WILLAMETTE FAKMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 8, 1881.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
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respectable, si the following- tablo ol rites
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1'uMlcmtion Offlre- .So 6 Wai.lilitcui Mrcct I p
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TO WHEAT GROWERS
Wo clow up the harvest )car of lhSI-Kl
with aliout two millions of bushels of surplus
whc.it still in hand, while California carries
over neatly ten times that quantity. The
probability it that thiM S ate mil have a har
vest fully an great as that of 'SO, w itli ft pros
pect that KastcrnOiegoti will for the first tune
figure poreoptibly with u wheat nil plus, and
Kvtern Washington will lie in the nurkLt
with what surplus they hold over and with a
greatly incicascxl production to swell the sin
plus of IbSI. Wo may tafcl) calculate, ou a
total of surplui wheat from tl.c Cduiiitua
ricr of fully 2.50,900 toui, or 8,000,000 hush,
els. It is tiuo that California counts upon a
Ic,cr)iclilof wheat for I SSI than foi I8.S0,
but with the mirplun left from ISSO, to be ad
rlod to the jicld of 18-SI, that Suite will have
more wheat to ship in I3SI-2, than in an)
previous year, anil it is hardly reasonable to
expect that in any contingency thcic will
uihi.ii.iit tonnage neck tint cunt to icliue us
f tho wheat we shall have to sell dutiiig the
jrur to come.
The word liaA ironc forth through the pim
that exporters hue are alru.uly planning
shrcwdl) to lay waichoiiBciueii under sm.li ol
lTg.it ion that they can control wliat wheat i
tored through the couutiy, whin they want
it to use, without iiu)iug it. Sm.li a policy
in disastrous at the most favorable season", to
tlie producers, liccauso it enihltH c-p .iters,
or Imj era, to speculate ofl th producers w itli
their own wheat used to tlepieos the market
The wheat biijers of this tit) .ill work to
gether with perfect nigiitiMticu. The an
nouncement of theii intention to capture the
warehouses has anno)od thum anl they ap
pear to have all ni t together in council to
fljan and perfect their schemes for handling
the ci op of IbMI. When all the competing
exporters get together and harmonize it is
stmo for tho producer to stand from umKi.
It is not possible for tho producers to have an
rgiini.ition that can ho mi p ifett m the con
Mliilntmn of expnrtrs can elhct but it is
possible for every faiiner to uiidni stand hn
mvn intciint and act upon a ivi u piiutiple,
and in this manner alone cm tiny hold put
Ij in clack tho schemes of tint spttul itois.
Piiring tliu p ist) ear the liu)i is j,riui ill)
have dunu well in f.ut lne mtiluagoxl
rtt.il of money, an cm Iw hi-imi when we calcu
late the profit they have made mi h udling
ovi i r,()00,0CU bushels of whcit.it III nuts .1
Inishttl idiauco on the ouo lit in of llilj;hU,
xnil w lolo they miyluve clenicd hall a mil
lion dollaiH by Bp''culatuig in tniutt rs, tlu)
haw-no doubt rt.iliid hsiiUomil) on the
wheat as welt.
The farmer is ilepussod by low pruts whilu
the (portcr his made umisiiil piolit and is
full handed to loiumeuui inothti buninesn
year. That is the si'uatiou Don't uiidu
tand us to denounce or in any respect lo find
fault with expoiters who have sptvuhiUd in
tharters and in wheat. So fat as we know
every man of them deserves ei cry dollar he
has inadu niul ha.s acted honorably, but we
rcaoon that the farmer should not put oppor
tunity into the hands of the speculator. We
have always, and uuhf-itatiuglv mUocateil
tho interest of the product Ihviuhii they are
our patrons.. Wo now preieut nutters for
their consideration and if NMaihlo for their
united action. They have rather n haul pros
pect li"fore thetn for the crop of IrkSI, but by
prudent management miy come out better
than they will if they give tho game away in
the Kunming. They mint ! that then
wheat isMibjictto their own control until
such tune as they absolutely sell it.
Wlulo the crop pifwjMct with usiafair.it
teems piobablethit the s ! ij pnxluctloii of
wtieit l'-ist of the Kinky unmutaiiis will bu
loss tlim I u-t )eai and souit pUcv the prohl
bin di lieu Hi), comparul wtlu 1381, at one
hiiudiid null ion Imsliil This msy Ihhh iu
Ir n leant statuiieiit, Imt the geueial inKit
xems to bu that while nun lxiks will, wheat
I is it idiort trop. Ihl will mike a gieat dif
fnreiii'n m thewoild's mirkoti, if it is truo
that them is to lm .1 nieitd li lone) in Amer
ica, but against this pouilulity n li.n utile
ahnost ctitamty that thesviu-seeiop thnwigh
' Uuiopi mil he ; od, o: -t l'st in improve
ment in 'Ml. r.ngliud will hue s pxiro op,
i, pr. bablv, and lessened setiwge is repoiUsl.
