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o o o o o 0 3 O O O o O 0 G O JD O o o o o O o o o o o 0 o i. i ; I SI)C lUcckln (enterprise. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR, CLACKAMAS COCXTT. Orogon City, Orogon , Friday Oct. 20, 1371. A Proven Falsifier- George S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Federal Treasury, has published another of his monthly bulletins, in which he as serts that the public debt was reduced 3 during the month of September to the ex tent of over thirteen millions of dollars, whereat the Radical press throughout the country does the usual amount of cack ling over the steady reduction of the Na tional debt. If the statements of Bout CD well were to be relied on. it w ould be a source of general congratulation that the debt was being so rapidly reduced (pro vided the bondholders were not being paid more than they were entitled to), but unfortunately, it can be incontestibly proven by Mr.Boutwell's own past state ments that his assertions are not worth a rush, and that he might just as well, and probably would just as readily (provided he thought the falling cause of the Radical party might be bolstered up), state the re duction at thirty millions per month in stead of thirteen millions. To prove that Boutwell is a notorious official liar, and that no reliance whatever can be placed upon statements over his official signature, v will hereby appeal to the record. On July 21, 1868, George S. Boutwell made a speech in the House of Representatives, in which he said as follows : In the face of this great fact that in two years and nine mouths (Ironi April 1st, 1S65, to January 1st, 1SCS,) by extraor dinary taxation and extraordinary eltoris, to be sure, we paid Sl.OOC, 000.000 of the public debt, are we to assume that the pt-ople of this country are not annually to make considerable payments of the public debt of the country Congression al Globe, July 2Ut, IMS. ,2s ov let us take this statement and the Finance Reports and see how much this man's statements are worth : is;r. Julvl. rublic debt, p. 276 F. It . .?"2,(S2,503,026 53 ... 1870. jtily 1. rublic debt, page 25 F. lt..2, lSD,(i72,427 81 UcM reduced in five veins 201,!)20,5;; 72 This is the amount of the reduction be tween the dates mentioned, as per the Finance Reports. Let us now take Bout well's statements : 18G8. July 1. Debt reduced from April 1805, special July 21st, lStiS. .Sl,00fi,000,000 00 iscy. July 1. Debt reduced, F. li. 1809, page XXXI $ 201,912,718 31 1870. Julri. Debt reduced, F.lt. '70 p.3. .mi,r,oi,01fi 88 Debt reduced in live years l,i:i'.),5i 1,035 l'J To make plain, we will place the two statements together, as follows. 1870. July 1. Debt reduced in 5 years, per lkmtwcll... fl, 130,514,030 l'J 1870. July 1. Debt reduced in 5 vcars, per Uoutwelt ". 2il,02Q,51 72 Difference between Boutwell Mild Uoutwell. ?' ,237,51)4,033 47 Thus we find a difference between his different statements regarding reduction of the public debt during the period of about five years of a billion and a quar ter of dollars. Now how much is such a man's statements regarding the reduction of the debt really worth when they vary so widely' But we have not yet done with this great financial falsifier, who ap pears to be striving with (.Jen. Grant for the reputation of being the biggest liar in North America. Secretary 'ucCu'lough placed the principal of the public debt, on the 1st of March, 1SCM (when Boutwell assumed control of the Treasury), at 32,- 606,1)0 1-.193. Secretary Boutwell placed the principal of the public debt, on the lst of December, 1870, at $2,-llS,G73.Q-l 1 : March 1. Principal of public debt.. :,oor,,a9i,o!)3 1870. Dee. 1. rrineipu.1 of ptiblie debt, . . .s2, UR,0' 1,0 it Debt reduced besween dates . 188,321. C 10 But in his last annual report. Secretary Boutwell places the reduction of the debt between the two dates above mentioned at $191,151,705. And thus we have the two following1 statements made by Bout well regarding the reduction of the pub lic debt between March 1st, ISi'iO, and December 1st. 1870 : IVbt reduced in 22 months.. . Debt reduced iu 22 month!. . . .l'.U,15t,705 ..:ss,321,iM:) Mlfiereaco between Boutwell & himself. .2,S;53,116 Kov, these figures from the official re cord, would be amply sufficient to destroy the credibility of any man's statements, even before a South Carolina negro jury. We might adduce more figures to the same effect, but these are fully sufficient for our purpose at this time. We wish to allude to one other trait of this man's character. Boutwell is not only a wilful liar, but he is a forger also, as we are prepared to prove, and deliberately changes the fig ures of his department to suit his whims. In the Finance Report of 1SGG. on page 26, McCullogh, Secretary of the Treasury, places the debt of the United States, on June SOth of that year, at $2,783,125.57!) 21. On page 305, of the same volume, S. B. Colby, Register of the Treasury, places the debt,, at'the Saine ja,c at ?2,7S3. 125. .79 21 J une 80. Debt per SvVTreiis-ury,s:.7S3, 125.870 21 June 30. Debt per licg'r Treas'y .$2,7:J,425,87'J 21 In the Finance Report of lb70, on page .25 of his report, Boutwell, Secretary ol he Treasury, places the debt on June J3&U). JS6G, at $2,773,230,173 09. while on page 270. of the same volume, Allison, Register of the Treasury, places the debt at the above date, at $2.783. 125. 579 21 18i;o. June 30. Debt perfWy Treasury .S2,773,2"U 73 fit June 30. Debt per lleyr'r Treaty . .$2,783,125,879 21 Thus it will be seen that the Register of the Treasury returns the same figures, while in the Secretary's ofiice they have been changed, as follows : 18(i. .June 30. Debt per SecrctarvV JLteport of lMfi.... ".. . J2.783, 125,879 21 June Debt per J crvtarvV Import ot 1870 ."