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Ci)e U);ckln (Enterprise.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CLACKAMAS COCKIY.
OREGOX CITY. ALGl'ST 9. 157?.
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mm PRESIDENT,
HORACE CREEL
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OK NKW YORK.
l'or Vice President,
B
GRATZ BROWN;
of Misson;!.
Presidential Electors,
UIZO. 11. II?LM, of Linn County.
K, II. OATES, of Wasco County."
L.. l L.ASK, of Douglas County.
The Poli'ical Revolution.
.
Events arc transpiring of so
marked a character that we cannot
be liable to the accusation of em
ploying political buncombe, when
we asstt that we are already
in tbe midst of a thorough and
overwhelming political revolution.
Nations, like individuals, are sub
ject at times to epidemical inrlu-
o enecs, and the features of the one
are as marked and definite as the
other. The common observer, as
well as the shrewd physician, is
readily sensible of any prevailing
physical epidemic, and so when a
political epidemic has fairly set in,
it is also as readily cognizable to
the ordinary individual as to the
trained and astute politician. All
the signs and evidences betoken a
political revolution are in the air.
Men of all classes see it anil feel it
as thoroughly as though it was
palpable, and so, decernable to the
physical senses. Men who rejoice
at it, feel a sufficient confidence for
which, for their lives, they cannot
array as yet any sufficient statisti
cal basis, while those opposed to it,
although they have the immense
patronage of the Federal Govern
ment at their back, already exhibit
a dispondency, which but for epi
demical influences, would be both
unaecount able and cowardly. This
political epidemic, in some respects,
possesses characteristics the most,
marked and powerful of any which
this country ever witnsesed, not
even excepting that of IS 40. Al
though not breaking as ytl old
party 'names and organizations, it
has sundered in the sudden and re
markable manner old party associ
ations, and brought into concerted
and harmonious action, men and
elements which but one short year
ago were almost at total variance.
The Republican party is almost
completely rent in twain, the head
with the brains having detached
itself from the rest of the carcass
and united its influence with the
Democratic organization. The
Democratic party, recognizing the j body and anything for a considei a
emergency of the times, has ad- tion, and that class of insane bigots
roitly retired, from the present can
vass merely, its lesser issues, and
lias avowed itself boldly only on
the more vital questions with re
gard to which it is in unison with
the most honest and patriotic por
tion of the liepublican party. This
adroit movement lias given addi-
tional force to the epidemic already j
set in, and gives good warrant that
it will sweep the lamb Physical j
epidemics, physicians all assert are !
traceable to some poison or corrup
tion prevailing extensively among
the peopio. 1 he epidemic comes j
and sweeps off those most corrup- j
ted, and tends to cleanse and puri- j
fy the others. Political epidemics
1 nil , I
are generally caused iy onicial
rotteness and corruption, and gen-
orally end in driving out of power
the corrupt elements and in purify
ing the political atmosphere gen
erally. And their force and pow
er is generally in ratio with the
corruption which is the prime in
centive. If this rule holds good
tiiis year, this epidemic is to sweep
the land like a hurrican, for the
reason that the abuses and corrup
tion of the part y in power are with
out a parallel in all the past historv
of our Government. God speed
the revolution !
A Change. We see it stated
that Mr. M. II. Abbott has dispos
al nf the Ihd RocJc Jjcutocwt to!
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as. k3iit.-ioii.-ti--, win.- kji uuioi.
Citv but formerly of Albany, i of four more years of Grant, expos-
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While we regret Mr. A. h:n retuel j mg ins record since he has been
from the field of journalism, we are j President, showing not alone his
pleased to know that his place has
been tilled bv one in every respect
enmiiotoiit t, ni'iho the I). mc.idf
a live paper. We wish our old the leaders, to be intrusted with ect5on 5s J in doubt, but the in
friend Sheii. good luck, and hone Li,., ,aT i.nuor They nk,i ! d'ications are that the Democrats
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in.- io.iv ue most, itocranv susiainett
Lv tbJ i- e !....
n au"-luil' pttiuie ui j.u;ci ;
count. Y.
The ISau Francisco printers are
signing a call for a mc-etin
i or f.-.r tb
organ;.ation of a Greeley Club on
oct Thttr-l c- cning.
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Tli-e Forlorn Hope
Events arc exhibiting the strange
dilemma f,,v tV, 17 . T.l
j that its oniy hoV? f success in the
j present canvass is the nejjro vote.
j Secretary Iloutwell, in his Xorth
Carolina harangue, made a special ! Boston correspondent of the Spring
bid for that vote, by appealing to j field Republican, have a chance
their lowest prejudices and from ' now to see how much their wisdom
our telegraphic reports from various
. .
sections of the country, we are
forced to the conviction that the
only two classes that still adhere
to the waning fortunes of the
great (lift -Taker, are the nenroes
and the Federal office-holders.
The great mass of original Repub
licans, the honest, portion of the
party, and in fact its leading men,
! who have furnished its brains, are
all leaving it and are rallying tin-
j uer i no nag oi ircciey. n n:u a
humiliating condition does this
party now find itself in, wl
ich
once boasted of having the intelli
gence of the nation, when it now
falls back on the ignorant negro
vote as its foilorn hope of success!
