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LATE DISPATCHES
Washington, July 27 In vien of the
published expressions ol Yarjrm, the Pres1
tlent has been atiliu, for lil inn profie
Hon, to hk jHsU.oti til ilienr'.lnil ot tJi
'let no guiltv tiliu escape" ltttei. Untold
Wilson informed ilia l'residnit tli it L is ie
ported it was on IiIh in the office ot the ".olic
iior ol tlie rrtHurv. but it could no' be
found. List evening the late sol fit ir had
three Iiomjs s-a!ed up, siui (iire ted to It I it -lord
Wllon, bprlnpllfld. Ills " It v ,w ie
iwttoil to tho Vieslilftit this i:iarnluK tliA"
seeral tclpKiains in tlio liil.,v oisft pro
UlissInK, binl that Wilson hsul iinuv rnplis
ot ImportHUt diu mnotits uiiule, nnil iIhj to
Atrt uiisiii(;, rtm I'resiilcnt dlrco h sc
teiAry Morrhl to ht the 1oms i-ppned in
tljo p'resfUM oi Wilson. This was ilnno in
isplte ot hN protests, ami th letter so ni.
iouly cUfin-d liy Urn I'esldent anil i op us
ol important pp-rs baarim; upon the Wii
ky tmuds nere louutl Wilson in tlio ln!iiri
"tn be allow id no acptss to public tlocu
nifntf, except by current ol dcp.trttnoni of
ti iaU.
The Secretarj- of tho Trrasury has loppil
the i-olnapo ot tiAdedoIlais at Philadelphia
and Carson mints and ordeioci Shu Kratu tseo
mint to coin sulUcieul (juantitiis to nipnt ap
tual export, Tno mints will bo run to their
lull capacity on subs'd'ary coin and necessa
ry coin coin.
Official returns made to tho bureau of stn
tltid show that duilntr tho U'cal jeir end
ing June 30th, lhTii, tliore arrhurt in the
United States ?2,'i72 Chlne-e imungrints, ol
whom only 2"0 uite females. UuriiiK the
correspontlins! leriod ol 1S".", tho total liiiiui
eratiou to the United Statta Irom Chlua was
10437, ot wliomS-were lemalps
Alter reading tho journal lUjard said I
am sure the Snnte and cMitntiy will be
defrly atTected by the announcement ot tho
uielancholv event of yesterday, the deith ot
our late friend and brothel. Allen T. Caper
ton, Senator Irom West Virginia. I move
ab a mark of rennect justly dua to tho nio.n
orv of this excellout and hononiblo mm
that the Henate stand adjourned until to
morrow 11 a nt.
The World'a Washlntston special says:
The report of tho special committee hii 1ou
ilana altairs promise-, to be an important
one. It will probably be tho only report, so
jar a known, which will lit hr night into
the Houo to openly and iliiec ly censuie
the Vresident. Tlie'Ooiiuniiteo tin-1 that the
New Orleans Ciinnm-bmi-H has bjf;i cor
ruptlv manail bv Coll'oi'or Cxsi.i. the
l'rrfrldemM brother in law; ihat thesh abuses
were fcuiid to be n itWrltnj tun jnnatn,
by iueKicatfon, that the remov 0 ot Casey
was recommence 1, and that uudi the pres
sure then made lie did tender Ills r situation,
which the President refined t adept, and
tlureby declined to interfere with theierri
ble maladiiiini-tra inn ol altairs nhlchhas
cnntined toKrow nur-c, bo.li In Ktdorul and
sjiate matters.
Mutiny the pat.t wfel: -l"i7 leatlis hae oc
curred in tins n, ; in llrooklyn the number
was lii Ipsa than'during the p"revions week.
