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HEWS ST TELEGRAPH.
Boston, Sept. 2. The Now England
Agricultural Fair was opened to-day
nt Mystic Park by nn appropriate ad
dress liy Mr. Lorlng, President of the
Association. There were 7,000 people
iu attendance. The representation of
stock, implements, products, etc.,
gives promise of nn unusually succcss
ful exhibition. Tho homo show Ik
cxtenslvo and embraces Home famous
trotters which are to show their speed.
"Judge FBlIerlea," "Cantoe" aid
"Scnsotlon" arc expected to race on
Friday. There were two races to-day.
The llrst for thrce-mlnuto horses was
won by "Colonel Pike;" best time,
2:29$. The secoud race for 2:80 horses
was won by "Hen Starr;" best time,
3:32$.
Cincinnati, Kept. 2. The Expos!
Hon will be formally opened to-morrow
night by speeches from President
Blymeyer, of the Exposition, Mayor
Johnston, of Cincinnati, and Ex-Scc-rctary
Jacob D. Cox, who will make
the chief address. Never in tho his
tory of the Cincinnati Exposition has
the Power Hall been in so forward a
state at a corresponding period as at
this time. All driving engines ex
cept one are in operation to-night, and
all will bo at work in the morning.
The Power Hall contains but little
machinery that will ot bo In motion,
a fact which makes this Exposition
an exceptional one. The Horticultu
ral Hall contains an Immense collec
tion, embracing n great variety of
choice and perfect plants, especially
prepared for this display. Its great
peculiarity is the fewness of duplicate
J limits; cheap and common varieties
iuvo been almost entirely supplanted
by more rare and costly plants and
flowers. This part of the exhibition
will bo In complete order this mid
night. The oil paintings iu the Art
Hull aro now In place, and men arc
busy putting tho Kngrovlng Depart
ment In order. The distinguishing
feature of this Exposition will be the
perfection of articles displayed. Tho
exhibitors, too, are showing unusual
anxiety to present their displays In a
most attractive manner.
Springfield, Mass., Kept. 3. Tho
City Republican caucuses to-ulght
are full and lively. Two of them used
a check-list In voting and elected
Washburne delegates. In two others
there was a split on a refusal to check
list and two sets of delegates ware
chosen from the wards represented.
The result Iu the city Is: Butler, 11;
Washburne, 4; contested, 6. The
footings for the State so fur are: But
lcr, 162; Washburne, 122; doubtful, 0.
reported lost, but there is too much
reasons to believe that many vessels
are lost, together with all hands. Tbe
fishermen on the Eastern const have
suffered severely, all having lost their
boats, fishing tackls, etc., from Guy
boro to Capo Canso.
New York. Bent. 3-A Washington
dlsnatch says tho Treasury Depart
ment has under consideration the
question of means whereby the
banks now believed to be aid
ing the gold conspirators can be de
tected and punished. The Comp
troller of tho Currency has made un
examination of two suspected banks
in New York without tangible result.
It is suggested that the sudden count
ing of nssets bydeputy experts might
throw moro light upon the actual con
dition of theoe banks. It Is reported
that counterfeit New York City and
County bonds have been discovered.
New York, Sept. 3. A mason, yes
terduv, nt the Inquest in relation to
the death of eight jwrsous by the fall
ing of a building on West Eleventh
street, said It would not have cost
more than live dollars to brace the
walls and prevent the disaster.
Salt Lake, Sept. S. The returns, so
far as received, from Santa Fc, New
Mexico, indicate the election of Hon.
Stephen B. Elklns, Republican candi
date for delegate to Congress, with
2,000 majority over Padre Uiillegas,the
late Democratic, delegate. Santa tv
County, which went Democratic two
year nKo.lias gone Republican by more
than o00 majority.
New York, Sept. 2. Mr. Denny,
Chairman of the Governing Commit
tee of the New York Stock Exchange,
said to-day that ho was conlident no
other bonds than those of the Huflalo,
New York and Erie, and New York
Central have been cotinterfel tod. The
Treasurer of the Now Jersey Central
Road says ho has neither seen nor
heard of any forged bonds of that
company. Tho Secretary of the
Wostern Union Telegraph Company
makes n similar statement with ro
gnrd to the bonds of that company.
