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(EijclUcekhj Enterprise.
O OFFICIAL r vrEU OF CLACKAMAS COl.NTY.
OrsgoD Oity, Oregon,
Friday 4 t ; July 12,1872.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HORACE GREELEY,
OF XEW YORK.
For Vice President,
B. QRATZ BROWN,
o? missocri.
Presidential Electors,
iiEO. U. HELM, of Linn County.
N. JI. GATES, of Wasco County.
I... V . USE, of Douglas County.
The Democratic Nominations.
The Xational Democratic Con
vention, which assembled at J alti
more on the Oth inst.,has placed in
nomination Horace Greeley of
N?w York, for the Presidency, and
1. Grata Drown of Missouri, for
the Vice Presidency.
Although there mav be a grave
diflercncc of opinion among Dem
ocrats as to the expediency of such
.nominations, there can be none
whatever as to their binding obli
gations ifpon the party. The Con
C.'cntion was the regular and legiti-
mate exponents of the voice ol the
part; its nominations fair and
0 formal, and hence they are binding
on the members thereof. There
fore, iii obedience of the behests of
asucli Convention, as a strict party
journal, we lling their names to the
breeze, and shall give thni a full
and codial support. And why not?
For the last three years the Demo
cratic party hfts plainly seen the
open and shameless efforts of the
Grant Administration to strike
down the last vestige ot popular
liberty, by the passage of laws
which virtually place the suffrage
of freemen under the control and
q dictation of the Federal Govern
ment and the domination of its
military power; and in this living
emergency, when a free elective
franchise the very corner-stone of
all Republican liberty was threat
ened with displacement, we have
called upon the liberty-loving men
of all parlies and creed to hasten
to our support in its defense. Our
call has been heeded and obeved,
and foremost among the men who
have joined us in solemn protest
against the destruction of popular
liberty, has been the two distin
guished men who have been nomi
nated at Baltimore. Being then
in sympathy with us upon the
great vital question now before the
people, it is both futile and unwise
to carp upon any differences which
may exist between us in regard to
lesser or dead issues.
If your house was burning, would
q you refuse the aid of your neighbor
in extinguishing the flames because
thc-y had differed and quarrelled
with you in regard to matters of
religious creed or political faith ?
In the great danger, you would
totally forget these differences;
you would invite their co-oporation,
and with them you would work
ide by side to wrest impending
ruin. And so in this hour, when
the very fabric of Constitutional
liberty Iz endangered, we should
link all diiferenccs of opinion; and
work and support any and all men
who arc right on the weightier
matters of law.
IvVery Democrat in the land
should now give to the Baltimore
nominees their cordial and hearty
support, not only for the reason
idiat they are the regular nominees
of the party, tut for the equally
proud and good reasons that their
election will subserve the interests
of popular rights and individual
liberty and the perpetuation of the
great Democratic orgaization,
whose mission has been, is now,
fjind always will be, the defense of
free institutions. With Grant as
President, the suffrage of the peo
ple will be stilled and their free
voice denied. Hence, Democratic
principles, "which csn be overawed
only by fraud and the bayonet,
would struggle on hopelessly, an'd
perhaps go down, extinguished in
the deep might of military despot
ism. . With Greeley for President, the
free voice of the people would be
untrammelled, reason would hold
and assert her sway, and although
the Executive might differ with
the masses of our party upon lesser
questions, yet our great principles
having no undue let or hindrance,
would survive and triumph, and
0 our party, intact to-day, and for all
time to come, will arain assume I
the reins of Government for unlim
ited years, and conduce to perpet
uate and brighten the glories of
IiepuLlican institutions nnd the
prosperity and happiness of the
people of these confedeate States.
In view of these present dangers,
and of future triumphs, let the
Democratic masses of the land
stand by the regular nominees of
the party, and give to them that
hearty and cordial support which
will insure a triumphant victory on
the first Tuesday of next Novem
ber. Pennsylvania.
Fornev's .Press, a leading Iladi
cal paper in the United States, and
the right-hand bower of Grant,
takes this view of national matters
and the prospects in Pennsylvania:
We have not been among those
who have dicounted the strength
of the opposition. Looking back
at the results of the several State
elections in the last three
years, the Democratic party alone
and unassisted is strong enough to
contest the field stubbornly and
with no mean show of success.
This part has gradually gained
control of the entire South, with
the exception of three States, and
even these we now hold by the
slightest of tenures. In Louisiana
the Republican party is torn and
rent by quarrels over the spoils of
office; of Mississippi our informa
tion is that it has been Walkerized,
and even in South Carolina, where
our majority is more than 30,000,
the shameless frauds of Gov. Scott
and State Treasurer Parker, mem
bers of a ring as corrupt and guilty
as Tweed's gang, have so disgusted
the colored people that they are
forming an "Honest .ucpubhean
party." AH these signs are not to
be disregarded or dismissed as tri
fles. Horace Greeley is a weak
candidate, offensive to the Ger
mans and Democrats, to whose
ideas, principles, and organization
he has always been opposed, but
still he is not to be disposed.
Pennsylvania will be the battle
ground of the year. We believe
that the great majority of its peo
ple prefer Grant and Wilson, and
that these two men are certain to
receive its electoral vote, except in
one contingency. Ilartranft and
Allen, who are upon the Republi
can State ticket as candidates for
Governor and Auditor General,
have no chance of being elected
than Greeley has of carrying Lan
caster county, and the only way in
which Grant can be defeated in
this State is by associating his
name with theirs, ami by allowing
the policy of their friends to prevail,
and to read out of the party and
expel from office all who are oppos
ed to them.