The births in this city nunibtitdtl llt
The llliuola Democratic Mate Concontion
met at Springfield on the 27th, ami nomlnat
jewis Mewart tor (ioiriiorHinl A. A Glenn
for lieutenant t.nvernor; S II. Thornton,
secre'nry ol state; lolin Kie, iatp Auditor:
ce. Oerudelaitn, Trenniirer; and H Lxnch,
Attorney (ieneral. Willtoni htirniKer was
nominated lor re-election to Congress from
the'lwelfth lilstric'
.-ah vrrciA. Julv 2 Tilden arrival this
C'teiiiiiir M the lT. s, hotel, lie was foul
called on by Hendricks and the. , witu Lieut.
lo licirebeiiuer, went nut li.linu'. return
Ins lu lib jut tour hours. They swtn in lull
AO-nril. having rt Rood underhtaudin',' with
t-.uii o'her. and emphatically denying al!
rei'Oit- of dlsairreenients
Smi Yoitlf. July 21 The 7Mfj' Saralrga
epe ll savs: Gov. DuriihefMier, who is here.
the letters of acceptame will certainly
not t'O ready betore nxt wefk, and denhs
an "ther reus in for delay Hum that Tilden
lms liten t'Mi bi)y with tlie alTurs ol his
Ol'i e to uive proper a'letitlon to the matter
lhe Ti tbniti'x iaratoi spttill si the
letter ot nuepanivi Mill be harmonious,
Hendr ck I i inc In. ti reported as hai iur
in d-it me ajhai gol heart pu thocurr-ncj
H i.in n
B -Tii.N, Julv 2S Tne polhe In il iv mm
lllelli el tlie ellfnre. IIIHtlt ot Hit- ilcmie Nil
end nnmeiotis m uresnl liiors unremile
i M ll v nniong tlm i nor. r u ns s
"r Iuri, Jnli .11 All c.iMlrv now on
dotv in Miutherii Kaiis, Texas nnd linlian
1-rii' rv hai e beenorderid in j dn l-n
Te'r or Crook, and will leave lor Iheir
ilrsfiiiHiion at ohi .
WAn:MiTr, lulyai 1J1 r.cruibjure to
forwarifed in regimen's In Iikiu and C 1
urmip. and a m Hen. Tern'- c tuiniud
'I nrt-e hiiiidred soldiers leiie Xew Y nk in
jii'irmv for the Indian pmin'rv Tties c,i.
larv of Vr lis sent to the House ,i ili:.ou-'j
of lro Mirlil in lei1 iiiiineiidiiig n 'iirre--e
ol 'he niiupiiie or tie 21. Jd, -itn on hihi
7th I'aialrv o lin men. as it Wa- Imlnm, tn
retflineutson the ISin Uramle. ami ubmi'n
au e I'll e for uiti requrd in ad laun to
ttie 2 .'t'O men authorl il or law. Too
number required to ill ri-ititUMnt of cavalrv
n the frontier and In Texus tuthemtiriiii n
of Ktl men fur each company will be 2 ".),
and expenses gl,iiJI,7,J Ue hberinaii ro
Jr recular enlistments P volume'!
r. Pai'l, Jul r ft Order hiiele-enl!!-fttl
troiii il.i artiiient hed''iarer liere Inr
oil lompany of infintrv fiom J'oit "si eltinj;,
and eno'her frim Kort Abirtronihie, to pm
n ! ImniedlaUilv Lii fOandinn Kie-k Ajtkicv,
In poaslivnce nt nr'tT rei-ei ill M-.ter.Ny
s.iiii.ii Js'iitlil ill, UKi".? nun aryc'iiitrni
' tr.iou iiHiio wsand IreJtini: 'li"ljieiit
!"iIimi m. t ntmie, to dirin mid .(eprlve
thtu ( theli ptnlHnoncoiitliitr lnor-.,d-av.
li c to go on', vet lo bs rrrted ai il he'd a
jvruoUfrs of ivsi, 'Jte c-amjiAUiUiKorUo..-i
i' " l' Ci , - - r - s-- -j 1
the 'jfannliiB Kock, Cheyennp, aiul Lower
Buel agencies have boon intormed of these
orders and notified that they can have all tho
tone needed for periormlng the same.
