Morning Call, newspapers of San
r rancisco, for a method of rapid tedegrnph
ing of tlie fac isimile of stereotyped plates.
It is claimed that by the process the entire
. page of a newsrwiper can be transmitted by
telegraph in from fifteen to thirty minutes,
delivering a copy directly frr.m the instra
roont in sach a form that it can be banded
immediately to the printers. In other words,
copy will be .a sulwUntial reproduction of
the original, except that it may given in
larger sized letters if so desired. The ster
eotype plate requires no preparation for the
purpose of telegraphic transmission other
than the filling of all iU depressions ot" spaces
between the faoe of the letters with a non
conducting substance which may be quickly
applied, the faoe of the type being cleaned
by means of an equally simple process. The
plate thus prepared is placed noon a cylin
der to revolve rapidly, so as to present each
successive leiier to me nngers attached to
travelling Irame. As the cylinder bearing
the plate revolves the former must revolve
in a frame which gradually advances by the
operation screws, and thus each and every
Buwratcijr presented 10 ine lingers or
magnetic points already mentioned. Neces
sarily a circuit is opened when the points
are passing over the non-conducting surface,
but as often as the metal type presents iteclf
wwu uuKtu me circuit is cioseu and
the corrcspondine maLTiet rxiints or tn.
tbe f receiving station make a record thereon
in the same title as the original delineated in
a aeries of fine lines, either upon chemically
prepared or ordinary pajier fixed upon a cor
responding cylinder at said receiving sta
tion.
The Tribunes special from Washington
says: It is stated on what appears to be
good authority that there are now f,000,-
000 of legal tenders Kicked up in the Treas
ury in various funds, while the debt state,
roent accounts in detail have over f 160,000,.
"' 000.
It is now learned that Secretary Sherman
has issued no definite order forbidding the
issue of f 1 and f2 notes. The printing of
such notes has ceased, and the sub-treasurers
have received instructions which they
consider as a prohibition on paying out any
notes ol lens denominations than $5. The
retirement of small notes can now be re
garded a a feature of the present financial
policy, and the purpose is no doubt to pave
the way to resumption. A prominent mem
ber of the syndicate made tbe discovery that
new 4s and 4 J per cent Winds are redeema
ble in silver as well as gold. The act au
thorising their iasue provides for payment in
- 'gold and silver coin of the United State,and
these words are printed on the face of the
bonds: "According to the claims of the sil
ver men, the bonds may be redeemed at ma
turity without further legislation, in silver
coin of standard weight or lineness, des
cribed by the act of l!S70." As that law in
now repealed, however, new legislation will
i required to com a dollar of the standard
existing at the tunc it was paused.
Miennan has expressed opinions that will
give genuine surprise to the jieoplc who havi
been confidentially counting upon him to in
nuenue the administration to adhere ruridlv
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vu . Suiu euuiaara. ne nam newspapers in
jfprusenung mm as opposed to the moneti
ration of silver do not state his position cor
rocuy. ne is in lavor ol making silver
legal tender lor all purposes for which
I 'ni ted States notes are no legal tender.
He is opposed to legislation legalizing the
tsse of silver in payment of custom duties, or
for any other purposes for which greenbacks
nay not oe lawiuuy applied.
"v ""iuj icwuir iuu uecn scni xo uen,
Barber in his home in Michigan :
EXKOVTIVE MaSXIOX, 1
WASHINGTON. June 8 i
'r:i am directel y the 1 'resident to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the
tn lnst. resigning the ofhee of Third As
uiiiii, i uaimanuT inerai. While accept
ing your resignation, to take effect as you
request at the close of the present fiscal
year, he wishes me to assure you of his con
fidence in your efficiency and his apprecia
tion of your valuable public services. The
President desires me to convey to you his
best wishes for your future nuecess. Very
fwjjwMUHj yours.
Signed, W. K. Rectus,
Trivate Secretary,
To ilon. E. W. Barber, Third Aswstaut
rostmaster Ueneral.