"We have the best of information
from every section of the State,
and we know the public senti
ment that is abroad. Grant will
carry Pennsylvania, ami Ilartranft
and Allen will be beaten, provide 1
the latter are divorced from the
former, and the fight is made upon
the merits of each candidate."
A CoMi'AUisux. Dogberry said that
"comparisons are odious' Of this char
acter the Grunt Radicals regard the fol
io whig- :
"When Franklin Fierce v.-a 3 elected
President, hi- was known to be poor, in
fact Ik was obliged to call on his friend
tor funds to enable him to tit up bis estab
lishment at the White House. Jn this
state of things some linsiun merchants
and friends sent him a pair of horses and
a coach and harness, such as his position
called for. Fierce would not receive
them.
-How dim-rent with Grant. He has
accepted homos in Washington. Fhila-
deiphia and G;
ir St. Louis
libraries in
Maryland and New Jersey
Boston and New York, and Seneca sand
stone, and other kinds of stock, together
v. tin eatue, :ncep,
even litiie purps.'
Cigars, vvbisiiy.
uid
Tin: K2AS...N In 1SCS, Col. John W.
j Forney, editor of the Washington C.uron-
i -V, relieved his pent-up patriotism in
1 this manner :
t
Let us never again wit nets th utter
of the Presidential office bv i
tho efforts of th" incumbent to secure a
second term. The second term makes the j
first a period of chicanery. It is the fer- I
i!e germ of "executive Vo.diev and it I
; brings forth a learful crop of treachery
1 and lies."
l he c?t. ononis HrpiiWcm suggests that
probably the above furnishes the reason j
why Forney cannot -enthuse' much on j
vjram. aim is uomg ail iie can m a qusei
way to turn Pennsylvania against him in
Octob or.
C.-;"iiUT. We see it staled that
i G. Head has purchased a half interest in
j the Benton Dcmncrat. and will immediate- j is'ation. designed to release them from
j Iy take charge of the editorial depart meet. ! their present enslaved condition, we ex
j Mr. Head is a practical printer, a good tract the following viorceau ivom the Kan
! writer and one of the vorv best newspa- j sas City Times :
per men in tho State. Tho Democi-at can
not fail to prove a success under his man
agement, and we trust that he will meet j
with the support his abilities and ener
gies are deserving of. Success to you.
trieud Bob.
j A liundeil years ago tliere were
but tour newspapers; in America,
j Steam engines had not been imapj-
j ineil, .and railroads and telegraphs
had not entered into the remotest
I conception of man.
England's Counter-Claims.
1 he private opinion entertained by the j
British statesmen as to tiie ability of ur j
American diplomatists at the present day I
can scarcely be flattering, says the San j
Francisco Examintr, judging from the
cavalier manner in which they have con
ducted the Alabama negotiations on their
side. Every concession asked for lias
been granted by the American Adminis
tration and followed by further demauds
on the part of the Gladstone Ministry, un
til there is scarcely anything of the origi
nal claims worth contending for. And
now from the most, recent disclosures of
this controversy the probability seems to
be that the United States will be cast in
large damages, tar exceeding the maxi
mum of cur direct claims against Great
Britain. This will be the resulting ad
vantage of that master-piece of Grant's
foreign policy the Treaty of Washington
on which alone his friends said he might
go before the country for re-election, and
a gralelul people recognizing in tbi one
achievement his supreme merit would
triumphantly re-elect him to the Fresi
deaey.
Indeed we have much to be thankful
for to General Grant and Secretary Fish
for tue humiliating position in which they
have placed the country reducing us. as
appears very likely to be the event, iron!
the status of a creditor, w ith a very large,
if somewhat indefinite, balance against
Great Britain, to the condition of a very
considerable debtor in solid money, be
sides the tarnished reputation that Mr.
Bancroft Davis' advocacy will doubtless
leave is.
The British Commissioners who exam
ined our Direct Claims, reported, as we
showed a day or two since, that they
should he reduced to the extent of almost
ten millions of dollars, and now it is said
that the Counter Claims being pressed for
adjudication before the mixed Commis
sion claims considered by us so unim
portant as to deserve no place in our
hypothetical balance sheets are likely to
exceed the entire amount we will be en
liiled to under tiie most libera! award at
Geneva. Almo.st total ignorance prevails
as to the nature and extent of these claims
tor indemnity on the part of British sub
jectf, and their aggregate promises to
startle all the advoca-es of Grant's diplo
matic connivances for promoting mud
dies and exchanging good solid grounds
for damages for tiie rather unsatisfactory
uerpuuance of an international -p'tulo iK-st
fmuni.-n.