' and I lei ni.ni) has Uin stid to slum a pout
pnpeitfoi wheat, but the Ut ivsrt a-in
!u-inan) is iiiipiiiiin,! Put I'lench )iild i
(rood. nd t'.iuiulii'iit the Itii-.iiu empiie the
-Jiiil..ip Is said hi Li I iiluenso. It IS. is-fcJl-Kl
that Uu-ia iiU'in- ihle to supply any
Ii'icitmy that ma) exi.' n th ut of I'.u
Pine.
When wesiiui up the itmtiou, and Uku
iutoionsidoiatton tin) J.tnu of lhighth im
porters in biiving whest to Ik) how shippotl
from tho Columbia ii t-i. which ithiiot reich
llieui bcfoio lhtvinlKr, we coiultido tho pn
jvrct ishNorab'o for solus s Iv nice lit price,
but tho only was for whet gros to nwhio
it is to lu'phold of their wluat so no uivican
khip it l'tfore It is paid for, in J U- cartful not
ti put eo'much pu the mtrUt at any one
' 4 t'tut ae to .If pros it by (fiving bu) ei t an I e
ljr.nuppUt in vluc of their nrt.lt.
V'inp to heir thtt the meeting callnl to
e at TWts iieit Jsaturjs. will lm will at-
tef JiUft(V'' "' uu"' action in that ill
STATE FAIR MANAGEMENT.
From a much respected correspondet.t we
receive a length communication wherein he
takes strong ground against the present man
agement of the Oregon State Agricultural So
ciety! windinjr up with an earnest appeal for
all to take hold and help put tho Society on
a good basis because of its know n gri at advan
tage to the country at large. We shall re-
I new all tlie points made in this communica
! tion, as briefly as possible.
Fust As to the claim that there has been
iiismmagemtnt on the part of the officers.
mi tins wo reply tun no prooi is iiirnisuru to
justify such a charge and w hen any facts arc
stated to support it, it will bo time enough to
answer tho accusation; but we will review the
circumstances of the Sotiet) to get at the
facts of the case, if possiMc.
We all know that the S icitty has a debt
secured bymortgige, on which inteiest has to
be pail; and also tint there has alw)s been
more oi les of outstanding and unpad war
rants. For three successive ) cais up to lb"U,
thu October fans were financial disasters, sim
ply bee use lams occurred at fail time and
prevented a po-sibility of success. Then, as
a relief, the duectois held the fair of 1SS0 in
July and tame out ahead so as materially to
reduce the lloating debt. Tnat was good nun
.V-Iuiicnt, for "nothing succeeds like success."
Tlie m.ii ngement of previous years would
hive been tsjiially successful if the weather
had permitted no doubt of it Always, with
good wealh r, the Statu fails have succeeded.
f'U.ise bear tint in mind; and that being the
ca.se thu bid management is ic-oKcd into un
fortunate' oeciiriencc of rain at the season of
holding the fair.
Having succeeded in 1SS0 the diicttoia
tried it over in '81, a al made enough to pay
all fair expenses and improvements foi the
)car, and pieiiiiums, but not enough lo pa)
interest on the funded debt and the llo ting
debt of $5,000, which was Itgilly due and
pavahlc out of the lint mono) in the troasuiy,
of coins", and the total receipts wire in the
hsiids of the t'cisurtr before a single warrant
was isaittd foi the expense! and piemiumsof
1681.
Iitviewiii'' the affairs of the Socictv foi
yeais past we see that a huge and not entire
ly uccessaiy expense was iucuir:d, some
yens ago, to biing in water through mains,
which cost, if wo icincmhcrwell, about $0,000,
and constitute the pi cscnt floating debt of the
Society. This could have been avoided hail
thehoaid realised the run of ill luck it was
about to experience, but with onlinary suc
cess in view it would have proved agieat
convenience, .is it .-citainly is.
I'ossibly expenses and picmiunis could have
been cuitailu! if so much ill fortune as has
been expel ii need could have been forsten, but
wo feci that the management his been entire
1) honest, and leally has b cu canahlo, and
only has failed of success from inability to
coutiol the iiasous and to command piojperi
ty for tho country at large, for the want of
suceiss this )cai has been trrcitly chirgeable
to the vorv haul times iuv.iiliiig.tnil tho gen
cial suucit) of money. The people hid to
i'i-niiouii0 and the State Fan was the lojei.
It Is albo tiuo that the holding ol celchritlous
in iniiny plices inteifered with the fail, and
e f ivor October or Septcinbii asthusmsnu
foi holding fails in tho futuie. lttally, then,
viln le i time, any scuous giound f . 1' the
i huge of mismanagement?
Still leviewing tho acts of the lioaid of
Manageis wo find that they have for) cars
past i .used money to piy premiums ami sus
tain the credit of the Society by pledging their
private credit for that purpose, and that too,
when they derived no profit from thoir nfli
ciil positions, so we conclude that they were
extieiuely lovnl und public spirited in risking
their own menus to cany out the purposts of
the Society, and deserve praise instead of
blunic.