...$2,773,2;5r,173 ti'J Alteration in Secretary's otScO. . f 10,l&",7eG 52 In view of the above official figures, is Ue,re a lladiaal paper ia the whole land ibat will Aeny Unit Cc-orge S. Boutwell. secretary of the Treasury, is a proven 1 md former ? lar Major Charles Thuiu:.. U. S. Quarts miMMei , as i.uely discovered to be v faults Ur $20,0 .).). Jhs ra,h..r money 0 r "N, The Oregon City Enterprise, though seized with amazement and indignation on learning that the ordinary expendi tures of the General Government have been doubled within the last ten years under Republican administration, experi ences no such emotions on ascertaining that under Democratic administration the expenditures of the State of Oregon have been quintupled in the same time. Ore got da a. The editor of the Oregonian ha3 a repu tation for unfairness and misrepresenta tion which is anything but desirable, and the above extract shows barefaced false hood. In the first place, the Democracy have not been in power during the past ten years in Oregon : in the next place, the editor aforesaid does not know what the expenses of the State are under Dem ocratic rule. The Radicals left as a legacy to the present administration a heavy debt to pay, and also the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars interest on debts which had been contracted by the Radicals, and to pay which, the money laid for two years in the State Treasury, the Governor and bin corrupt allies having broken the quorum of the Legislature before the ap propriation bill was passed. There was appropriated last session the sum of $50, 000 for the new penitentiary, and the j?:3fi,0C0 above ieferred to. makes $SC. 000, which no man of sense will place to expenses. The $30,000 interest paid is chargeable to the Radicals who have had coutrol of the Scate, and the $50,000 for the penitentiary is a good and permanent investment, one long since needed, and when it is contrasted with the old wooden shell erected under Radical rule, which cost the State $3G,0G0, the people will be fully satisfied. The building erected by the Radicals never cost more than $20, 000, and sombody must have stolen at least $10,000. Will the Oregonian give us the official figures, as we have done, to prove its false assertions ? The extract above quoted benrs the falsehood on its face, as every child in Oregon knows that the Democrats have not been in power in this State during the last ten years, and that the Radicals are responsible for the extravagance and waste of the people's money. The Oregonian is simply pub lishing the infamy of its own party. ro: miKF v. ky. iue Depnuucan papers, rays the Vi'atertown (Wis.) Demo crat, have recently been expressing a great deal of indignation at what they call the frauds of the Tammany ring in the city of New York. This may be all proper, but suppose they change the di rection of their virtuous wrath, and pay a little attention to the wholesale plun dering that has long been going on among the Federal officials, as a nation affords a grander field for gigantic robbery than a city. Only three heavy defalcations were discovered last week, the chief of which was that of Paymaster J. L. Hodge, wluse accounts with the War Department have been known to be in a loose, unset tled and unsatisfactory condition for a considerable period. it is now ascer tained that the government will lose, through his neglect or corruption, over a million of dollars, without the least prob ability of recovering a part of this huge sum. In view of such astounding and disgraceful developments, it the Republi cans are sincere in the profession ot rev enue reform, had they not better begin their cleansing operations at home, and investigate the n flairs in their own camp. This job will give them enough to do. if they attend well to their business. If there are dishonest practices among Dem ocratic officials, the delinquents aie in a fair way to bo punished and sent adrift, without any outside help. The outrage on the free ballot commit ted under the auspices ot the Federal Government at Mare Inland is likely to become of world-wide notoriety. Speci- mens of that noted pasteboard, it seems have reached New York. The World says : "Before us lies a bit of pasteboard, five inches long and three-fourths of an inch wide, which better betrays the Re publican distrust of freemen's ballots that even the hypoci isy of their solicitude to guard New York's polling booths by bayonets. The back of this bit of paste board is printed in colors on a geometri cal pattern ; the face is covered with the names of the Republican party's candi dates for office, from Governor of Cali fornia to road-master in Solano. The type in which these names are printed is of the smallest diamond size so small that not a ntmie can possibly be interlined, and not a blank space between the names is a sixteenth of an inch square. These are the tickets that workmen in the em ploy of the United States, and men bought u!) by Republican money like cattle were martmed up to ueposii in platoons. -To execute a freeman's will. As lightning does the will of God.'' Tin-: Nkgro Votk. According lo the census of 1870, lhe negro vote of the United States numbers $79,110, and is distributed among the various States as follows : Alabama 80,100 Nebraska 110 Arkansas 22,100 Nevada 70 California 780 N. Hampshire 100 Connecticut .. 1.700 New Jersey.. 5,000 Delaware 4.208 New York... 9.500 Florida 10.70: i N. '-aroliua. .71.200 Georgia 91.100 Ohio 11,500 Illinois 5,200 Oregon 00 Indiana 4,100 rennsylvania.il. 00O Iowa 1.100 Rhode Island. 