CoI.umiius, Julv ') John Hseves, for 1J
ye.irs employed in the Columbus postoilice,
was urresteu this morninjr luropeniiig letters
atut nbstiactiug contents. More tn.m silk
months Ant losses in tho mails vvereieportcd
b the Columbus oflice to the depariuient,
and since that time bpecial Agent ileiirv and
tlie l ostolliceolliciais have been eoKaued in
au investiitfuu. At lAst suspicion fell on
Beeves, and he was shadowed and watched
ttroit.li perlomted walls and Moors. He
adioitli avoided a (treat many, and although
detected two or throo times ol late in open
leu let'urs, was notciuiH iu the act ot ab
stractinir monev till tuis moruini:. When
ebnrged with the crime he con tossed, lie
has been likiu to Cincinnati tor examination,
llo was an active tueiuber of the Methodist
cuurch.
Ciiicuio, July 31. Tho fluctuations of tiio
wheat market liurluK the past week have
boen ripld and (treat, amountitiK in two
day to six cants per bushel. Tho cry ol
hot wheat has been raised by the beats and
the heat6d term (?ave lise to tho possibility
that ttie elevators were out ot condition to
an etent that has kept prices down to what
many regard bottom tittures.
I'iiii.MFMiii,IulySl 'lho mulatto man
George, who recently asserted tl at Charley
Boss was alive and well, that he could find
him, ha. suddenly dlsappotred, it is snppos
e I m oiiseqiieuce ot Charlie's lather tolling
lilm hocouid have him hunt;, which appai
enlly alirmed him. Boss believes Geuro
has seen Charley since his abduction, lie
did not seem noxious to (let money now.
Slid it would cost about lorty dollars to go
to w here the child is.
About 1,000 workmen mot in Tompklns
v llle i-quare to-day. They deolareSO.OOO men
out ol employment lu this city, dally search
ing lor work without success, and are living
on the charity of friends and neighbors.
They lormed a procession and, headed bv
tltfeen policemen, marched to the mayor's
otlice in the city hall. The longshoremen
sirink today for an increase of wages.
Pollen reserves are out to preserve the peace.
Lionion, July 27,-s-Tbe raco for the Good
wood Cup to-day was won by Xoiv flbllarid,
Templo liar 21; Preakness, Jd, Six horses
ran. Tho race was magnificently contested,
and up to to the last quarter it looked as it
Preakness would certainly prove the winner
but in tho linal dash New Holland forged
ahead and won by two lengths. Temple Bar,
a great favorite with betting men, beat
Preakness for the second place almost at the
tiuishing line by only a head. The excite
ment among Americans was simply indes
cribable. Mr.sjanford has proposed a match botween
Ills horse Preaknoss and New Holland, win
ner ot the Good wood cup, on the same terms,
exceu. the weight is to be 2b pounds higher.
si. Lnuis, Aug. 1. A tornado passed oiei
Casn county, Missouri, yosterdry morning
and dentin ed several buildings, and seri
ously injured crops and other farm pro
ducts. Mrs, Geo. Webb was instantly kill
ed, and br motber-in-law fatally injured.
An infant belonging to Jacob Heiuor was
also killed.
Pim.AliKl.i-HlA, Aug. 1. Colorado washed
lMic2Jc, unwashed, slj(lhcj extra and Moil
no pulled, 27o0o; No. 1 aud siier pulled,
27Q.j0c; California and nudium, UCy 21c;
COarsp, 147r
Ciiicuio, Julv .11, The In! ir Ocean' x
special from Washington ys that Prot.
beeleye said this evening: "I haveread every
nord of III u ford Wilson's testimony aud I
think tiie Presiilen', to one who knows him,
s amis better lhau he did before"
IUjsion. Aug. 1. All but two of the nom
In "us ol the prohibitory party ol this Mate
have declined. It is stated another ennv on
lion mav bn called to rill the vacant les.
