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ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE o o o Or o o o o G G o c o o o o o G o o G O O ) 0 O 0 o AEljelUcckln Enterprise. OFFICIAL FirtU OF CLACKAMAS COCNII. OREGON' CITV, OREGO.V, AUGUST 1873. FOR PKESIDEXT, HORACE GREELEY, OF NEW YORK. For Vice President, J3. CRATZ BROWN5 OF MISSOURI. "Presidential Electors, KO. R. IIEi-M, of Linn County. N. II. GATES, of Wasco County. L.. F. LAXE, of Douglas County. The True Basis of Union. The Grant journals are now as Rkliiously at work reviving 3Ir. Greeley's sayings in the past, in order to prejudice Democrats atrainst his support, but there is one subject upon which they have been most remarkablv silent. They have failed to call the attention of Democrats to the fact that Mr. Greeley, prior to the breaking out of the rebcIl'o:i announced, the doctrine that " if -the Cotton States united and earnestly wished to withdraw peacefully from the Un ion, they should m allowed to do so," and that "any attempt to compel them to remain by force would Ik? contrary to the jirinciples enunciated in the immortal Declar ation of Independence, contrary to the fundamental ideas on which human liberty is based." These sentiments, sound and patriotic, were enunciated by 3Ir. Gretley in November, 1860, and unmistakably show that m the present earnest canvass of 18V2, when the people of the United States are ftruxrliny to withdraw themselves from the coils of a threatened military des potism, there is not one other man in the United States, who presents a better claim to their leadership, by the enunciation of correct fun damental truths pertaining to the present great issues, than Horace Greeley. Th foregoing sentiments deliberately enunciated by him at the time stated, and re-affirmed repeatedly, are, however, no loun- elation for the assertion that Mr. Greeley desired a dissolution of the Union. This he deprecated, as who of the North or South did not; but as much as he deprecated it, he did not consider it as a thing to be averted at the expense of popular liberty and free govern ment. And in this regard Mr. Greeley is right. He well knew that the genius of the American people would never tolerate a gov ernment pinned together with bay onets, lie knew that the Union was only formed with the consent of the governed, and that it could permanently endure only with such consent. Here then is the great fundamental reason why Horace Greeley is acting with the Demo cratic party to overthrow the at tempt now being made by Grant to subvert popular liberty. In October, J60., in reply to charges made by Senator Doolittle, he reiterated the same sublime sen timents in the following language; ' Bui Senator Doolittle says I was lb' letting tbem (the Suuthe i n States,) secede in the beginning.' I wish be bus always to near the truth. Please look again at whit he sava above in deprecation of holding the Southern States, u Hi their ten millions of people as conquered provinces, then weigh well my political platform as Bel forth in the preamble to our forefa'h or's Declaration of Independence: -We hold these truths lo be -.ell-evident, that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain m ali. -liable rights; that among Hies; rights are life, liberty and the pur-nit of happi uess; 'hat to secure these rights, govern cvnls are institute 1 among men. dericina thir just pincers fnm the consent f Hit (joceruol that whenever any government becomes destructive ol these ends ii is the right of the people to al'er or , bolish it. and to institute a new government, laving it foundations on such pr nciples. and or gtriizing its powers in such form as to Ikptn Khali seem most likely lo effect their safe ty and happiness.' "This satement. though its precise words are Jefferson"., endorsed by John AiliiiH. Franklin Hancock, and their compeers, is a condensation ol the politi cal laith of John Hampden Algernon Sid ney. Milton. Locke, and all ihe great con fessors and martvis of Anglo Saxon liber ty, as reproduced in the fervid eloquence of James Otis. Warren. Patrick Henry ind their compatriots. If it is not sound and just, then my gr-nd-fathors were both foresworn rebels and traitors .and the Am erican Revolution a successful crime. Jt it is true, who shall say that ten millions of people inhabiting the eleven Southern SMS 8 may not invoke it as rightfully as three million of people, inhabiting thirteen colonies? For my part. I stand by ihe faith and the 'a ue of my ancestors." These sentiments find a response in every Democratic heart. They are germane to the present issue. Nor can they be distorted to coun tenance secession and rebellion, as the whole history of the Anglo Saxon race, attests to the fact that it is only in governments, controll cd as Grant attempts to control this, by military rule, that we may look for discontent and rebellion. Our people will not tolerate a bayonet-fastened srovernment, but will never rebel against one based on the consent of the governed. The policy of Grant is fruitful of rebel lion; the policy of Greeley is sub kcrviejit only ot enduring peace, The Withdrawal of Mr. tane. We regret to see that Hon. La fayette Lane, candidate on the Democratic ticket for Presidential Elector, has assumed the great re sponsibility of withdrawing there from, and sincerely