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i rxrL4Svi C jj? JjrflBiJg'TfrilJ'm iSrC ?JJf'--5. 2,50 per Year. LATE DISPATCHES. Washington, Aug. ". Boutwell's uiajori ty report on the Mleslssiprl election, conclu ded (that, the present State legislature was elected by fraud and intimidation, and is therefore not a legal body. Gov. Amos.' res ignation was illegally effected by the legisla ture. Mississippi is largely under the con trol of armed politicians wbosn common purpose is to depr e the negroos of a free suffrage. These organizations, If inob hlructtd, will nbuin control by force and fraud of that State. The power of the nation al government should bo invoked and exer cised to make good its guarantee of a repub lican government to Mississippi, The report concludes the measures necessary and pos sible in exigency are these : First Laws may bo paused by Congies3 for the protection of citizens in the respec tive Scares. Second States in annrchy or whose affairs are controlled by oodles 01 armed men should b9 denied representation in Congress. Third The constitutional guarantee ot a Republican form of ttovernment to every state will require the United States, if these disorders increase or even continue and all wilder measure, shall prove ineffectual, to reniand theSta'o to a territorial condition, siud, throuph a system ol public education and kindred rfleaiis oi improvement, change the ideas of the inhabitants aud reconstruct the government on a lepubllcan basis. The minontv of the committee, Bayard and McDonald, allude to the President's Mention of tho Mississippi commission in its lortbromlug report, and Ms assertion in the Chamberlain letter, that Mississippi Is gov erned by fraud, etc., ihoy pronounced the statement uutrue ana reeret mo l-iesicn-ms spirit of animosity which they sny is evident throughout tho report, aud which does lnm discredit and shows that his heart and mind .irn closed to lustico. The minority assert that when Gov. Ames look Ma beat every State official was Hepubllcan. This was true also in counties where neiiroes wero in the majority. Ames and his K.sociates bad tho whole State under their control. Ames pros tituted his office and bargained with appoin tees who were notoriously unscrupulous, ic aorant and violent.- They deny that the testimony shows any intlmtda'lou w natever on account of color, anil depiecates Federal interference. The bill passed tlnougb the 1hiuh by Rep resentative l.aue to lelinburs" Otrun and CaUloruia lor Modou war expenditures, is still pending in the Spnatc. I nppioprlates 570.000 for Oregon, and not the m-rely insig nificant sum (t $7,000, as transformed by telegraphic error. Lane to-day introduced a bill to teimburse A. P. Jones and and other for nvmey dpo lt.l in Poi Hind government depository for surveys in Oreuon. I.VDlAXAPOi.it, Aug. 7. I is quito certain Harrison wi'l awept the nomination for Governor. Ills letter will be ready to-night. It is understood he is In accord with Hayes and the national platform on currency Clatters. L'HIUAUJ, Aug. 7. The J'mt's St. Louis special says Mckee is breaking doivn under his confinement and hot weather. Thej-UI is hardly habitable on account of beat. The entire torce of detectives to-day heve been luisv sei.inir crooked Kentucky whisky; ami up to noon -00 barrels were seized. The nf- fair seetns to lumcaie tne existence oi a whisky ring m Kentucky alid causes some ex"lteme'it. Nr.w Yonii, Aug 5 Seymour reiterates lus determination not to run for governor, or aeceptsnv position in the puMin service jrthieu Tiiden may offer him If elected to the Presidency, of which it Is believed Seymour is far from confident. Im:iana1'oms.Au: 8 Gen. Ren Harrison to-night accepts the Republican nomination for governor, nnd states he will make the canvas a thorough and aatlve one. Lofisvii.i.i:, Anc. si. Specials to the Cvitr tcr Journal Indlcato Democratic gains al most everywhere in Kentucky. Lexington give a Rspiiblhan msjori'y somewhat les than in previous uleo.lnu-,. Henrv Wattersnn wot, elected Sinator to day bv an overwhelming mor!ty Ni w York, Auk. Tho tbe-mometer yes'erilay was Uo" In the bd. There war, a shower In thn uftemoon which did nntciol the atmosphere. The wHHtlier iliis innriilng ' is yery warm with pruspscts of a wore hltir. dav. Mime suiutroks but only a tear la tallies. Minil.r, Am:. 