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The most complete somersault in a
political point we have recently seen
has been taken by the Radicals of
Portland on the question of Chinese
labor. They have actually liskssed a
set of resolutions condemnatory of
heathen labor, and thus planted
the n selves squa-rely on the position
held for year by the Democracy of
this StaCe. The Bulletin endorses
these resolution emphatically and
the Radicals are loud in their denun
ciation of the heathens now. Our
readers will remember how the pres
ent editor of the Bulletin abused Gov.
Grover'and all others during the last
campaign for their opposition to
ChinesiVhtb.-rr, and there was no end
tt the ridicule heaped upon the
Democratic p.ii'ty rfar its opposition
to this cJiis- of labor. But the time
n2eac to have come wlien the labor
ing people of Portland have awaken-
ed the realities of the situation, and
they now demand that the white peo- j
pie shall huv,-the'preu-niruv over the j
heathens. Tla-sc l ite lAl' ,n- a j
the otire
then.
and in order t catch j
ika. irai U'OvU rs are pA.iy
'Kriis -tuX w'vYivvr for
g to L"-t vvtc to elect
'. i too 'ate j, d-it?
it: g the h. :
the time be;-!J
tar:-: to ":..
f. - t'fXii- UvitC-!. UoW to (U'UVUUCV j
t.'i.-r favorde-s iad the; cannot r.-le j
l.j lioiieoi oners Utiit; taeir i
I'.rv.'. t . ' .. .-i ' i-.-.C1 to b cache:! l.ibor
1:1 it aa.:?er.
The
IK-.V. KTJ.--V 1
u:ii erallv cou-
demaed t!u hriu ring here of China
men to compete with our white
laborers, and the Ridicals have, un
til now, ridiculed and laughed at our
opposition. If the Chinamen had
votes, Ciese Ridicals would not have
passed these resolutions, and it is only
a trap to catch votes, which the hon
est laborers will readily, see. Their
entire party from the National to the
Si.it e Go.ernment, have universally
h 1 a4, a!! attem on the part
of the Democracy to prevent the im
portation of Chinese, and hae taken
a.vav everv beirier which was caleu-
1.
i-.-.i to
dctc-r"' them from coming,
e even gone so far as to give
T;
ha
rli-i steamboat comporations subsi
8:t.;s to enable them to bring thesp
l:";rt!ifns to our shores at a nominal
pri-'c, and they have been imported
b.- the steam dup load at tho Govern-
l:-!it lXjC'.lSi?.
- T.:in clodge on the part of the Ttad
- iv..;-i is anothe ovMenee of 'Ihe devil
r.r.vi!ig in. There is no telling
v.hat bat;1 they will put out for unsus
pe Ming voters t swallow wlien tliey
vva'it oilioe. The position taken by
G ornor Croveran.l the Democratic
nirty, hcretoftire, now receives the
hearty endorsement of the P ntland
Il.ili ds. Vould it not be interest
ing reading tosee the articles written
on this subject" last Spring by the
present editor of Jthe IhilUt:,i and the
ll ilieal speeches made, side by side
with the present position of the Ihvl
i.il party of Portland on this subject.
Consistency i no part of the Iladical
party's creed.
Senator 'Iitciieu's Satemeut.
In to-day's issue wo publish Sen
ator Mitchell's defence in regard to
certain charge. made against him in
t') Pitt-b.irg (Perm.) papers, lie
nlcnov. ledges thocharges as made
t-. bo true an I appears to deny noth
irt.r except that portion which relates
tj his lc ivin hi-; partner to pay an
i i lehte.lneis of the iirm of which he
was a mend er. This is of but little
c mseqiieiice, and the defence suffi
ciently 'shows that if at the time he
left he v as indebted, he has since
t'u'ii paid iPoifund l'uianeially speak -i.i
r, his defence is complete. Put
Mr. sMitchell failed to answer the
c :arge, which, if true, would be a
Ci'im nal act, that his wife in the
Ivist ootaiwC 1 a
divorce oulv three
or lour years ago, winle Senator
Mitchell has been married in this
Siate for more than
tiou'.ne
1
tin-
lengtii oi time, ills vuiitliliii
1.