They line done this agiin to tho extent of
paying otf a pait one half of the premiums
and debts of the Society, and if tho Secretary
lit Id the w ai rant of thu Society when tho
fair commenced to thu amount of $.",000, what
fault eau bo found with him if ho still holds
them mil lisks luspiivato tiedit tiy so doing,
while tho Socuty is relieved thereby from
creditors tint would Iw certain to claim the
llrst money in the tuauiy to cancel then
eliiins'
We are deeply interested in the success of
the Society, as we believe it to be a most use
ful agi nt in itdviiicnig the material interests
of Urn State, and we consider tho location fa.
voiable as being central to the Willamette
Valle), but we have no fiivontism to show
men or place, so we demiiid fiir ctlticisuiand
duvet charges in place of mrie condemnation
of tho iiiiuagirs because the) have not alw.i)s
suiceeded. The) lertsudy am nu.ong om
Iwot citireus and most entirpiising fanners,
who cm hive no seltish inds to seive, and if
theSiKiitv teUnu the tamo men m otlice, it
is Mliipl) bctaiiso they lludeistaiul alhius, and
having usktd thin own t-iidit so long tuhold
up the liiiauves of the oig.iuiutioii, cannot U
dispensed w itli for new men w ho might not be
willing to do as much. Wo are. aw a o that
evei) man of them woul I gl.ul!) benlieved
ol thu eaie and nsjioiisihi'itv, and the lin mil it
ntks the) choc I lull) inn.
When wo see tnat' tho Secretary foiegmw
hit opkttumty to draw the fS.lHK) he holds
in w ii rants, which it Is safe to say no one
i Ue would do, what it there objectionable in
his course? The onl) lault wo see in that is
that the Kunldid not plainly know how man)
warrants wertumt and who held them
Of loume tho.so who have taken pit Illinois
need their money, but lit all persons so intir
eatcd ask them.iltts what Kttel they could
do if they weiv direttom. How can the So
ciety pay oil SIS.UO0 with JIl.tKX)' How
iiiiny would do as tlnso dirtvtort do lioriuw
on their ow u credit to pa) oil the 50 per cent
that it tvsid?
Our friend sa)s sll ought to take hoi I to
help the StK-iety to a good and sivutw jKition,
and we heartily couuide, Imt that can only
be done by raiting whatever It nevesai) to
pay oil the ouUUuding warrants. Anyone
who will plan to do that will .colic, the piob.
lent, slid It really seemtthlt witll a littlt lull
lie liberality it might be done.
THE 0KE00N PACIFIC KA1LE0AD.
We "quote this week what the Albany
Democrat, Corvallis 0a7ette, and Oregon
Colonist, have to say aliont the speedy con
struction of the railway from Corvallis to
Yaijuina bay. Thcie in perhaps some un
necessary disparagement of Portland til this
connection, fer all enterprises must stand on
their own merits. The more shipping points
this countiy can have the better. The more
railroads to develop the splendid coast region
and create new outlets for our commerce, the
better. If 1' rtl.md has any objection to
nrge, her citizeHS had best keep it to them
selves, for the people of the upper valley are
entitled to every facility and advance they
can command. The Willasii.tte FtnviEB
has plainly demauded something more satis
factory than talk from Col. Hi gg, and his
associates of the Oregon Pacific enterprise,
and now, if the go lo vvotk in earnest vie
shall greet their vioik with unqualified satis
faction. It is not necessary to argue or dis
cuss whether the Oregon Pacific road as laid
cut and piojccted, is feisible or will trove
prove riroStnble. We need additional con
nections with the Fist, ai.d the men who
have the money to build them surel) ale able
to answer such questions. If a through con
nection by a new loutc can be effected, the
who country will bo the gainer, and the
possibility of something like competition in
iraiupci Utiuii will be more certain.
SlNCf v.-e wrote the editorial about the
State Kan. we have received the letter from
Ml. F. M. Waite, Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society, which explains his
transactions that have been the subject of
criticism of late. Fither Mr. Waite falsifies,
or he has acted in a very liberal and unselfish
manner towaids the Society. Knowing Mr.
Waite and ipprcciatin.; his thorough duvo
ti n to the Society, w ith w hich he has I ceil
so long oflicull) connected, we acconl him
high praise for sinccie and ill interested con
duct. We offer our columns to free criticism
from thoie who have fault to find after lead
ing the Secretary's explanation, but we shall
publish no nnorrymou communications. Cor
icspondcnts may say whit they ure willing to
sign, but it stnkes us tint in view of tho em
barrassments of the Society and the fact that
they have all been honorably incurred, th
best way wi 1 be for all who leally have the
good of the Society at heart to sue sny
unnecessary and superfluous eiiticism, aud
woik for harmony rather than for disintegra
tion. Let us keep up a popular inteiest and
bear in mind that a singlo good, old-fashioned
fair, with receipts at J.12,000, which vn once
reached, will make ever) thing satisfactoi).