950 Kansas., 3.100 S. Carolina. . 75,000 Kentucky 10.400 Tennessee ...58,000 Louisiana 00.300 Texas Maine f-00 Vermont . . Maryland 31,900 Virginia 10.100 170 93,300 3.300 100 Massachusetts 2 500 W. Virginia. Michigan 2.500 Wisconsin . . Minnesota ... 110 Mississippi ...80.700 Total , Missouii 21.500 .879,110 The Soet.u. Evn The la-lies of Wash ington have taken the social evil in hand, but -the soiled doves," some of them, are so ungenerous us to imptiga their motives. They charge that they, the ladies, are eager to "pump'' them in regard to their patrons "than to convince them of the exceeding sinfulness of their sin." The Detroit Union say: We do not wish to impugn the motives ot these ladies, but we have very little respect for their in telligence when they undertake to do away with the 'social evil' in a town in fested bv Radical members of Congress." Sox;s ok the Sikrkas. We have re ceived a very handsome volume from Roberts Brothers, Boston, with the above title, containing the poems written bv C. de- I li. Miller, LVp. which have given Lim the j r,nch f'a-.ue both in England und this eonn i try dming the paityear. STATE NEAVS. rorlland is full of show people. An Indian '-talk" was had at Salem last week. The Oregon Tresbytery met atCorvallis last week. Ben Ilolladay subscribed $1,000 to the Chicago fund. Track on the west-side railroad is laid seven miles. James Murphy of St. Bouis has been pronounced insane. The Catholic Chapel in Baker City is nearly completed. Considerable sickness is said to exist in Josephine county. The Gazette says that real estate at Ya yuiua is looking up. Frank Ray burn has been appointed Marshal of Corvallis. Joaquin Miller has reached San Fran cisco en route to Oregon. A collection for Chicago was taken up in the public schools at Portland". The Catholic F'air was a financial suc cess at the Fair Grounds last week. The Johu B-Stephens brought to Port land on her last trip $181,000 coin. J. W. Virtue, banker and assayej at Baker City, lately cast a gold brick worth $7,500. Oriental Lodge, I. O. O. F.. at East Portland, donated $100 to the Chicago sufferers. Tom Townsend's barn, a few miles from Salem, was reported burnt down on the 11th. A collection of fifty dollars was made at Trinity Church on Sunday morning for Chicago. Frank McConnell was thrown from a horse on the Fair Grounds and badly in jured. McCormick's Portland directory is ex pected to be ready for publication by the latter part of" December. The remains of three children were un earthed at East Portland last week. It has caused considerable gossip. Grand Master Bristow left Eugene last Tuesday on an ot'icial visit to the Lodges south of that city. Lieut.; Fred G. Schwatka. an Oregon graduate, has beeu assigned to active service in Arizona. Freight on wheat from Eugene City is twenty-one cents a bushel, or seven dol lars a ton. Rebeipts of of the State Fair foot up about $14,000. They were a little more than lagt year. Five miles and three hundred feet of track were laid on thu 7th, in order to reach Eugene next day. Minerva Lodge, gave $100 : Ilassola, $300 and Samaritan $250, allot' Portland, for the Chicago sufferers. A little son of J. F. Cochran's, at Port land, lost one of his eyes by being struck with a sharp stick by his little sister. A meeting of the citizens of Milwaukie. is called at the school house to-night to raise funds for the Chicago sufferers. A man named Charles Ilaight commit ted suicide last Friday morning, on Keyes' ranch, below Portland, by cutting his thioat. Scarlet fever is increasing in the neigh borhood of Eugene city. Milton MeMur ray lost three children from the disease in one week. We see it stated that Mr. Pumpelly. of Enla, has commenced suit for $5,000 for being ejected from the Fair Grounds by ?lr. Downing. A man named Buff was arrested at Salem last Saturday for an assault with a deadly weapon on an officer sometime ago at Sublimity. The West Side Stage Company will run their new Concord coaches to and from Cornelius during the Court and Fair iu Washington county. The Order of B'nai Brith, of Portland, numbering but forty-two members, at a meeting held on Thursday' evening, do nated $3G0 to the Chicago' Relief Fund. A woman, claiming her name as Mrs. Cunningham, has been bilking the people of Portland. She professed to be desti tute when she had plenty of cash on hand. Three of the Fair Marshals were ar rested for ejecting persons who refused to display their badges. One of them was lined. .." and costs ; the others were dis charged. On Sunday evening a collection was made at the Presbyterian Church in be half of the sufferers by the Chicago fire, and $100 55 in coin, and $50 currency, gathered in. A grand concert, the proceeds of which are to be given in aid of the Chicago sufferers, is to be given at Portland tills evening. Thero are to be soveniy-fire performers. The Times says that Uncle Fred Ileber had a volunteer beet, that had never been cultivated, on exhibition at the Fair, that measured 2-1 J inches in circumference, and weighed fourteen pounds. Mr. John Stephenson, an old pioneer, residing about six miles south of Port land, died at his residence on the 10th. lie was much esleemed by all who kuew him. He was 75 years of age. C. W. Knowles. O. S. Savage and Al Zieber, as Trustees of the Dalles and Klikitat Bridge and Road Company, have filed articles of incorporation. The cap ital stock of the Company is $100,000. The Herald says that "Mrs. Duniway will mount the oratorical steed this winter, and ride him throughout the State. J1 Stand from under, you '-brutes'' of hus bands, or she may make you -show up.;r Edward Black and James Du (Ty, the men who drugged and. robbed a country men at the Fair Grounds at Salem have been convicted of petit larceny and sen tenced to two months' imprisonment in the County Jail. The Rosebttrg Punndealer says Major Roberts and Capt. West had arrived lo 'in spect Uic improvements made in the Ump qua river. Capt. Leeds was preparing to test the possibility of navagating the river by a trip with the steamer Enter prise. The -wagon and blaksmith shop belong ing to Henry Bowman, living on Birch creek, eight miles from Pendleton was consumed by fire on the 12th inst.. to gether v.