t;iseietions3 might be overlooked
a. id pae l lr.' in silence, but the
charge that he had a wife when he
was m irrie , is one w hich is serious,
and we hoped that, as a matter of
justice to himself and those most in
terested , Mr. Mitchell w 0.1 11 have
m i le uncomplete and hone -t state
in -at of the facts in regard to
t ie m xPs'.-rious charge ma lt; against
Lira. Wc certainly hive no desire
t injurcpVie feviins of Mr. M.teh
ell, a id are willing t th ow the
m in tie of c.nrity over all the charges
Al 1 ie with the exception of the one
which he fails to explain. His en
tiro defence is a confession, and as
h' course in tins State has been, as
f .r as we know, honorable and up
r;g;ii,Owe have no desire to inflict
criticisra in thi. nutter, because Ave
m.ier wi;n m a io.jucallv. iz goes
wit.i iiivi
a'jvj pa.tr considerations.
and in-
vo:
il.e-i tiie fair u mie of ote of its "
hi -i-f-st :l:i.I most honore.l reiiT-oent-
'. - .: 4.4 . , '
atives, ana t;ie State must s lare the
il i s 'r.s.'ii wliieh tliis scan.Tal ha:
l,,;,-,t to the surface. Y.- hooe
that t.us :mt!"r will Ik cleared up,
ivi I that Mr. M.tcnell will stand ac
f itrtil of t ie hi.iio.is ciiargo which
ra iiiiiis laexplained.
Mr. M-tciiella explanations will
pr.e an .'thing but satisfactory to
ta pubiic nnle-s he clears no the
e.nr-.-s lie has failed to answer in
tao occa.siitiou broaght agaiii3t iiini.
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41.
The Surrender of Captain Jack.
The Modoc war appears to be end
ed, and Capt. Jack and his entire
crew of murdererers are now in the
hands of the Federal troops. The
question now is, what is to be done
with those red murders for their
crimes. There ought to be but one
answer, and that is, that 4hey should
le speedily tried for the murders
they have committed and suffer the
penalty of the law, as any other
murderers would. They are indict
ed by the Cireuit Court of Jackson
county for the murder of eighteen
settlers on Lost river, in this State,
and all who escape the penalty of
the law for the murder of Canby
and Thomas, should be apprehended
and tried by the civil authorities of ,
our State and suffer the consequen- j
ees. A healthy administration of j
justice against these blood-stained
devils will learn them a lesson which
will not soon be forgotten by those
who may survive, and we believe
that justice and the blood of the in
nocent settlers demands that they
shall pay the penalty of their bloody
crimes. We hope that child's plac
in t,,is matter is at an end, and that
m) faUe svinpr.thy in behalf of the
:u:n dors will prevail. Let justice be
(l(re u the tlea(1 asj wen as the liv-
it:tr. and give the guilty a speedy
trial and an adequate punishment
for their crimes. This is what the
tvonle of this coast demand. Noth-
.a,-- f !,, will snHsf:ietorv
4 1
Wt. have no .lesire that our soldiers
be called upon to sully themselves
by a cold-blooded massacre, nor do
we believe that General Davis has
any such intention; but we insist,
nevertheless, that the surrendered
Modocs be. made to answer for their
crimes. The pernicious practice of
treating savages as returned prod
igals w hen they find murder and rob
bery not practicable or profitable is
one that must give way to more ra
tional means. The case of the sur
rendered Modocs is a good opportu
nity for taking a new departure.
We do not admit the principle that
when a man surrenders to the law he
thereby cleanses himself of guilt.
We therefore submit that the sur
rendered braves should be tried by
civil courts, and, when their crimes
are proven, judicially hanged. It is
the only possible way of escaping
the difficulty, ami no simpering sen
timentality should be allowed to in
terfere with its solution.
"Ik." Says the Cincinnati Ku
qulrer: " If the President will do
what a Washington special says he
intends, to do, appoint a man for
Chief Justice, independent of po
litical considerations, and one whom
the lawyers of the country would
indorse," why not take either Judge
JJiack, of Pennsylvania, or Caleb
dishing of -Massachusetts? They
stand in the very front rank of the
profession. They are men of brains
and they have immense legal tx
perienee. Then there is Wm. M.
Evarts, of New York, and Wm. S.
Grosbeck, of Ohio. Either of those
gentlemen would make able and dig
nified Chief -Justices, and the coun
try would be satisfied with them."