hope that this declination will not be accepted by tne Central Committee, and that Mr. Lane will reconsider his action and remain in the field as a candi date. And we must be allowed to say that we deny the right, as well as the expediency of such with drawal. Mr. Lane accepted the nomination as Elector. From that time his name is the proper ty of the party, and so long as he remains and acts in con cert with that party, he is compell ed to abide its decisions. Mr. Lane as an individual, has no more right of party control over Mr. Lane the Elector, than has Mr. Smith over Mr. Jones. His declination for the reasons given, is unwarranted and unjustifiable, and we again express the hope that the Democratic Cen tral Committee reluse to receive it, and that he will remain in the field. From our intercourse with Lib eral Republicans in Oregon, we are convinced that they will cheerfully support our Electoral ticket, pro vided it supports Greeley and Drown, as it is compelled to do by strict party rules, as well as by broad feelings of patriotism. Woman's Iirhts The following was the statute of Virginia in 177C, aimed to suppress tattling in women. The very same disease has broken out in a new form ami more malsnant type, and is now known as woman's rights. Women allected with the mania go about the country slan dering any and all who are opposed to their wearing breeches. We don't know but if this old statute was re-enacted and strictly enforc ed, it would be about as effective a way, to abate a nuisance as any that could bo invented. Every body knows that ducking is good for clucking hens. The following CJ w is the statute: "Weereas oftentimes many babbling women often slander and scandalize their neighbors for which their poore husbands are often brought into chargeable in 1 vexatious suites, and caste in gn-ate dam ages: Bee it tm-refore enacted by th iiuthori'y aforesaid, that in actions of si. n der. occ iioned by the wile as aforesaid alter lgntent passed for thedunagis ihe woman shall be punished by (lucking and if the slander be so enormous s S to be adjudged at a greater damage than fi.e hundred pou ids of tobacco, then the wo rn a io aniier a ducking 'or each five fun dre I pounds of tobacco adjudged against the ho- b u.d. if he refuse lo pay the to baeco." JLctier trout Senator Kelly. The Courier publishes the following let ter from Senator Kelly, written at Wash ington, under date of June 17;h. Every thing now indicates the nomina tion of Greeley and brown by National I)ein"cra-ic Convention which meets in Baltimore on the 9th of July. or rather. I should say. the endorsement of the Cin cinnati nominees. Indeed I scarcely ihink there is any doubt oj it now; and much as I regret what, seems to be inevitable. I am going to yield obedience to the de cries of that body, and support its nom intes. It. is indeed pas-dug strange that our bitter ememy of two years ago should be the g'ambird bearer ol our party now. lint fate, or destiny seems to have decreed that it should be so; we ought, to submit with the best grace we may to that which we cannot avoid with success if we would. If Greeley and Brown shall be endorsed by the Baltimore Convention theie -hould be a universal acquiescence by Democrats in the result fr wj.hout this, defeat is certain; and the re-election of Grant is sure. Do not then let us di vide or become indifferent, even if we eannot get one of our own choice for our nominee. Distasteful and undesirable as the nomination of Greeley may be to us. indeed it is to me. yet. I can see how much good may come to our cause by ac cepMng the nomination in good faith, and giving a beany support to it i expect to be in Oregon in the course of five or six weeks to take part in the Presidential campaign: and hope there will be no divided Democratic party, or j hi. i iin-i t-iiur niiiun ineuiners III Hie great contest which comes off in No vein ber next. Very Truly Yours. J.VMKS K IvKU.EX. Senator Bavai:i). This gentleman, whose name has become familiar to the country through his services on the In vestigating Committee to examine into the frauds in the New York Custom House, and who so earnesly protested against the nomination of Horace Greeley, has writ ten a letter, which he closes as follows : Events as they now confront ns were shaped in opposition to our efforts, and a ihey are we are not responsible for them; but we ere responsible tor our mode of dealing with them now ; and I hope our Slate Convention will promptly and decid edly nominate an electoral ticket in oppo sition to Grant and Wilson, and in favor ol the only candidates who. as matters now stand, can be hopefully expected to defeat them I mean Greeley and Brown, for whom I expect to vote on the filth d iy of November a -xt. I hope to return home by the middle of September, with mv health restored, and enabled to take part in i lie political canvass. The subjeci 'o which ibis letter relates h;is given me a great deal of anxiety and distress, which I know is shared by thousands of true men of the same political party in this State: but I believe that my decision is the right one. and I know thai it is found ed upon honet motives. This only alier nasive to a whole or half-way "aid to Grant's re election may be hard for ns to adopt, but I ihink ii is our duty, and so I trust will you and the