As events are now shaping, it is
more than probable that while
Grant will get nearly the entire
nec?ro vote of the Union, Greeley
will get nearly the entire white
vote. And thus, this party driven
at last to Africa, having alienated
the support of all intelligent white
people, will close its short career,
begun with such high hopes and
continued with great promise, in
shame, and die in the embrace of
its ignorant adherents, which have
only remained true to it, by their
utter mental inability to compre
hend the stupendous rascality and
corruption which they are unwit
tingly aiding to support.
Who Support Grant J
1 ne
Grant organs claim that
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their master has the support ol
:UPP01T or UK' j
o-reat, mass ol the "solid' citizens,
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who approve his poncv au.i ue .
maud his re-election as "essential
to the best interests of the count rv." j
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1 hat plain people mav not be mb- ;
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led bv this boasting, we give below
a partial list of the "solid" support
ers of Grant as we find them cata
logued by the X'ew York fiut.
They are
The Custom House Kin-
The General Order Swindle King'.
The San 1) mimpo Uin.
The District o! Columbia Pon.
The .Seneca Samlsone Hi tig.
The Lund Grabbing Ring.
The Choi-penning Fraud Ring.
The Cameron Ring.
The Washington bobby Ring-
The Offlco Selling Rin.
The Internal Revenue Ring-
The Whisky Ring.
The Philadelphia Municipal Ring.
The Carpet-bag King.
The Military Ring.
The Cameron KemT.de ' Adds" Ring.
The Monopolist Ri' g-5 everywhere.
The Great Uailraod Rings.
The National Rank Rings.
The Southern Plunderers' Rings.
The uniceholders Kings.
When we add to the above the j
"piece biigade," who support any-
who insist on continuing the war
againt the South for the sake of
revenge and at the expense of the
ft hole country, we have enumerated
Grant's entire strength. We do
not believe that the good people of
the country will unite with the
mercenary horde. They recognize
the fact that the country needs
peace, and that the only true road
to complete pacification lies in a
resort to even-handed justice and
the restoration of equal rights to
j all sections of the country, which
can only be secured by the election
of Greeley, and from their hearts
tIie' cry aloud, "Let us have
P-'
A'i Aggresvive Campaign.
In the campaign this fall,
by no arts of our crafty opponents,
can the Democrats be placed on
the defensive. The campaign is
not to be fought on the dead issues
of the past, but on the living ones
of the present. The Greeley men
are attacking forces. On Grant's
four-Year record and the four-year
i) v i , -i,
record ot the Radical party will
the Radicals have to Stand or fall.
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It IS meet, then, that ill the Cam-
patgn the opponents of Radicalism
iii.i .1 : :.: , t .i
should take the initiative, and this
they are doing. All over the
, ,i e i t -r .
country tne voices ot letiamo-i)em-
o
oerats
nd Liberals are heard
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, "."""'n .v. w. i.a,;;ci
I personal unfitness, but the unfitness
j of the party of which MortnmChan-
dler. Conkliug, Cameron it Co. are s
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i show that the movement lor brce-
! ley is from and of the people, who
are tired of keeping longer alive
c l coiioiial strifes, turmoils, and bit
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ti-iviiefts. : a i;.nc ucLiiiiuimu ii
;u power mCn in vor of
v, fjn, rcc.?nci?.'3tion.
A Great Uprising in Massachusetts.
Those wise men in the East who
thought that the nomination of Mr.
Greeley at Baltimore would drivel
off both Republicans and Demo-
j crats from supporting him, says a
. .-i r
was wort h. .Not. a single man ot
either side has qiven up (ireelev
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lor Ctiant in this latitude that I can
L,. i' 'b frtm pisiniK to
ijvtii J n jiiK uiv v-w.
Greeley go on day and night by
shoals. The Custom-House folks ,!
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the Grant State Committee, anil
the Uoston editors who have pooh
poohed the anti-Grant movement
are now thoroughly frightened, for
they find their party exceedingly
shaky. Senator Wilson is under
stood to intimate that all depends
on Xorth Carolina if that State
goes for Grant then he is sure of
re-election ; if not, then the country
is xoini to be ruined right away,
lie is going down to make a lew
speeches in the "Old Xorth State"'
himself, contrary to his past inten
tion to make his first stump orations
in Pennsylvania and Indiana. The
sooner he goes the less he will get
mixed up in Butlers schemes, wliieh
will depend largely upon Wilson
for their sued
am
1
will come to
a head within the next two weeks,
unless all signs fail. It is not ex
pected here that Charles Sumner
will take the stump against Grant
in Xorth Carolina, but he will cer
tainly have an opportunity in
Faneuil Hall when he comes home,
to tell his constituents what he
thinks about Greeley and Grant.
The Greeley movement here, as
well as in States further West, is
fast taking the form of a great pop
ular uprising not a noisy and
singing one, like that of 18-10, but
a quiet and sustained political rev
olution. The men that are now
loming
m it are not oniy mo
Democrats of all kinds, and the un-
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went lor miller last year, but
staunch old anti-slavery Kepubli-
cans that never cast a vote before
hr any but the regular candidates
I meet such men everv day, and
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their !( it's on to i he ( ires-lev ranks
is fast making the election doubt fid
in this part of the State. The I Jos
tun city govermcnt, in all its polit
ical diversity, goes almost unani
mously against Grant, it is said,
and very largely for Greeley. In
Xew lied ford the Republican city
committee is touched with the
t
j Ciecie' infection, and in every
town lucre is more or less oi n.