To-day another counterfeit $r00
greenback was received at the Sub
Treasury making thirteen received
since Saturday. It is believed at the
Sub-Treasury that tho counterfeit bills
came from tho West, and that there
aro but few In circulation In New York.
The bills have been examined
by experts ef the American
Dank Note Company and pronounced
by them to be the best counterfeited
bill that ever came under their notice.
George W. Master, of tho Hub-Treasury,
ssys tho paper on which the for
ged bills arc printed Is lighter than
that of the genuine. He also savs
that the faco of the bills cannot be
distinguished from tho genuine, but
that the letter on the back are tinged
with green, where they should be per
fectly white, and that tho blue tint,
peculiar to the genuine, Is not per
centlblo in the counterfeit.
Messrs. Haaklnsand Draeue to-day
tamnorarllv ausnuudud business. It
Is now understood that advance of
this firm to swindlers nmounted to
$40,000.
A Washington dispatch states that
tho Manitoba question will be brought
before a British tribunal in nfewdavs.
tho Court holdlmr a special session
therefor, and no other case will be
tried. Minister Thornton says tho
British Government is linn In Itu eon
vlctlon that the action of Its ofllelals
was strictly In accordance with law
and expresses his conviction that the
decision of the Court will bo adverse
to tho parties now In custody. The
Court will be held at Fort Garry or
Wiuuepcg. Meanwhile n proposition
to release American prisoners on bail
will bo rejected.
Washington, Sept. 2. Robert L.
Hlckuiuu, known through tho coun
try as "Beau Hickman," died at the
Providence. Hospital this morning.
Boston, Sept. 2. Chester I. Reed,
recently Attorney General and Judge
of the Superior Court of this State,
died at Sulphur Springs, Virginia, this
morning, aged 60 year.
nBoston, Sept. 3. The excitement
In the wool market continues, and
the late Improvement Is fully sustain
ed. Manufacturers are purchasing
freely and are encouraged in laying
In stocks by a better demand forgoods.
California wool is In demand.
(Julnoy sends fivo uutl-Butler dele
gates to the State Cuvention. It now
stands Washburne, 157; Butler, 174;
doubtful, 14.
UVHOPKll.
Madrid. Sent. 2.-Soclnllstle troubles
have broken out In Andalusia, In the
neighborhood of the town of J linens.
Farm laborers band together, dem
anding and endeavoring to force a
division of prorty. They have
burned forty farm houses of those who
opposed them and committed other
excesses. Some of tho rioters have
been arrested.
Berlin, Sept. 2. Yesterday Mug
the anniversary of the German victory
at Sedan, a monument commemora
tive of tho event was unveiled in
Knnigstadt amidst tho enthusiastic
acclamations of thousands of citlens.
The city was gully decorated ami the
day was given to festivity.
Paris, Sept. 2. The J-iro publish
es u proposal to tho Royulists of
France to rebuild the Tulleries. The
editor of that paper otters to head the
subscription list with a contribution
of 8,000 iruaea.
I Flax Skkd. Westlake A Howell,
I Albany, are out with a new advertise
ment in to-day's paper. They oner to
contract for next year's crop on ad
vantageous terms, It would appear to
us. Let ail interested read their no-tice.
SALEM, OREGON, SEPTEMBER
Inqnlrlei Aniwercd.
We have received n letter from
Mr. O. II. Jowott, of Spnrtn, Wis
consin, who makes some Inquiries
regarding fruit-growing In Oregon,
and asks nn answer through tho col
umns of the Farmkh. Believing
these que3tlon.s could bo answered
as well, or perhaps hotter, by un old
resident nurseryman and fruit-grower,
we handed tho letter to Mr. A. F.
Davidson, who lives near this city,
and he has kindly answered each
query, hh follows:
1. "What season of the yenr Is
lhst, in Oregon, In which to set out
an orchard V"
As soon after our fall rains ns prac
ticable, u tho ground Is then warm,
mellow, and in n bettor condition
than in tho winter or spring, when
it is both wot and cold. November
is the best time.
3. " When should grape-vines be
set out?"
At the sumo tlmn of apple, plum,
pear tree, Ac., ns Inte fall or wlntci-
pianting is always preferable to
spring netting.
.. " I
lion do nurserymen set out
root-graft, cuttings, and nursery
stock?"
Hoot-grafts, cuttings, and nursery
stock should be set out in February.