-uh his tools, stock, and several wagons and buggies nearly finished. Loss about $2,500. The Era, speaking of the improvements going on in East Portland, says : "The total coil of the improvements, public and pnvate, so far prosecuted, will fall lithe 9,iort of $100,000. which, takin" in to consideration her limited population, is .very good for East Portland.7' The Bulletin says on the 10th int' the locomotives Eugene aiul Ilarris'burg KSM Francisco. These locomo tne arc en route to this city and will ss?a, J-rach here ,lnrin he iattT part of the present or the first of the coming weeK. when 1 hey will be imme diately put m'o service. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, T?r it were on exhibition at the Jackson County lair. belonging to W . C. Myers. The black weighs GOO pounds, is 4h months old. and is named "Reliance. The gray is 5i months old, weighs o0 pound, and called "Louisa." Their beauty and kindness attracted universal admiration. Some mischievous boys, residing about two miles north of Eugene City, have been in the habit of placing spikes and other obstructions on the rails just to see the cars jump. A couple of evenings ago they succeeded in throwing two passen ger coaches from the track. Fortunately nobody was injured. Dolph Hannah returned home last Fri day evening. It is reported that he has evidence that the man who has been claiming to be Finice Curathers' father, is the father of Green B. Davidson, and that he has not a very good record, lime will develop these strange mysteries. A young girl was enticed away from the Fair Grounds by some rascal, and found by her brother on Friday, at Port land, and came on the train Saturday to Salem. The fellow who enticed the girl away managed to escape, but could have been arreted had the brother not de clined to prosecute. At the Stale Fair most of the leading men of the State Agricultural Society agreed lo call, probably some time in De cember, a State meeting of farmers, mechanics and workingmen, to take meas ures to advance their general and mutual interests. The movement has no connec tion, however, with the State Agricultural Society. Richard Lucas, an aged man for sev eral years past, residing about one and a half miles northeast of Eola. was found dead in his bed on Sunday last. He had retired to bed on Saturday evening in usual health. Mr. Lucas was formerly from Pike county, Illinois, and was much respected by all who knew huu. At St. Stephen's Protestant. Episcopal Chapel, the Uev. John Ko.-enburg on Sun day called attention to the Chicago calam ity, and the congregation contributed $151 35. This (Tuesday) ; .mining the Day Scholars at St. Helen's Hall School contributed $27 05 a total of $170 in aid of the Chicago sufferers. Balklin. (J rand Master Bristow has issued I lie following address : In view of the late calamitous fire in the city of Ctiieago and the consequent sufferings of our brethren in that city, each Lodge is hereby recom mended to make sue!) donations as they may feel themselves able to do. and that such amounts be forwarded to Pro. J. Kraenjer. Chairman of the General Relief Committee, Portland. Oregon, for imme diate tram: mis.-ion. The Territories. Bona!) Brown of the Ten ilorhd Dispatch has been elected City Printer lor Seattle. J. M Shepherd proposes to start a Dem ocratic paper at Boise City, to be called the lkrvd. Frank L. Cnrr. aged four'i'vn ye;)iv. ac cidentally shot himself while hunting on White Kiver, on the Oth inst., and died in a few hours. A monthly periodical, to be called the Washington Ttiriitury Iltuis.in to be com menced soon by Charles Prosh ,t Sou, of the Olympia Tribune. The Walla Walla Slafeswan, speaking of the small pox cases, says : Thus fat there has been but thirteen cases, and out. of this number six deaths a remarkable fatality. A brutal murder was committed near Seattle, on the evening of the 15th inst. The particulars are as follows: Two Chi namen at Port Madison hired two white men. named Brown and Chasley. to take them there in a cance lor $10, which was paid them. When they had arrived off Smith's Cove, live mile from here, they went. ashore, i-aying they were Cold, and made a tiro, the Chinamen staying in the canoe. The white men called to them to come and warm, and when they arrived at the place the white men demanded their money. One of them immediately gave- them $15. The other attempted to resist, w l. :en the while men seized them and commenced stabbing them. One of the Chin amen cut his antagonist severely in the hand, when he let him go. The while man ran at the Chinaman and grab- l, him by the cue. which was pulled out wuen he n woods. ade good his escape to the A Scot NnnK.r.. A scoundrel named John Foster, known as a thief in Portland, last Thursday, abducted a young girl whose parents reside near Salem, from tin air Ground, and under false pre tenses, took her to n't land, w here he seduced the girl and perpetrated his hell ish outrage. The next day. he took her to a house of ill-fame. The police got on his track, and he was arrested and taken before Judge Denny, who held him in bonds of $10,000 for his appearance, in default of which, he is now lying in jail. A little hanging for ench villiaus would be a good thing for the community. The father of the girl was telegraphed for, who took her home on Saturday. Two other young men, employees at the Inter national Hotel, have been arrested as ac- complic but wen- discharged. Ivi.KcnoNS. We have received, up to last evening, no positive news as to the result of the. elections recently held. On the 3d an election was held in Texas : and not a single word from it. On the 9th, elections were he'd in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Iowa. The two first were reported to have gone Radical, but nothing definite has been received. From Iowa not a word has come. The news from the Ju dicial election in California held on the 18th is uninteligible. and we cannot tell which parly has carried the day. Judge Lake, Democrat, candidate for Police Judge of San Francisco, 13 reported elec ted. We shall be in receipt of papers from the east in a few days which will give us the particulars. Correspondents say that parties from Georgia, now in Washington, talk gloomi ly of the financial prospects of that State. They say that it is the firm determination of the present legislature to impeach Bul lock, and to repudiate the lease of the State railroad to Cameron. Belano and Tom Scott. It 53 said that, under the capet-bag regime, and through Bullock's connivance, the State debt has been roll ed up from $5,000,000 in 1858 to $50, 000.000, ia 1S71 ! And thus it is, or will be, ia every State ruled by Radicals. The Oregonian doubts our figu-rcs, which stated that from April 1st, 1800, to April 1st, 1871, the Administration had collect- ed from the people $J2S,009.077. Well, they are the figures from a circular re cently issaed by the Republican National Committee at Washington. Now. as this is a question between Radicals a matter of dog-eat-dog we will leave it for them to settle at their pleasure. Telegraphic Clippings. EASTERN NEWS. CHICAGO itEirs. Chicago, Oct. 14. It rained for two hours, laying the dust which had filled the air since the fire to the discomfort of ev ery one. Arrests continue to bo made of persons charged with incendiarism. The Tribune says there is only one proper course to pursue with incendiaries caught in the act. Their fate should be certain and im mediate. Eighty dead bodies are lying at the Morgue, mostly found on the north side. The Coroner is holding inquests. Only two of the bodies have been identified. One of these was H. J. Uhlman. the bank er. The papers contain two columns of names of missing persons. The churches, schoolhouses, etc., are filled with half-clothed women and chil dren. The vault of the Custom House was opened aud $2.000.000in greenbacks found to be destroyed 5 $1,000,000 in gold coin had melted, and run into a heap ; $35,000 in mutilated currency, which had been in a small safe, was found unharmed. There lias been contributed for the re lief of Chicago sufferers sums as follows : Worcester. (Mass.). $15,000 ; Utica. (N. Y.), $03,000 by citizens and $10,000 by the Common Council : Toronto, (Canada). $20,000 ; Lawrence, (Kansas), $3,000. The Council was requested to donate :rl0.000. A car load of provisions had been sent from this place. The breaks caused by the freshets in Maine are not yet wholly repaired. Trains are not running regularly. Chicago, Oct. 15. --A furious gale pre vailed in this city last night. It became almost a huiricane by twelve o'clock, but subsided before morning. It caused much alarm among the citizens, especially those residing in the vicinity of the late fire. Fire brands were blown about in every direction, skeleton walls were prostrated in quick succession, sh.ikmg buildings in the vicinity from foundation to apex. Much alarm prevailed, the people rushing into the streets from their dwellings in many instances, fearful that, their houses would be prostrated and that they would be buried beneath the ruins. The excite ment aud alarm was scarcely less than on the night of die great disaster. Fortun ately U had rained for twenty-four hours previously, ami this prevented any con flagration as -the .result of a-tornado. At a meeting of officers of the National Banks, this evening, the resolutions pass ed a day or two since to pay depositors aud others iu installments of 15 per cent., was rescinded. at:d another resolution unanimously adopted to resume business in full at 10 a. m. Tuesday morning, the 17ih inst. W. R. liurlbut. Comptroller of the cunency. announces that he exam ined personally the condition of the Na tional Banks of Chicago, and pronounces them solvent and ready and willing to meet all engagements on demand. Cuicauo. Oct. 10. There is wonderful activity in the South Division burnt dis trict. Thousands of men are at work clearing a way the debris, recovering safes and putting up temporary buildings. La boring men can find plenty 10 do at lib eral wages. The action of the insurance companies m set !1 wig ed the coil has inspired and renew- ience o! On-im s of li -s men. e are greatly Tl reports .