-
jiaw iork, June The World says it
is generally behevsd Tweed will , oon be lib
erated. Sweeney and Tweed Laving Wn
dij,Dofed of, there have b rumors tvocb
CtAiolly. The Litter snld r.c ently, in Swit
Mrland, that, he would see the sity f Ne
York etortally dsir.n.d btforv be ever give
it a cent, aid F.e di4 care wkeiher he
nrer saw the cty j,i-ia ir not.
T. I..ui, J..n a Hwvjr.ixs fU io
vVesVrii l-.rH uA m Ee IK pt
few dfiva rA . l J , ,
---J-, (jiTjuiuamago nas been done
to railroa!!,,, crops and other proj.erty.
The Times' Washington special, on the
Bio Grande border troubles, says the Mexi
can minister's protest is totally ignored. It
was not evtn read at the Cabinet meeting.
Dial will probably send a minister to Wash
ington, one in accord with both countries,
which are determined to suppress these
raids.
The Tribune's Washington secia! says :
nen. anerman says Russia is aiming mainly
ai acquisition in Asia. Russia wants Trcbi
wind and the valley of the Tigris to get to
- - "j "v ' "o i eruian dun.
ine (.cnoral Synod of the Reformed
Church in America for the past two days
nas ueen considering the case of Rev. Dr.
Augustus BlansteL of Kingston, N. Y,
cused of heresy. The case was first tried by
the Kingston classes, who found the doctor
jrailty. Aprwal was taken to the New York
classes, winch amrmed the previous decis
ion. The case was then appealed to the
f.eneral Synod and the matter brought to
i-uy oy me auonuon ol a resolution
oonnrming the previous actions.
It was yesterday expected that the specie
shipment to-day would include f 1, 250,000
in cold coin. Of tii mm (vin m,t k..
been withdrawn, leaving the actual ship-
-u yt gnu ooin ,;iu,uuu.
r-x-irtiv. Kellogg, who came here last
night, refused to be interviewed then : said
to-day to a Journal reporter who plied him
with questions, that Louisiana affairs were
not in a prosperous condition, and thought
the XichoD's administration was making
them m orse. State bonds were not more
laiuawe, crops rather inferior, and Republi
cans were discouraged and broken in the
State and must submit to the minoritv. He
ouia not speak on the Southern policy
stood by Packard to to the last, and if Butb'
Keeps on lie will lo proven a falsilier.
vAj.monu, i. ii., june 7. lho inaugural
tion of Uov. lYescott took place to-day.
LAN don, June 7- A telegram from Teril
Jys intelligence has been received here!
irom a special source that the Montenegrins
have been defeated in Duga p,iss with a
heavy loss.
Chicago, June 7.
NO. 25.
WEEKLY OREGON GSTATESMAY.
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Siihrl.lloii, In every Inx aixD lo bs
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bi.,iiiinih4, by muil nr othcrwinj
-The Tribune's special
" All the journals regard the settlement of
the Sweeney suits as a broad political farce.
A delegation of intelligent representatives
of Louisiana colored Republicans presented
Uio Presdcnt tcdity the names of three of
tneir race whom they desired to have pood
TOvernment positions at New Orleans. Their
ihes will probablv be
expected that a prominent Union soldier
win oe given
1L. I. ". -.
uie i resiuent, nor as to his own chances to
me l. o. senate. He reported Tackard
oonval(cing, but almost worn out He
(Packard) was coming North for a trip, but
intended to return and enter into business
in rvew urteana.
ft.wf T. tn ri.
un uui iu. i ne news is con
firmed to-day that the government at Wash
ington has decided to strengthen the bands
ol tbe tinted States officials here in Utah
produces a profound depression among Mor
mons and corresponding exultation among
Gentiles. No one who understood the tenor
of tbe testimony which District At.tm
Howard earned hence to his official
chief was surprised by the result of bis rep
resentations to the department and the Pres
ident. They were so sustained by facts that
iuy couiu doi nave lauea to make an im
pression at Washington. The solution lies
not merely with the Attorney (rHTtPral lint
with Congress. The suppressed excitement
nere occasioned by a promise that the pov.
eminent is at laat taking a real interest in
Mormon affairs and the punishment of mis.