PoursMoUTii, Aug 1. The Kepurlicans
elected their mayor to-dav by 3.1 majority,
and (onni il by a strong KapublicJin gain
nearlv.MHI
Wasiumiton, Aug. 1. The debt state
ment bow a imitation of Sl,13ri033; coin
bilanc-, .VI tij,300; i.pe Ml deposit lor re
ilHiiipti mot certificates of deposit.! i2,81o,000;
on stanrlliig legal tenders, $.;ii,'Jl!,223.
T lie wy mid means committee to-day
xuthorifld tho chairman to report a concur
rent resolution for tlie edjnnrninent of Con
gress a', noon on Monday net.
Turkish War.
Bvulsa, July t0, Vd vices Irom Slivonlc
-ourtrn i uiiiirui lho intelligence nf tlie com
plKe (li-li-at ol the 'Jurk-, on the 2S!h Inst.
v:tr I rliza. The Montenegrins captured
..no Nvals, besides Osman Pasha, rive guns
isudnHieral Hags. T'tio Turks attacked the
Montenegrins at Hu'clii, but were rupuhed,
I "5-lim Pasha was wounded.
! Paiiis July .11 Vienna intelligence as.
1 ser tuit lursey and Austria favor th Pre
I lender Karei.iigeor,v itch dtclsres thai il
PriutH Milan returns to Belgrade vanquish
ed he wj be ilethromd.
1.i.Msj., July 30 A Xtnntlanl special
from Kalaial,sys tho Turkish army cross
ed the tMrviau frontier at Bussa. baturdav.
I A great battle is expected. There Is great
ex iteinem at me seat oi war, among i wins
iians,on aoxiuiit of a proclamation of Der
1 1 .h Pasba, (be Turkish commander iu
li-isitla, prohibiting quarter to Christiana.
A INtUia dtsfiatcti sy MonkhsNr Pasha
admits liming 10,0X1 meu iu the light with
Mon enegrlns.
A Pestn special aiv the annexation of
Botnu bv Aiutrta Is coiiteiupNt.H,
Tn Courier' rtKial telegram gives da
tails of the niassecre by Turks in Bosnia.
Tbrei liundred Chris'ltls were tortured and
IroMued In the iIIUrji of Pervaii and
Lunar. Twelve women ivere cut to pleoes
4tl'ii six y c'Mldrsn irare etoncd to
dmuh at UoUUt.j wdI fe hundraJ and
SALEM, OREGON, AUGUST
eighty girls wero violated and murdered at
Sackaloon.
The Tclegtaph's Vienna special speaking
of intorvemlon savs tho initiative will be
taken by Kngland at INlgrnde and Coustau
titiople, with tlie approval of tlm powers.
ITio bellgereuts are favorable to peace uoyi
tiatlons. London, Julv 31. Tho Oaman Pastmcup
tnred nt Verbi.a Is not tho great Turkish
commander.
The Turks engaged Friday noar Medutu
munliirod 12 000. Thev were driven to
Podoriti, and lost two guns. The support
ing bitirtllon. were annihilated. The atro
cities of Bashi R7.iuks cause Intense fei ling
throughout Gropce, and hor relations witn
Tin Key are becoming alarmingly snrlous.
UvtirsA, Aug. 1 The Turks lost in are
cent battle nt Tre'ierg, Sflim Pashi w as kill
ed and Osman Paha taken prisoner. Tivo
colonels, three llnutenant colonels, seven
majors, and from 5,000 to il.OOO men, includ
Ingtwo battalions ot infantry and one of
Casseurors, wore destroyed to the 1 ist man.
All the battalions engaged suffered. A num
ber ot Turkish interior ofHoera wero killed.
A strong pursuit was continued to tho widls
ot Bilne. The corpses were thick iu the
road bsfore tho cltidel, besides artillory and
trains. The Montenegrins captured 100
horses and an immense number ot arms.
The Turks are greatly outnumbered.
News from China.
San Francisco, July 31. Tho steamer
Belgic arrived to-day from Hongkong via
Yokohama, bhe brought but l.'xi Chinese iu
the steerage.
Tho rebels in Western China hav e succeed
pd in defeating and disnersin; the whole
imperial army the leader of which commit
ted suicide in consequence.