7 --Thi coii'ity give 1,51m DMiio-vi'li inpiittv. (.lection qule. Mimhimkiii, Aug 7 DdtncNii.itlii trains t nvervwbere warrant tie utenisin that the Democrats hav;:.000mj iriiv. Manvoiiiii heretofore RHpuhlicii sniid D" OTir to lh' legisla ure. 'v.-.en Congie'slotisl illstrlcis ! e Kinie iini"L'raiic: unn jwpuuncui. Errvniij t-4Ctiil. Pmr pcirifiA, An" 7. Paid udu.Usious to 'he (.Viiieiui!!, ;! .7 Wammnot ..n, Aiiir -- UtenMnn hss b-wn d'rfs-Ml fo thn clvlratmn In Tilileu's le tcr of acceptance that iuteast on the publln debt N pavable In gold. S'atutes fit Vo b'on oire fully examined by Senators and representa tive and no authority is found hvtljxin for fciiy loan, the principal or interest nf which Is ltatilo exclusively iu tTiJd. Coin is tint ; lerm used on all oXMsliin. s-heriusn, chairman ol Wit finance com- t, iie n. orlulnsllv ma"" nayjhle Iu rtoln; nilt's, who ha been consulted, njsno law evry political 1... .-.... t u ... . J I. I. ..!(... .1... Pnllnl I " imw iitn "-ll lillKllUK inn u mirw ,. f...nr ruilI VUaatn ruif r. n.,M. ,, ll, fnnl niri . Im'h Jle JHV Or riWU j-rirK:lpl aud In ..ihmi of all bonded Indebl- ( 'l y: "Th fin- lundliu- m-t of .fulv 187D tindfr which ilhe nev lxt i'a he Iml isud. iiimUh Jlt.ni p'sIiIh In ivdn of tl n tUi'da-d value. ii Tne JltraUl't Valiloptni hp-cUl cay rftrxm brought ginst ileHdx.cks til a EWu'wnMwrn' Ixdriir ronoemfsf in ttuitr- n9'3 erPKe&lmlobl'ylrgavtaichkiuilljroiiKU the War Department, and when unsuccess ful there, in the Senate while ho was a Sen ator, attracts attention here, as it is founded on his letters and on evidence in the depart ment and Senate. It is believed by some persons so serious as, perhaps, to cause tho withdrawal of Hendricks irom tho Demo cratic ticket, as Orth was recently withdrawn from the Republican ticket, and curiously enough, for a similar reason. Thero aro Dem ocrats here who would not regard it as a great misfortune if Hendricks should be compelled to withdraw. Crook's Camt, North Fork Tongue river, Wy. T., Aug. 1., via Ft. Fettertnan, Aug. S. Morritt's 5th Cavalry has connected, reach ing hers last night. The march from Fort l'ottermnn was oor a disgustingly barren country, which seems to produce nothing hut sage brush, alkali water, grasshoppers and mountain fevpr, the latter, fortunately, of a mild type. Kvorybody welcomed this addition to'tlio army, for all movements had been postponed until their arrival. Gen. Crook, with his usual Bjtlvity, will advance against the enemy to-morrow morning with his entire command, 2,200, well armed, and so far as the cavalry are concerned, well mcuntfd men. Crook feels confident of meeting the Sioux within three days, and says if they are not found before the week is out it will be because tbey havo scattered. Considerable anxiety is ielt about Terry's movement, as nothing has been hoaid from him since his first dispatch, except Hint he is at the junction oi the Rnsebnd and Yellow stone, although three couriers have been sent him fioui hero. Every available lighting man goes out. The wagon train of one hun dred and fifty teams guarded by some .200 teamsters in charge of Quartermaster Ferry, will park at this spot which will be the base of supplies. Tho coming campaign will bo carried out on Spartan principles, an may be Judged from the following general order: " The officers and men will ea"h carry ono blanket only, four days provisions in their saddlebags, 150 rounds ammunition and a slncle chaugs of underclothes. Three hun dred and fifty pack mules will accompany the expedition, carrying ten days additional rations and extra ammunition, tho latter amounting to some 800,000 rounds. If w-o, have luck to lurct the Indians there- will be' a hot contest, for every one has blood In his eye and yearns for a chance to revenge his fallen comrades. GOV. TILDEN'S LETTER OF ACCEPT ANCE. After considerable delay, Gov. Samuel J. Tiiden has written a very lengthy letter in which ho rfecopts tho nomination for the Presidency made by tho Democratic National Convention. He pronounces the platform adopted by the convention "as a whole, a wise exposition of the necessities of our country and of tho reforms