( h exaggerated. ' he t ies discovered will tali short o! lO'J. Ail th" "lapers are published except the Times. The Tribune appears nearly as line a looking sheet as ever, and quite as large. The Western Union Telegraph Compa ny intend to pay the losses of all their married employees who lost their house hold goods and personal ell'eets. The city is still under the charge of Gen. Sheridan. Ci:ii'A;o. Oct. 18. The Tunes makes its re-appearance this morning. It i. wdl printed, but on a single sheet form, which it announces as only temporary. It con tains an editorial taking strong ground against the passage by the Legislature of any slay law. the inevitable effects of wide!) the writer says would be the ruin of what is left to us of our credit. It begs the General Assembly to not even talk of passing such a law. The House of Representatives at Spring field yesterday passed liu canal lien law refunding to Chicago the three millions paid by that ci : y for deepening t lie 11 1 i jois and Michigan Cju i!, wiUi the provision that the same shali be used for rebuilding bridges and public edifices. TEliniBJ.K TO 11 XA DO A' IVISCOX- ,s.V CHEAT LOUS Oh LI F 1-2 AND D IlOi'1211 TV. Mti.WArKKK. Oct. 15. Mayor Ludington of this city has published the following appeal for aid : The calamities that have befallen our State and some of our neighboring States, are truly appalling. Over fifteen hun dred men, wouie.n and children have been burned to death in Wisconsin alone. Their business, houses and (arms, to a large ex tent are entirely destroyed- All contribu tions iu lisooey n;ay be sent to Alexander Miichell.Jjanker. Contributions of food, clothing, bedding and other supplies may be directed to Harrison Ending ton. Tvlayor. Later accounts from Northern Wiscon sin confirm the previous reports. The loss of life in the neighborhood of the village of Peshtigo will reach over 1.200 Fifteen per cent, of those injured cannot recover. The (ire and tornado was heard at a dis tance like the roaring of the sea. Balls of tire were soon observed to fall like me teors in different parts of the town, ignit ing with whatever they touched. People rushed with their children in their arms for a place of safety, but the storm of fire was upon them and enveloped them in flames, smoke and cinders, and those that were not able to reach the river were suf focated and roasted alive. This terrible scene happened on Sunday night of the 8sh inst., the same evening as the great Chicago horror. The town of Peshtigo numbered 2,000 souls, one-third of whom perished. The fearful night's reports, from each shore of Green Bay, place the loss of life fully as high as at Peshtigo. The account states that the immediate wants ot the people are supplied, but that large amounts of provisions and clofhing will be required for the coming winter. 2SEW YORK XEIYS. Ni:w Yoiik, Oct. 1-1. General Van Ba ron has made good bis deficiency. Subscriptions are being taken for the sufferers by the fires in Michigan and Wis consin ; $1,825 has been forwarded to Gov. Baldwin. Nkw Yohk. Oct. The Manhattan Insur ance Company lias resolved to suspend business. Its losses are stated at a million and a quarter. The company possess a larn-e surplus besides their capital. It is not expected there will be any lo to the insured. Nkw York, Oct. 1G- The towns and cities of Long Island, outside of Brooklyn will raise nearly $200,000 for Chicago. Ladies go in teams among villagers, col lecting contributions. Nkw Yor.tv, Oct. 16. A Receiver has been appointed for the Fulton Insurance Company of Brooklyn, which is insolvent owing to the Chicago fire. The Hope In surance Company has resolved to fill up its capital stock to two millions and a half at the earliest moment. This restores the Co.'s assets to nearly four millions, af ter every cent of the Chicago looses are paid. The Manhattan Company, which announced suspension, expects to meet its losses. The Continental lost about a mil lion, much less than its surplus. The Company has doubtless its capital, and after its losses are paid will have two mil lion assets. New Yohk, October 18. Donations in money and supplies are still liberally of fered'for the relief of the people of Chi cago. The total collections in this city are already over $728,000. Subscriptions are also going on for the relief of the suf ferers from fires in western forests. At.raxy, Oct. 17. Gov. Hoffman receiv ed this evening the Sub-Committee's re port of the Committee of 70 who asked him to use power to arrest abuses and protect the State asking that a military force be placed in readiness, to quell any riot which may arise. The Governor re sponded that he would do anything that he could in the matter. An informal con vention ensued between several members of the committee and the Governor. The latter said he would use the military force in case of disturbance. Nkw Yoi;K, Oct. 17. It is estimated that three and a half millions of currency were shipped to Chicago yesterday and to day. J VA SUlXG TOX XL It's. Washington, Oct. l5.-Tbe Secretary of the Treasury has authorized the United States Treasurer to issue a million and a half United States notes to take the place of the United States notes and National Bank notes burned iu the Government vault at Chicago. Washington, Oct. 17. The following dispatch has been received from Chicago : Chicago banks are sound, and paying ev ery dollar on demand. Good feeling pre vails. FILES I2Y ALB II A SUA . Sr. Lot i.s. Oct. 17. Accounts from Northern Kansas say destructive fires have been raging in Deer Creek and Harrison Creek valleys, Nebraska. Several houses were burned. Hay and other crops are destroyed. Loss, estimated at $50,000. SUICIDE AT A DEATHBED. Zanksviu.k. (Ohio). Oct, 17. Charles Durbiii, a lawyer of this city, shot himself through the head to-i.ight al the bedside of his sick wife being toW by the phy sician that she could not recover. 