creants in Utah is impending and Wstrict At-
voruey noward is in lion ot the day
A.HH1NGTON, June 7. Secretary Schurz
to-day by order created a board, consisting
of Ir. Richard Joseph, disbursing clerk of
the Interior Department; J. B. Farreli chief
of divisiou in the second comptroller's office
of the Treasury Department, and Amos Had-
ley, of the Interior Department, to examine
into the methods now in force in finance and
accounting divisions of the Indian Bureau es
pecially is to the analysis of the money and
property accounts of Indian agents, and
whether the accouuts of agents are rendered
accordance with law and regulations
whether any expenditures are made without
projier authority, and whether the present
system is such as to show at all times the
condition of money and property affairs of
each agency. The last quarterly reports of
agents are to be carefully acrutinued for the
pui-pose aWe mentioned, and particular ex
amination will be made as to the number and
compensation of employees at each agency,
and whether they are given or allowed to
purchase subsistence or clothing in violation
of law. The board are also instructed to ex
amine as to the character and total money
value of special purchases for any agency
during the present fiscal year, and whether
such purchases have been nrntmrlv .
counted for. The board are not to be lim
ited by these specific instructions but are to
make such further investigation as mav be
deemod proper for the best interests ol the
service.
a nrominttnt. nlnya in fw
tMna in.1 V.ni. 11-1 i. ... i .
from Washington a, , It iu .v.. CT-v-i t wl" reJ,ac
c - - " wav tv "roiUU. wnn Will rw RllHInHwl
47
Tbe President to-day signed the commis
sions of Jas. Gillillan to be U. S. treasurer.
A. U. Wyman to Ije assistant treasurer: an.
pouitmcuui to take effect on the first prox-
New Yokk, June 7. Tli Times' London
special says: It is reported that there i
senous divuuoa in the British oalinet, Sal.
isbury is understood to be utrongly opposed
to the undertaking of any warlike action.
notwithstanding that the mobUization of
various array corps is still in progress. It is
quite evident England is not so ready for
onensive operations as her war secretary pro
fesses. The Oueen'a rnntimn-J ,lu.. ;u
ctill giving nse to great disHatislaotion among
all cUe. No doubt Earl Grey hu remon
stratci with hr on tbe impolicy of her
court.. .
The government hut determined that it
wdl not at present vilMn. -:.,.,.
MK lAlitJUUD
from t he west coast of Africa.
( I jl an interview to-day with Midha
asha, and he teli me he in mm tin - hocrl-j
j j
the President intends to offer Massachusetts
one first-class mission, and Banks will
probably have the refusal of it. He hat
nocn summoned here on that business.
Whether it will be Russia is not known.
James ittissell Lowell, (Jeorge William Our.
lis ana wayne McVeigh have declined lead
ing commissions.
A sjKjcial says many leading bankers are
writing to Washington to induce Secretary
Sherman to come out and clearly define his
policy mr me saKe ol the country, but the
Secretary has not decided to do so vet.
New Yokk, June 7 The World's Wrash
ington special says Barber resigned because
of iKilitical reasons. He is a straitditniit T?.
publican and does not indorse the new policy
... i civii service, wnicn he pro-
-sw UKi.EA.vs, June 7. In the case of
Johnson, Republican State Auditor vs.' Ju-
meL, who took possession of the office April
2.r.th, Judge Billings, of Uie U. S. District
Court in a long decision dismissed the peti
tion for an injunction restraining
from acting as auditor, and says the peti
tioner alleges he was deprived of an election.
and that the attempt to deprive him of the
office was defeated by the retumine board
and effect given to every vote. Thus he has
secured the election, and has been deprived
of the office to which he was elected, not bv
me exclusion ot votes, but by revolution,
The statute limits the jurisdiction to the sole
question arising out of the denial of the
right to vote. Its scope extends from the
first act to the final canvass. If the prelim,
inary exclusion of the votes has been pre.
vented or the result declared without dis
crimination or exclusion by the proper State
authorities, then the statute closes the dnnr.
way upon the jurisdiction of this court Th
deleat must be accomplished by the machin
ery of the election.' An election free from
exclusion, the plaintiff alleires. has heen an.