needed to bring back the government to its true functions and to restore tho purity of its administra tion, and to reuew the prosperity of tho peo ple. He then proceeded to reviow important national issues, of which review we can give but a brief abstract, as follows : He claims that an aggregate financial poll cy has tended, since lSOo, to diminish the energy, skill and economy of production, and frugality of private consumption, in deed miscalculation in business and an un- remuneratlve use of capital and labor." He asserts that in tho last eleven years fed eral taxes have amounted to $1,500,000 ,000 aud local taxes to two thirds inoro, the vast ag gregate being 7,500,000,000," which enormous taxation followed the civil war, causing great disaster. Ho compares the national expanses to the entire savings or the people and claiming they have excoedod the power of the peope to save. He says: ''I do not wish to exaggerate or alarm, I simply say that we cannot afford the costly policy of the RvJIcal majority of Congress; wo cannot af. f ml that policy toward the South, we cannot slljrd liHKnlfieant and oppressive centralism iuio which our government is being convert ed; we cannot IV ird the present magnificeut sco I of taxation." He wept tho constitution of tho Unlt6il I Hates, aud tho amendment thereto, us a final sattlemont of iuno-introvorslos encond. , Pre,i by tho civil war and says: "But in sid L,.,.,,,,,,..,,,,,, ,u' , , .. j of a remit so bonefioatit, the moral Influence o' good citizens, as well as every govern- inent Buttmrttv, nuzLit to ho lent not alono to maintidn their just equality before the law, but likeulsM to establish a cordial fraternity aud go'xl will among citizens, whatever their rait or color, who aro now united In the one destiny of common self gorernmeut. If the duty shall bo assigned tome, should not fall ta exercise the powers with which tho Uwa and Constitution of our country clothe i' chief magistrate and to protect all Its ciliii.H, whatever their former condition, in and pergonal riubt." rnptiou of specie payment, e government has only to mike good Us own prnmUoi and the bink I (--ni tukj caroof tbeuiselves." lie inys"tbat rt-suiupttou ouglit cot lo cost any ucrttlco to the bnsfnes of the country." He devotes erett length to tbedijcuolon of the financial question. The nel of reform In all admin u.fUlYo mattdjh U fully argued in accord- SALEM, OREGON, AUGUST ance with tho resolutions of the National Convention. "The first step In reform is an elevation of the standard by which the appointing power selects ageuts to execute official trust. Not less in importance is a conscientious linelity in the oxercisn of the authority to hold to account and displace subordinates. The public interests in an honest and skillful performance of official trust must not be sacrificed to the usufruct of incumbents. After theso immediate steps, which will ln suro the exhibition of better examples, wo may wisely go on to the abolition ot unnec essary offices, and finally, by a patient and careful organization of a better civil service system, under test, whatever practicable, of proved competency and Udollty." Ho closes as follows : When a year aud half ago I entered on my present Irusi, It was In order to consummate reforms to which I had already devoted sev eral years of my life. Knowing as I do, therefore, from fresh experience, how much the difference is betweeu going through an official routino and working out reforms of systems and iolicies, it is impossible for me to contemplate whin needs to be done iu the Federal administration without an acute sense of the difficulties of the undertaking. If summoned by the suffragists of my countiymen to attempt this work with God's help, to be tho efficient instrument of their will." Letter from Lieut. Schwatka. We have been permitted to publish tho following extract trom a letter written by Lieut. F. G. Sohwatka, whoso homo was for merly iu Salem, but who U now sorvlnj in the !2d Cavalry, under Gon. Crook: "We had quite a severe light on tho head of Rosebud Creek, Montana Territory, with the Sioux and Choyennos under Hitting Bull aud urazy Horse, numboring nbiut two or three thousand. Wo lost nine killed and flfty-one wounded and think wo killed tbout