1 lis wife died in live minutes afterwards. A MOB KILL A PLISOXEL. LoLisvii-LK, (Ky-), Oct. 17. Last night, at Warsaw, a party of seventy five men established pickets and attacked the Coun ty Jail for the purpose of taking out Abi jah Girdley. confined for killing a man a few days ago. The mob was unable to get into the coll, and shot him through the grates and killed him. His wife and in fant child were in the cell with him. M ISC EL LAX EO US. Boston, Oct. 17. A dispatch from Gloucester says the Collector telegraphed for the revenue cutter McCulloch, of Port land, which will reach this port to-day. The Mahoning has come and gone out side. The Mahoning is said to have strict orders not to let the Horton be taken. Nkw Youk, Oct. 17. Judge Barnard to-day granted the application for exam ination of Ingersoll. Revenue officers made a raid on the il licit distilleries of Brooklyn to-day, and seized 500 barrels of whiskey, 13 stills, and two large rectifying establishments. UTAH XE1VS. Salt Lakk. Oct. 10. Brigham Young appeared in court this morning, when the indictment was read to him. He answer ed with firmness: ' Not guilty. " Mayor Wells indicted on a similar charge, made the same answer. Judgo Riekard. United States Marshal Patrick and a number of attorneys left, to-' day for Provo. where the Second Judicial Court will be opened to morrow. A cav alry escort was asked for but it was refus ed. The Mormons have started subscriptions to raise a fund to aid Young, Wells and other church magnates in overthrowing the charges brought -against them by the United States Grand Jury. Salt Lakk, Oct. 17. Geo. Q. Cannon, editor of the Xtics. was arraigned before Judge McKean this morning upon the in dictment, of lascivious cohabitation, ami plead not guilty. The trial of Hawkins, for adultery is set for tomorrow. Salt Lakk. Oct. 18. Aaron Johnson, a Mormon Bishop of Springfield, was ar rested to day on an indictment of four years ago, as being accessory to a murder. One hundred and sixty recruits from the regiment at Camp Douglas, arrived last nighf. CALIFORNIA NEW S. San Fr.AXCf.sco. Oct. 17. The Woman's Suffrage Association sent in to the Board of Supervisors an emphatic protest against the passage of the bill of Dr. Hidlatid. which proposes to compel prostitutes to pay a license, be registered and kept un der the surveillance of the police aud the Board of I jalth. The bark Whistle hich returned in distress, after being some davs on tin trip will to Portland, is atiil on fi ire. d it probabiy be found necessary to scuttle and zwAi her to extinguish the d imes. The fire is caused by the iime. which composed a part of her cargo, getting wet and' com npinicating with inflammable materials in the hold. San FKANorsco. Oct. IS. Flour The demand is light and prices nominal. Lo cal millers quote as follow : Superfine. $0 75(2,7 0t); extra. $7 75(7-S 00. Wheat Fair milling, $2 00; choice, $2 72. Barley $1 95(5)2 00. Prices and de mand nominal. Oats Very dull at $1 85(a,l 95. Ekujgehativi;. The reporter of the Ballet i7i who came up on the President's car must be provived with magnifying glasses. He says that five hundred peo ple cheered the" train that Mr. HoUadav arrived on. The facts are that it was af ter dark when the President's train ar rived, and nearly all the spectators who had crowded about during (lie day had gone home, leaving less than one hundred there when the aioresaid train got in. No cheers were given at ail, and it is doubt ful if a tamer affair was ever seen. Hail Mr. Ilolladay kept his word and located his machine shops, here, as lie promised to do when he drained our people of their last dollar, he might have met with a reception befitting his position. Our people feel under no obligations to him, and no one realizes this fact more fully than himself. The Bidldin says he (Holladav) was met and congratulated by the leading citizen, of Lane county. The truth is, he stepped out and invited Ben Underwood and Jim Comstock to come aboard and take a drink. Eugene Guard. To r:u IviisriGATKo. The Ku-Klnx Committee have determined at last to go into investigation of the State debts and local debis, and taxation of the .Southern States. A circular letter is to bo issued to the Govenors of all the Southern States for detailed information. If the statistics are not obtained this way the Committee will, on the first of November, proceed South and obtain evidence from the books and papers of the authorities. A dis patch says that the prospect is that the figures will show even more of an increase of Southern State debts since the close of the war than $220,000,000. Gov. Lind say, of Alabama, who is in Washington, says his State is put dove Jbr $13.0JU.O' ) too little in the table published. This is the result of the bayonet rule and Radical reconstruction. For the thre months ending October 1st the total number of emigrants who left Liverpool was 50,000 an increase of 5.000 over the emigration of the preced ing quarter. Miscellaneous Items- The water in the Sacn-nrr,. one foot lower now tn Ift h Large orders have been r ?' Bnflalo for brick to rebtiUd in C It is estimated tlkt the co-n S' Iowa, tins year, will umouat t ,CnroP of 000 bushels. --"ount to 100,000,. m About $150,000 has been n;-f 1 .forma for tte benefit of Cht 10 Ca'' Wisconsin sufferers. Ulc8- iiij There are twenty eight grav me Laramie cemeterv. an.Un vws n these the epitaph is simnly S ? or T'. x- -- , J Jvuitu. he corruptions of Tammal g" 5 equal to Satan reproving sin. bout In two year.s the Union V u-r t Company has sola 410.000 acr "s tf'l ing lands for the sum of Sl.Oua.ooo Ohio has produced a m,i crossed legs looped over the heart 1 VhI and unalterably entwined arouni ,i,Arn,! ouad the neck. Mr. Douglass, the new Commt, ; Internal Revenue, has a U f Secretary, und m has the C,Zt ,r,Tat? cui reney Gen Beauregard must be vorv ...t. of his repi us reputation. He accompanied GrZ the Chicago and South Western l-.n' on road excurson recently -.