eutire Democracy of Delaware. Hoisted. The Democratic lira i . i a . -i i 1 ias noisieu tne names oi vireeiey and. lirown and gives them ty support.. hear- Evils of Radicalism. huyler Conax, tte -"smiler. made a Fourth of July speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan, in which he enumerated the perils of the Repub lic. Iy reference to these perils, as reported in the New York Iler ald, it will be seen that nearly every one of them are the legiti mate result of Radical rule for the last twelve years, and it was emi nently proper for Mr. Colfax, on the Fourth of July, to remind the people of the dangers that beset them, so that they might abandon the party which precipitated them upon the country. The Herald report is as follows: Mr. Colfax enumerated as some of these possible perils of the republic : First. overtrading abroad, now settled by gov ernment. State and railroad bonds, ulti maiely. however, to be paid, principal and interest, in American gold ; and in sisted that nations, like individuals, should live within their means. Second. Un building of and cing " ub! "h.1 fur too manv railroads. Third, increasing .he State and municipal debt, rendering local taxation far more burdensome ,han ,i ii!iiandiiitr our heavy war debt. For.rih. increasing the power of -real corporations, which should be wiseiy limited, especially as to -water ng stock except by express legislative author ity as it rendered higher charges on the public necessary to make dividends. Fifth that corruption, whenever clearly discovered in national. State or mumcipa government, should be sternly punished a greater crime than private embezzle ment or theft. Sixth, the expansion of area if it brings with it unwilling people or national hostilities, and unless like marriage with the hearty assent of both peoples. Seventh, war. except as a last, resort, and he meant by that not the avenginf of some fancied wrong, but the pri'servafion of the national lite, as blood shed b justified by the preservation indi vidual lile. Greeley on Carpet-Hangers. On hi return from a visit to the South about a year ago. Mr. Greeley, not then anticipating his position. mad a speech t the Lincoln Club room, in New York Citv. in which he expressed himself as fol lows in regard to these disreputable cor morants ; I allude to what are kown aa the thieving carpet baggers. Applause. The thieving cat pet baggers are a mournful fact; they do exist there, and I have seen them. They are lellows who crawled down South in track of our armies, gener ally at a very sale distance in the rear ; some of them on sul tiers' wagons; some bearing coiton permits; some of then looking sharply to see what intght turn up, and they remain there. They at once ingratiated themselves with the blacks, simple, credulous, ignorant men. very glad to welcome and to follow any whites who professed to be the champions of their rights. Some of them got elected S'-na'otv, others Represeiuatives. some Sherdl's. some Judges and so on And there ihey stand, right in the public ee. s-ealing and plundering, many of ihem wiili both arms around negro-s. and theii nands in 'heir rear pockets, seeing if ihey cannot pick a paltry dollar out of ihem; and ihe public lonks at ihem. does noi re gard ihe honest Northern man. who calls every carpet b igger a thief, which is noi the truth by a good deal. But these tel lows many of them long faced and with eves roiled up are greatiy concerned lor Ihe education of the blacks and for the salvation of iheir souls Great laughter Let us pray.' they say; but they spell pray with. an 'e.' and thus spelled, they obey the Apostolic injunction to 'pray without ceasing.' They got into the Leg i-la'ures; Ihey went to issuing Stale bonds; they preiended to use them in aid ot rail roads and oMier improvements, lint ihe improvements were not made, and the h mds stuck in the issuers" pockets. Thai is the pity of it. What ihe Southern peo ple see ot us are these thieves, who repre sent the North to iheir jaundiced vi-ion and lepresenting it. ihey disgrace it. They are the greatest obstacle to Ihe triumph and permanent ascendancy of Republican piinciples at. the South, and a such I denounce them."' Great Applause. That is strongly and succinctly put. No Democrat has ever stated the case belter, and no Democrat could pursue a better course adapted to conciliate the country iban that given above. Changed Hands. The last is sue of the 'Willamette lrarmer comes to us with Messrs. Clarke $c Craig as proprietors, Mr. A. L. Stinson having sold out to them. They are both old newspaper men, and we have no doubt but what they will make the Farmer in every respect worthy of the sup port of the people. We wish them abundant success. Mr. Stin son, on account of ill-health, pro poses to engage m other business. May the best of prosperity attend him m his retired life, Mi:. Matlock, of Itoseburg, an old Kepublican soldier in the war, has announced himself lor Greeley and Drown, whereupon all the Radical inkslingers pitch into him, especially the Federal office-holders of Portland and Koseburg. Their narrow mind would prevent a man from saying anything but the despot and tyrant who gives ihem their bread and butter. Mr. Matlock can stand all such abuse. About All. Out side of the Bread-and-Butter ligade, Grant has but little support in