Tchsiiav. evening tho sun sank behind the
West while light clouds vvero passing over.
A shower wms falling gently aid nlmost im
peiceptihly, und the lleecy clouds and trm
siunt shower weiu utilized by tin sinking ib
to paint upon the eastern sky one of tho most
nngniticent taiiibows that has ever spanned
an earthly hoi ion since the Uow of Promise
was sun after the Noichiiu delude. Owing
to the position of the ciui thu bow was of the
laigest and fullest dimensions. It spanned
tho i astern sky, n perfict aich, that sat broad
ly and soaied loftily, and all tho pusmntie
colors were as pcifcctly and delicately triced
as fancy could paint them. It was a majestic
and woudiiful scene, sublime beyond the
power of language, a realisation of something
undefined the soul kiibs for, that the senfo of
beairy and power that dwells within us ap
piecintes, while it cannot desciibe. And
while we looked tho sun went down, slowly
tho rich colors faded and the clouds so lately
inspired by sunset hues and inado gloiious by
the liow of Promise grow daik with the shad
ow s of the nipht, but tho memory was still
left of tho glory of the scene and wo recalled
that the bow was sent by Him who long ages
sinie placed thus His promibo on the cloud.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY.
We call attention to tho adi ertUoment of
this well known school and collegiate institu
tion, w Inch has been in i xistcnco so long, and
has graduated so man) competent men and
women, who now take a leading part in the
all lirs of our State that it is hardly necessary
to particularise concerning its advantages.
This we can say: that the present manage
nit lit is pronounced by all interested to be ex
cellent and fully equal to tho liest days the
Collego has know n in the past, and certainly
equal to an) thing in the way of education Mils
State can otlei, Itesides this, S ilem is a dc
lighttiil place for )oung people to reside; with
few disidvaiitigts of an) kind and much inure
than usually can bo found in the way of culti
va'idsoeiit) and true tnjoynieut.
OsMif tho article exhibited nt the State
Fair, w Inch attracted g.actal atttention there,
was tin ivovin wire bed show h by Hales A
Duikee, whose niai.ufaitoi) is incited at Si
leiii. TIicmi lieds aro exceedingly popular
w htn v cr used, and dosei v o all the popul u -it)
the) havegauud. The) aro much lighter,
and much stronger, aud more lasting than the
ordliiuy spring mattucs, and cost less than
an) other lirst class spring bed. They aro
ottered for sale generally h hading furniture
irairrs, aim an- person ai'ilressiug l.iUa A
Durktv, Salem, will icctivo circulais and
price list. The many advantages of such a
lied cm lie easily seen on examination, and
can Ih rtadily iungined without furthti
description. jiilybi-lmo
BUCKEYE MOWERS AND REAPERS.
N'o hsrveMing machine ttvms to give moro
uuqualititd satisfactum thin tho lluckeve
mow er and reaper, and Mes-rs C II IKsld .
Co, inform in that they have told one hundred
and lift) machines to supply the wants of hay
harv esters. The reaper has a sclMuuding at
tachment that works well with wire, and tluir
twine binder it alto in the market, hut Mr.
IKxld has ouly a few sample machine! on
hand this ttvuou Theo uia:hiiies will be put
in tho hands ef good farmers to thoroughly
tet tluir tllicieiic), and with that i-arefullv
dcmuiutnittd on the xt b) kocx witneases
vou can depend on it that the lluckeve Twine
Hindi r will bo hiard of iu tlie Oreui harvest,
for l.wi i
Slale .isrlcultnral gnrlrlr and Its fecrtlar).
Salim, July 11, 1831.
Mn. Editor : It has been charged that I
have speculated in and purchased at a dis
count, and taken for others who have pur
cWed them at a discount, a large sum in So
ciety warrants, forcing them on tho society at
this Fair. I ask the papers of the State to
publish this statement, fr m a member of the
craft, to the end that the facts im) be known
aud m.deistood. The statements I make are
susceptible of undeniable proof.
As a member of the Hoard of Managers,
an I feeling a stiong de ire to pieserve the
credit of tiie Societv, it has been my custom
fur yais. as S cretar), to purchase, to a
great r or !es extent, at the closj e f each
annual fair, and after the funds of the Society
were exhausted, such warrants as were held by
needy or complaining parties, but li every
instance, as all will testify, pawng par value
theretor, holding it was a breach of good
faiih for any member of the IJoird to specu
late on the misf irttiucs of the Society, or o
discount tho warrants of lta patrons. The
warra its 1 have n fit led to, for the most pair,
were but a small sum annually, a id weic met
at succeeding annual fairs.