If the President were a " man of
brains " and if he were as desirons of
having an able and dignified Chief
Justice as lie is anxious to reward
his personal friends or please his
party-managers, there might be some
reason to hope that he will appoint
Black, or Cushing, or Evarts, or
Grosbeck. to succeed Chief-Justice
Chase. He is more likely however.to
appoint some played-ont Radical
political adventurer, with a pliable
conscience, who will decide causes
in accordance witli the necessities
of the Radica party. Grant is not
in the habit of considering such
qualities as the Kjt'!rer enumerates
when he has an appointment to
A Pnoi'ER Move. Governor G ro
ver sent the following telegram to
the Secretary of War on the 4th
inst. AYe are glad the Governor has
made this demand, and we hope the
murderers will be readily given up.
The dispatch reads:
ExF.f X T1VE OfFIC'K,
Salem, Oregon, June 4. 1??71.
To t.'te Sc-rrfttrj nf War. Wiishhitj
tun, J). C. As to the Modoc outlaws
now in custody of the United States
military authorities I most respect
fully request that those now stand
ing indicted in the Circuit Court of
Jackson County, Oregon, for the
cr.me of murder, who are not amen
able to military execution, be deliv
ered to the civil authorities of this
State for trial and punishment. If
they have a legal defense, based
either upon amnesty or norm ,l,.r.;.,i
! Ot guiit. let the defense 1 i-.L.
I.VJUITU
lil t . I'll t ll.l lipnii... A . ' I , '
(Signed) L. F. Guover.,
Governor of Oregon.
Inconsistent. The Radical State
Convention of Ohio adopted resolu
tions denouncing the members of
Congress who voted the back pav
steal, yet ha 1 no w ord of condemna
tion for Grant who approved the bill
and made it a law. Why this parti
ality? He was more guilty than
they, for the bill gave him an in-
; crease of salary to the amount of
' S'JoJKXl ier annum, while it gave the
' ' o-1- im.
$-2,lXQ per annum, while it gave the
members of Congress an increase of
. only ?o,01 per annum. Come, gentle-
men Ridieals, go the entire swine in
this matter, and when you denounce
the So.000 steal, don't ignore the
S2o,0i)0 one. According to a cash
computation. Grant is five times as
guilty as the Congressmen.
-
James Gordon Bennett is in love
with a Danish princess.
FROM TIIC MODOCS.
Jack, has Surrendered and the War is
landed.
From Green's Camp, Langell's
Yallev, Lost River, Oregon, we have
the following dispatch, under date of
Mav 31st, evening: .
After a thorough examination of
the Modoc captives gathered in dur
ing the present scout under Colonel
Green, it is ascertained that the last
band netted us thirty-four men, wo
men and children, thirteen of them
being able-bodied warriors. We
also obtained sixteen rifles of various
patterns, one hundred and thirteen
cartridges and several lean and hun
gry ponios.
Boston Charley and Sconchin are
anxious about the disposition to be
made of them. The former mur
dered Dr. Thomas and the latter
mutilated Meaeham. Boston and
Sconchin look like desperadoes. Each
carries his character in his face. Bos
ton is about twenty -eight and Schon-t-hin
is fifty.
The boldest warrior of the band is
Scar-faced Charley, a man of ilO
years, quick, wiry and weighing loO
pounds. He takes his name from
an ugly scar on his right cheek,
which i- the relie of a wound receiv
ed years ago by a stage accident.
He is the only warrior who would
not cease fighting and lay down his
gun at the first fight on Lost River.
Dr. Cabinas, of Yrcka, the contract
surgeon who piloted the Modocs
into cam) this morning, after sleep
ing all night in their retreat, says of
Captain Jack, that he presented a
most woe-begone appearance. The
wily warrior sat upon a rock in the
centre of a little lava bed, twenty
yards back from the crest of a bluff,
and seemed as lonely as his sur
roundings. He was wrapped in a
faded army blanket and his head
was buried in his hands. His sister,
Mary, captured at Willow Creek day
before yesterday, talked to him with
tears in her eyes and asked that he
enter our camp. He was sullen and
had little to say. He did promise
that he would surrender to-day. In
the night he stole away. The Mo
docs say that Jack is insane. There
is much method in his mania. He
sees the end of a rope, and is taking
advantage of the (lodges practiced
by sharp whites. At present he is
thought to be in this neighborhood
with from three to five warriors,
there are twelve Modoc warriors at
large now.
Scouts were made to-day in three
sections of the country b Cavalry,
under Col. Perry, Major Trimble
and Major Gesson. At last accounts
the scouting had developed nothing
new. Modoc captives with whom I
have conversed say that more of the
Modoes will certainly surrender in a
a few days; meantime there will be
active scouting by the First Cavalry
and the Light Battery of the Fourth
Artillery.