Oregon. His nomination was received with almost cold indifference and no en thusiasm has been engendered since. Every day he is losing strength, and the people who are not recipients of crumbs from his table, are working for the election of the honest Farmer Horace Greeley. A California paper pronounces the "Champions of Red Cross," a humbug, rotten up by men who won't work for a living. PorciTtox -Of our city rapidly increas ing, and prospects for further additions never so promising. Albany Register. The editor of tho Ke.jister ha3been mar ried one sjoatb. Frettv giotL Y nOTTRTSSY Oif BANCROFT Greeley's formal Acceptance of the "Baltimore XomiuaUoiu The official notification of Greeley's nomination at Baltimore, with his response, are published. The notification is quite brief". It merely announces his unani mous nomination and the adoption of ibe Cincinnati plattorm. as strengthened by the endorsement contained in Greeley's letter of acceptance of the Cincinnati nomination, adding that, in tendering the nomination, they lay aside the difference of the past, abandon all purposes of mere partisan advantages, and ask of him no pledge other than lhat of fidelity to the platform. Greeley's response is dated Jnlv LSth. and reads as follows : Ni;w Yoi-K. Ju.t 18th. Gentlemen' ? Upon mature deliberation it seems fit that I should give to your let ler of the 10'h fuller response than the hastv unpremeditated words in which I acknowledged your nomination at our meeting on the 12th. That many of you originally preferred that ihe Liberal Re- publicans slionin pit-smi auomer canm date for the Presidency, and would have more readily united with us in the support of Adams or Trumbull, Davis or Brown, is well known. . I owe my adoption at Baltimore wholly to the fact that I had already been nom inated at Cincinnati, and that, a concen tration of forces upon any new ticket had been proved unacceptable. Gratified as I am at your concurrence in uie Cincin nati nominations, cerlain as I am that you would not have Ihus concurred had you not deemed me upright anil capable. I find nothing in (he circumstances calcu lated lo inflimme anv vanity. But that vour Committee saw fit in adopting ihe Cincinnati ticket, to re-affirm the Cincin nati platform, is to ine a source of pro found satisfaction, lhat body was con strained to take this important step by no party necessity, real or supposed. It might have accepted the cmdidales of (he Liberal Republicans on grounds en tirely its own. or it might, have presented them as 'he first whig National Conven lion did Harrison and Tyler, whithou' adopting any platform whatever. That it choose to plant itself deliberately, by a vole nearly unanimous, upon the fullest and clearest enunciation of principles, which are at once incontesiibly Repub lican, gives trustworthy assurance lhat a new and more auspic'ous era is dawn ng upon our long distracted coun'ry. Some of ihe best years and best endeavors of my life were devoted to a struggle against chattel slavery a struggle none the less earnes' or arduous because cons'iiiitional obligations constrained tne lo act for ihe most part-on ihe defensive, in resistence to ihe diffusion, rather than the direct ef forts for the ext motion, of human bond age. Throughout the most of these years my vision was uncheered. my exeriions were rarely animated, by even so much as a hope .that I should live to see my country peopled by freemen alone. The ufiirmance by your Convention of the Cincinnati Platform is a most conclu sive proof, not merely that sbivery is abolished, but that its spirit is extinct. Despite the protests of a 'espec'able bur isolaied few there remains among us no party nor formidable interest which re grets its overt brow, or desires the r--estah'ishment ol human bondage, wheth er iti leter or in spiti'. I am, then-fere justified in my hope and trust lhat the first century of Americ in independence will not close before the great truths on which i's rightfulness was based ly Jeffeison and the Continental Congress of "7(. will no longer be regarded as glitter ing generalities, but will have become ihe ii' tveisilly accepted ntid honored fonn datious of our political fabric. I demand ed the prompt application of those prin ciples to our ceiidiiion. Having done what I could f r the cmplete emancip a Hon of the blacks. I now insist on fu i en ft anchHemeni of all my white coun'ry rneri Let none say that the ban has j-ist b'jen removed from all but a few hun dred elderly gentlemen, to whom eb-gi-bility lo office can be i.i little conse qnence. My view contemplates n it the Sew hundred- prosorilied but ihe millions who are desiring rite right lo be ruled by men of iheir unfettered eh ice. I have a profound regard 'or the' pen ! pie of New Lngland wherein I was born in whose common xchools I was brought up. I rank no o-her people ab ive ihem ! in intelligence; but while ihey do many ! tilings well, and some adtnirab'. v. there is ne tiling which I am -ore they cannot wisely and sa'ely undertake, and that is the selection for tsta'es r mo'e ft om and unlike iheir own of ihe persons by whom those States shall be represented in Con gress. If they could do litis lo good pur pose, the Republican institutions were unfit, and aristocracy would be Ihe onlv rue poli ic a! sy-tem. Vet what have we recm Iy