Prolonged drought in lour densely popu
lated provinces has destroyed crops over an
extent of eight hundred square miles oi
country, Inhabited by seventy millions oi
people, who are t'ireatened with the horrors
ut (amino.
A disastrous Hood at Foo Chow and tho
surrounding country has devasted that re
gion, causing immense loss of life aud dam
Rge to property, over 5,000 tlaarL'nodies hav o
been found near Foo Chow alone; aud, alto
gether, the Flowery Kingdom seems to be in
a v ery bad wy.
Tho manifestoes isesued by the Chlnrss
companies here have had great etlect In dis
couraging immigration to California for tuo
present at least.
Impeachment Trial.
Washington, Aug, 1. Belknap has beon
acquitted, the vote standing 35 for conviction
and 25 not guilty lets lhau the required two
thirds.
At noon the Senate bean to vote upon tho
articles of impeachment against Win. W.
Belknap, late Secretarj ol War. Upon the
first article nt impeachment 35 Senators vot
ed guilty, 25 not guilty, for waut ol juris
diction. Those who voted guilty were: Bayard,
Booth, Cameron ot Penusvlvania, Cockerill,
Cooper, Davis, Dawes, Dennis, Edmunds,
Gordon, Hamilton, Harvey, Hltclnock, Kel
1', Kernau, Key, McCrpary, McDonald,
Memman, Mitchell, Morrill, Norwofd,
Olesby, Randolph, Uinsotn, Uoherteon,
sjargenl, Saulsbury, Sherman, Mephenaon,
Thurinan, Wadleigh, Wallace, Wi.ytu aim
Withers.
Those voting in tho negative wero Antho
ny, Allison, Biutwell, Bruce, Cameron nf
Wisconsin, Chrisiiancy, Conkling, Conoier,
Cragin, Dorf-ey. laton. Ferry, Frelinyhuy
sen, Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls, Jones ot Ne
vada, Logan, McMillan, PaddiK k, Patterson,
spencer, West, Wltiilom and Wright. Jones
ot Floiida declined to vote, on tho ground
that the Senate had no jurisdiction.
Tiie presiding officer announced that two
thirds had not voted guilty, and thorntore
tlie respondent mi acquitted of tho charge
in the tlrst article.
On the second article, 3il Senators votd
guilty oud 25 not nullity. Maxo), who did
not answer on first roll call, voted gulltv
upon thosecond article. 1 hose .Senators w ho
v oted not guilty repeated their reason lor do
iiig so for wai t of jurisdiction.
Jo let-, of NevatN, said he did not mean to
loto on tho question of the guilt or inno
cenci of the accuse d, but he voted no,
guilty on the ground that the "ecu id
was a private e illen, and not liable to im
p-iaclimeiii, lint llkn any other cllimi lishie
nelore any ordinary court where ho hud
been mdli.ed ard was now nwalilug trial.
Upon the third and fourth aitlclos (he vote
stood is atiove M volinj, guilty, 25 not guil
ty. Before the roll e all on the lifth arlli'e
was finished, Morton, vviio bad been de
lalned on account ol a neveru fall this morn
lug, (Mine in and voted gulltv, tlie vole u
tlie article being 17 guilty and 25 u : guilt v
Twolhlrds ot tiie Senate not having vo ml
in I ivor ot sustaining the articles of im
p.iacnniblit, it was ordered that a judgment
of acquittal be entered, an J the .Senate, sit
ting as a court of impeachment, adjourned
aim ttie,
Smallpox in San Francisco.
'Un FiiANtTeto, July 31 Seventeen lams
of smallpox roisirted Miturday, nine Sunday
and ten to-day up lo noon, with live deaths
from that disease In (lie meantime. Tlie
crowds at the health office Increase daily, and
physicians lu at eiidaiKe are overtaxed,
Sa.s; FliAr.c'1-c'o, August 1, In the Isiard
of supervisors last night, Dr, Meams, health
officer, was in attendance and gave as his
opinion that the le-st hoii. will soon be ot '
ciowded and more loom required, (Her IU)
nates of smallfKix have been reported at li.o
liealth office, of which number 12 have been
HrtCt to the hospital, of which bH have died.