The war with the Modocs, as a
tribe, is over. Fighting after guer
rilla fashion will probably contin
ue until the last outlaw is captured
or killed.
Captain Hizer's Company of Ore
gon Volunteers, numbering forty,
arrived in this valley last evening
and bivouacked near us. They will
have to do some little scouting to
day. A dispatch written at 2 r. ?r. on
June 1st, from " Applegate Man
sion," Clear Lake, California, says:
"This morning the troops at the
cam) in Langell's Valley were di
vided into several parties and sent
out on scouts after the fleeing Mo
docs. Just as the scouting parties,
left, the Modoc captives, with the
exception of Bogus Charley, Hooka
Jim, Steamboat Frank and Shack
nasty Jim, were sent to this ranch
in eharge of Lieutenant Taylor, of
the Fourth Artillery, and a small de
tachment of men, whither your cor-
' a.
respondent also came. This is Gen
eral Davis' headquarters at the pres
ent time. The Modocs are anxious
to learn what disposition will be
made of Sconchin."
THE LATEST.
Atpleoate HorsE, Cleah Lake,
Cal., June 1, 3:30 p. m. A series of
prolonged yells and cheers aroused
this camp from a pleasant siesta half
an hour after the departure of my
last courier. General Davis, General
Wheaton and other officers, and all
the men rushed from the house and
tent to find the cause of the uproar,
and at once the whole camp was in
commotion. Down the level plain,
north of the house, was a grand cav
alcade of mounted horsemen. The
steeds rushed forward at a furious
rate and soon neared the groups of
spec tators scattered about the prem
ises. "Captain Jack is captured!"
shouted a sturdy Sergeant. Again
the valley echoed with cheers and
yells. The mounted command was
that of Perry. He had returned
from a scout of twenty-three hours.
Three miles above the mouth of
Willow Creek, at half-past ten
o'clock this morning, the Warm
Spring scouts struck a hot trail.
Alter a brief search the Modocs
were discovered. Colonel Perry
sounded the Indian retreat. His
men w ere bound to light. Suddenly
a Modoc shot out from the rocks
with a white Hig. He met a Warm
Spring Indian and said " Jack
wanted to surrender." Three scouts
were sent to meet Jack. He came
out cautiously, glanced about him a
moment, and then, as if giving up
all hope, boldly came forward, un
armed, and held out his hand to his
visitors. Then two of his warriors,
five squaws and seven children dart
ed forth and joined him in the sur
render. The command that made this
famous scout was the first Squadron
of the First Cavalry, Col. D. IVrrv,
composed of Troop, F, Lieut. Miller,
Troop H, Major Trimble, and Med
ical Officer Assistant Surgeon De
Witt. The guides were C. Putnam
and H. H. Applegate. Jack is about
forty years of age, five feet eight
inches in height, and compactly
built. He has a large and well
formed head and a face full of indi
viduality. Although dressed in old
clothes, he looks every inch a chief.
He does not speak to any one. The
Modocs are grouped - in a field near
. me nouse, ana surrounded bv a
guard. Spectators gaze into Jack's
j face with eager interest, but he heeds
i them not. He is still as n. xt'itne
Horace Greeley's life was insured
; for 8100,000. and it has been paid.
1 The Tribio-e gets the benefit of it.
COURTESY OF
UNIVERSITY
Something for Farmers to Consider.
A farmer writing to the Rock
Island Aryus gives the following
sensible ideas to the tillers of the
soil. He says: " The tillers of the
soil are just now anxiousby consider
ing whether they are to become the
'hewers of wood and drawers of
water,' to the various corporate in
terests that have been imposed upon
them through their short-sighted
statesmanship, or whether there is
yet a hope by peaceful means to
throw of the tyrant that is undermin
ing the very foundations of the pro
ducing interests of the country.
After a careful survey of the whole
subject, we feel entirely satisfied
that there is but one way out of the
difficulties that beset this class, and
that is by making their interests a
political issue in every election where
officers are to be chosen that can in
the least affect their interest's, ami
then combine and elect such men
only as are identified therewith.
This course, if adtted, will bring
speedy relief, because there is a clear
majority whose interests are identi
cal. If party bigotry can prevent
the carrying out of this jdain expe
dient, it will be on account of a per
verseness against which even the
gods are powerless.