-ii- The ttate of M.chigan contains 5 H inland lakes, covenng an area of l' nines, besides a water front on the Kr 't lakes ot more tl.nn 1 t-.n ...m fc""H ...vi 1. Limi i,ooo mues The New York Sun si in fi;.,0 . , " ", LUl nam rJrir e7 'n-. Horace ' 1 ' W HI lllt-r ' ' rij it 1 1 1 1 fati...... V utwt.v v...uim.iiu iui 1 resilient. The aisesed valuation of property in Llueago was S2j l. )),).(&. Sb w,,,, fourth eitv in .' r!,,l !HM lW of Wl lib. It is reported that Andy Johnson an5 ex-Postmaster-General Randall are "h ing to stump Wisconsin iu favor of booV tie, the Democratic candidate fur Govm" The San Francisco Bulhli says that Oregon ash lumber is fast Wenf.duK . favorite material for al! work in Ca'i'brii'u where eastern ash has heretofore been Th ;e sum total of the oblia!i.n f Eastern insurance companies tl ChieW as far as they have been a.-certaim-d 1.0V is So5, 000.0 00. against reported assets of 675,000,000. About 2.000 toughs from New York ar. rived at Chicago ou thellth, the object be ing plunder. Troops are continually tJ., guard. All salcons are kept closeQ by the authorities. Details received at London on the 17th itiht.. of the recent storms ami floods iu China represent the loss hf 1'e and prop erty as very great. At least 3,000 yvu sons have perished. W. G. Englh-h, the -wealthiest man of Indianapolis, worth at least $1,000,000 opened his heart and subscribed the sumuf one. dollar, and that in cash, for the suffer ers by the great tire in Chicago. A Western paper snys: "Senator Ilurlss has a financial policy of his own;" nipoh which it is suggested that that is no dmibt true, as he has made a handsome fortune in a remarkably short space of time. An approximate -estimate of total low is about c200,f!00,0t)0. The area turned over is over 2.000 acre's. The number of buildings burned is not below 20.000, This is from a dispatch of the 12th inst. Almost the whole Yakima valley is now taken and settlers are now seeking Louies farther east. Kititass valley now eon tains about one hundred and fifty farms under cultivation. Four years since there were only three farms within twenty-five miles. A few days ago Mr. Cassias M. Clay, of Kentucky, made a speech in St. Louis up, on political issues of the day. and in sup port of Horace Greeley as a candidate for President. He severely criticised tbt course of President Grant. The St. Charles (?do.) Xcks says tbera is a girl in (hat county, only four yeara of age. who is as n fail-grown woman', The indications of worn mhood commenced when she was only fit teen month eld. This is one of the most singular casef that has ever come before the medical world, and it is attracting considerable attention from scientific men. A careful estimate of the number of people rendered homeless in Chicago Smsed upon the recent, census, put? tlio total at not less than one bundered a:it urn thousand destitute, as follows: In the North Division, 85.000. or all but 5.00H cT the entire population of the Division: in the South Division, 20.000: and in the West Division, 5.000. Thousands of tbe.-r, unfortunates are leaving the city on every Main. The railroads cary all free wbo desire to go. The churches and school houses aro still crowded to repletion with refugees from the burnt districts, for wliosi care effort is being made by the effiei:?? committee, aided from other cities. bv relief committees A N. Y. Know Notihm; Movkment. Under this heading the New York Tribunt gives the proceedings of the third inert ing of a new organization iu New York city, which calls itself "the Americafl Party." and has for its object opposition to the Koman Catholic Church in politics. The members are. of course. Bepuhliciin, and they seem to be hopeful of getting up a new religion? crusade in connect ion with the Radica 1 parly. A Pami'iii.kt. We have received from the ofiice of ihe Oregon City -Extkiu'W- a copy of a pamphlet containing the "Pro ceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Con vocation of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Missionary Jurisdiction of Oiegoii and Washington, held in Trinity Church, Portland, on the 1st and 2d days of September, 1871." The pamphlet is neatly gotten up, and would be rated as first-class book printing anywhere-. BulUiin. Tkxas Et.KCTio.Y. The Texas election for members of Congress came off on the 3rd inst. Up to this time we have not re ceived any information as to the result. A Yalc..i.e P-U'eu. The meeting of the National Teachers' Association held in St, Louis, last month, drew together a large nunir ber of the leading- educators of the country representing ahn st every State in the Unios. Papers of great iuterest and permanent val ue were presented on various subjects, many of which, together with tfie discussions up on tl em, are given in the last number of the JoUi'md of Education, thus, making this, one of thu most vlu ible papers ever issued. Teachers, School officer and others interest ed in this subject wiil fiud this journal a constant and valuable aid to them. Address, J. li. Al erwi.v, editor and PuQ Iijher, 7lo Chestnut street, St. Louis, Mo. A Cue at Offkx Peters' Musical Mont'ily for October is at hand, containing lifteeii beautiful pieces of music, printed from fu' sze music plates. It can be had for thirty cents. The Publisher also offers to send, post-psid, for one dollar, sis back numbers, containing from ninety to one hundred r11 of choice new music, worth at least ' Scud your order lo the Publisher, J- u Petkks, al'J Broadway, New York, anl o"r word fur it, you will get your money's worta. Ken Butler is just now engaged iu proving that ins father was not hunir. Let him rather prove, it he enn,' that his father's son ought not to be htiiirr. --ssmi