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' ; I < F ’ ! - . f I • i J 1 ' p--. sented htmself to them. He fal assumed a character that he did possess. So far from atoning, he Deen < continuing . his offenses. Mr. Mitchell having thus deceived, the people, and defrauded them of the character that they sought to place 1 in their high office, it is their right, due themselves, and their duty as the conservators of the morals of the future, to demand a return of the trust bestowed upon him—a surren der of the office he is disgracing. When ho shall do so, the people will stop reminding him of his crimes, and will gladly forget that there ever was such a man as John H. Mitchell, or whatever his name may be. LAFAYETTE COURIER. JULY 25. NOTICE. Kewcpforwnr'l, until further notice. Frink C. Anthers and Frank Owen are anthorlred to roUett and leoeipt tar sub scription!* and adwrt.b«emvuts and other business of this otlke pt', »er duties call- i|<^ I «bill devote but Ut tie ut teuton to the HKper in t’.-.o future, tar «omé t ime akJeast. J. II. VL’TON. April là, Wil J Of course d Writ of Special Election. gSlo the Sheriff« of the wvesul C<»un- H tie* witUlu live State of Oregoni p ” ’ - as, It a general election held on coun the fbtrd dsv of Jin«*. A. I)., 18i’J, the lion. JoHepk. U. Wilson was -luly elocteJ Repre sentative of the State of Oregon in the For- tv-third <'o"?*'-< of the t nited States; and i. - re tire said election, said c’.u'' i. s betoiiie .;icunt by the death of said lucnmbent; pnd I'» tit Bv provision of the Constitution of the U-’-v.J State«« and the laws of this 8tite.it has be<< • e the duty of the Gov ernor thereof to issue uis writ of election to fill sftcL vacancy; j;ur.* fore, I, L. F. Gr.ovn», Gover nor oi the Lute of O.qgtm, do hereby cum- in-ind j oa and v.t’ of jpu to notify the sdv- .hidges of Election within and for your several cot.ntAs. to bo.d a spechl election . of Rep .utive in tiongress to till the va cancy aforesaid, c(n Monday the .(13) thir teenth dny of October, 1'73, and that you caliKd all proper notice« to be given thereof according to .aw. \ THE COCKIER FOR PAIGN. ier talion mo-* i». lie kloegi country^ a con- contribuì lays upon the poliste diHsjbyl shitói ARE THEY THE t-d ishn sehloiii will take a lively pccial campaign now it is our nuriiose to this end a campaign ip pertinent here:' ina Governor Grover vetoe hundred thonramdi idol They ou^lii^i) bo, present burdens, that i be too grev ions to b0 ¡1 x promises made them t if of railroads are now 1 ized in bankruptcy and overtrading did it: : Another Offer. T he C ou bier will be furnished during the campaign to any Re publican and all Republicans who will pay doubly the campaign price in the event of the election ‘ * of a Democratic Congressman, the ; T he O regonian ; same to have it gratis in the event of the election of, a Republican. Who wHl take at cl rance ? (1 barring Î a continued i If the Orest The Jacksonville appeared on new If i ! ’ presents a very nos The Timis is a goo<- Wn have received a com cation from Astoria giving a mci planation of DrC Ja8, A Chapman’s flop, ^bich, /or cicnt reasons'wc decline to lish. Wo concur with opr ire^pondimt howetCr, On the of the booby Chapmiin^ almc actnallv in sane passion for some sori c f i(^al appointment jit the hai some Governor Grovcri in fact,, one hundred and twenty-eight mil man lobbied for thi appoin lions. In the light of tiiese facts, of Chairman of the State C consider the effects of thei^ tariff Comtnittbe on the plea fht upon t|ie people of Oregodj'i /It to position would give him “ uotorious that tho roads in this ing with,the Governor?’ State are at present bad invest have to say is that Chapnis ments. They demand of the peo fully vindicated the (loVc good’sense in deci ping tc ple enormous freight ratee, and any confidence in Tito (Chip| still they don’t pay. ' We suppose Democracy. that there are 250 miles of road in Circular to the Liberal Publie. vf erect in the citv of Boston a buil<P i the l’AINE MEM0RI- ing to I AL HALL, as a tesûmonial to the great fervices of THOM A8 PAINE in the strug- ile for American IiKlvpendence, and for Universal Mental Frccdcni . Said building to ba ruitable for store-«, business offices, I___ a ------- Hall for Free Dicusrion, Lectures Amuse« ments, ent«, and finally, an office