Mr. Sumner's hesitation in pronoun
cing for Greeley docs something to
hold back many who would other
wise join the GreeJey party at once;
but it is so plain that he will event
ually go that way that the progress
of the revolution is not much im
peded. There are rumors of changes
among prominent Grant men.
General Ranks, for example, is said
j to be shaky, (lie has since that date
come out for Greeley aim mown,)
but most of t lie con versions hit hert o
Kl,.c beon 1Vom tlQ inj(idle rank of
the party.
The Grant I'umiSy Influence.
The personal organs of the Philadelphia
nominee, says the Exniainf-r. art; always
extremely careful hi replying to ihe
charge of their mas'er's nepoti-m. to state
that he has appointed only thirteen rela
tives to ofiiee. It is not the number of
his relatives in office, that marks tbe enor
mity of the offence he lias committed in his
system of appointments. The Cincinnati
C;nfuirciu!,n paper which is unexception
al ly well-informed on the subject of ihe
Grant family itifinence.states that it would
be hard to obtain a perfectly reliable and
complete H-t of the relatives appointed to
office by Grant. He has but one ielative
in the vicinity of Cincinnati --his venera
ble father but three' fourths d the im
portant Federal ofiices in that and adja
cent cities and tliiri;ts were appointed
directly through the Grant family influ
ence, or the personal favoritism of the
Presidcnt himself. There was not a mem
ber of the Grant family, male or female,
who did not have appointments made ac
eon.iag to I heir pleasure, and there was
not one of the family who ever seemed to
think there was anything strange or pecu
liar about their interference with appoint
ments and meddling with lh public, bu-d
ness. The President himself, when pressed
by ail the influential Republicans iu the
Covington district to re-appoint Col.
Raukiu Assessor. (Rankin had been re
moved for relusirg to Johnson ie). ended
the matter perU cuy to his own s a:;tac!ioii
bv saving to the committee waiting upon
i him that he had promised his sister to ap-
! point Mr. Linn! Faiher Grant looked
:liNr tht. n,;lil a?l.m.u,s in K,.,icky ami
! "ie Post-offices in .Ohio pretty extensively.
! I l Western Pennsylvania the President
hail a ..dative, and Ihe appoiutmen.s there
j were rt-gulao d accordingly. Theie are
i about twenty-five relatives of the Presi
j llt.nt Ui Vi.jovment ot official fatness,
! which they owe lo h s position and their
I abilty to make out. as Father Grant told
. i 'ia, t ; , - i
i t. ol 1 hum s. "si plant case of second cons
! ln-l,r something equaMv commanding
tie (-nice holders wtio owe tueir l osinor s
i;) taiii.iy co.'Hiect on and r.
a. von ism are
'P'-'e numerous. 1 hey may be numbe-e.
i by hundreds. It- Is their happiness to kuM
j members of the family intimately. an.
j ,hl7 thrived upon "their friendddp.
The North Carolina lilcctiun.
The result of the Xorth Carolina
have carried the State. The Rad
icals give us five of the eight Rep
resentatives, and a large majority
in the Legislature. This alone is
.la substiintial victory, and nr..-.
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I that tlic Radical cattse is about run
out,
"The First C;uu.'
The importance placel on the
result of the Xorth Carolina elec-
tion by the Italicals,niay be judged
from the following article taken
from the Dallas Rcpahliean, a
CI rant organ. We presume in its
next issue it will diminish the im
portance of this election. We shall
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it says:
i l hursday. uie ..n , taroua,
ejection transpired. 1 he result we have
j been unable to obtain in lime for this, is
! TJ'is is tin- first Slate election sine
ihl! mei'tinrr nf Vtli.eiil (,n!u,imiiiiiii
j and tte result is anxiously looked for.
",,;,v tln wn m my able speakers ol
Ponies. stuTiipiti-r that State, ami bv
j the majority of them " Ihe stand taken In
l'V o them the stand taken Ov
th t Slate on j.lsl Thursday, will be con
sidued a criterion by which othe- Stales,
havinor elections belore the Presidential,
will be in a manner guided. Senator Wil
son has boldly proclaimed "As c.ies the
Stale ol'Xorih Carolina. so poe the Union. '
and as this jrianiic political M.hr is wax
inp warm, the result will be hailed as tin
omen for the success or defeat of Genera!
Giant. Nmw. the old saw "says there
is notiiip.p impossible." and we think it is
not in'.jM.isibie lor North Carolina to roll
up a riu siiip Uejoibiiran m 'jriiy for her
Sta:e ofliceis thii lime and a larger one
lor Giant in November.
Wki.l Pit. The Xuw York
Citizen and Round Table puts the
case between Grant and Greeley
very properly and truthfully as
follows :
It is a common charge with the oppon
ents ol Horace Greeley to say that lie is
supported by disreputable pel sons. We
never saw hat there was much force in
i his argument, as a candidate cannot help
who supports him. nor change the charac
ters of Ihosit who vo'e for him. Nor do we
believe I hat hail' as many rogues will sus
tain the philosopher ( I Chapp ojua. whose
personal integrity is well kuouii. as wiii
Hilly aiouiul the present incumbent of the
While lie use, whoe want of that same
quality is equally notorious. Rut it is no'
a question so much of who snppotts Gro;
ley, but of whom Grant supporis. Sup
pose some rogues do stand by Greeley.