fifty or sixty Indians. They left thirteen on the iield, whose scalps were taktn by tho friendly Indians. t"VT . My command with tbreo others, forming a battalion of cavalry, made the 'first chargo, and drovo about lour hundred Sioux from tho top of a bluff from which thev had driv en our friendly Indians during the opening of the tight. Wo held tho hill for two or tutoo hours, until ordored to withdraw to at tack the villus), which was rennrted lo havo beou discovered. Wo followed the caflon of the Rosebud Croek until ordered to swing around and attack tne Indians In the rear. Upon this movemont the Indians rapidly re treated from the field. After tho tight it ap peared that we had beou only a very short distance from the village at the mouth of the can n. and that trees had been felled at the farther end nf the village to get us in, and that from 2000 to 4000 Indians lined thn sides of the caiion. Had we gone one mile farther our battllon nf cavalry and oue of the '2d cavalry would have suffered tho fate that uustor met with six days later when ho charged the same village, about twenty miles from our battle-field, on the Little liig Horn River. Wo a4e now waiting for the 5th cavalry, which will be here on the 2th. when we will Join Gen. Terry on tho Tongue River and move nortnwaru again after ttie Indians." A MOUNTAIN WATERFALL. Perhaps your readers, taking into consid eration the dullness of harvest time, aud the dearth of more useful correspondence, will permit me to till the stny of adaj's ad venture in the mouutalns near Smith 'a Forry on the Santiam, which bsppined the latter part of July. Our camp was a mile or so above tho Ferry and our company contained six young ladles who longed for a romantic excursion, but could find no escort or tho sterner sex, as our chief reliance iu tiiat respect had determined to go fishing, and fishing Ihey wout, with a will immutable as the decrees of the Modes and Persians but leaving us no less liicliiiutlon lo search for the beau'iful waterfalls lo be found on the headwaters of Stout creek, a beautiful little torrent that furu'stie. olllu dells in the vicinity of the Ferry, In these day ot wouitn's rlghts,slx enter prising young ladlis, all from Ssloiu or vicinity, where strong minded doctrine are so thoroughly roinulgated,nre not to be m'tly put down. Wo found a lively matron to take our ease In hand, who not only con ssnted to goi.long lo tnitioni) the expedi tion, but procured n light wagon aud team to aid the trausrortntiou department. Hut let it bo understood here that while I hawj been talking waterfalls, tho ostensible object of our Journey was "blackberries," supposed to grow in a hemlock clearing, almost above the clouds. Imagine at your liesure the. lively picture of seven feminines uiul a spring wagon filming that mountain spur on that July day. It wan all llnv horses could do lo take that wagon and the drher upward, and we girls fooud It thioiigh the tail fern in the most promiscuous iimniidt. The wagon lent respectability, you know, and added to the effect. Folks who nre not familiar with such mountain lite cannot understand readily that the tall fern grew at least to the level of pur bead, but U) It was. 11, 1S76. A dim wagon track existed, with branches which we occasionally followed only to re trace our steps. We spent an hour search ing for n waterfall unavallingly. After wandering through tanglod woods and deep ravines until we were tired ane flustered be yond expression, we called in tho scouts and retraced tho road to tho wagon, whore wo definitely gave up tho hope of a water fall to eull en the scene and resigned our solves to the primary intention of finding a blackberry patch. When Shakespeare said "as plenty as blackberries," he must have referred to some region whoio they wore more plentiful than they can bo found iu our day. This identical blackberry patch we wero after was on top that part of the world, and very foi tunately our matron friend had beon thero in years gone by and had not forgotton tho way. Following her wheel tracks, nnd cheered by the knowledge that the lunch basket, which constituted the commissary woioinsldo tho wagon, we girls made a bold push over thn fern hill-side, and finally reached a cleat lug on tho summit, that