witnessed'.' Zehulon B. Vance ihe unquestioned choice of a large ma jority of the Legislature of North Caro lina, backed by a majority of the people who voted at. its election refused a seal in ihe Federal Senate lo which he was fairly chosen, and the Legislature thus constrained to choose another in his stead or leave the Slate unrepresented for years The vote of New England thus deprived North Carolina of the Sena'or of her choice, and compelled her to send another in his stead; another, who. in our late contest, was. like Vance, a rebel, and a fighting rebel, bu who had not served in Congress before the war as Vance had. thongh ih. lat'er had remained as faith ful to the Cnion until after his term. I protest against the disfranchisement of a State, presumptuously of a number ot States, on grounds so narrow and technical as thK The fact lhat the same Senate which refused Vance his seat pro ceeded to remove his disabilities after 'hat seat had been filled by another, only serves to place in stronger light the in dignity to North Carolina, and the arbi trary, capricious tyranny which dictated it. I thank you that my name is fo be con spicuously associated with yours in a de t rmined effort to render amnesty complete and universal, in spirit as well as in letter. Even defeat in such a yne would leave no s ing, w hile victory would rank with those victories which no blood reddens, and which evoke no rears but those of gratitude and joy. Gentlemen, your platform, which is also mine, assures me that Democracy is not henceforth to stand for one thing and Republicanism another: but that these ternn are to mean in poli tics, as they always have meant in Ihe dictionary, substantially one and the same thing namely, equal rights to all. re gardless of creed or clime or color. I bail this as a genuine New Departure, from outworn feuds and meaningless contentions in tl e direction of progress and reform. Whether I shall be found W'Tlhv to bear the standard of ihe great movement which the American people have inaugurated, is to be determined, not by words, but bv deeds. I's grand array moves on to achieve for our conn try ber glorious, benificent destiny. I remain, gentlemen, yours. IIortAC Gkkeley. A NcrSANCE. We are constantly in re ceipt of advertisements with requests that we publish the same and take our pav in the ar'icle advertised. We wish it under stood that we do not advertise for any other consideration than cash. We pay cash for everything we use in publishing our paper, and cannot afford to advertise and take pay in things of no use in our business. It is useless for advertisers- to send us any patronage of this kind. We don't do business in that wav. A Georgia editor refuses to support Greeley oa the ground that it is as much aa he can do to support himself. LlbdAhl , State Items. Umatilla cotanty has 1.GG7 ecfaoel child ren. Jacksonville jaila are filled to overflow- The new State Penitentiary was opened last Wednesday. M. P Berry has been appointed agent for (he Flatheads. Haying and harvesting id in full blast in Eastern Oregon. The Canyon City mail robbers have been indicted. Baker county reduced her indebtedness about S 4.000 last year. Six brick buildings are in coarse of erection at Eugene. Geo. Fleidner. of Portland ha3 received a patent for a mop. W. C. Hull, of La Grande, recently sold three chickens tor $35. The Christian denomination is erecting a church house at Springfield. Gen. Hooker will leave Portland on the J. L. Stephens for the East. Mr. Hank Reed of Salem, was badly hurt by being kicked by a colt. Twelve more Boston excursionists ar rived in Portland last Wednesday. A band of Cashmere goats will soon ar rive in Oregon from California. Washington Pearce. a vagabond miner ot Idaho, has Ullen heir te $100,000. Mr. Rhodes of Baker Citv. offers to bet $10,000 on the election of Greeley. It is calculated that the Astoria Custom House will be completed this year. The Roseburg Ensign has died. It died with too much Grant on the brain. A quartz mill was badly damaged by fire at Baker city on (he 22nd instant. Jackson county is now rejoicing in green corn, plums and cholera morbus. Cascade ice is being sold in Salem, the home supply having become exhausted. A Wasco county man has nine head of cattle, all from one cow in lesg than four years. Jacksonville Lodge. Odd Fellows will eeb-brate its twelfth anniversary, August 19th. One of the prisoners confined in the Lane county jail escaped hist Saturday night. The Burnt River difch. in Baker conntv i ndvTli-ed for sale by the Sheriff for ftiOO taxes. J. T Apperson Grand Master of the L O. O. F. is in Eastern Oregon on an of ficial visit. O'lfoy, fried at Portland for murder, has been convicted of murder in the 2nd degree. Eugene is moving for a joint stock com pany to improve the McKenzie Salt Springs. A hunting party of four persons recent ly killed 80 sage hens in one day near Baker City. The mail robhor were admitted to bail in the sum of twenty and ten thousand dollars each. The Eastern miils for Oregon are to come by way of Sacrament 3 hereafter. A good move. Texas cattle are being driven from Eastern Oregon to supply ihe Willamette beef marke's. J. J. Hncbenv. of Portland, is collecting specimens of wheal to send to Eastern Ag ricultural fairs. E. S. McCornas of La Grande, relurned home hist week