There wore 112 raaea aunt to the smallpox
hospital this uioclh, and UJait week. Forty-
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s.vendeiths from sinallpos liavo lnen re
ported this month. It Is probable addltioml
l.iciliths will lie provided tor rentov in and
caring tor patients.
siiiHittON, July .H nnllpo in a mild
brin madu its iippeatanco iu this 'ItyTuew
diy nt last vvctk; live case ate reported this
evening; health officers taking eveiy precau
tion to prevent the spread ot the disease All
necessary sanitary pre cautions have been
taken by the bnird ot himllh. Phvsii litis
report tiie dispiso thus far ot a mild char
acter. Correspondence from Ohio.
Killto- iVillime'ti' Pamir
Ireidothlgliwator.it Poitland, Oregon,
Shrevpport, Louisiana, aud Pittsburg, P.i.,
but listen now and I will u tale unlold.
Last winter was clnracterlod by being the
wettpst winter in sovonty-nlno juilrs, lu my
lormpr corropnnelonce 1 told voti about tho
mud. Notwithstanding all this, spring
catno at last, and tho over-reioicod husband
man proceeded at onco to till lho rather-too-mueh
lructilied soil. Ills iuuow broke
tho stubborn globe, and every energy was
taxed to lusuro ourly crops. But, Ala !
Those v. no had seled time by tho iorolock,
soon had to release that hold and grasp him
by tho tall. Plowing was Incoming difficult
and Imril, and some kuow so well wo vvoro
going to hai o a drought imp ir.illolad, bocauso
tho lain all fell last winter. Well, to be
honest, I thought that looked reasonable and
'talked knowingly about rutuie prospects,
I niyselt. It was Friday afternoon that n
i cloud (somen hat largor than tho otio soon by
tho man sent up by Elijah the prophet),
hoi o up in tho southwest uud bnro steadily
on until It enmo and stood over where lho
weather prophets wero. The rain fell by
plashing tits, and tho earth-rejoicing drops
came down. Tho dimples on the stream did
not circle out of sight, nor the amber colored
gleam of parting light break forth from eith
er east or west. In twelve short hours, all
agricultural pursuils were silenced, and
rain more or less for eight dajs, rendered
tho cultivator's task Irksome for tho present
season. Foxtail, and othor vile growths,
sprung up spontaneously, and, Irom tho
twelfth ot May until the fourteenth pi July,
It has rained three-fourths ol the time, ren
dering it almost Impossible to take caru of
crops, especially the hay crop.
Thursday night, the thirteenth, and Friday
night, the lourtooulh, will long he romem
bered by thoso in the vfoiniiy of streams,
winch, perforce, and by reason nt the rain
which te.ll during that night and day, over
leaped their banks and in their lrreslstahle
march carried ruin and destruction. Coin
psrtd with some of the streams, tlie Cataract
eif Lodoro was nnwhoro.
I ine papers ure inn ni ino neiiaiis oi iie-
striiction of life and property by lightuini',
and on the eighth ami ninth Instant,
niimeious largo and brilliant meteors are
reported mil in Ohio, Miihlgan, Indiana,
and Illinois. One at ld ion, Ohio, was vis
ible lor one hour and live minutes, or the
trail which it made iu its passage continued
that long illstinctly visible. Hume say these
phenomena have a direct reference to the
woids ol Peter when he said: "Nevertheless
we look for a new heaven and a now earth,"
Ac. But on tills point I ehull maintain
doubts unti. the weather change.
But I hasten to mngrntulatii you on jour
editorial success, iik a reciprocal eouliuiiity
ot friendly feeling, hope you may live to
celebrate another Centennial before going to
the happy hunting ground., uud thus I
close. John Wai his.
Li on vitn nt'liei, July 17, Is7ii,
Misstatements Corrected.