At the rinse of tlie disistrous fair of 1S70
the third of a seues of tni fortunes I held
some l,200in warrant', and whili others
were anxi 'lis for the vaiious sums they weie
entitled t as exhibitors, no warrant of n.iue
was presented, nor was auv consideration of
otlur claims I had, at that tune, ev en asked
for. though desirim; Jti 1 needing my means as
much as any one. Nor did I, w itli strong
ha'd- and a well tilled puisc, reach out for
the depieuaud vvariauts of exhibit' rs aud
b. at ol the piolils of the transaction, but al
lowed the muds to pass horn my hands for
the ptymeutof claims no more deserving than
m) oivn. One of the Vice Piesidents of the
S ciety, with whom 1 hid consulted, heaitily
appr vim.' of the course I had r.solved to
pursue.
At a mectinz of the Bard i., 1S79, a piopo
sition was made by Messrs. Ladtl k Bush to
loan the Society a su n siitlicient to take up
ou'staiiding wai rants, it b ing agreed by scv
cial parties who held in the aggiegatc some
$3,000 or $4 00J which they had purchased at
a disoi tint, that the Societ) should have the
benefit of the discount, and that their war
rant should lie tuireinlered to the Soeifty if
the loau wa) illectcd. The ad 'rcss of tluse
who had sacnhctl on their warrants conll be
easily ascertain! d mil they minimised for
their loss v Inle those who held the it m un
der would recrivu their fu 1 value in money.
This proposition, however, was i ejected, and
finding no other arraiu.eip.ent cou'd be mad",
no alternative was left me but to bear the bur
den another ) ear.
The Fan ol ISSOcame, and with it trium
phant success, nearly all the outstanding war
rail's, but those held by me, beiug pai '.
J?y loins on the wairants 1 held, tho) have
bee t k , 'rom presentation until now, but
tii ding tli. i. 'ia constant renewal of my notes
was entailing a h'ss to mo in the interest, I
thought best and prop r to present them for
piyme it. The course I have pursued lias not
in the least increased the iudebti dness of the
Societv or dinu'mshel its leccipts, and but
ful ti.e abse'ec ot soi cial members of the
bond, who were cal'etl away by one untortu
. ate cimm statue and anot. el, no embarrass
ment would have been expeiienced. Whv a"
indebtedness statement w.-s not made ti the
Oi at 1 in lt70 and 18S0 is easily explame I; iu
fact, is uiidcrstoo 1 b) mot of thorn already.
Agiii st nn judgment and my ability I have
iiudcit ik u that which I invct ought to have
dme. M) gc od intentions have been slan
deio.l ami my honest u otives outraged, and
but h r mid of meai s locktd i p iu the war
rants as col.itci d fi r my obturations at the
bank, 'he" would not hale been hestidof un
til the meeting ol the Buaid Their prci-cti-tation
was no at t of plovuro t't n p. I felt as
w ell assured of tho slanders vi hich Would fol
low na I am now of the refill, ll'it I shall
c mo lit of It all as 1 did fiom tlie charges
at tho fair of 1S70, withii0tiu of di-li nest)
or dl bailor, victorious over the claiuciou.
baivlings of a fow who hate ..ever paid the
society one dollar, without retelling a good
periftnttigi- iu return, and the charge that I
ever bought a society warrant at a discount,
for any pur oie will fall to tho ground.
My notes at the bank amounted to over
JM,i!'20, while the warrants antl interest were
ovei $4,009, and between the interest on the
warrants and the coir pound interest on the
notes, which I have several times paid, I
have lost no small amount of moue), receiving
only curses as my reward.
Tlie interest on tlie floating aud mortgage
debt of the society has been paid for one xcar
ill advance, and arrangements made to pay 50
per cent, ot tlie premiums ol tins fair.
E. M. Waite.
A NEW MOVE FOR INFORMATION.
We are sending out through the wheat-
growing districts of Oregon and Washington,
to one or more farmers in each Iocility,
reqin sting information concerning Winter and
Sprinc wheat, so as to form some idea before
harvest of thu acreage ami probable yield.
All who receive their blanks aro requested
to hit them, and to consult vv ith their neigh-
liors, in caso they are not satisfied w ith their
own information, and wo hope they will
ad Iress the return envelope "WlLLaMKTTK
FaRSlHi, Poitland, Oregon," and return the
same w ith as little delay as possible. So we
can i-et it early next week. Iu all cases please
tigu ii line ami postollico plainly.
Dl'ltlMi the early days of the State Fair
some subscriber paid Mr. Clarke $i.50 ou the
fair ground, aud the book m which memoran
dum was made of it was lost. The only other
persons who pud linn there were J. C. Allen
and O. P. Adams, ami the lirst gentleman is
requested to send us word that he may have
Cletllt.