. , o ' - "
complisned and the result arrived at. Uxder
the statute he declared it gives no iurisdic-
over a cause merely to physically regain
an office. The question of which the court
could take jurisdiction is not presented. This
us oi omce is as a ne had been elected bv
a government set up by a foreign invasion,
claiming authority by the right of conquest
Washington, June ".On recommenda.
tion of Commissioner Williamson, the bind
office at Beaver, Utah, will be discontinued
and the district consolidated with that of
Salt Lake. Orders for a number of similar
consolidations will be issued in the cnunu of
a few days.
Washington, June 6. An erroneous im
pression exists that Sherman has given orders
stopping the issue of and 2 bills. No
such orders aie given, though requests for
these notes at the treasury by citizens are
not complied with.
The World's Washington special savs
Key's mission south was a semi-political one
under iruise of official btiftin4ui A i.i.-ni
of the Whig party was demonstrated to be
hopeless.
Washington, June 7. The President
this morning received a large bust of himself
in terra cotta, from the Louisiana Constitu
tional Union Association. This present was
in appreciation of his Southern policy. The
uust will be placed m the library of the exec,
utive mansion.
Jt is asserted to-day that previous to his
departure last night, Third Assistant Post
master Gen. Thurber placed his
in me nanus ol the fostniaster General
Wayne McVeigh furnishes the press a
reply to the last letter of Gen. Butler. The
following are the last few lines: "Those who
know me will not believe anvthimr von sav
against me, and those who know you will, of
course, not believe anything you say against
to be r x all.jd.
Wlarten, of New Orlw.c, dmi Jlctlore
virion girding lum, HUi d'-clares be
anybody,
A large number of old citizens from Wash
ington with Southern proclivities have gone
to Arlington to decorate the graves of the
Confederate soldiers buried there.
Baltimore, June 7. The annual decora
tion of Confederate graves at London park
cemetery took place to-day. The attendance
was larger than ever before.
Washington, June 7. The Southern
Memorial Associatio to-day decorated the
graves of Confederate soldies at Arlington
The terms of the payment of Sweeney's
WU,UUW are f 150,000 down and the rest in
30 day. The World denounces the settle
ment of the suit against Sweeney. It says
it will not do for the public prosecutor in
mysterious reserve like a foreign minister on
the floor of tbe Knglinb House of Commons
to assert that the public service will not
permit him to answer questions. Tbe great
public will not be managed like a eaueun.
The people of the city of New York who are
plaintiffs in suite against Sweeney have every
rtason to be disgusted with the settlement
of that suit, the terms of which are kept'
ii n.ciri, wo may well he convinced, an
they are fit comintJ to be convin iei that
tbe ring suits have been u:d m mere i an
to the ends of IoLitial combinations and rwi.
hticid Rcheiuei '
(Chicago, June 7. The Tribune's Wash
injton special says the belief that Ohio has
revived undue number of official favors is
diTovcred to be erroneous upon examination
of lists of appointees. In fact the proportion
i krgely against Ohio.
Chicago, June 7. Senator Morton is
;te ilL In company with Senator Bavard
h passed through Champaign, Illinois, yes
terday on his way to Oregon. He appeared
ch worn out and wearied
bMAHA, June 7. Senator Morton and
pa.y went west this moming.
VOMJMBIA, June 7. Joint assemhlv to.
dajl elected General J.
T to Judge R. B. Canienter of flo Kft,
circuit.
York, June 8. Peter Cornier
jusl addressed an open letter to President
Hares, criticising the past financial policy of
tne.;sovereign government, and also marking
out (the proper course in his opinion to be
pursued in the future. He begins the letter
with these words: "Allow me to offer vou
my heartfelt thanks for the wise and inde
pendent course you have adopted in the dis
charge of the responsible and difficult duties
that you have been called upon to perform."
Cooper armies that OUr national nnrnmnn
must be made receivable for all purposes
throughout the country and introconvertible
with 3 per cent, government bonds. Such a
currency would have been worth more to the
American people than all the gold mines that
have ever been discovered on the continent.
He advises silver to be writhdraum
circulation and nsed in the purchase of' for
eign brds, the fractional currency to be
reviver-' .,-- . , . . ,w
Th Tribune's- Washington special says
Secretary Sherman said to-day: I am sim
ply carrying out the act of Congress, and
unless Congress interferes by repealing or ex
tending the time fixed by the act for resump
tion of specie payments, I sliall proceed to
execute the law as I find it in the statute
books.