The New Yoik World lias had an op
portunity of examining copies ot the evi
dence taken in some of these cases, and
it rinds that the claims ate unexpectedly
numtrous, the damages set. forth very
large, and the evidence for both facts and
noun
is by no means to b
(iesptse;
,i
These claims are succinctly U.
damages
to person or property ol liiiti.-h subjects
done on sea or hind
iv our Government.
or its agents during the civil war. and
when we consider the large number ot
British subjects in our country and the
great business relations controlled by
them, when we n lh-et upon the vast num
ber of arrests, seizures, deportations, and
the like, arid take into account the un
scrupulous ehuraotr-r of ho many of our
public servants, both civil and mili.ary.
we find reasonable the fear that the
rrriovances to be remedied are numerous
wild Jormidabit
Th-,
testimony mat we
have examined covets injuries of several
sorts illegal arrests and conilnotr.ents of
British subjects upon the general charge
of uiis'.ov atiy' attended with seizures ot
stock, etc.. and destruction of business.
dene
taiton of in
by military
dividuals beyond i hi
iioveruorf or do toe: ivos
I'J'J.if-.S (.1.11 i I . i ' I I I . A i ' - " . ' i I - 1 I i I
ttd
of property of till sorts, etc. One man
was taken up on the streets of New Vol k
as it deserter, sent to Foil Isbmd. and
forced into the army ; another a hot
chant doing a busine-s ot 00!) per
annum, arrested in obedience to Mr. Sow-
a'-ci.-
!s little bel!"and his business d"siroy-
td ; a third captured by Uiownlow ate!
sou' South; a tonrth, l v. ice arrested, and
property of groat value taken trom him
without compensation. The evidence in
the cases we have seeu is very conclusive
and the amounts claimed range from ':'!!.
20'J to hundreds of thousands, and the tis-
timony is piintod in nearly iLreu Luudr
cas.:s.
Improvcmcnt in the .Senate.
The coming election will purge the
Senate of nearly the whole brood of carpet-baggers,
says an exchange, who. by
the most nefarious means, succeeded in
being elected to represont. in the United
States Senate, several of the Southern
States at a period when those commnni
ties were under military rule. And there
will be changes in other sections. Tho
Legislatures of several of tho Radical
Slates "m the north and West will elect
next Winter. Of the retiring members,
only three are Democrats; and it is more
than probable that we may elect twelve
out ot tho twenty-lour, who are to take
their seats in the Senate ol 1 873. Five
Libera! Ropnb'icans hold over, also four
teen Democrats, making- nineteen; and if
we elect twelve wo shall have thirty-one
Democrats to forty nine Radicals. Our
success will be of the most gratifying
character. The Senators who by bitter
partisanship and tho support they gave to
every iniquitous ina-uro, made them
selves most offensive to the common Sense
of justice of the country, will be defeated.
Morion may bo replaced bv Hendricks.
j Nye. of Nevada, bv some better man.
! But happen what may. the :rstlincl ol
j the Senate will bo greatly improved.
Was i;k a Rtttt:. Among the most
blatant, of the henchmen of the Radical
party is John A. Logan, of Illinois. But
a short time ago he was talked of as a
possible candidate for the Presidency, to
bo nominated by the Liberal Republicans,
but speedily discoveiing that others had
the inside track. he renewed his allegiance
to Grant and is now one of his most con
temptible sycophants. In connection
with his present political attitude, and as
a proof of the corrupt nature of the man
and his brazen effrontery in assailing the
', people of the South, and the national leg-
"Tba.'s a lie John, and you know if.
You induced my hu-band to join tho reb
el army, and ho lost his life bv taking
your ad vice
This was the 1
anguage
emp.oyeu by Oen. iogan s own sister
when he was declaiming in Southern Illi
nois that ho had never sympathized with
or given aid to tho South.
Changed Hands. The Jacksonville
limes has changed hands. Messrs. J. N. T.
! Miller Sr Co. havino- sold out to Messrs. J.
I A Miller and T. B-Kcot. We wish it suc-
j cess and a rich reward to iia proprietors
for their labors.
State Items.
The new Court House ia Hillsboro is
going up rapidly.
p0stoffice has been established at Mt.
Ilocd, Wasco county.
The celebration at Forlland on the 4th,
was a splendid success.
Thirty-six marriages in Yamhill during
the year ending July 1st.
The Hillsboro Meam mills are contract
ing fur oats at oQ cents per bushel.
They manufacture brick at the rate of
35. 0UU per day at the Penitentiary.
The railroad track has been laid a dis
tance ol one mile beyond Cornelius.
The accommodations at Clatsop beach
have been increased greatly this season.
Lane county has t?..o20 in the treasury.
The expenses ot the last fiscal year were
f 132,706 71.
Capt Goodale's company started from
Rock Foiat J uiy Cth, lor Arizona. Over
land. A woman in Linn cotinlv recently gave
birth to three fine healthy git Is at a single
birth.
Baker count v. on the 1st., had an in
debtedness of SlUUl 131 and only $'J5
ia the Treasury.
The naiiHiertkr says work on the rail
road is progressing rapidly between Oak
land and Rosebnrg.
Farmers from various parts of Yamhill
county report crops nourishing finely
since the rains.
Recent rains in Jackson county, it is
said, will save the crops, which, otherwise
would have been a total failure.
Whiter oats are being engaged at the
steam mill at Hillsboro, we understand
at ')') cents per bushel.
Rev. Wm. Van Clove, editor of the Al
bany Jl"is1er, was manied on Sunday
last to Miss Belle Gird.
ITay harvest, is almost over in Eastern
Oregon, and the yield is good. Hay is
sell nig in Baker city at 610 per ton.
David Sloper and Burr Jackson of For
est Ciow. were badly injured by an ex
plosion of a can of powder on the Fourth.
General Davidson informs the CmrU-r
that the railroad will be completed to the
Yamhill sometime during the month of
August.