from attending the Balti more Convention. i The Statesman predicts that farmers will be ah e to get moe than fi5 or 7o cents a bushel for iheir wheat. j Pev. Win. Adams ha been appointed Colporteur of the Oregon Bible Society to canvass Southern Oregon. Ben Ifoiladny is making extensive im provements in and about the Summer House at Clatsop Beach. Mrs. Sarah J. Borden, of Perrwille. Boyle county Kentucky, wants infor ma lion of Daniel Y. Borden. J. J. Whi'ney of Albany, and James TI. Frush of East Portland, have been ap pointed notaries public. The Ca'holic holies of Astoria will hold a grand festival this week, in aid of a church building in that town. A number of emigran's. direct from Germany, have lately arrived in Jackson couniy, ami will settle there. The funeral sermon in memory of Ihe late Jas. B. Newby was preached in Me Minnville on the 21st of July. The parents of Lafayelte A. Williams.of Salem, desire information of his w herea bouts. He was last at Amity. On Wednesday William Jolly's team ran away, just below Ilillsboro, tearing the wagon all to smash. Ilillsboro needs a harness shop badly a good chance for some one to get into a good pttying business. The Crystal Palace Circus is now on the way overland to this State and will be here about the last of next month. A Salem party lately returned from Clear Lake, where they caught, 400 fine trout ami killed three large backs. Mr. E. L. Alexander, special postal agent, arrived in Portland. Wednesd ir, on business connected with tLePostoffice. The Eugene Gu ird says : The genuine small pox has been developed in a settle men.' on Long Tom near the Benton conn ty line. The cops in Marion and Linn counties are very fair. Oats in many places will turn out from CO to 7o bushels to the acre. Wm. Bryant stole $27.5 from a mm named Henry Brown in Portland. Bryant is in jail awaiting the action of the Grand Jury. The Bed Rock Democrat says : ' The reported killing of Wells and Goodwin by ihe Indians on the Malheur, is a false report. The leader of the 21st Infan'ry band, at Vancouver, was robbed of about S7.50 on a recent passage from San Francisco to this port. A Mr. lla'e. of J ickson county, had a fight with a bear last week, in which the bear was killed and Hale seriously wounded. They want a preacher at Turner's school house, in Linn coun'y. No refer ence required as to denominational ten lien ties. A new addition lo the town of Ilalsey has been laid ofT. and many of Ihe-lots ar.J already sold to parties woo contemplate building on tbem. Two men. arrested for stealing horseg in Jacksnn county, hare confessed the crimes, and rheir confession implicates a number of others. T vo Indians a buck and his wife were arrested at Corvallis last Sunday, and held to answer for threateaing to kill' a white man. The stage between Koseburg and Oak land made the trip in rw bor and forty five minutes one day last wcefc. distance twenty miles. Major M. P. Berry is now making great preparations to go on a prospecting tour on the beadwaiers of Clackamas, Molalla and Santiam rivers. Johnny Dougherty, a deserter, sen fenced to wear a ball and chain at AIca traz for one year, was sent down on th Ajax which sailed rnday. A United States snag puller has been taken to Albany, and will from that point commence and pull all the snags out of the river down to the falls. The Mirant'U"er says that Tomphins. one of he men arrested on rhe charge of robbing the Canyon city mail, has always sustained a good character. James F. Smith has been creating quite a sensation in Portland by running away with a l old man's daughter an I getting married. He has been arrested lor ab duction and released since. The Slate Journal says : Rev. E. P. Henderson has abandoned the suit against Harris Dent, for ihe possession of ihe of fice of County Treasurer. We received the West Side of July 2G'h on the 1st of August. Fast time. Five days from McMinuville. a distance of about forty milei by the mail route. A Miss Daw. just arrived from San Francisco, took the small-pox at Corvallis a few days ago. out tne tiease is or a mild form, and she is out of danger. A special term of the Circuit Court-, be ginning August 12:h. at Lafayette, has been ordered by Judge Bonbam for the trial of Geroy and Thomas for robbery. The editor of the Journal, at Eugene, has been presented with a plum seven inches in circumterence. a tiimuhy stalk six feet high, and a turnip weighing ten pounds. A party of five Germans arrive.! at the Dalles during the last week from the East in search of a place to found a colony who wilt arrive here as soon as the loca tion is made. Hon. T. B. Odeneal. Superintendent of Indian Afturs has received instruction from Washington to proceed to the Mai heur country and select a reservation for the Stiake Indians. A young man whose girl lives in South Silem says that during the five years lie has waited on h"r he has traveled by ex act measurement lo.oo miles, up lo last Sunday night. The Baker City Academy building which about a year ago was burnt to the ground is nuw up weather-boarded, painted, etc.. and will be completed on or before the next term ol school commences. As near as can be ascertained the total loss by the Canyon City mail robbery, amounts to abcut $.4U0. MeOullough & Hitman Io-t G ounce dust ; Messinger & Co. 41 ounces, and W. F. Rinehart Co ounces. A man named Harmon stabbed another man named llazlett in the shoulder quite seriously, in Benton county, four miles west of Albany. The aff air grew nr of an old grudge, and occurred on last Mon day. 