Politicians who recently arrived from Indi
ana report the feeling in lavor of the remcn
etizing of silver very strong in both parties,
and that it has apparently wiped out the
destructive greenback faction. These gen
tlemen declare if the President recommends
remonetuing of silver m hu message to Con
gress, his administration will be the most
popular which the country has had for many
years. ,
Philadelphia, June 8. A gentleman
proposes a compromise upon which he hopes
to unite the silver dollar men end advocates
of the gold standard. He has patented a
metal for coinage supposed to contain two
standards in one. It consists of amalgam
of twenty-four parts of silver to one of gold,
which is about the same as the alloy of cop
per is now used in silver coins. A dollar
piece of this material will be about the size
of our present silver half-dollars. The in-
renter proposes that coins made of his nat-
ent mixture be a legal tender and recent
subsidiary coinages shall be retired. Hn ar
gues that his new money will not be ex
ported nor worked up hv iewelersand silver.
smiths, and that it will therefore remain in
the country as a permanent circulating me
dium, lie says the density of the new metal
would be greater than either of its compo
nent parts, and that it would be liable to less
wear than either gold or silver.
New Yokk. June 8. The Post's Wash
ington special says: Senator Jones of Ne
vada, has drawn up an amendment to the
Federal constitution which he intends to
submit to the Senate at the extra session.
It provides that paper money only shall be
used as legal tender in the United States, I
id that issues of such moneys shall be at
the rate of $20 per capita of the population
Lhe population of the country to be ascer
tained annually by a census. The Senator
believes such an amendment will be
nd can bo carried through the legislatures
oi must oi me western and Southern Statei
lie does not hesitate to sav ho wnt r.,,l,i
and silver made a coimnodirv m, .
standard ot value.
The reixirt of the silver oimmkinn nrWh
Jones is drawini' up is nearlv camnUhul
oui win not he made nub he until a hm
nine peiore the political campaign opens in
iiu tensyivaiiia. come ot tbe paper
money men who have Been the report de.
clare it to be a very able document
Contracts awarded by the Turkish govern-
ment to single corporation in Rhode Island
is said to involve the enormous turn of S17 -000,000.
'
Pkovidknck, June 8.--The teol company
is now employing 2,500 men and manufac-
"","w -'.ruiii-uenry rules a day.
The I a king Box Co. at South Hadley Falls
makes 20.000 boxes a vear for .
dome corporation, and in thepe, the rifles are
ior srnpment to Turkey
rALrT0K, Tex., June 6.-Tb
'us morning
a tire broke out in the New York restaurant,
on.Miir,. street, d wan nA ej:tu-giu-hed
until it rod dwtroyed all the buildii' be-
ty-second strceU. After consuming a num.
berof stores on Market street, the fire
crossed to the Grand Southern hotel Mur
phy & Brockleman's hardware establish
ment and several frame buildings on the
south side of Mechanic. Crossing Mechanic
street, the old Washington hotel, Odd Fel
lows' hall, Sedghson's bank, First National
bank, Marx & Vempner, wholesale clothing,
and L. U 1 hompson & Co's wholesale drug
"""i uiuwu oi uu wholesale hard
ware, Ranlett & Co., ship stores, George
Schneider &, Co., wholesale grocery, all on
uie nouiu sine oi ncrand, were destroyed, 26,
IjObs estimated at from two to three million
dollars. - It is impossible to get details owing
to the excitement and confusion, and it is
said that leading houses are fully covered by
insurance. L. & H. Blum lo.e on stock
$000,000, building $150,000, insurance about
$05,000; Marx & Kempner lose on stock
$170,000; building $25,000, insured.
New York, June 8. Custom house com
mittee heard committee from importers and
grocers, who recommended among other
things that weighers and gnugers' fees be
paid on such articles as are weighed before
going abroad; that no fees whatever be
charged on export goods, and favored aboli
tion of damage allowance only after goods
have left possession of the eovernmtnt. Thev
favored the passasre bv Confess of A new
and simple revenue law. A. P. Ketehum,
general appraiser, opposed the establish
ment .of inland ports of entry. Other cen-
tiemen made many suggestions, after which
the commission adjourned sine die. A re
port will soon be given to the Secretary of
the Treasury.