Gran' stands by the rogues.
This is a true statement of the
case. One W. A. ibitton, U. S.
Marshal of the Western District of
Arkansas, was a defaulter to the
amount of 121,000. He was dis
missed from office without punish
ment, lie was succeeded by a
man named Roots, but since Grant
became a candidate for re-eleci ion,
Roots has been removed and IJrit
ton re-appointed. So it is seen that
Grant docs stand bv the rogues.
C rant's 1 coord.
The Grant Republicans have a great
deal to say about Greeley's lil'e l jng re
publicanism but '.hey are silent concern
ing the political antecedents of Grant.
The former views of t-eher have nothing
io do with the living issues of the pros
eilt. the question being as to who wiii besi
govern the country upon the true piinci
pies of consiiniti-'n.'.l governnien:. To
show .h i the Grant oig u;s have tsothinu
to brig of in
iat I'rCi
,i
ol their can
did ate we give the following extracts :
In IS'JI. Grant raid :
I am a Democrat, and when I am or.
vineed ih.it this war is waged to persecute
the designs f the Ab-ditioni.-'s. f p'edge
my honor as a soldier thai 1 wiii carry
my sword en the oilier side, ami east, my
lot with lint people."
In lSC.O Grant said :
I have only v:.!ed at one Pioldentid
election, and then I voted for Rachatian."
In 18i);i Gran! si id :
Tie-re is universal ae(piteseen-,,e iu the
! a ule r.ty of t iu Gen-r, l ( mvei tine n'
throughout the portions of the Southern
States vi-Ped by me, so (hat I In- mere
presence of military force without regard
to numbers. I sufficient to m u.ii.da or
der." In lsJS Grant said :
"The Liberties of t!,e couu'rv cannot
be m uniained without a one term amend
ment lo the Constitution."
Edfieral Hcpublieans in iViinj I vania.
From the Pennsylvania Pi'n,t we !
glan the following facts:
Col. S. I). Freeman, the Grant elec'or
tor the filteenth (,'ongi e.-si'iual D.stiiei.
h is sent in his resignation, and declared
for Greeley. Rucka'ew and the whole
Democratic ticket. The Liberal Repub
licans in Meivea.i county are is iaitied at
lull "20 per cent, id the parly. In Tioga
and bradford counties it is estimated that
not h-ss than one tldtd of she Republi
can vote will be given lo Greeley and
frown The revolution in the northern
tier of counties promises to be more sweep
ing than it was fn JSGfi in the Fremont
cunpaign. General J. Moorhead. long a
Repunlictti Congressman from .Vb'gha
uy, has declared for Greeley and will run
as an intieoendetn caadhi tie for Congress
against. Genera! Negley. Joini W. Rid
dle, late Republican candidate f;r Mayo!
of Pit'sburg. is also out for Greeley.
TT?m Mirshal, the ablest Republican
stumper iu the Western counties, will soon
bake Ihe slump for Greeley. William
Stewart, torn e ly member of Congress
for Mercer, a id one of he mo t iuliueti
tial Republicars iti the West, is out in a
letter for Greeley. Ex-Senators Landoti
and Mason of llradf nil county have also
declared (of Greeley, and neatly all the
leading Republicans of Crawford county,
including a majority ot the Republican
county officers, have openly espoused the
Liberal eauo.
IVtX'oMiXG a Sta mi'mpk. The Albany
Aryns says that the defection horn ihe
groat party in I lie interior of the State oi
New York is not being slow, but is be
coming a perfect stampede. The leading
E:dical papers are changing, and new
ones are being started where old ones re
fuse lo follow ihe tide of public opinion.
Republicans who have fought the battles
ol many a campaign refuse longer to fol
low in the wake of Grate's nepotism and
corruption. In the counties ol Chemingo.
Oneida. Jefferson. Lew is St. Lawrence.
Herkimer, mid Montgomery, the sentiment
against the Administraiioti in the Repub
lican parly is deep, and they are deter
mined to oppose its reinstatement to the
bitter end
eleclion. which took p'ace yesterday.
We are not over confident of a Repnbli
can triumph. The white vote of ihe State,
which is largely in the majority, is of
course mainly Democratic, which makes
the chances rather in favor of that party
Ortyj'.i i la.
As there are about six millions of while
voters in me u uium oones iigamsi eight
humlred thousand negroes, the prospects
-pects
(,:-
,;k-tr
for Gr tnt tm:st be gloomy, as the Ore.-,
an set ms to base it? 'H-pv? ! r
State Items.
Burglars are siill busy at Salem.
Corvallis has received a fire engine.
Rev. C. C. Stratton has gone to Salt
Lake.
The Eastern Oregon peach crop will be
large.
Hops are expected to hop to high fig
ures thi-5 fall.
Corva'dis wants a daily mail on the
west side.
Judge Thayer has been severely ill but
is now recovering.
Crops are turning out very well in
Washington c unl v.
Hay is very scarce in TTinpqua Valley,
nnd sells at islti nor ton.
Counterfeit half dollars are in circula
tion in tiouthern Oregon.
Ashland post-offl ;e now issue? and re
ceives money orders.
The Stewart farm, near Lafayette, wa-.
sold ia?t SaUiiday for S 1 8.000.