Four more cases of email pox are re
pot"
ed in the 1 hoips bunny at Eugene
CilV. Oilt it. litis liiJL CAltiHUll lu UilJ uui. i
lamiiy.
Richard Frookhotr-e was assaulted and
badly beaten on FWtoen-Mi'.e Creek. Was
co county, one day last wet k by '1 homas
Dtuss.
The blue ksniith shop nnd dwelling house
of Fe'er liuti'-er ol Corvanis.v.'ere destroy
ed by (ire on Wednesday morning. Loss
62,0'jo.
A Irui county farmer has a field of oats
thirty acres of which will yield not less
than from seventy-five to eighty bushels
to the acre.
Corporal Brooks, arrested for shooting
and killing Sergeant Manmoy. or Fort
Kianuth. was examined on the o;h iust.
and discharged.
The land survey bait be n extended
into the Nehahun valley and proves the
tjes! reports that have ever been iii;il,t
concerning its soil and advantage.
Charles Wiegand. an old and respected
i ... : . i. . . .1 ... 1 ... ... n , fii liuv
citwn oi i'ori .ami. 'Ite'l at mat
the
I'd
tisr.
His Itin u;
was on.
t no
largest that ever look place in that city
A chlh
Fo'k ( u
t ire; v . ! :
of.Tarr.es Fc-'ilh-l. of La Creole.
ty. has
11 tho e
n p- vocal organs cit-rf.-ots
of diphtheria. It
is re-Co vol ii.
Oi'.l V.
tie ve
ieu; agMu.
Cb as. Gra:t who
Bol'tiat'.d a few week.
bv tf o i'trv ! tst Men
murdered
a;ro. was
'I iv. M. s
aver tvtf
a man in
ncqnitted
ms. ii. ('.
-. ... ...
i. i.-j a i to t -
P.t.in and W. W
Ti,
nies.
Fr. Ken fro w was discharged List week
from tho asvlnm. but it was found !ha
his mind had ti"! been fully restored, and
ho was surain returned last Saturday to
that
mstn iittiui.
Harris iviit oi i.ane court tv
d a nee
die taken from under the r;;
lew d.ays since. lie supposes? he a to it
about two years atro. which shows that
needles don't digest well.
The Ci-v Council or For
at
d. Wedn
d I dav. olocerl city ofTicors as to! tows :
A t-
i'uney. M.r. .Mttdii'v ; Auditor.
Ca
I we! I
Street C..mmi-sh.ner. A- J.
LirshaM :
urvevor.
S. Chapman
The Dallas K-uul'n, savs : llenshmv.
the man who froze his feet a few months
sin'o is rapidly recovering, bdh in mind
and body. Ho feels vrry conthlent that
in a few weeks he v.iii be able ta walk
about.
Tiie Dtrwrrd says : "The latest, sensa
tion is that of a voting Irish la ie. dis
guise! in man's attire, who shoveled dirl
on tho O. i'c. C R. R. between II u t isburg
ami Roseburg, for laborer's wages ail last,
winter."
A nr-'-.v postouleo has been established
at Kiichis. Tillamook county. Diain post
ofiioe. Douglas coun'y. Oregon has boon
changed to Butler postofl'p'o. North Pow
der pos'oface. Union county, has been
discontinued.
The Dalles Mowd-rlfer says : "Johnny
Dougherty, the deserter, who cut Lis way
out of the Guard House at Fort Van
couver a short time ago was m-rested on
Thursday by SheriiF Schutz and will be
taken back to Vancouver.
Wallowa Valley, lying directly east of
Grand Hondo in Eastern Oregon, is just
now at ractieg considerable attention.
The editor of tho Vjcjf. who has ex
plored it. describes it as being a sort of
Paradise of a place.
Mr. F. A. Warren, living one half mile
oast of Hillsboro. whi'e hauling in hay on
hist Tuesday, was caught between tho
hay-rack and barn, badly crushed. It is
fo iled that he has sustained severe inter
nal injuries.
Tho Oregon State Teachers' Assooi i!:nn
will meet 'n August BJ. 1872. at Knjreno.
Many prominent educators will be pres
ent.' A bill will bo reported by a com
mittee, regulating tho entire public school
system which is to be presented to the
next. Legislature.
On tho Fourth noi-ir Dayton, as Dr. Nor
ms and M5s Nan. Yoetim wore driving
along in a bugj-y. and upon attempting
to pass a team jus! ahead, tho bogey up
set, precipitating both to tho ground viih
violence. fraeuiini the young ladies' arm
above and below the elbow.
Tho people lirme near the Dairy Creek
bridge, between Hillsboro and Cornelius,
have been haunted for several days by the
Chost of a Chinaman. II spends his time
on tho bridsre howling and giving vent to
strange and "heathenish" m titterings, to
the rural Webfeet .nin'e!ligible.
Train? commenced running to Oakland
last Monday. Following is tho time tho
trains leave each end of the road : Leave
Portland at 8 : 13 a m. : arrive at Oak
land 7 p. m. ; leave Oakland 3:20 a. m. ;
arrive at Portland at 1:13 p. m. Freight
trains, with passenger car attached, will
run daily, Sundays excepted, as follows :
Leave Portland G:13 a. m. ; arrive at Eu
gene city at tj p. ra. ; leave Eugene city
at G a. m. : anivc at Portland 0:13 p. nr.