The I ill xviug luliur wo copy from tho
Law rill i (Kansas) luuuinl. It was wiilltm
by Mr. diaries 1 . Lert, ol sublimity, Ma
rum Co t ('"eg in wh i came from Ivatisisto
nr.'gou lu IsTI K will lepiy perusal.
LiMl'iH I.. i us l -In your Issue nf May
s, s,i,, J i,i i iniiueei rai is Irom a letter
written by Mr s. laloreii Aiiiiisvllle, Ma
rlon Omul), Oregon, lorinerlj Irom hausaa,
iu wtilch he makes some very harsh state
ments, to say tho least, about Oregon, aud
as I am itlno from Kansas, and now live
lu Marlon Co , Oregon, and within a few
miles of Auiiisi llle, 1 woiiul like lo correct
a lo of ni. statements lor Nar my old Kan
sas Iriuiids will I e led to bellevu Hint we live
in a veil pjor dud lorsakeu country, when
on llieeoii.iary, woibliik our esiuutiy hard
to be boat, taking all things Into i yiisidiira
tlou. Iu the hrt nlfco Mr. Tajlor snjs, "tie
rainy season is near'v eiver, I) il the neither
in Mill tool Nj wo am all w II. Ill .( to ad
mit lliat our rtiny sea-mi has broil long and
tedious. I'fiM rainfall shim the 20 II of at
October has been git-aler by lr than ever
known before iu ttie sami length of time.
Bui the weather ha beau mild all tho win.
tr through, and we did not have Treat
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enough to stiqi tlu growth ol our pvuuresoi
to liee1 tho inidilg potatoe.
Mr. Tajlor nnt sus "I think this is the
nuatipst plato l evu 'stiuck' in my lile, and
l shall leave i' .is feiou in l can cross tho
iiii.iiutiiins ' Now IT Mr. T. puis this threat
into execution it v.ll! undoubtedly be a great
loss to Marlon county. But I suppose look
ing at it Irom his standpoint, vvbut is our
lo.s vi ill i'.i his "eternal gain." So ho ought
to be. luppj. , ,
lletiiithiir snis; "Times aro getting har
der all tlie limu" in this country, and every
lout ot land is liu sale at sonio price." I can
show von hundreds ol fat ma all through
this county nm! right here in this "meanest
ot all pistes" that are not for sale at any
pine, and men all around mo who last yoar
ollered lo sell their larnis Im $20 per acre,
hum within I he. last tew weeks refused oilers
ol lioin!s22 i'J to j2. per acio tortile sumo.
' People who own even large farms are
cursing lho eountry." Wo havo olten re
marked sime living liere that wo wero never
In n nlui-ii Imr.i ilwir.i was so little growling
and complaint among lirmora about their
"hard lot" as hem.
llo not speaks nbout tho larmerH neit bo
ingiiblo to plow for some time yet and not
gelling their giritn In until the tlrst or June,
and ciiuiot liari est until tho inlddlo oi Au
gust. Now Kiippnsp wo don't sow until late,
with tho nil o gentle showers wo aro having
every week and he aw dews at night, we are
bound In make a big crop. I saw some
splendid whi'at hm vested lho llrst week in
sieptiinihor, lnsl jear.
He lnilher sijs; "i wish you coulel sro
lor youiselt how pisiplo liaio lied about this
country." Now, Mr. IMilor, 1 suppose
Fomo things hnvoboen e aggorated about
this uiiinlM, bultell met eit another Stale In
the I'uloii wliero a man has so longa tlnio In
put lu his w heat as bore, you eian begin put
ting in (all vilioat us the middle ol August
and keep it up all through tho succeeding
fall, wilder and spring mnn'lis, uutil tlm
llrat ol Juno ami be sure ot a good crop Irom
boginningto end. I claim that one man can
put iu more acres In Oregon iu one year, than
two men can in Kansas or any oi the States
oast or lho llocky Mountains, and iu place
of Oregon having been lied about In this re
apoct.tthe half has not been told. Here in
lho "hills" whero we live the ground never
get two.wxit-.io .plow, but you can plow
twelve months In the year. t
Tlie next startling s;t.teinrnt be make in, (
this: "1 havo never seen leod of all kinds,
so scarco ns it Is here." Surely Mr. Taylor
must have been raised lu a favored locality.