'But" Mealy, a diminutive lad. was caught by the bell of some machinery at Albany, on Wednesday of last week, and whit led around so fast lhat it made his head swim, but for'unately the belt broke and let him drop before he was very much hurt. , D. B. Hannah publishes a card in which he states that much of bis evidence in ihe Carruthers' ca.-e was ruled out. and that, he had plenty ol' evidence to prove that the reported Wrestling Joe"' was none other iha.i James W. Davidson. The case will be appealed. A few persons only have visited the McKen.ie Falls this summer. These falls are about fifteen miles above the Hot Springs ; are three in number ttie high est being about 1.5') feet. Very few per sons have ever vi-ited these falls, there being not, even a friil to them. The Jacksonville Hmf.t says : Wilson and Allen, ihe horse thieves arrested by E. D Foudray in Shasta couniy. Cal.. had a preliminary examination before Justice Wade hist Monday. They plead guilty to the charge, and were bound fiver in the sum of S2.000 each, in default of which they were sent to jail. A man named Ilnntly came from Indi ana lately in scorch of his sou. who was stolen from him when an infant, toil ix months old. The perpetrator of the act confessed the deed on his death-bed which led the fa" her lo the discovery of the child. The people who had raised him resided near Salem and rhe father left last Sunday with his long-lost son for his home. From Ihe Benton Democrat : "Eugene Millener. George MiMener. A. Millener. Charles Millener. A. Hogan. and D. IIo gau were arrested on last Sunday, charg ed wirh assault with intent to kill George Ballard, by firing into his house one night last week. The parties were discharged, the evidence being insufficient to convict them. A young man named George Burchard. about 17 years of age. was .aketi down at St. Helens a few days ago w th l lie suiall pox. No one is able to tell by what means he contracted Ihe disease. "lie has been placed in the school hoti-e and is under the care of Dr. Henderson, with whose family he was stopping when he became sick Mr. Lane Withdraws. The following letter explains itself. Mr. Lane, we are informed, gives his hearty snpport to the nominees of the Baltimore Convention, but as the candi dates of that convention are expected to gain many votes in our State from the Liberal Republicans, he thinks it but just that a n::T."Jjer of that element of our citizens should be represented. He with draws in the hope that it may strengthen the ticket. Following is the le'ter. RaSEUL-K:-. July 12. 187?,. Dr. J. A. Chapman. Chairman- Democratic Central Committee. Dtir Sir: Relieving hat it would con tr.b ne soinewua'. to the success. u, tt,js o.ate. ol the Presidfnikl Humiliations made at Cincinnati and B.ltiniore, thai the Liberal Republicans of whom I am convinced there are m-auy. should be represented ott Ihe electoral ticket, E re-.-pectlully tender my resignaiion as a can didate for elector. In this connection it may not be im proper lor me to say that in the choice beiweeuTrn-eley and Grant I apprehend Democrats of Oregon cannot hesitate. It is quite evident itj.it Ihe people without d.siiuc ion of paity demand a change and a state-man and honest c-i viiian. "what ever his former political affiliations may have been, is su ely preleruble u, Gen. .Grant. I am Iruly grateful to the Democracy of Oregon for ihe honor their late con ferred! upon me. Yours respectfully, I- I'. LANE. Will Mrs. Dumway please pub lish thu editorial which recently appeared in her paper about Grant while stationed at Vancouver? It ! would be so'iutercEtiuc: hist now Telegraphic News. hr. Loris, July 2tI.An-.cn Ua, who murdered hits wife lasttnii-, "&V ed hi crime. ' ouf( Ci.vci.VNA.ri. Sulj 26. -la tjj. t. race to day Del ween Goldsntitb V i t Ian! Lucy, tne former won three Time. Z:VJ. 2:1 7 and 2:21 Niagara Falls. Ju.r 26. -a 1 i- taming a boy and ffirl. children A e Lescor, drifted over Ihe tails i a. ". a boat containing an old flsherWan ' Sl,li Barney and an unknown inm, p. not recovered. ' Schurz in a letfer to the Tribun the letter quoted in his St. Louis e'thJt was writlen by General Allred i,leaaSpf'ec!, late Commissioner of Internal l tQt0l!. and gives a letter from l'Ieasanton'VInU''' the 25-h instant, saying he did conv d proposition to Schurz. as a friend nt self and the President, desiring dial relation between them Th President did waat SchurzV ihe San Dorxingo scheme, and IhatSch " could have patronage for giving it r ' a distinct impression made upon Pi ontorrs mind by the President's con' lion with him, and if the President tively denies such conversation ,v Pieasanton regrets it. he consoles him, !. with the reflection tht .... ? n,n,r,tf .i.. "".in: nr.Sl tm that anv statement of his. mm ,u" has been questioned, while the Pre-M " had before had occasion to disiru.t th accuracy of his reco' lection St. Loirs. July 27.-A Jefferson Cii, dispatch reports ihe perpetration of hnV frauds on the State and county by CircuU r i . ii i plot? I v . . . - ueiiy. or UtVingHon. county Lew Go.dsby, former Cleik h absconded. ' Dkikoit. 27.