for the tho buainess business b —-___ 1 of the Boston Investigator. To purpose« àccômpli-h th:«, one« and -accomplish this, we need the assist assittonce ____ "__ ____ of .2 all tne :__ *_1 friends nd« of of Payne contributions Payne and of the Investigator, and end believing our readers and other Liberals to be of that nnmbor on whom we may relv. rely, we a«k ask their ‘ -*■ — aid assitancc by contributing liberally them- ’._i—A o other« -A___ 1. to ' do ho »• Bub- «elves and " inducing ill ‘ be acknowledged in the col- senptions wC ___ _ " ' - haw labor- umnsofthe Investigator. We ha^g ny < disadvantages during oor cd under many ’ th t the Investigator, in provid- connection with _______ ing suitable accommodation» for our business and in securing a Hall for our Paine Cele bration, and we appeal now to a Liberal public to come forward and help ns to en core a permane*'♦ place for business and for holding our me mgs. ■ Friends, Brothers, Sisters, the hour will corné when we must cease from our labor. The eause that the Proprietor and Editor of the Boston Investigator have expended their lives in, is an earnest voucher that not for self alone, but fur humanity, they have worn away a life-time. And we invite all our friends to zeal on * and prompt action, as advancing age indicates that time waits for none. We all feci solicitous that our works shall live after we refire; and that our advo cate of Freedom, our sturdy old Investiga tor, may still, for generation« to come, sound our rallying cry—For all Peoples, and all lands, forever Liberty, “ J. P. M endum , H oback S kavkb , T. L. S avage Trustee« M. A ltmen , * v D. R. B ürt . (Correspondence of the Oregonian.] A mity , July 17, 1873, To the Editor of the Oregonian ; As it is an unquestionable right of the people to in vestigate the proceed- ings of our publ lic servants, I would respectfully ask c a place in the col- umns .of your jp >apcr - to pay a short tribute to our United nited States Senator Senator, The actions of TT _ jf Mr; Hippie, alias Mitchell, deserye the most ri| gjd scru- tiny. Never in the history of our country has a man with such an ex 1 him to allow her to ecrabld history as our Senator en tered the United States Senate. Nor, but all to no purpose as I believe could there be found an other who would accept the position under such circumstances. Undenied Undonied report says thait in his younger day8 (and not so very young, after all) he seduced a y.otiig girl. He subse quently married her, but ran away, after a time, a defaulter to his law partner; that, for fear Mr. Thomp son (his partner) might follow him, Eerhaps “to the end of the earth,” if e did not make this matter right, he sent back to his partner at different times, sums sufficient in the aggre gate to adjust his indebtedness with him ; that he hen kept a harlot in California, afl srwar^ qaijie to Oregon As lie turned towards and married, i ve yoarK. prior . to the time his wife in Pennsylvania was •ed and the bullet divoroed from him. and thereby com- mitted bigail hy. He fraudulently changed Ids ame from J. M. Hippie to John H. itchell, and under this false name palmed himself off on honest people and obtained the office of United States Senator The cata- logue of his ‘ youthful indiscretions” lias been^isc' osed, and now the whole world can pq inti the finger of derision at our once ii nmaculate but now out- raged State, What are wc to do ? A man with st ich an infamous record cannot comm and any influence in the When he United Stat es Senate. -.----- -- arises on the floor to speak, that alias, with all the crimes associated with it, will rise before the minds of the Senators scorn, not unmixed with shame, will ¡fake the place of respect ful attention. We have important measures concerning our State which we want attended to. We need a Senator—noit a thing—to watch and guard those ^matters. Must the in terests of odr State lie dormant for six years? Xo! Ho ought to resign. Justice demands him to resign. Ev ery right-tljinking man, woman and child will sky, resign ! Common sense ought to snow him that he is not wanted. Nor should the matter stop here. What kind of a defense has he of fered? None. Ho has simply ac knowledged the principal charges (though hd at first branded them as false), andi seeks to excu^p lumself by resorting tjo