It Mr. T. is scarce of proper loeel lor his
stoe k, whoso lault is It i "I am sure timothy ,
clover and orchard grass grow rank anil
tlirllly in all (arts ol this valley. I haven
meadow on both, low ami high land, anil
botli are equally' good, and if Mr. T. will
eoineoyer I will sell him both oats andjhay
that I kept oveir, for I had more than mv
horses anil milk coivh could e at. M young
stoe k mid shoe p i nine through tlie w inter lal
on wild pasture, (which Is so very short )
lie fiiitliei tells his brothi'r that horses,
eatlNiiuil sheep have been dj lug nil at a
feailul rate; that Is something I had heard
nothing ot until 1 was lavuieel with reading
Mr. Taj lnr's leitfer, anil my opinion Is that if
Mr. T. was n huvaiel anil Mopped his wings
over Marion iciiiiily, ho would f.nd slim
pi -king.
Now Mi. Keillor, I lived In Kansas nine
teen j ears and a good share of the time on
the farm nnd have larmed It in other stales.
But I have neviT seen n plain iu III V life
whine I iriuers make as easy a living as right
hero III Marion monty, Oregon. .Steii k ol
all kiuils reepilies but little attention; but a
Illumine man Is kind lo his steick, and here
as elsewhere lho old aelagn comes In play.
"Make hay while the sun hIiIiiis." And
when a mini iindertaktis to put In a crop
with a te mi that lias to depend fur a living
on fend pit ked at night on a pasture that Is
probably sheeped to death, lie may woll
draw a long hinath iu April and say "1 havo
gen in v horses through and they aro safo
now, Im' they have.i hard lime of it," and I
suppose Ids horses will sgrso with him.
A liiHii (hat Is willing in gei In work In this
i euiiiiry e mi hale hay and grain ol all Icliiels
in ahiiudane o, and liilit nf all kinds until ho
Is slek ami tired of (licking it. Lint season
thousands ol bushels ol apples lay and rot
tid on lho ground line ausn the people would
mil pick them lor a bit t bushel; whereas I
liaio seen K.nsai farmers plow eiiru all
i-iimmnr, husk it in the lall, and haul It to
I, i -.weiii e twenty tulles al 12' e ts, per bush
el. But whatsoever a man sows the suuo
shall ho ul en leap, ami If a mail sits around
and growls instead ol sowing grans-seed ho
win hardly rp timothy hiy.
.Now, Mr i: lltor, I him not drumming up
omlgiau's for On gnu, but I do not like in
liMin i ur country misrepresented lo my old
frn nils slid in Ighbois lu Kansas, and I hoji'i
you will Im as willing hiiiI ready to publish
this lein r as jiiii wi re thai ol Mr. Taylor.
1 in. nam joins, em ,
C it im is 1'. KeiiiKiu.
juhiiiiii , Man in Co , Oregon, June 21.
Sim. I MvKtistn Secretary Cliadwiek
and .State I re murer Brown returned on .Sat
urday Irom Huge nn City whore they went to
examine tlie building Mr State University,
T liny report Die building worth eighty thou
sand dollars, mid admirably adapted to the
(in r (nit.,, ur whlcn it na. eonsiruu'ed, Th"
II uird of Stain I. mil Cmiimisslnnsrs will
meet on T uosdav next and formally recall
tho woik.
Tl.u Oregon ( liy nlnjnue says; " Hon.
Ilenrv Warren, of aiuliil coiinn, was iu
town last week, llllei V Inwing the IO it build
ers In reuard In (iiiialiiicilug a li at to run on
lbs Yamhill river. Mr, Wanuii saj-s the
farmers of Yamhill mean business, and will
not submit to the present axtorll' ll.W rates,
of the W. B.T. .V L. Co , and thai they lu
t nd to have a boat a aooil at possible.,"
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