-Three prisoners attempted to make their
escape from the penitentiary last Satur
day morning, when one George Shepherd
whose real name, is said to be James Le
burn. was shot by the guard and killed.
It is said that the parents of the deceas
ed reside in Natick, Mass.
A writer in the Adroo.tle savs that there
were fc'00 acres of grain seeded in Goose
Lake valley. Corn, potatoes, peas, toma
toes, rquashes. melons, and indeed ail
Kinds ol vegetables seem to grow well
there. There are two post-offices, a store,
blacksmith shop, saw and gristmills and
a Good Templars' Lodge in the valley.
It is reported that an extensive lodge of
cinnabar has lately been discovered by
Frank Cooper, on the headwaters of the
Molaila. about fifty miles north of Salem.
Mr. Cooper is elated over his extreme
good luck, as he is satisfied that it is im
mensely rich. He has sent seventy five
pounds to San Francisco to be assayed.
The Corvailis Democrat says : -The late
rains have been a groat benefit to the far
mers in this part of the valley. Much oT
the late sowed grain, which promised to
be almost too short to harvest, will now
make an avenge crop, while but litt'.e of
the more advanced hay- and grain was in
jured. Vegetables already shuv the ben
efit derived from the rain'
Speaking of crops and the late rains,
the dinner says : "I ho grain crops are
safe and hay much improved. and g n dens
are as promising as could be desired.
There is one tiling learm-d from this sea
son, and that is tin necessity of sowing
tall grain. Most fall grain is vry good,
and always is in Oregon. Much of the
spring grain is only moderate. Oats are
a fair ctop.
The Mii-cnry says: The second jury
empanelled to try ex Secretary May fi.r
hircetiv. after being out nearly tweuly-
four hour
reported that, ihey comd not
y were discharged and anoih-
agree. 1
or jury drawn yesterday. We have no
idea that .May will be convicted, from the
tact that the juries are composed entirely
oi Republicans, and men who are known
to bo in sympathy v. iih May.
The Mountain Scntbiel gives an account
of the discovery ot a gold mine near Au
burn. Baker county, and claims that it is
'he richest in gold ever discovered on the
coast. In brief l ho ordinary quartz from
the lode yields 600 to the ton. but it is
the pockets in the same where the riches
(.'line in. Jn one pocket, the discoverer.
Mr. White, s-cuted tf-l.OUO of the precious
stuff in lour day
and
hav
o en
struck
!,- r.i -i r-h richer. Mr. Staev.
a reliable
ir'-ntiemrn of Auburn, who
mints, stiiti-s that he saw r
visited the
uggets two
inches m uiauieter
Speech of Hen. James II. Slater.
Hon. James II. Slater made a grand
speech at La Grande on the 5th Inst. We
take the following extract of it from the
-Tho political situation he said, may he
stated as loliuws : The j;eop!e under the
Govei ntnetit. as now administered, are
compelled not only to pay the legitimate
expenses ol
liiOlUIIMldi'S
troverumeiit. out
tribute
o
and parly favorites ia the
iorm ot ootiu! it s to
protected nmusti les
amounting to many millions annually of
indirect taxation, while corruption and
iiieompotenee. countenanced and shelter
ed under a partian Administration, de
spoils the troauiy and swells the general
expense in all forms of extravagance.
Tho rihi ot' the people to have free elec
ta ns has been imperiled ud turned into
a iarco by ? ho soldiery under the direction
of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. Lo
cal .-elf government, the corner-stone of
our todtrtl republic, has been denied. .and
the inherent and reserved powers of local
Communities usuiped by tho executive
head. And a facile and w tiling Congress,
lending itself to the demand.; oi uu exact
lug military usurper, has furnished tho
legislation under which the bom f our
Government has been radtoul'y changed,
and has largely a.-.-umed the tortus ol a
military d s; i.ti-m. The I'r sidou; ins'oad
o! b; it:g the servant i the people a- -to
be their m.t-ter. and seeks through a
corrupt u-e of l-'eder.ii patronage to buce
a re-election by menus of packed conven
tions and supeMl.-ed elections.
Self government, by the people, ami for
the people, is in manifest perii.and if pre
served is to be so preserved by the peo
ple, are! its preset' vasiou is now the para
mount issue, to which ail other ques.ious
are subsidiary.
Under thi cor.d'diun of affairs it is nat
stirpii isiitg that a general di-quiet pervades
! t ie public mmd. Ami tint- liiereis a gen
oral upheaval in the political world, that
' pirtv lines are being broken in upon, and
j ihui honest men. impelled by
oi
national peril, are seeking to d -seueumber
themselves ol' party tics and restraints
which have hidu-rio controlled their ac
tion. That there is a very general and
earnest demand tor a change iri tho Ad
miuisii ation. not, only in fs peisomil ele
ments, but hi the principles and measures
vvhieh have dominated tor several years
at Washington, cannot be doubted in view
of roc tit events. in such a change the
future pi ( sperity of i lie cui n i i y . a;i I even
the lite ed civil government by tho free
choice ol the people. are largely involved.
To secure this end. unity ot action is now
an abso'.uie necessity Without such uni
ty between all the demerits of opposition
a continuance of the present order ed
tilings, with all its corruptions and dan
gers, is a foregone conclusion.