prov ed to bo the home of mi unmarriod, and consequently very gallant German, who gavo us first an astonished look, then a po lite greeting. Hewns the proprietor of the blackborry patch w o wero looking for, and when he learned that we were also ready lo dovour a waterfall, ho seemed delighted. He described threo several waterlalls in tho vlciiiinty, and all charming, but ho told us that ono of these, about threo quarters of a mile distant, was chief of thotu all, mid best of all, ho was confidentlhat no civilized woman had ovor beheld it. He proffered his services as guide, and wnftiuii; an hour, for his dinner and our lunch In bo ach loved, we then accepted tho services of Mr. Frnun immerman, which lie informed us was tho German for Frank Carpenter, and all on foot sot out for tho fulling water. Our guide, though dressod In the common garb of a German laboring man, showed groat polito ness ami courtesy. It was a novel thing to him to seo a bevoy of girls at his monntain home and he was evidently determined to do his part as mountain proprietor. It is needless to tell how wo scrambled through ravines and clamhorod over logs and rocks, always climbing higher us we went, and catching many a fall, meanwhile, until at last we stood at tho very point whero the streamlet in ado its downward leap of Hill foot. The Bpot was very loinantlc; groat hemlocks ovorshadnwed it with gigan tic branches ; Ihe scene was beautiful, and grand, and picturesque, and all that, and some of us said oh! and some said ah! and others said nothing nnd thought the more. Taking hold of the guido's hand wo could step across jhe stream at tLo very spot where It made Its downward plunge. Whou the stream was full, in the wintertime, wo wore assured that it made the passage in a solid stream, but when wo saw It the stragllng waters bounded from a rock midway, and then leaped agaiu. Our enthusiastic German friend demanded a favor of us, and tho earnest manner iu which he mado his plea provod that his soul was fully alive lo the beauties of nature. The waterfall had no name, and since for tune had kindly sent him such unlonkod for guests he was anxious that his cliarmlng visitors (to use his language) should furnish a name for this wild wquostored spot. Now somo of us had studied Gorman at the " "varsity," nnd wo held a sort of conversa tion with Mr, Zimmerman In his own lang uage, which resulted In thn selection ol tho German tor mnideii, " Jungfor "which means, by the by, a miid who had never bsfore had a lover as the designation of thn ch.rmlug wi terfsll. Alter Hie name was di-clded on, greatly to thn satisfaction of our friendly guide, wo christened tho spot most appropriately by eacu drinking a cup of clear, cold water from tho stream, (the guide and smom malilens giving threo cluers esr.li) which, wo wero Informed, look its rise cio.i by, in a spring that gushed from the moun tain side. Letlttlieiibu called "the Jungfor Falls" from this time forward. On is or iiik Maidk.vs. Sap Casi, or Dhow.si.no On Tuesday nf last week, the wife and two sons of Mr, W. Wheeler, Jiving on tho North I'mpqua, were dronntd. Tho Utile one, six years old, slip. cd Into the water, and the mother and the eldsr boy, aged lo, wire droantd In at tempt loreociie the o her. Three other Utile sons sW.od on tho Lank and witnessed the barrow inu none, unable in rtuder any a. slitance, M, W, was at Oakland at tbe time, and his family had gone to the ferry to meet uitu on ui return. Volnmo VIII Number 26. STATE miWS. The Fuceno Journal savs: The beard of regents for the State Unlvoralty held short session on last Monday night and adjourned to the coming Tuesday evening, when they will elect n full (acuity for the university and-apnolnt a day of opening. We under stand mat exercises win commence uu ui nbout tho second Monday In September, as tho regents havo been officially informod or tho acceptnnco by thn commissioners of tho building, and dosiro that school shall begin at once. Walla Walla larmers witl nearly llntsli harvesting this week. Their uulvorral ver dict Is that tho wheat, noin in quality ana quantity, was never as good and largo be fore Mr. Abraham .lonos. n farmer In Douglas county, has -170 owes which sheared l,r00 pounds of wool ttio oilier