Since January the Count v Clerk of Lane
county has issued fifty marriage licerse.s
The track of ihe West Side road H laid
some distance beyond Forest Grove.
Eighteen hundred arrests were mole
in Portland during ihe last year.
The boats have made their last trips to
Lewiston for I Si is season.
Many counterfeit half dollars are in cir
culation about Roseburg.
Mr. Sylvanus Cotulit. who resides near
Salem, h d his Teg broken last week.
The O'izflle wants the U. S. snag pullet
to woi k on ihe liver near Corvallis.
Union county according to die returns
of the Assessor, is worth i'JSS.ol8.
P. D. Hull, of Jacksonville, lias taken
charge ol the Rosebtcg I'l'jhiJfjt'tr office.
G. W. Snyder has become proprietor of
the Wfituhin primed at McMinr.viKe.
A house belonging to a Mr. Johnson,
near JliiUboro was burned last Wednes
day. John Canby. employed in a s ov null
near Past Pt i tl uid. had his arm cut off
last Friday.
The State printer is engaged in print
ink the various odicial repot ts ot the I
Slate ollicers. j
Adjutant General Peiiison has placed !
his report in ihe hands oi the State print- j
er.
A good teacher is wanted to take charge
of the S intiam Academy at Lebanon. Linn
county.
New wheat is arriving at the various
warehouses. We have heard of no sales
being effected.
li. C. Paige is now agent for Weils. Far
go A- Co., at Raker Ciiy. in place of C. M.
Kellogg.
M. II. Abbott has sold fho Bed -Rock
TJim,i:)(il to James M. Shepherd, formerly
of Roise Cit v.
Walter ?vlo!j'e! war seriously injured last j
Ftidav evcuirg bv being thrown out of a !
bnggv. i- !
Two young girls raised $112 in Jack
souvi.'h' ihe other day for a Sunday school
library.
S 'veral surveying parties started from
Jacksonville, the last week, for the Klam
ath Lake country.
The construction train on the Oregon
A" Cali'ninia railroad has reached the ;
North I'mptjua i Ivor. j
John Marshall has bought ihe steamer j
Mary Pel! nnd is steumboating on the !
Columbia river.
There
wlreh. i
haiidsi.:
are said to be salt wells in Polk,
f properly worked, would y ield a
ie return.
The crops in Goose Lake Valley are i
fair, but the cri kef are troublesome ami !
des'nicive.
Mr. Lehmd. Slate Lecturer for the
Good Templars, lectured at Eugene las! j
Saturday evening. !
Geo. P.. Wahtron is said fo have success
fully opened his season of acrobatic per
formances at East Poi'dund Park.
Work on the canal, which is to connect
the Tualatin river with Oswego Lake is
progressing encouragingly.
The Railroad Company has reduced
the wages of section hands to $1.7.3.
Many of ihetn have quit.
The Jackson county Atrricalinral So
ciety is preparing for its annual fair, to be
held early in the fall.
Mr. Minto. residing near Salt m. has a
field of oats the stalks being about six
feet high and the heads well filled.
Many - sea side loiterera" are now at
Salmon river beach. A s'eady stream of
people fills the road, going and re'iirning.
Geo. p. Wrenn. foreman of ihe Corval
lis Fire Department, was presented with
a fine silver trumpet in San Francisco
A Greeley club has been organized r,t
Salem. The names attached lo the li-t of
members are old line Republicans.
The ciy Council of Salem has decided
the Chief Eagineur contest adversely to
both parties. That is a wise decision.
V. G. Schwalka. Representative to the
United Stales Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows from this State, left Salem on theTih
for Rttltiinore.
Henry Fuller and family, old ci'izens
of Polk county, have moved to Goose
L.k.
iftrr.
where he will engage in stock rais-
Reports h ive ranched S deni Hint the
Snake Indians iire stealing cattle from
ihe ranges near the head, waters of the
Deschutes.
If is reported that Mrs. Carrie F. Young
is making arrangements to establish a
Hygiene Home at Hood river, in Wasco
county.
The Salem Sl'tftsman say that thermite
agents on ihe Oregon ,t California Rail
road are becoming careless in Ihe distri
buiion of way mails.
The new town of Oakland, about one
mil" south of the old town, is growing
up fast. The old town is being torn down
and moved up to it.
The annual conference of the M. E.
Church South, v.i'l be held at Albany. on
the 1 fth inst. Pi-hop Mcln'yre. of Nai-h
ville. Tennessee, will preside.
Mr. R. Wells, of Rooma Vista, fell from
the second story if his warehouse a few
days since, and suffered the breaking of
two or three ribs.
A correspondent of the Ihnner says a
large quantity of wine will be manufac
tured in Jackson county this season. The
grape crop is excellent.
The Oregon Firmer thinks there is no
prospect that wool growers in this State
will receive near as good a nri-e fr in.
j year's clip as they got for last.
j The claim jumping season Ins opnn,d
i m Li Grand.. Tb. 3. ,n;,.t . ' ..
several instances where paries h?''!
' jumpt .u pre tmpiion claims.
J. B. Alexander, a printer and for years
j publisher of Democratic papers, has t iki
! P't bP a claim 0:1 the .Melveiij rive-
Wm. Meek, one of the founders of the
village of Mihvaukie. Clackamas county,
but lor some lime past a resident of Cal
ifornia, is now on a visit to this State.