Conventions have been he'd at Colum
bus and (dncitiiiati ; platform- and candi
dates have boon presented. Of tin-so. at
this time. I have no comments to mike,
further than that their prospoe's are en
1 i I .111.1 w ! !.!,..- t l. I
Oi the Ualiimore Convention, ib-ro 1 de
sire to say that I have from I be beginning
i been adverse to the so-called passive pol
icy. 7 believing that the surest and safest
road to tin- overthrow of th" jiresont per
s na! military Administra'ion was by and
t trough an adherence to Democratic nom
inations and usages. I need not, howev
er, attempt to disguise from you the fact
that an eib-rt is being made to induce the
tia'iona! council of our jmrty to deviate
from precedent and usage and adopt a
lino o! jioliev hitherto unknown in its his
tory, and every indication now points lo
the probable success of this movement by
a very large majority of the deb gates to
assemble at Baltimore. Tin only- course
that is left us. is t wait events. Denun
ciations are usele.-s. and only lend to sep
arate those who should act together ; and
factious opposition will make '.hat separa
tion irrecom-iloablo in the future. II we
cannot, serve our coun'ry and party at one
and tho same time lot us at least servo our
country. This is tho alternative which
now seems about to bo presented.
Goon ox "Nk.s." We take the follow
ing item from the TFcvi.
" When Senator Nes mi th went to Wash
intori and for ihe first lime took a walk
up the long. wide, spiendid Pennsylvania
Avenue, entered the immense capitol and
surveyed its magnificent furnishings, or
naments, libraries, etc.. and contemplated
the high purposes of all this provision. tho
modest Senaior wondered why ho, a joor
"Webfool" from the pine-woods of Ore
gjn. had boon sent there. After Congress
assembled, and the trivial, paltering work
of loffislalioa commenced, he said ho won
dered all the more that tho rest had been
sent there"
It is rich to sea such fellows as Cran
dail reading Greeley cut of the Radical
party. Why, bios.? your soul I Greeley
owned the liadical party when you was a
Democrat and sold out to Baker.
Telegraphic Clippings-
Cvr.TiMORK. July 8. A number of del
egates arrived this afternoon Nearly all
the delegates have now arrived. Over
six hundred have been registered at head
quarters. As on ye3terday. the principal subject
among the delegates has been the ques
tion of a straight indorsement of the Cin
cinnati nomiuess.
The Missouri delegation held another
meeting this morning, and wore unani
mous for adhering to their policy of a
nomination. They appointed a committee
of three, and passed a resolution author
iing a similar appointment of committees
of all the other States, to meet to-night
and confer on the subject and settle the
question before the meeting of the Con
vention to-morrow.
At a meeting of the National Executive
Committee at noon the question was ar
gued in regard to the election af a tempo
rary chairman.
At a meeting of the straight Democrats
at Maryland Institute this afternoon, not
more than two hundred were present, the
majority of whom were spectators. Of
delegates who will not support Greeley if
nominated, there were not more than
twenty-five at the meeting. A committee
of ton was appointed to make arrange
ments for the holding of the Convention
to-morrow.
In numbers and importance the move
ment in too insignificant to have weight
with the Democratic Convention, as is in
dicated that Greeley will be nomi lated
with enthusiasm.
The National Democratic Convention
this afternoon unanimously selected
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, of Virginia,
to be the temporary President of the
Convention, and F. O Vance, of Missouri,
to bo temporary Secretary.
The proposed convention of representa
tives of Tiie Liberal Fress during the ses
sion of the National Democratic Conven
tion is said to bo abandoned.
Bai.timukk. July ih The Convention
wiis called to order by August Belmont,
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, who proceeded to address the
delegates.
Ci.kvki.axp. July 8. Yesterday Mrs. If.
H. South-worth poisoned her three chil
dren, ag'-d -i. 7 and f) years, and then cut
h"r own throat. She was insane from the
effects of a protracted illness.
About 10 o'clock to-day a mob of .1.000
men went to the jail in Celetia. Mercer
county, Ohio, took out Kimble and Mo
Cloud, two men incarcerated for out
rage and murder of Belle Seeon. two
weeks ago. in that county, and started
with them in a wagon for the scene of
the terrible murder, with the exptessed
determination to hang them.
L?.tor A special says that the - two
voum.
Colon
ni'
who were, taken from jail at
Ohio, la
ovetnni
were
Nr.w Yor.K. .Tuly 9. A Baltimore
special says that the New York delegation
las decided to present the name of
August Us
strd
cliei
dl. or ex-Sheriff Kollv. for
Cuairm m of
o Democratic Executive
Committee.
The opposition to Greeley appears to
be insignificant in point of numbers, but
some of the bolters are very bitter. They
are circulating pamphlets against Greeley.
Some aie rehearsing his life from an oppo
sition standpoint, while others are pro
testing against mo tratisier oi ut'iuoci ucy
to sorehead b
lo pi;
jiicans.
9. Tho Convention reas
sembled at four p. m. The Committe on
peimanent organization reported James
R Dooiillle of Wisconsin as permanent
President., with Vice Presidents and
Secretaries from each St.i'e and Ten dory.
The report of the Committee was adopted
and the perm-mont President escorted to
the Chair bv Senator Bay aid of Delaware
and Gov. Hoffman of Now Yoik. Doo
little was greeted with cheers, lb- ad
dressed tho" Convention at. considerable
hmgsh after brief thanks. His Speech was
fivo'it n'iv interrupted vvitti a;o.
lause. es-
:a! move
close the
Kor.iaiiv his allusion
to the Lib.
meat and to Greeley, at;
.1
til.
speaker Was
Cftoi
led with loud and con-
tinned cl'.eet s.