TWO OR MORE 3UROEONS
From tho Pacific Sugical Institute, 30.1 Kear
ney street, Sui Francisco, aro on their tour
through Oregon and Washington Territory,
fully prepaitd to tr at all cues of Spinal
lliseicse. Knee anil Hip Dist.ve. Club Foot,
Crooked l.unbs, Paraivsis and all Chronic and
Surg cal Disc ise. As this Institution is mi
cqualle I iu facilities for th treatment of these
attections, all who are interested should not
fail to sto these surgeons. Their appoint
intut' aio as fo lows Walla Walla, August
4th, 0th ami lithj The Dalles, August Mb, Uth
and 10th; Ol.vmpia, August 13th and 14th;
Seattle, Au'Ut Itith, 17th and lSth, and Port
Tow iisetul, August "JOth, itst aud '.Md. On
their itturn tliey will U' at the. St. Charles
Hotel, Portland, Augutt 24th, where they
will it-main live d..)t. 7-l.VoV
Kvtrr-, Hi kki ix Co y that they are
tJ busy selling reapers and self-binders, just
at presuit to tntcr upon newspaper contro
versies, and leave tlie pub'ic to judge whether
tho oldest house in the trade, with cvery
faciltty to do hutiuess to best advantage,
would put up with inferior machinery when
they have their pick of the market, lhey say
they chose the McCormicV, Iwcause they If
litvetl it to It) the liest machine made, and
neither they m-r their customers have tver
itau tt-ci"ii it; ciiauge uirir opiutoo.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
EASTER.
TUB PUrjUnEtTS t'ONDITIIIN.
fimvslng Ktratlllr Better.
WvsiiisoTON', July 13th.
Dr. Uoynton this morning said his confi
dence is greatly increased the 1-ist twenty-four
hours. The fever last night didn't quite leach
the point of Monday night, and this morn
ing his condition is much bett-r than ) ester
day. I look now for steady improvement.
Pus flows fieer through the tube, and this
may have effect.
W.vsiil.M.TiiN, July 13th.
Secretary lllaine sent thefollowing by cable
this forenoon!
Iiov.cll, Minister, London: The President's
condition this morning is much better than at
any time siuco lio was wounded, temperature
nomiiia'; pulse 0U; pain in the feet greatly
diminished. The weather is very warm but
the President's room is kept as cool as desired.
I hrerlnit Itrporl.
Dr. Bliss says that if no new complication
arises the Piesident will qe substantially out
of danger by Saturday.
Heller Hutu lltlore.
The President is b-tter than since he was
shot. Bliss sees tnarktd improvement. His
condition is nearly normal. The President
ate some woodcock and toast to-day, besides
his milk and rum. He is now steadily and
necessarily slowly improving. This is the
twelfth day, aud the day on which a turn in
uch wounds usually occur. Surgeons say the
indications are nf a change for better. The
1 o'clock bulleti-i shows that the hot weather
does not airest continued improvement.
Fever lower than lately in the middle of the
day; pulse below 100, t mperature scarcely
100, and stup-ins think the inctease this
evenii g will be very slight.
Letter from Vulltrau's Rrotlicr.
Boston, July 13th.
John Wilson Ouitteau, brother of the as
sassin, gives a short family history in the
Herald. He denies that there has been any
insanity iu eithrt the father or mothers
famil) except a single case of his farther's
brother, who died in an asylum from remorse
at having killed a lival in a duel. He has but
little personal know ledge of his brothel s lite,
but thinks that ho was to a ceitai.i extent in
sane. Whether ln-ane to the extent or not of
knowing the moral character and etlect of his
own iic, or of losing the power to restrain his
criminal intentions, if he had any desire to
do so, will undoubtedly be properly inves i
gated in tho light of all the facts by the
proper tril u a' , He resents the deed as a
most foul, atrocious and bloody murder, and
i cnnie against th nation and tho progress of
cluhtiau civilization throughout the world.
He concluded as follows! "I respectfully
and in deep humiliation and sorrow request
the praycis of all who know God iu spirit and
in truth, thatthefathermaycaiisemybrothers
daikened understanding to be Opened, that
tnu ev:l spirit wlucn low possesses mm may
he cast out and that he may in truo penitence
and sorrow turn while he yethaslifoto the
Ood his father and mother and his ancestors
for so many gepeiations have loved and
worshipped,
Kulllemi's Purp.i.en.
It is said in on good authority that one of
Guittcau's letters, now in the possession of
the district atlorucv, reflects bitteily upon
Blaine and leads to the inferencethatGuitte.au
entertained designs on the life of the Sccre
tai) of State as well as upon the President.
The Cabinet anil 1 lic-rresltlenl.
.) mits, Lincoln and Windum, who called at
khe White House, fairly beamed with pleas
ure at tne nijures ot Hie ollicial bulletin.