James Ttitebey. of Camp Creek, Lnne
c .-flinty, was accidentally shot in the right
arm on Wednesday. July 31st. It was
feared that amputation would be neces
sary. Mr. W. L. Adams has sold his farm on
Panther creek to It. R. Thompson of Port
land, for S25.000 in coin. This includes
f 5 000 worih of" stock and agricultural
machinery, so that the 1,000 acres may be
put at Sl'i 50 per acre.
The East Portland Era contains an ac
count of the sinking of a newly mude
street, on the low flat in front of the town.
A section one hundred and fifty feet long
went down in two days sixteen feet, and
is still going down.
The Salem Stnieamnn. of Sunday, con
tained ;m i em contradicting the report
concerning the murder of Mr. Rico and
son. l ite of Salem, by Indians at Summit
Prahie, near the head ol John Day's riv
er. A lady sent an article in behalf of Grant
and Wihon to a conn' ry jou rnal publi-died
in nne of the Westside counties. The ar
ticle concluded with - vour's for the right."
but when it appeared in print it read,
yonr's for the xight." Who wouldn't be
for her side on those terms?
It is proposed to lay off the land at
Cauby. which his been d. mated to the M.
E Church tor a Conference camp ground
into lots and blocks and offer them for
sab-" lo those who may wish to purchase
and improve them for the uses for which
the land was dedicated, by grading, set
ting out shade trees, etc.
Mr. I). Neusotn informs the Saleni
Sluftsiu iu that a severe frost vi.-ited the
Pudding river valley Toesda' morning,
expending with, less injurious elfec's to
the higher lands surrounding, and How-
el I. SaUon. and French praitie.s. Vines,
twma'oes. etc.. were badly injured in ma
ny places. Polaioes am "the 'hardier veg
etables escaped with but slight injury.
Oregon i'oiiRentiary.
it-Min the Oregon Sutesinan , July "I.
The new Penitentiary building being
ready for occupancy, it was thrown open
to visitors yesterday, for the doiihe ur- ,
pose of showing what h'nl oeen done ihe j
past two veais. and creating a prison j
l.bi-ary. About two hundred and li'ty j
poisons vished Use place during the day. j
THK NKW l.L'iJ.I.iNf; j
is of solid brick masonry. 212 feet long J
by to ia width, with a wing of 'Jo feet on ;
the north side. Th inside of the pi '.son
is handsomely P.nni.-died. There are S!i
cells, each one of .-u'licien; i.e to ac
commodate two prisoners. Foitv-two of
lliese ceils are brick, and the balance of
Ihem consiructed of plate iron o-HJ of an
inch in iluckness lach cell
is supplied
vvidi two beds and a small table. Ihe
w ills of these cells are nea.ly whitewash
ed. E'ch cell is supplied with water
One ol ihe conveniences of ikispiison i
the novel mode they have o! locking the
cell doors. l!y a movement of a lever an
iron bar is thrown across ilie door of each
cell (Mi the entire row. which J.isti-ns it in
such a manner that the warden can pass
along and clasp ihe padlocks wi hon! any
danger of the prisoner enclosed making
an ell' o I to cscapt. The
is heated by steam ripe.-.
entire but
and warm
ding i
and j
cold water is convenient at .til time
.til
The chapel and h ospha! room each have
steam feaiers. The Ion vr has two. each
con'aiuing about five hundred feet of
steam pipe. Tt:e la'1';- ()!;e of 2"it! feel
The officers room.- are conveniently ar
ranged, all luuigh as et they are until! n-i.-lied.
'i wo bath looms no- ,,. officers
IllVi
eeii i
ec'ed i ll 'he inst i!oor HI
! 1 1
all the modern conveniences. The piioti-er.-."
be'i rooms are in the basement. 'Ihe
laundry, in :e basement, has live sinks.
TUB i;ia; ItooM
is sup-plied wiih itue of G T. Rbike" four
hors.- povs er engines v. i.icii pumps all ihe
Waier used. Tile wa'er is supplied tty the
stream which flows ba k ol the prison
it is forced imA ihe r-'.-ervo'.i s on top ol
the building, each having a e.ipiei'y !
1 1 .(K):i gallons. These Can be easily filled
in tw.i hours, and when Toll calculated to
supply she pris-.ui with water two days.
The kitchen, which is located in .lie base
ment, h is b-en frted up wiih a is:een
foot range, an 1 two large boib-rsfor heat
ing water. Thee bo! lers each ie td about
1 '." gallons of wa:er. which can be l.ea:
ed boiling hot in '.',.) minu'es The heat
ing pipes are b lilt i IS': .lied it ' ely lili'llli'l
Ihe bla.e. being arranged with ome in
genuity. Li this the cooking is done lor
ill the prisoners. The ttfod wh -u cooked
is d iced on a dummy Consisting oi'abou
lo sle'lves 0 lee! sipl ire. so arranged with
imileys ih it it can be rai.ed upon ihefir;
floor v, l'.ere the guards 'akeil arid ibdiver
it to ihe prixmers in their celts. In the
old prison, the coyvict were P-d together
in a dining room, but it was found Ilia!
it gave an opportunity to p!oi lor an es
cape. Tiie dungeons, four in number
are in the basement, an 1 are dark and
gloomy enough to answer any purpose.