Chicago, June 8. The Journal's speaial
from Washington says : A Savannah letter
says Tuesday next, the State ptes on the
question of calling a new constitutional con
vention to frame a new constitution on the
ground that the present one does not repre
sent the will of the majority of the people, as
being made under dictation from Washing
ton City through military authority. It
brands the war as a rebellion ; insults the
living and despises the patriotic dead; de
clares paramount allegiance is due by every
Georgian to the national govsrament is su
preme in its sphere and in perfect harmony.
Ben Hill and the whole Democratio party
favor the change, while Republicans oppose
it. -
Minister Kasson was at the State Depart
ment to-day receiving his instructions pre
paratory to starting for his post.
Washington, June 8. August Belmont
and other bankers representing the syndicate
arrived here to-day for the purpose of en
tering into a new contract with the Secretary
of the Treasury to dispose of the remaining
government bonds. The negotiations are
for the purpose of placing the 4 percent,
bonds upon the market instead of 4J per
cents. The contract will probably be con
cluded in a day or two.
Washington, June 8. The Cabinet to
day discussed Utah troubles at some lenirth,
The opinions of U. S. Attorney Howard of
that Territory who is now here, in regard
to prosecutions for complicity in the Moun.
tain Meadow massacre, were full 1 PAn aHiil
It was agreed by United States authorities
that they should proceed with firmness
tnese prosecutions and all offenders lie
brought to justice. Should Mormons make
any attempt to prevent punishment of their
icauurs, ine government will see that suffi
cient force is sent to the Territory to enforce
ine octrees oi mo courts; but it is not be
lieved there will be any trouble.
The Secretary of State read a communi
cation just received by him from our Min.
lean authorities will co-operate with the
United States authorities on the Rio Grande
to prevent raids into and break up cattle
stealing m that section.
Colored representatives of different States
have recently addressed a letter to John M,
Langston, now in this city, in which they
say, as no other colored man has boen so
pronounced in support of the policy of the
President as himself, and his published ut
terances contain some very explicit state.
ments, they are warranted in the belief that
he has assurances of the good intentions of
the 1 resident toward the colored peoplo j
therefore, they ask him to state frankly
whether their belief is well founded as tn
the exact nature of these assurances;
whether they go to tho extent of protection,
promotion and proper recognition of the col
ored people by the present administration.
Langston, in a lengthy reply says: "I
called upon the President, and, explaining
the object of my visit, received from his own
lips, the most positive assurances that it is
ine purpose ot bis administration to secure
by any and every legitimate means within
us power and control our protection, pro
motion and recognition. His words were
plain, earnest and satisfactory, but. as if
termined to convince me beyond any con
ceivable doubt which might hereafter rise in
my mind, he proceeded to tell m him w
official sot for the day was the appointment
of M. W. Gibbs, of Arkansas, to an im
portant office in his State: that h
engaged in preparing a circular in which
He direete various office holders of th. .,,.
era! government, among other thine, to nh-
erve in dealing with persons of our com
plexion making an application for positions
under the Hid and 15th amendments
in spirit as w.U as letter, and had directed
every poHtrnnHter and jXMtmistrcxs whom he
appointed in the Houtn to aw to it tl.
claims of colored amdioant lul re
spected and that colored persons lie appoint
ed to pjwit;orj in nuh oftice-. He directed
tli putmuf.iw at Iuiille, Kv., in or
gamzmg hor odi-c, thi d, must bave col
orvd -iti:n. nmJ,:1. and it. i w
the Indian pnace commission piid lhe:r re
spects to tho President, headie l aunhi tlie
very first question which ha put, whetl er
any colored persons hail bea employed a
agents and supjrintendotits among thu In
dians, and whether then win any reason
Why such persons should not be employed.
PACIFIC COAST.