nay. xnaiwouiu bo at tho rate of a fraction ovor live pounds to tho owe. Mr- If. McOulrn. llvlnir on Russoll creek about four miles from Walla Walla, cut and threshed on Sat unlay last and Monday loro noon sixty ncros of volunteor wheat, which turned oiit '25 bushels per acre. Tho nar.oci at learns from Capt. Scott, of tho steamer City of Salem, that tho two most difficult placos botweon Albany and Port land aro at Iluenii Vista and McClosky'h shute, 7 miles below Salem. At the formor plnco thero is but 17 Inches of wator on tho shoalest place, while the litter place has only about 15 Inches, w 1th a tortuous chan nel ol some o00 yards to run. Harvesting In Jackson county Is still busily piogressing, nnd will continue a few weeks longer. Tho hay crop is large, but tho grain will bo somewhat shorter than usual, owing to tho difficulty In trotting in the crops last spring. Still thoro will bo plenty for all purposes, as thero was con siderable surplus lull from last yoar. The house or K. K. W. Griffith, on tho Um atilla meadows, near the Twelve Mile House was burned with everything In It last week. The family aro loft with only the clothing they had on. Fourteen bridges liavo been authorized to be constructed on the Astoria-Nebnlom road. A rny of hope now strengthens the hearts of the sottlors In that favored locality. Stock lings, Iu tact lines of any kind, Bre very scarce, or rather in groat demand in Walla Walla valley. Thero Is apparently ronsldeiahlo wheat down, not lit or worth harvesting, and every farmer blessed with such grain Is willing to harvest, throsh and ship it In tho shape of bacon. Tho Govt inor has reappointed L. 1). Snow dou notary public fur Marlon county, and Jbs. II. Frush tor Multnomah countv. A Miss Morris, ol North Yamhill, had tho misfortune to have her arm broken In two places by falling off a log, while at King's mill recently, she was gathering blauk berrios, and In attempting to walk a log slip pod and loll. Crickets along the Yellow Hack and tow aril tho Walla Walla river are getting to bo quite destructive. At first people thought ihev were estrays or traveling for their health, but dually thev became so thick that they are now looked upon as old settlers, lo expel. Five pickers got is gallons of blackberries on thn Nestucka lal Sunday. Parties aro proposing to go Into the sal mon business on the Tillamook Hay. A Tillamook man cut four tons of timothy from a little less than an aero ol laud. Weather Report for July. During the month of July, lb7tl, theru wore 3 days on which rain fell, viz: the 8, 'J, and 10, with an aggregate of .il'i Inches or wator; S) cloar days and H cloudy days; thunder aud lightning was observed In tho H K during I or ! days, but which produced no rain In this vicinity. i'hn nean tomnnraluro foi tho month was iir :tl . Highest dally rmuii toinpirature, 7i on tho HO; lowest dally inrmn 5IJ, on the 10; mtail temperature lor the month at "J p.m. 7 Vi . llilit st thorinomrlrr for the month 01- at !i p. m. tin the UO'I ; Ioh' thermometer lur inn moiiin "i , ni i a in, on win mm, Piirlui luly 1M75 thorn was no rainfall, 111) clear and I cloud v day, Meuu temrornturo lur the month iiO 01 ; highest dally mesii tcmponituro tor tho month, 70" on 'JH; lowel mean temperature fur the month, 57" on "d Kof.A, Auir. lt, ISii;. T PitAliti:. RctGlutioil.1. Whorevi, Thern have been i irculated by fine Hiiph Mi Gov u li kiiiI wife, irrlH in sland erous report uinlnst our Worthy Master, M, l Wiliniit, llml arc calculated lolnjuiti him; therefore, be It Resolved by Ihe officers nmr members of Fall Creek Orange, No, 1 Hi, P. til II., 'that we regard the charges thus made as Inten tional Insults to our Worthy MHster, and to our order, und that we repel Ihe same as fa I Mi and malicious. lb-solved, further, That so far k blng re sponsible for Hitch charges, our Wormy Master hss proven dear by the officers and members of this Grange. Unsolved, i hat lli-i n solution be for. warded Uilhe Albany Culllvstor, Wim.am. Km. Faiimmi, Mute Journal, and Kugcue Guard, with the l quest that they publish the same, Dono at reirular meeting of Fall Creek Orange, No. HO, P. of II. Aug. 5th , 1871. Wauhk.n Lucky, See. proteui. J.so, II. Rirjiio, M. act. 4-Ofc AiJ ( Tl J l E -s-a.v aStMWWMtESM5a -