Blain told Aithur that the cabinet did not le
quiio hit presence and this tends to increase
cjntidence. Arthur savs ho will not leturn
until Deiemhcr. The illness of Senator Jones
may cause him to remain a day or two.
rite "loiiclnr) onrerenee and Its ItcMitls
Ntvv YoltK, July 11. The Ihiald'x Paris
correspondent says: B-fore the adj uinment
of tne intern itioual monetary conference a
strong desire for a suspension of the sittings
had been madifested by a number of the de!
ccates from the invited powers, and a propo
sition carrying it into efrect has received the
unanimous concurrence with an unimportant
reservation by Sweden. With this solitary
exception the sentiment of all the delegates,
nouomctalist and himetalist as formulated in
tho resolution of adjournment, was that a re
cess until next spring might be productive of
important results. That a final dispersal of
the conference at this time would lie impolitic
and there were reasons to hope for an ultimate
understanding and that the time had arrived
for governmental action anil diplomatic nego.
tiatiom. It was g-nerally admitted thatgrave
monetary ev lis exist, that some remedy is ur
gently needctl and that some of the labors of
tho conference, such as its ascertainment of
the views of various States and its collection
of materials have been of tlie utmost impor
tance. It is considered that the willingness
expressed by the bank of Engla nd to hold
one-fifth of its metallic reserve iu silver pro
vided other nations open their mints to free
coinage of that metal, is a tacit admission
that a great bimetallic union would restore
silver to its former place aud value as interna
tional money, aud tho reasons stated iu tlie
resolution ot adjournment have a high and
very important significance. Ths conference)
is regaided here as having attaiucd as great a
measure of success as its best friends could
havs ho-it'd for at present.
tbleait roHtrlbullons.
Ciiicviio, Jul) 10. Xot less than $12,000
was forwarded from Chicago jesterdiy to
swe'l the Mrs. Garfield fund
JefT llavis nutl lilt Crlllrs.
PmLADtXPitl t, July 11. Iu an mterview
published in the VcaJ, Jell Davis says in re
gard to his re-cent book and tho criticisms o.
Joe Johnson, Beu Hill and others: "I am
vtiy well sati-tisd with the book's reception.
I did Jiot expect or wish it or myself to es
cape criticisms, I suppose, however, I am
like most men, I would rather be criticised
than not noticed. I undertook the vvt.rk for
the ptirpo.e of placing upon record the truth
about our cau.e an i tlie conduct and de
meanor of our people. llavme done that I
am content. Most of the criticisms I havo
seeu strike me as having beeu written before
the book, was read, neccsiarily historical, the
part is incomplete, Kverx thing of which it
tieats had to le epitomized, much had to be
omitted ami much more simply glanced at.
Several books as Urgeas either of thevolunies
of inv work have bteu written up-in the bat
tle ot Gettysburg, and probably as many more
might be written. Man) voiuui.s could pro
ritaMv be w ntten on tho siege of Viekaburg
and other great events of tho viar. More
than thirty volumes mvtead of two would
have Iteen necessary for a complete review of
tho rise and fall of tho confederste govern
ment and its military history. Who will
write that hiJtory I cannot say. Much of it
I feirwill never be written,"
Dr. It f) burn Intrrrozalrtl.
A Washmcton special has the following:
Dr. Ke) burn, upon being shown the state
ment of Dr. Bliss, publtihcd this morr.inir, to
the e'lect tnat strong in lications existed by
which the location rf the ball will be exactly
I determined very soon if they coutiaueJ, tii 1
that such was the fact, or at least that th
suspicions heretofore entertained of ta
course was greatly strengthened. He de
clined, for professional reasons, to enter at
length inti a description of these indications.
It was thought best to await further devel
opments in the case. Ho was asked:
"Will you mako an effort to extricate the
ball soon?"
"Not until it becomes necessary, or until
the patient is so far recovered as to sustain
an operation without dinger. If it 'is in the
interior wall of the abdomen, it is not likely
to give us any trouble at present "
"Does it give the President pain where it
is?'
"The Pr'-ident's body j"st now is pretty
sore, from head to ties. His ftct and legs
pain him, and his back as it broken in two,
wlnl" the abdomen is, of eoure, tender. He
w ould probably fail to detect just now the
exact spot of soieness duo lo the bullet; at
least it would not do to depend upon such a
feeling."
"Do you expect a speedy recovery ?"'
"Iain cuco rtged by cvtry day's report,
and I expi 1 1 to be able to say when the week
is gone that our patient is abs dutely out of
langer. "
Dotlnrs f.lir Rrisnns for tlie Fnltli that Is
It Itulti Hit in.
Xlvv Vim, July 12. Dr. Frank H. Ham
ilton this morning states that the latest symp
toms in tho President's ease indicate nothing
but giadiul improv client. I'-ferring tithe
Washington dispatch printed iu the l.'venimj
Post, Saturday evening, in which the Presi
dent's symptoms weie spoken of us more ser
ious than the public 8Upp-sed; Dr. Hamilton
savs the account was eagieratcd. Gai field
was not a well man by any means, but the .
present symptoms wc.o not alarming to the
surgeons. M re pr cautions' vvero takeu to
ptevent excitement in the case of the Presi
dent than in an cniinaiy cas-, and these
pi (cautions are wh.it may alarm laymen. The
President is getting along Wull. and nature
may be expected to do almost all that re
mains to be done. There will be no neces
sity for probing unless the healing of the
wound is not healthful and indicates internal
abeess or concealed suppmation. If the
healing of the wound seemed to be oatural
and healthful, nothing need be done.