San Francisco, Juno 8 Several months
ago tlie Bulletin published an account of the
alleged discovery of a deposit of argentifer
ous mud in Wasco eounty, Oregon, which
discovery was subse'pienbly pronounced by
Professor Thorn :is Trice and others as an un
qualified fraud. On the stnnjjth of tho re
port by Prof. Price of the result of a
thorough scientific investigation of samples
submitted, San Francisco capitalists, who
had been invited to embark their money in
the enterprise, dropped it. A paper was
read by Professor Henry G. Ii.mk a. "before
the Microscopical Society some time after
ward, in which he expressed doul ts about
the genuineness of the alleged discovery,
but expressed no decided opinion. At the
meeting of the Ca'ifornia State Geological
Society, Tuesday evening, Professor Hanks
read a paper in which he expressed the be
lief that the argentiferous mud is not ai
artificial creation, hut a natural product. Ha
mentions a recent discovery of a silver-
bearing deposit existing in the Maud mine,
Toquerville, southwestern Utah, six miles
from Leeds, specimsns of which have
reached this city. It resembles s;.nd stone,
but microscopic examination shows it to be
"sedentary," and closely resembling tha
Oregon mud, dried in large masses. U will
be remembered as the result ot Professor
Price's investigations lie discovered every
evidence of salting; that samples submitted
showed under microscope tilings, crystals of
free gold, etc., which Prof. Hanks declares
he failed to discover in the chemical analysis
made by the former. No two samples gave
the same or similar results. Since his first
examination Professor Hanks lias been con
tinuing his investigation of the so-c:uled
silver mud, which contir ned hi impression
that it was a natural product. He also read
the following letter from a pentlernan who
had been recommended to him as entirely
reliable:
Silvku Springs, Wasco County, Ou. I
April l!, 1877. j
Dear Sir: Your letter of March 1 9th re
ceived, and it will be a pleasure to me to
give yon all information I can in regard to
this camp. There is no mistake as to this
mud containing silver. I have been here
over two months and have assayed over 100
samples, which contained silver, some as
high as $2,300 per ton. The samples I ob
tained from the springs myself. 1 think the
weather has considerable to do with mud
containing silver. I obtain the best results
when the weather is warm. Sometimes, in
one of the larger springs, when the weather
is cold, the mud will be of a yellow color,
showing no silver, but when tlie day is warm
the mud is of a blackish blue, at lea t in
places, and rich in silver. They seem to
work more actively in a warm afternoon.
Some of them contain a great deal of acid,
the bones of animals tl.at fall into them
being dissolved in a few months. The- e are
old wells which assay from $5 to $1,100 to
the ton. One assay I made from a flat half
a mile from any spring, which assayed &1,2W)
to the ton. There is a great deal of salt, al
most pure, all over the spring Hat. Tnere
are between one hundred and two hundred
quartz leads discovered, running in two di
rections closo to the spring. 1 find silver in
several of them all the way from a few dol
lars to f 100 to the ton. Some of these
leads run through the springs at least they
point in that direction. The altitude of
this place I should jude is between four
and five thousand feet. I have no means of
ascertaining at present the exact hei jlit. I
win semi you gome ot this so-called mud as
soon as it stops storming. I want to taka
some out when the weatl.er is wanner.
Very rep!ctfull".
R c.iabb HuMJsr.
California only had CO0.030 tons of wheat
for export after all, this last year, and a par
tial failure of the present crop makes it
probable that the surplus of '77 will bo only
150,000 tons. All indications point to a
strong market and high prices for grain next
winter. Steamers cenerallv are i.lili i'eil to
accept good rates ot freight as lo,v as those
for which sailing ships is rj willi:, .:; to carry
the same goods, or approximately so Thia
is not the case, however, on a iV-.i- routes,
and one of these is from New Yor v to San
Francisco. Ships sail around ti'.e Horn
from berths on this part of the coast to Cal
ifornia in competition with stu
Panama, and manaire to traimapr. mmuLn.
ble trade at about one-hall tlie rates for
freight chareed. but steamers v -ill Mnm
leave this port, and 10 or 12 sail 'from Bos
ton in the California trade every year.
The Times, reviewing the quickness of
punishment meted to the fhieo culprits,
asks "When shall we read 'Kemper, Miss.,
for -Chico.' " 1
,T. G . WRIGHT
CU.L8 ATTENTION TO HIS
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China Ware
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