-Governor Baldwin cV clmes the re-nominaiion. and Spauliin having w.thdrawn. the coast in clear &J John J. Bagley. the tobacco king. August Belmont's name is proij,inrnt mentioned as Democratic Candida fjV Mayor. Greeley has engaged quarter for tla season ar East IIamP:on. Long Island. 1). C rornev. late of th- ir.i,: UtiomrJe. Pas a lengihy communication in the Jlrrald. reviewing the past career of Senaior Cameron, and bh responsibil ity lor- the present difficulty in ih at Pennsylvania. Fomev sU re" aliens to th.. -'") in which h was arfackeJ y Cameron, were purely of a legitimate character Toi'kka, Kansas. July 27. Mrs. Thom as Mauiitgly drowned herself and a ihrrr year old child in the river here to-dy. Domestic unhappiness the rause. The Atchison. Topeka 4 Santa Fe Rail road was completed to Fort Lurried to day. Kansas Citv, July 27. James Sharpe. who murdered John Erskine a we-k or two since, was rakeu from the jail at Wai relishin g. Missouri, early yesierduy morning and hanged CiiAKi.o-rn-:. July 27. Curl Schnra speaks here on Monday iJgbf. Ttie reperted oiiirages on the occasion of Governor Harriman's speech here ure untitle. There were no serious diatutli auces occurred. Chicacio. July 3t). Great interest ii felt in poliicai circles over the election iu Nin th (Jacolina on Thursday next. Front the reports of special Correspondents and other recounts, it would appear that while both piriies are di.-poned to claim the election, neither is over c-mfideiL and I fie result w ill prohab. be very close. All accounts agree thai the canvass is oni ot unustiil warmth and that the aggre gate vote wiil probably be many tu'on sands larger than lor years pa-t. The weather lliioughotit the Wet h-u been hot for ihe pasi lew days. The 1;-t-l crop report is favorable, showing that the yield ot wheat wiil be fully an arer age. while the oat crop will lie unusually iarge. Corn promises to be as latgn t ever know n. A Chicauo July 2!).- The Liberal Repub licans held their first mass meeting ot iho campaign in ihis city this evening. Speeches were made by Senator Trum bull, ex Governor Ki;i"inir. Liberal can didate for Governor ol Illirnu. and by ex Governor Blair of Michigan, from the stand erected iu the open air on Market street. Savannah. Georgia. July 3i). The riot yesterday was occasioned by rhe continu al attempt of negroes ro ride in the white cars. Several negroes had Tjeen ejected by some young men. and at 1 o'clock in the afternoon two negroes were expelW from the cars. The excitement increa.-,.d reward nighr. Two thousand neuron lined the street, and many white people were also out. About 8o"ctoek acarw fired intj by negroes and the white men in ihe car returned the fire. Every car which passed alter that was fired into. 1 he firing along rhe road became general for about an hour, the negroes tdiootiritf in all directions. About 11 o'clock two ladies and two children were shot by the rioting negroes while standing on the steps iu fronl of their house. Washington, July 30. A letter from Senator Palmer to the colored citizens of the United Slates is publishhd. Ir it writ ten reply to a communication. Spr..kin tor himself, he says his vole will be given for Horace Greeley, and in giving it Lb does not go for the Democratic par'.y. nor is he any less a Republican; and in con clusion he unhesitatingly advises hi col ored lellow citizens to support Greek t and Brown, as tine Republican unit friends of iheir race. Hlxtinhpon-. Pa.. July 30. The GU. If. an old Republican journal of this plart, lakes down the names of Grant and Wil son and hoists these of Greeley nd Brown. A Times Raleigh. North Carolina, dif patch s.ys no one expects eleciion day to pass without bloodshed. It ia eelitiiat ed there will be ahuudred serious aifraj iu the State. The Two Bayakp-s. Our Radical friend are consantly referring to the sayings and doings of a Bayard, w ho is trying to bring Iiiinself into notoriety, by favurmar l; Louisville Convention and stating thut Ihey are the expressions of Senator Bayard from Delaware. This is a mistake. Sena tor Bayard supports the nominees of lh Convention of which he was a delegate. The S. J. Bayard, of New Jersey, we be lieve, is entirely a different person, and was not a delegate in the Baltimore Con vention, and is probably an employee of the Grant party to get up another ticket. This Grant's only hope for re election.and if he can find tools enough he may be suc cessful. The renown in irouists nave been boast ing of the economy of Grant's Adminis tration. This has been one of 'heir trump cards, which they have brought out in eT' ery emergency. But the figures wliicb the reports of ihe departments present flatly cotitradict this claim of economy and prove that the present Administration has been enormously expensive. The ex pense of ihe executive department dur ing th- first two yearn of Grant's term were S18 709.472. against S12.85C.220 for the last two yejfrs of Johnson' Admit' i tration. Here is an increase of nearly t! millions instead of a reenc;ion. much economv is there in that! The Washington Chronicle (Grant's bum organ) announces that -f ince the cloeo f the rebellion not less thau 23.000 persooi black and white, have been scourged ban ished, or murdered by Ku Kfux Elans of tba South.' Won't it cou&at tJ tak oil cue aad call it 22 000 ? o