Dr. Samuel D. Weiss said this morning
that a good deal of misapprehension existed
concerning tho objects of his experiments
upmadead bmly in thu di&sccting icom uf
the Uiiivt-rcit) Medical College. He did not
fire the balls in the body in order to see if
such balls would make a mortal wound. All
that he desired was some notion of the pene
trating power nf such n ball when deflected
by the bone. Of course it is impossible to
know what direction the deflecting ball w.is
triven by its contact with Gaffi Id's tenth nb.
The chief object of his experiments was to
find out whether a ball of that size- could ea
ter the body at the spot wheio Garfield was
wounded, antl bu deflected in such a way as
not to injure the peritoneum of the li- er.
The conclusions reached were that snch a
thing was perfectly possible. I have done
with such experiments, having accomplished
all that I set out to do, and shown to tho sat'
isfuction of Pr. Hamilton and other surgeons
that it was possible for the ball to enter the
body betw cen the tenth and eleventh ribs,
four inches from the spinal column aud yet
produec no fatal injury. Dr. Caruachan said
nothing that could bo more satisfactory than
the way in which the President is getting
along. The fact that his pulse and tempera-'
ture sometimes run up, denot. s nothing un
usual. So loiu as the pulse does not rise
higher than 110 theie is no icason for anx
iety. He has passed the critical period and
is now on the high way to rccoveiy.
Tlie Klulimr! Mmit.
The Port's Albany special si)s : "It is
whispered about that tho s'alwarts are con
sidering the feasibility of putting in for
Grant and Wheeler for tin- vacancies. Prl5""
vate telegrams to this city say that the
Kingston Frtenmn, hitherto a strong Conk
ling paper at tho home of the speak er.Sharpe,
will come out this afternoon advocating the
election of Miller and Lapham iu the interest
of peace and harmony,
(iiiltteau as a t'lmrcu Member nutl Bible
Muilent.
Wamiinotov, July 12. Information was
obtained yesterday showing that Charles J.
Guitteau, the would-be assassin of the Presi
dent, was once a member of Plymouth
chnrch, and that he also belonged to one of
the Plymouth Bible class, but his connection
with the church ceased about twelve years
ago, and lasted about two years. Mr. Alvan
Hill, who taught the class of which Guitteau
was a member, when asked about it, said that
he remembered the personnel! enough, hav
ing had personal experience with him which
clearly indicated the insincerity of his charac
ter. This he explained by sa) ing" that the
very first time he ever saw Guitteau ho said
ho was out of emjloyment and was trying to
find something to do, and ou the strength of
thathe borrowed seven dollars from him.
After that, su'd Mr. Hill, I found that he was
not looking for work, and so w hen he came to
me again soon afterward and wanted to bor
row more money, I flatly refused to let him
have any. That was tho kind of eccentricity
he displayed. The custom was for members
of the class to hang their photographs on th
wall all in one frame, aud there his remained
until ho committed the horrible assault on
tho President. When I heard that he was
the nelson who did that, I took his picture
daw n at once,
Ibr rrrsldent'a Condition.
Washington-, July 12, 10 a. m, Col. Cor
bin who has just visited the President's
chamber sa)s he is satisfieJir that the fevtr
reached maximum Monday evening and that
tho patient is very much improved to-dav.
J "He commences the day," says the colouel,
-unuer more lavorablo circumstances tnB
sny previous."
I'll) slrUlis' Bulletin.
Washim-.tox, July 13, 7:30 p. m. Dr.,
Bliss seems cheerful antl happy this morning.
He thinks that the President's general conill
tion is better than it w as yesterday at this
hour. His temperature has fallen during the
night, and is now about the same as it was
jes'erday morning. Pulse, 90, temperature,
9S.5 respiration, 20. His gradual progress
toward recovery is manifest, and thus far
without serious complications.
. (Signed) I). W. Bus
J.J. WOOIIVVAKD,
J. K. IUkve-s,
R. ltrynPRV,
iu Atsarlns Itrpart.
Prix ate Secretary Brow n has just sent the
following note to the members of the cabinets
ExitTTlXE Maxhion-. July 13, 18S1.
Abatement of the unfavorable sjinptomf
w hich made their appearance Monday after
uouu aud evening, has steadily continued, and
at this time, 9.30 A. It., his pulse is 96, tem
perature, 93.5, or normal, and respiration 20,
or within one of normal. Fever has subsided
entirely, aud the President takes readily all
the nourishment allowed by the ph)ticians
aud sutlers no inconvenieuce from it. Hit
sleen was more natural and more p"
freshing last night thin that of any nigbk
1 r. M. Bulletin.
President's condition continues faxorsblef
Pulse 94, temperature 100, retr-ration .2.
I W. Blw,
j. K. Bar.,
J. J. WOOUWABD,
K. Rstbcw,
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