March, and not later than the second
week of April. February is tho best
month.
4. " Is there a nursery near Eu
geno City?"
Yes.
0. " What is the price of land, per
acre, within ono or two miles of Eu
gene City?"
Improved, from ten totwenty-flvo
dollars; unimproved, from so veil to
tlfteon dollars; according to kind and
location.
6. " Is tho nursery business over
dono in Oregon?"
No. But it takes n shrewd nurse
ryman to make n living, us there are
nurseries nil through the Stale, at
least wherover there is any demand
for lliein. The competition is u keen
one.
7. "How old must an orchard be
ere It bears?"
Orchards bear some In three, con
siderable in four, and good crops iu
five uud six years after being set
out.
The questions of our friend are
correctly, and wo hope satisfactorily,
answered. Ho speaks, In his letter,
of coming hero. We shull hn happy
to seo him, and will welcome him to
our fair land. Although tho compe
tition hero In the nursery lino may
be a "keen" one, yet, we think, if
our friend Is a " shrewd " nursory
mnn, he can " make a living." So
como on.
Wo thank our friend for tho sub
scription money hent us. Wo will
mall our paper to him, and hope tho
Fahmi'.h may be a means, nway out
there iu Wisconsin, of getting up a
"rovlvul," and sending tho good
people out to tho " promised laud."
Lkaiiano Silvkk Okk. The Stntes.
man says: MnJ. M. P. Berry has
showed us some tine specimens of sll
bearing Galena ore, taken from the
lately discovered ledge of J. Dornay,
mi tint North Ferk of tho Smith Fork
1 of the Santlum, The specimens show
the presence of tiO to 70 per cent,
lead, and Sll to 20, silver per ton.
Tho ledgo discovered Is about nine feet
wide between the uulls and Is thought
to be a line one.
For Nr.w Goons. Messrs. Werner
Breymati, O. P. Terrell, Al. Cross
mail, and M. Meyer, of this city, have
gone to Snn Francisco to lay Iu new
stocks of goods.
G, 1873.
For the Willamette Psrntrr.
Politic and the Farmers.
The tillers of the noil nsn class of
citirens aro conservative iu all great
movements professing to bo reform
atory, and having for their object
the correction of abuses which in their
nature admit of tho application of n
remedy. Any ono will be convinced
of this who acquaints himself with
the history of tho grout uprising of
tho rural population of the United
States for tho purpose of working
out their doltverance from tho crush
ing bondage to which nslbclnted cap
ital in the hands of railroad monopo
lies was fast and surely reducing
them not only by execssivo charges,
hut by discriminating so ns to abso
lutely ruin some hrnuchcsof industry
in particular localities and to depress
them in nil. A little attention to the
subject will make apparent tho fact
that this dcllvcrnnco is tho only ol
Ject which the movement in Itu vari
ous forns seeks to attain, although
to this end It employs different agen
cies, each of which operates to the
one common end of delivering the
farming community from tho thral
dom and almost helpless condition
in which ft net-work of railroads had
entangled thuni. Nor are they to tie
diverted from pursuing this great
and paramount purpose, or in nny
wise hnvo their attention tlhtrnctod
by tho cozening blandishments of
political organizations addressing
them iu honeyed words expressed In
soothing accents.
In Maryland, n political convention
thus pats tho plebeian tillers of the
soil on the shoulder:
" Thnt wo earnestly deprecate the
unjust and discriminating laws un
der which tho agricultural interests
of the country huve suffered, and we
hereby nlcdsro thu best efforts of tho
party to obtain for then n redress of
.their grievances and equal Justice."
In Ohio and Maine the same thing
is dono after this fashion :
" Thnt, although always constitut
ing a largo majority of tho American
people, the agriculturalists have
never demanded of the Government,
State or Federal, any apodal privi
lege; have never infested the halls
of Congress or tho LcglMnturo with
lobbies and rings, hut, on the contra
ry, have suffered under discriminat
ing and unjust laws until forbearance
has ceased te bo a virtue. We hero
by Died ire our sincere and honest ef
forts to obtain for them u redress of
their grievances, and equal and ex
act Just Ice."
The lunguago Is well calculated to
remind one of the extreme affability
and cordiality of candidates nlxiut
election time, and of tho wondorful
interest which this elifs of persons
is accustomed to manifest In even
tho domestic Interests of persons res-
I ident in the rural district.