The prison is divided into four distinct
wnds. and so arranged that it will be im
possible Or an ouibre.ik io occur. A
tulor and barber t-hop have been provid
el for. Tin' Dep n'lment for leiua'e pris
oners is suggestive id comtoi t as well as
safety. To give an id -a of trie amount ot
Work done by ihe plumbers alone, we
might told that over eight miles of iron
pipe have been laid. Anderson CV, Rh.twl
of this c'ry did the work at :t cost ol
about SN.SH)). The entire cos. of the
building will be abiut '.).) 00a. The exer
cises jes.erday afternoon consisted of
vocal ami instrumental music, addresses
report tit the Librarian, etc.. etc. Gov
ernor G mver was unable to be present
on account of ill health.
Tin-: binnAUY
hrts just been staffed under
ion of Dr. I iske He cam
three days and received
nines on different subject?
the supervis
asset the city
iboul :');) vol
A room has
been arranged, and ihe pri-oner whose
conduct has been good wid be allowed
the lice ns. of it. Yesterday's exercises
at the chapel was the means of drawing
fonh a libera! contribution, and the libra
rv is now started under tiie most favora
ble auspices The visitors were invite. 1
to witness the convicts work in ihe loick
yard, and the greater portion of them
availed themselves . f the inviwion
About 32 0i)t) brick were tinned oat es
t-'rday. The Salem lb-ass Rami f irn shed
music, tor the occasion,
treat lor the convicts.
which was u rich
When Franklin Pierce was elected
President lie was so poor he had to bor
row money to start house-keeping at
Washington. Some friends in Xew Eng
land made him a present of u fine car
riage and horses, but he declined 10 ac
cept them. PostofF.ces were nof given in
exchange for bull pups, t-xpressago pre
paid, in those d,ns.
A -What is it?" The Amador DU
lalrh says : It is said that Grant once
made the declaration that - if he was any
thing ai all. he was a Democrat.'' As his
administration has proved beyond a
doubt that he is not a Democrat, we pre
sume he is nothing at all a nonentity
ami place his name in a list with that
celt brat-d animal known as ihe 'What is
it r-
A Radical Par made the statement lhat
the Cincinnati Coinmprchil. an influential
paper in the wet. was going for Grant
To this the proprietor states it 13 falFC,
Tele-raphlc News,
Cincinnati. August l.-Tbe RPlrrnn
orioflon and Newnmt !- ,i . ' "PR r.
Covington and Newport had an exo
on the river to-day, which was 'lrti'.r,n
nous row. Razors clubs ami Oso,""1'""
o?ed. and pistols drawn. Many"' Wer
bruised but none dangerously inji,r 7'r'
Locisvii.i.K. August 1. The m.. . '
the colored citizens to-m-h. Of
"'ght conde
the courai
ra of Sumner as nw ' , ,nn"'
and espreed distru", , T Uf
respect
liance witn nit
'H.cratic Prtv
i-
has resisted emancipate
ia.s ifMsn-u -iu iiicipallon, rivi " "
p.ditical freedom. Thev h 41.. I 8
iit-i ,mfiisif it) l.rrnf t.. i ....i-
v ... - - 11 iir
personal prejudice, ai
act with the Republic,!
personal prejudice, and Ihev r..J.K (,f
' ue
I tin .
'hem naitir ... lo
has been a hiend f their race "
Tkhkk H.vt it.. Ahiiki l '
of colored voters of o,;. '.... A mUng
of colored voters ,,f .hi, countv '
Lis evening. A resoh.tn.n lV
knowl-dging Sumner's great 1
the colon,! race, but declL,
h.m or.t of th. Republican p.Tr, " ftnw
pledge .hemselve , Sllt JJ
passed c-
wii-nis.e to support Grim. i.
-tative of Repullie0, h
re pi
th
CtueAOo Angus, 1-IIenry Mv;-
ter mechanic.
murdered at midnight i-, H
talking politics, by George A
vs
Charles Hai tian. " ana
liA.vtiou Me.. August l.-GoneralKil
Prick sued .hedail, ,;., W
tor hoe!- Damages hd at janotl'i t
tat hments issued, this murmnrr.
j i.Ai.-riMOKii. August !.) Monday
j night, a mob of di-uised men took tlrZ
j.u gn, incendiaries from the odicers co n
i veyrngth-miojailatEikton. They ujl.
sed one to a tree. The late of .he Jthers
: unknown. s
RosroN. August 1. -General Ranks'!.;.
I ;r decla, ,ng for Greeley U addresM-d ,
! the Chairman of ,he Committee a. LVnr
i who inviied him to address, the Repuhli
i Can meeelitor t!.,.,.,. i.,..,:,,!,, 1
Atier .hanking them for the invitati.
m.
I "I regret--, jiavintr 1, i
j in accord with, he sender In regard .0
, hie I .esidenlial canvass against his wi-h-es
and m'ere.si. he f.-efs comoeU.,-1 ,
haf perpeturumn of the present policy of'
he Government is ,,ot for the advant'ag
ol the country, and that it will not ten .
establish its former prewntritv (-
mote the interetoH J U '' CI izens
No personal ; any loi mer chitr-
vicu'i- -n't'r iu'n i Ms judgment. It is in
view of national principles.
We shall all be forced to this conclusion G
sonnet or later. This united action upon
this basis has been the hope of my life.