the baby plea indiscre- tions of youth.” ’ A very youthful chap, ind practicing lawyer, to be sure, I it yet a mere boy, a rash, impetuou# lad. I heard two prominent Republi- The “Advocate«” Position. cons in Salem say, tho other day, . . that if the! Republicans did not all (Frouttlie Daily News.) come out boldly and drop Mitchell, The Advocate responds to the strict- this Stat e< would be sure to go Dem ?ee of the Neus and Eemocrat upon ocratic this fall for Congressman, le course of a Ministe: sr of the Meth- and it looks plausible. ----- Hundreds of list Episcoj •pal Church in defending Republicans will not vote the tr. Mitchel, Li through the columns of lican ticket this fall if this mi «paper ovor which ‘ * l he had control. pie was not at once discarded, • ' f ■ • I? be Advocate has no defense for thé common talk. • rtiele of tho Minister referred to, The Oregonian is' praised everywhere ffiich it admlits “appears to defend, for the impartial (ipartial 1 nut fearless expo- I a measive, the course of life pur sure, of Hippie, ipple, alias Mitchell: Mitchell? led by Senator Mitchell.”. It de- I wouir ’ ‘ ‘ ■ [ares that Senator Mitchell’s state- er terms ient was not a complete answer to States 8 have preferred to use mild- LI thq charges made against him, them in t a speaking of our United nd that it u sorry to find it so ; that tog langi snator, but I cannot inappli- find ist no sane man can approve his cable to 1 he dictionary without adopt- ast course ; but that its province as age that is NOTA clearly BENE. journalist is not 4<to pursue any he case i1 own good, or that of demands.” , Vhe Advocate rery cautiously, Jt>ut. wc it say even this ch.; No pne, we i i presume, desires pursue Mitchell or deny him the lit to repair ■ a bad life by years of lorable (kmc induct. But even treat ; him as a private citizen, and it .st be tenti embered . _ r, that _______________ crime must eive the example of punishment, > interest# of society demand it. •. Mitchell has made no umende hon- He to his 'friends or fellow citizens WORK! AND DIFFEBKNT KINDS OF t- h , i Parlor and Box Stoves. All maanfacture l in tLis eity. he other dealer» will lell you they don** keep them. The reason is. they can’t buy them. , Please remember that 1 also lurve a PATENT CHURN. JOHN R. IJkKE junelnolA Improve Your Poultry I ! GOOD FO^ Tn AN POOR ONES Oakland, Cal. 1813. ggs for hatching from the E largest and Best Fowls in the Worji, carefully packed in Patent Bwxes and guar anteed to carry safely any distance. - the varieties comprise Dark and Light Brahmas, Buff, Black, White and Partrig# Cochins, White. Leehorns, Houdans, Silver and Golden 8p«nglecl Ham burgs, Gold and 8ilver Bpangled Polish. Black Spanish, Crevecoeurs. Rouen «nd Aylesbury Ducks. Bronze Turkeys, «nd Se bright and Game Bantams. Send stamp for Illusterated Circular to GEO. B. BAYLEY, importer and breeder of Choice Poultry, P. O. Box «59 San Fran cisco: also, agent for the Poultry World. a monthly illusrated journal, devoted entire ly to Poultry; tell« how to keep Fowl« for Profit; a complete repository of inforinatic n on the subjects Subscription only $l,‘25a VBsr Agent« _ * wanted - -- — ._ in every*» * town in the _____ Address P. P. O O Box 650 650 tS. t8. F. F. State. Address Box US. Please state in what paper you saw thia votô-march7-m3 advertisement. vol8 march?-m3 Judge Ramsey sent our office dur ing the Week some very nice plums and some apples, for all of which we THOMAS RYAN Proprietor. return thanks. For those which found their way into the office acci ost commodious hotel in dentally We don’t suppose thanks are the State.. HARD FINISHED thro’- necessary. ■' 7 out. penitent, atoning for misdeeds, but that of a guilty man seeking to con ceal them practicing deception dai ly, and living, as he must have lived, in daily dread of discovery. In his flection to the Senate he perpetrated Two communication from Fores P i gros: gross fan nd upon the people of Or- Board per Week........... .......... ....15 00 gbn. Hd! concealed facts that if Grove received this week, but too late Board ana Lodging................ $6 to 18 CO mown would i have decided them to for publication, will appear in our Free Carriage ictl’ he in attendanf'e jhoose anothelr man. He mwenre- next isshe. to Convey Passengers to the House. “S’* M H.600 • I ! 11