I It would bo saying llttlo for the
1 good common praotlenl sonso of far-
mors as a class to alllrm that they
were not capublo of discovering tho
truo significance of those iinuoutetl
1 manifestations of interest in tho niii-
terlnl and social welfare of so largo
' nml useful a class of persons, whoso
'exHcjue oven Is almost wholly Ig
nored at other times. But tho lure
, is too thin to deceive any Itocly, and
thu fanners no where show any In
clination to aflllinto In their organi
zations us Granges, Clubs, Ac., with
eltherof tho great political parties of
tho United Stntos. This would he
foreign to their ono great object,
Volumo V Number 29.
which is to obtain methods of cheaper
transportation so as to remove tholr
crops from point to point in such a
manner that railroad monopolies may
not consume in freight charges the
product of rural labor. To this end
they will not present a scparato tickot
in any State of the Union, but whon
they go to tho polls they will reject
all monopoly candidates, anil tho
candidates of rings, and will veto for
such men, selected from tho various
tickets prcsontcd, us will bo likely
to bo most In sympathy with the
mevemont against tho opprosslvo
exactlonsof railroad corporations that
may well be described as having
neither oodles to bo kicked nor soul
to bo damned. q.
Ah Katcrprlitng Finn.
Messrs. Corbitt A Mad cay, say
tho Portland liullttin, are displaying
enterprise in attempting to establish
a regular line of vessel between
Portland and ports in Europe, Aus
tralia uud China. Tho llrst ship they
purchased, tho Nparrowhawk, form
erly n British gun-boat, made a suc
cessful trip to Melbourne, ami from
there sailed with a cargo of coat te
Manilla. From there she wilt salt to
Sim Francisco with an assorted enrge
of merchandise. Tho pretty hark
Clnru Louise, which they purchased
recently, will lie placed In tho Jupoa
trade, and .she will start with tier
first cargo ero long. The Margarot
Crockard, consigned to the saiiiu
gentlemen, arrived here Tuesday
afternoon. Shu brings u full cargo
of the products of the Sandwich Is
lands, but the greater iHirtlon is com
posed of sugar. This Is to bo sold in
lots to null tho trade. They will
probably keep a regular line or pack
ets on this route hereafter. It is, we
believe, the object of tho tlriu to run
a regularlinoof wheiitHhipstn Liver
pool und Cork, mid thus bo enabled
to Import goods direct, so that they
can dlsKsu of lmorted merdinudlso
ut rates as cheap us tho leading mar
chants of Chicago und Sun Francisco.
Statistical. Through the kind
ness of Mr. T. C. Shaw, County Asses
sor, wo learn that thu gross value of
the property of Marlon county Is
$&,7S3,227; liidcbtednes, J2.410.532; ex
empt from taxation, :i84,77o: total
amount of taxable property Is (3,700,
020. Last year the gross value of prop
erty was reported to hn J.'i.lbO.O'.ll, anil
the Indebtedness $1,478,024. It will bo
noticed that the Assessor's books show
an Increase iu the gross value of prop
erty, for the yenr 1873, over that ef
ls72 of $o:t,13U, und nil Increase In the
Indebtedness of I3I,1H)H. SUttnmtm.
PlilK'IIHIION IIoiihkw. Mr. W. C.
Myer, of Aslilanil, Jackson county,
prtiM)cs to visit thu next State Fair
t Ith Hitmu of his line IVrcheron horse.
We aro glnd of tlil, anil horse men
mill fanners generally no doubt will l.n
much Interested In these famous anl
iiiuIh. Bend Ills udrcrtlsouieut.
Hkvkiik Accidk.nt. On Wednesday,
in this city, II. II. Luce, Ivt., had
his collar-bone broken, by a liorso
which he whs riding rearing up and
falling on him. Mr. Luce is a resident
of Coos Bay, and but a few days since
cnmiitipou a visit to Ids son-lu-luw,
Mr. V. II. Vunilurvert, who lives In
Polk county, near . Salem.
Bob Roberts found a nugget of gold
weighing $81 In his placer claim, thir
ty miles from Baker City, lust week.
A ledge of pure chnlk has been
found In the vicinity of I-atta creek,
Clutsop Plains.
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