The farmers justly condemn the
extortionate charges and unjust dis
criminations of the railways, but is
it not a singular fact that thousands
of those very producers who are
loudest in their anathemas against
the railways, having all along voted
for men to represent them in Con
gress who they knew, or might have
know n, w ere in favor of imposing a
tax upon them w hich in the aggre
gate is as enormous as that taken by
railways, if not more so ? A tax of
twenty -five dollars for steel rails, and
forty for chairs, and fifty for spikes
per ton, is a heavy tax, but that is
what railways have to pay under the
present tariff. Of course we have to
pay all back again to them in
their charges; and then again,
we pay for all the steel used in our
agricultural implements from thirty
to forty -five per cent, of a tax, and
on iron used from twenty to thirty
dollars er ton. And then again,
we are compelled to pay a tax of
twenty per cent, on all descriptions
of lumber used for building, fencing
&c. The tax on the articles might
be excused upon principles of patri
otism, if it brought any revenue into
the treasury, but it does nothing of
the kind; it goes directly into the
pockets of the iron and lumber man
ufacturers, then when the people
get restless under these heavy bur
dens, they use some of it to organ
ize a little Credit Mobilier ring in
Congress to quiet the matter. as they
did the Iowa land titles, in favor of
those who pay for the q-aeiing.
Both the iron and lumber manufac
turers have for years been successful
ly competing with similar manufac
tures of other nations, in the mar
kets of the world. In 1N71 we ex
ported of iron, and the manufactur
ers of iron to Canada, West Indies.
France, Mexico, Sandwich Islands.
Hayti, San Domingo; and the Cen
tral American States; wood, and the
manufacturers of wood, to nearly
every country on the globe, and yet
the millions must be taxed to protect
these interests against the pauper
labor of Europe! That is the argu
ment, but, to use a slang phrase, it
is getting exceedingly thin.
A Cakp. I understand that one
Biles has been circulating a report
that the Y". R. Transportation Com
pany, are about to sell out. or have
sold out. As there is no foundation
whatever for such a report. I hereby
pronounce it a falsehood. No such
thing has been proposed or contem
plated by the Company.
B. Goldsmith,
President W. R. T. Co.
The Biles above referred to has
since published a card in which he
denies having "circulated" any such
report. Of course he hasn't. Biles
is not in the circulating business.
But he has such mysterious ways of
insinuating matters he desires to
have "circulated, that he finds his
followers eager and ready to do the
"circulating" for him. That's the
way he does the business. Biles is a
bully good fellow, but he will steam
boat when he can.
A National Disokace. The New
York Tittion, a strong Radical jour
nal, says it is a national disgrace to
have the United States used to sus
tain a State government, in Louisi
ana which a committee of the United
States Senate has declared to be ut
terly unauthorized and fraudulent.
This is true, yet it is in perfect keep
ing with the record of the Radical
party. The whole history of that
party is made up of a series of out
rages quite as flagrant as this treat
ment of Louisiana, and posterity will
marvel how a people claiming to be
free could tolerate such trampling
upon the rights of freemen.
The constituents of Mr. Garfield,
of Ohio want him to resign because
he voted for the salary steal. He
replies that if he ought to resign for
voting for the bill the President
ought to resign for. signing it. We
are disposed to think that Mr. Gar
field's constituents are right, too.
Let them both resign.
The Convention of Governors met
at Atlanta on the 20th. A resolution
was adopted that cheap transporta
tion was the only subject for discus
sion.
Mrs Carl
? 1 70 ooo bv
Schurz -has been left
a relative in Hamburg.'
BANCROFT LIBRARY, f
OF CALIFORNIA. I
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A statement to the People of Oregon.
Inasmuch as certain articles have ap
peared in new spajjers ot' recent dates
reflecting in serious terms on niv con
duct in in v native State (Pennsylvania)
in early lite, I submit to the people of
Oregon, who have known nie intimate
ly for l.i years, the following statement
and evidence in answer to the
charges made in such articles :
In so far as the charges, tirst put in
circulation hy an anonymous corres
K)iulcnt, impute to ma any dishonest
act, 1 deny them, and each and all of
them, positively, unequivocally and
absolutely, and pronounce thefn and
each of them wholly false. Ami I sub
mit to the jieople of Oretron, that
though it is a fact that I liadmv mis
fortunes in early life and encountered
domestic troubles of painful character,
resulting in separation and divorce
tious.lcs which 1 trust your generous
indulgence will permit me to pass in
silence. it is my privilege to be able to
say tiiat in all the time that I resided
in IVnnsylvania, 1 committed no
wrong, nor did an v act, that has ever
lost to me tlie commence or esteem
euiieroi my loriner law partner
there.