1 fervently fleshed it during the war and O
in the reconstruction of States subsequent
to the war.
I believe it is now tendered in good
faith in the nomination of Mr. Greeley,
and for one 1 cannot reject, it. It whs
what I desired. Its consummation ' al
though sudden and startling does not
alarm me.
Mv dn y to myself and my country re
quires me to give my support. He closes
with an expression of regret at feeling
obliged lo separate himself from those
with whom lie has been so long associated
and, w'nh assurance of friendship and
estet-rn.
Savannah. August. 3 Comnessioner
Wayne this morning rendered a b cisi'ii
in the street car case, discharging the
prisoner-.
PivaiAMrToN N. Y.. August .,.!), ,r.
ing a heavv s'orm yesterday Rude (reek
oves flowed and carried away the hoii-e
occupied by it family, named Owrn.
Two children were drowned. r he par
ents managed to escajt".
LotasHcio; West Virginia August .
An election lakes place on ihe T2t in-t.,
on the adoption of the new Constitution
and for State officers. Iio'h punies un
making a hat d fight.
At a polbira) discussion at Salem. Va..
S.itui day. tieftva-en General Quenoni and
Colonel" Most bv.a Dr. Wh'ieie. bt-i;.g ef
fend' d at some remnik made bv Mosebv,
challenged him. Moseby accepted tiie
challenge. Yesterday the aio hiriiie nr
ics'ed both parlies ;tnd bound iliein over
(it feeo the peace in Virginia. Ii is re
ported they will go lo P.landensburg and
fight.
Nasi; vii. !.::. Angus. "-; r, httit,tn
tious'-s froming on tiie public square were
burned 'his morning The stoi k-j me
nearly all lost. The loss $ not ,-(
known.
Sr. Loirs. August 5-. Represer'a
tires Shank'. i Indiana. Smith (f Old.i.
and Runifit of M jss.itsri. sn eominit'ee of
the House Committee on Indian AH-iir.
tt in vrs: iunte alleged frauds in Iinlian
Territory arrived
tere ! tst
nir"H
v...
i Villg
visiied the (,hi,c
.J
Osage-, and other tribes, and taken a a
in-.iii'Tise amount of tesdmonv and tin
ear'hed large frauds.
New Yot:K August ... . A Ton's' Raf
eigf special says that 72 counties give
Oa'dwe'l 1 'Jidi majority, which it isle
Sieved, cannot be oveicome. The pt-n -ocra's
will not get if.e vote of 17'.
Meriimm says he will contest iheeler
tion before the Legislature im'css tiie
Republican majority is more than !.H'.
The Legislature has a Democratic niaj- r
tty of eighteen on joint ballot, the
chairman of the Republican Suite Com
mittee estimates the Republican majority
at S'.odO.
WiiAitNOTON- (X. 0.). August . The
Democrats have an overwhelmingly large
majority in the Legislature, ami five out
ot e ght Congressmen are Democrats.
Sr. Lot is. August f. Joe. Johnson
writes the Colonel Ashley that he hope
'he Democrats will give Greeley a hearty
8 ipport. He. things the overthrow of ihe
olmi Line ion is necessary. He suvf :
' Tell our obi war associates they are the
people 1 lore of all others in the world
next to my wife."
L. M. Faulk, hereb fare Supervisor ofs
Internal Revenue. Collector oi Nevada.
Utah and Arizona, has now lo-en appoint
ed for the entire Pacific coast, including
Oregon ami Washington.
Cnrc.vno. August (i. A horrible murder
was committed near Giles Ciiy. Illinois,
yesterday. Mrs Mathews, wife ol a ruling
farmer, was found in Ihe celi ir of her
house horribly bolchen-d. having evident
ly been first outraged. A tramp who was
seen iu (lie vicinity early in the morning'
is suspected, ami hundreds ol citizens are
searching for him A reward of Sl.t.HWia
offered for his capture.
Wn.Mixt; ton. August f. The Star and
.J a nul but h claim Merriuian's election by
aboiint 80D majority. 0
CmcAco. August :. The following pri
vate dispatch was received in this ci'y to
day: Washington. August 6 A telegram
junt received says the Republicans have
Van ied Noith Carolina by at least 1 5 JU
majority. (Signed) V. W. Rki.k.vaI'.
Wilmington, Augu-t (. A comparison
of Ihe official returns with the r ported
majorities show errors in half the cutn-.
ties. Roth parties are hopeful, though
nothing but the official count can decide
it.
Piiiivnr:Lriii.. August 6. Judge Mt
rimau ndegrtphs to Alexander Ms
Clure lhat he believes he is elected by
majority of from oOO lo 1.000.
The "T'me.-i Raleigh special says Gal1
well is e ecte 1 bv 1,0 )0 m ijority. A Ht
nld dispatch claims ih.it Hie latest returns
give Merriman 7 00 majority according"
Democratic count, but adds that it i hI
solu e v i upos i'de to decid- i 1 l"1' v'
cial vo:e is given. The Tribut e says ;HB
returns elect Caldwell by 400 maj ui'i -but
it is not disposed to giveip the
on the present showing.
Washington. August 7 The following
telegram. tt 1 'resident Grant, was receiv
ed this morning:
Rai.kioh, N. C. August
North Carolina has elected the entire
Republican State ticket by a majority
ranging from 1.500 to 2,000.
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