On morion the ro'l of the
Called for appointment of tin
on Resolutions, and one di
each State was elected.
A mot-on to call on the Te
St.i'e?
Com:
ten ate
vva
lit toe
from
ries for
vas dis-
the Commi
on Reso'utpiiis
md finally tabled.
mssed bid
d'h
Oti motion, it was ordered that all reso
lutions pertaining to tho platlorm to be
adopted bo referred wiUie-ut reading or
debate to the Committee on ilesol.i'ions.
The report of the Committee on Cre
dentials was read, showing 7:2 delegates
present, all States having full delegations
with no con!e!an's. Delegates were also
pre-ent
from the Territories, and the
Committee recomnioni
that ihev lo
low l
seals Wiltli
ihout votes. The report
was a lop-tod.
A motion to adjourn till noon to-morrow
was lost, and another was carried
fixing the adjournment for ten o'clock a.
m. to-morrow.
The roll of the States was then called
for the purpose of naming members of
the National Executive Committee, when
R. .1. Ladd was s
V. MeCoppin lor
.dec ted for Oregon, and
California.
A motion wis undo to proceed to
nomination, but a mo'ion was made to
adjourn and it was can
,.d
A ! n -o number of rcso.utions were
offered by various delegates, and wore
referred tinder the rules of the Committee
on Resolutions.
B.unMouK. July 10. The National
D.'mocr.fic Convention re-assembled at
1.) o'clook this morning. Mr B trr. of
Connecticut, announced tho Committee
on Resolutions ready to report. They
recommended tho adoption of the resoiti-
lions n mil v at oo'eil ov me
Liberal Re-
lino lean to vi-iiurm vyiin.ioa.Mi. in
ord-r that there might bo no inisaj-.pre-hension
as to the.-o resolutions. .Mr. Birr
called far tho reading in full to the Con
vention which was done, each plank in
the platform being received with aji
plause. the one term pbiik especially.
Mr. Burr explained that the platform was
adopted in convention by all tho States,
except Delaware, M ississi ppi. Georgia
and Oregon, and tie moved the adoption
of the report, and on that moved the pre
vious question.
Mr.- Bayard of Delaware. inquired
whether the previous question had any
other nam.', or gag law had become the
law of tho Democratic Convention, with
out notice to delegates.
Tho Chairman said the Convention had
adopted the rules of tho House of Rep
resentatives, so the motion of Parr was m
od'-r.
Vari nis gentlemen appealed for a with
drawal of tho motion, in order to have a
short debate.
Mr. Ban- said ho felt compelled to de
cliuo discussion and would call for tho
question on debate. A call of States
was ordered, and it resulted as follows:
yeas. 53:;; nays'. 17(1. Tho chair annouc
ed that Mr. Uarr was entitled to one hour
to discuss the resolution, and Mr. B ivard.
of Delaware. Appealed for ten minutes
time. .Mr. Barr gruntetl the request, and
Mr. Bayard proceeded to address the
Convention. lie said ho hoped this great
Democratic organization would bo allow
ed to have an independent expression of
its own hone.sl sentiments. Cheers.)
Why take cut ami dried resolutions pass
ed by other organiz i ins He den priced
the attempt to force upon the Convention
tho opinions of others not chosen by
Democrats.
Mr. O'Connor regretted that any differ
ence of opinion should prevail. AH other
issues should be merged into a single one
with the view to defeat the re-election of
the present administration.
Judge Reagan of Texas appealed for a
union upon the Cincinnati platform with
all honest opponents of the administra
tion. Mr. Barksdale, of Missouri, wanted
division of iha t ots on separate resolu
tions put. Loud objections.
Mr. McUal. of Tennessee., secured tho
floor and protested excitingly against
cutting off the debate, but was criod
down.
- Roll called on the question of th
adoption of the platform and resulted,
yeas th2. nays 70.
When Dele ware voted "no'' loud hisses
wore heard. The chair appealed to tho
Convention to treat with proper respect
tho vote of any and every State.
Short, of Alabama, said the resolutions
contained seme statements which some of
his delegation could not endorse without
explanation. He therefore changed Ala
bama from twelve ayes to eight noes.
Amotion for a roll-call o! States, for
the vote on candidates for Fresidont and
Vice Fresident. was made.
Hoffman, of New York, presented a
petition from 15.000 Germans of New
York, which was read by the Secretary,
It recommended the nomination of Groo
lev and Brown, and expresses tho bolif
that they will receive the hearty support
of the Germans, regardless of past part
affiliations, as the best nominations thit
can be made.
Greeley and Brown were nominated on
the first ballot unanimously.
Yho nomination of Horace n3 Demo?
cratic candidate for Fresident was follow?
ed by enthusiastic cheering.
Roll was called on the Presidential
nomination. The first ballot resulted as
follows: Greeley. (580; James Bavard. 15;
J. S. Black. 21; Groesbeck. 2. Greelej'a
nomination was made unanimous. F,ach
vote for Greeley was received with cheers,
and when Hoffman announced the vote ot
Ne.v York, three cheers wore givem.