van. joiiii vi. i uoiiipsoii wnoni me
iiomi
articles in question charged me with
wronging or ot any one who had the
intimate knowledge of mv history that
lie had; and so far a.s all the charges
against me are concerned, I prefer,
rather than giving my own version, to
abide by the testimony herewith sul
mitted, coming as it (iocs from men of
prominent position and unimpeachable
integrity, most of whom know person
ally my whole history in IVniisyl van
ia "from earliest boyhood, and all of
whom have full knowledge of my
reputation there now.
Any charge or pretence that I ever
wronged my former partner, Col.
Thompson, oV any other man in Penn
sylvania, or elsewliere, out of one cent
or any amount whatever, or ever at
tempted to do so, is untrue. That 1
ever had any diiferenee or difficulty
with that gentleman, as charged, or
in any manner or for any reason, is
equally false. On the contrary, I have
always hud, and still have, ins comi
dence and respect.
It is true that at the time I left Penn
sylvania the law lirm, of which Col.
Thompson and myself were the only
members, had an' unsettled busines,
including an amount of outstanding
accounts in which I had one-half inter
est. The firm was also indebted in
certain amounts, lie fore leaving-the
State 1 transferred to my partner all
my interest in said lirm, together with
ceitain other property, which at the
time was believed to "be amply sutli
eient to meet all demands,; and the
whole business was se ttled up to tin;
full and complete satisfaction, not only
of my said partner, but of all oilier per
sons, and without the loss of one cent
to any one. In the settlement of this
business and tin: sale of property a de
ficiency existed of a few hundred dol
lars, w hich I subsequently paid ; and
in support of tin- statement here made,
as well as in evidence of the confidence
in whi.ch I am hi hi to-day by my eld
friends and acquaintances in Pennsyl
vania, I herewith submit a dispatcb,
received by me on the 1:7th inst., from
said law partner :
lU-rr.Kn. Pa.. Mav 2". l7-i.
To J. II. M l roil inn.. Cmi'km Si ates
Shnaioii: io man in Pennsylvania
ever lost a cent by you. Fvcry cent
was paid in full. "You have and de
serve the confidence and good will of
every man who knows you. 1-Var
nothing from this State. Your friends
w ill not desert you while they know
the whole truth of the case. Your
record here is all rijrht. Call on me in
any way vou think proper.
" " .JOHN. Si. TllOM PS( X.
Without conceding that it is the
right of any man to demand that I
should lay my domestic ui fairs before
the world, 1 simply state that misfor
tune in respect to these relations was
t ho sole cause of my course in leaving
my native Slate : and I aver that 1 was
and am justiiicd iu-t ia.lv in my own
mind in the course 1 pursued, hi it also.
so tar as 1 am aware,
all candid iktsohs
HI the opimell ot
well acquainted
with the facts. As an evidence of the
truth of w hat I say, and as a I'm thcr
vindicatioii of my cliara.-U r tor integ
rity in i lati-.ni to the mutters charged.
I herewith submit a telegram lr m
Hon. Sanuil A. P.irvitme. of Pitts
lairg, Pa., for several years member of
Congress from that Saite. and at pres
ent a member of th.) 'oustit ut ioiial
Convention now in session in Phila
delphia, u gentleman who has known
me intimately from childhood and i
fmdliar wit a my whole histe.iy in
Pennsylvania, and whose integrity
will not be questioned by any man
who knows him :
Pnii.AhKi riHA. Pa.. May 27, 17:'..
To.Ioiix II. Mm iiki.i,: "In leaving
Pennsylvania it was not alleged, I t,
iieve, that you wen- indebted to any
one but your Pennsylvania law part
ner. Col. John M. Thompson, and j
know the fact from Col. Thompson
hims If that you do not owe him any
thing: and fuilher, that your illations
with him continue to be of a most har
monious character. I I clieve that no
man in Pennsylvania ever lo,st a dollar
in consequence of your leaving the
Slate. The cause of your leaving the
State was well understood to be to get
rid of trouble of an entirely domestic na
ture. SAMl'ML A. PCU VI A NCI
I also herewith submit the lo'h.wing
from a letter addressed to me at Wash
ington City, dated at Pittsburgh, Pa.,
April 1, 17.1, and written by Hon.