When the confusion subsided. Hoffman
said he would dispute Missouri s promiao
to give the largest majority of any Stat?,
and give a maj.nity larger than Missouri
in the lo.eal New York city vote He eir
pressed regret (hat. there should have been
any division of the vote of the Conven
tion. Ho knew those who opposed Gree
ley were conscientious, but he appealed
to' them to forget prejudice and personal
H 1 licit 111 o.
A motion to
make the nomination
nude by Wallace, of
unanimous was
Pennsylvania, and it. was caaried amid
wild cheers and playing of bands.
Of the sixteen ballots given Bayard on
the formal ballot. 9 were from New Jer
sey and fi from Delaware. Pennsylvania
ga've Black 21; West Virginia gav
Gtoesbeck 2; Georgia cast -i and Penn
sylvania 2 blank rotes.
The roll was then called on the nocr.i
nnfion of a Vice Fresident. resulting as
follows: Brown. 715:
btevenson, ot Ken
On motion of Chal
. tiie nomination wa
lucky. C; Blake. 1:5.
mors, of Mississipp
m a d e n n n a n 1 1 n o 1 1
A resolution for the appointment of a
committee of one from eacb State, headeds
by tho President of the Convention, to
notify the candidates ot their Domination,
J was agreed to.
A resolution was a!.o adopted that tno
Convention, upon adjourning, escort the
New Yoik and Missouri delegates with
music.
A resolution was adopted, leaving- ll
p i ace
ot h
i.ng tho next Convention to
be decided by the National Committee.
The usual resolutions of thanks wrro
adopted, and tho Convention, at 1:30 p.
m . adiournod sine die.
O re iron Legislature.
This body, which meets in September
next, will stand as follows. Democrats
marked thus, ;
.SKNATP.
First Senatorial District (Marlon county)
Sam. Brown. J. II. Moores.
Second District. (Linn) R. II. Craw
ford. Enoch Hon It.
Third District (Lane) - W. W. Eristow,
A. W. Patterson.
Fourth District (Douglas. Coos and
Curry ) J. F. Watson. Gains Webster.
Fii'h District (Jackson) Jas. D. Fay.
Sixth District (Josephine) E- N.
To b-n.
Seventh District (Benton) R. S.
S'.ralcm.
l'ighlh District (Folk) Richard Chrvs
tal. Ninth District (Yamhill) J. W. Cowlos.
Tenth District (Washington. Columbia.
Clatsop and Tillamook) T. R. Corneliu.
Eleventh District (Multnomah) Joseph
N. Do'idi. i ivi.'i Powell.
Twelfth District (Clackamas) Jolm
Myers.
Tiibteeuth District (Wasco) .William
Monroo.
Fourteenth District (Baker) 'Albert
II. Brown.
Fitteenth District (Umatilla) T. T.
Levelbm.
Sixfoin'h District (Union) Samuel
Hat. ni.
Seventeenth District, (Grant) J. W.
Baldwin.
Of the above. Messrs. Brown and
Moores of Marion, and Powell, Republic
ans; Hoult. Crawford, Patterson. Fay,
Brown of Baker. Lewellen. Strahan and
Baldwin. Democrats, hold over. The
rest were elected this year.
ilafSK Or 1! KP1! KS KNTATI VK8.
P.akrr J. B- Onstefn. e
Benton James Gingles, Benjamin
Simpson.
Clackamas-J. D. Crawford. L- T. Darin,
N. Matlock.
Clatsop J o h n Wes t .
Clatsi'p and Tillamook Samuel Corwin.
Coin m b'ra llodgkins.
C-Ks and Curry M Riley.
Douglas David Bushey. J. E. Cooper,
Geo. W. Biddh .
Grant C. N. Thornbury, Samuel John
son. Jackson N. LangalL E. F. Walker. E.
C. Mason.
Josephine A. L. Waldron.
Lane-N. Martin. C. W. Washburn, A.
S. Powers.
Linn N. II. Cranor. John T. Crook.
R. B. Willoughby, 'Harvey Shelton,
J;im"S Blakely.
Marion Rnfus Mallorv. William Darst,
T. McF. Patton. Joseph Engle, J. Down
ing. Multnomah I. F. Caples, J. B. CoDgle,
J. D. Biles. S. Hirsch.
Polk-J.C. Alb n,M. W. WhiteP.Clow.
Umatilla Geo. A. LtiDow, Jame
Morrison.
Union 'O. D. Andrews.
Union and Baker D, Wright.
Wasco 'Robert Grant, T. C. Steven
son. Washington George II. Collier, Thom
as Stott.
Yamhill A. R. Burbank, T. R. Har
rison. HECAriTVLATIOV.
Senate- Democrats, 11; Radicals 11.
House Democrats, 17; Radicals 32.
Radical majority in the House. 15.
Htt'.AM and Jkury. A few weeks
ago. according t3 the Boston Reformtr,
Senator Wilson exclaimed; "Oh, if Grant
was only out of the way' Since then, rc
maiks an exchange, Wilson has put him
sell in a position where both he and Grant
will be pt;t out of the way at the earn
time. Hiram aud Jerry arc in a bad
way.
Probably. A Washington letter-writer
sav3 that John A.Logan is 'a self-mad6
man' Whereupon the Chicago Sun says
that the announcement is probably made
out of respect for the Almighty. We are
glad to see the responsibility of Logan's
existence finally placed where it belong";