Samuel A. Purviance:
If you should need any certificates of
your standing before you left liutler,
you can have them, as your course
here w as universally justified by every
one. Yours truly,
S.M L' Kb A. PUIiVIANCK.
Owing solely to domestic troul les,
seeking at that time only obscurity,
and hoping that I might be forever
separated from some oi the..iiu inories
of the past, but having committed no
wrong act to be concealed, neither con
templating the commission of any, 1
in niv tin. ii perturbed slate of mind de
cided to be known and called there
after bV my mother's maiden name
Mitchell which was my middle name
by baptism. This I frankly concede
was ah iiidiseri t, ill-advised and inju
dicious act. a great blunder, a foolish
mistake. I offer for it no excuse save
my inexperience in the world, and a
great desire to separate myself, as far
as possible, from "a past that was, and
is inex pressibly paim'ul. It was a vio
lation of the conventionalities of life,
for which 1 would gladly atone by a
life's labor. It is not. however, in con
travention of any public law. 'file act
at once became irrcti ievablc. I leave
it to others to judge whether, thus
yielding to the "misdirect ion of a per
turbed mind in days of tlejection and
sorrow, is a sin that years of honorable
effort in the walks of daily life cannot
atone.
Herewith I print a dispatch from
Winsneld S. Purviance, Ksq., a member
of the P.tts.an g liar at present, former
ly a resident of Huller, Pa.,ageiitlcman
whose integrity cannot be question
ed. He has kiiown me from boyhood,
and is familiar with my history and
present reputation in Pennsylvania.
Pn ism itri, Pa., May Tt, ls7.i.
To IIo.v. John Ji. Mi n iikia., Port
land. Ohkoon : Your character before
you left Pennsylvania was uiicxcp
tionable, and I never yet heard it dis
puted, but that you were jK-rfectly jus
tified in leaving" as you did. The alle
gation of absconding with money is
and was false. W. S. PU It VI AN CK.
1 also herewith present a dispatch
sent to me by lion. Simon Cameron,
United State's Senator from Pennsyl
vania, whohas full knowledge of my"
history in that State, and ot 1113- stand
ing there now :
IIarrisiu'RO, Pa.. May 27, 173.
To Hon. John 11. Mim mkll, V. S.
Senator. Portland. Oreoon When
you left Pennsylvania your reputation
was as good as any public man's in
your county. All whounew you speak
how in high terms of your integrity anil
purity of eharacter.aiid feel honored by
vour" election to the Senate in all of
which I join. SIMON CAM KUON.
I was born in Washington countv
Pennsylvania, June 22, V I was ed
ucated at W itherspoon Institute, Pa.;
studied law with the law firm of Pur
viance v. Thompson. eonipoed of Hon.
Samuel A. Purviance and Col. John M.
Thompson, whose testimonials are
herewith submitted.
In conclusion. I submit upon con
siderations, not of sympathy, but of
simple justice, whether in the light of
the statement and evidence here pre
sented, and of iny deportment among
vou for the past thirteen years, 1 am
"..:il,n o. x-g .11 r fn 1 11 i-o -i 111 lii leni'P ;i nd
resoect or deserve vour condemnation.
I stand to-day strong m the full con
sciousness that in relVerenee to the
matters alleged I have been actuated
by 110 evil intentions; and feeling and
knowing that 1 have presented tlu se
matters 'in all truthfulness, with your
iud"-ment I sh:ll remain content.
J " Kesoeet fullv,
JOHN 11. MITCHELL.
Portland, Oregon, May :tl, 1S7.1.
Telegraphic Xcv.s Summary.
New York, May 2. Eflorls to ne
gotiate in Europe the 0,00,000 in
bonds of the San Joaquin branch of
the Central Pacific Railroad have
failed, nor has any considerable
amount been placed of their Oregon
& Californis Railroad bonds. Mean
time the European demand for Amer
ican and other securities has ceased.
Huntington's Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company are unable to
work oil" the 8o,000,((!0 on bonds,
greatly needed for the consummation
of that enter rife.
New York, May 2d. Jay Gould is
said to be about leaving this city for
the west to participate in the election
of Directors of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company.
The bulk of the stock is held by Jay
Gould, Horace Clark and Augustus
Sehell, or their allies.
The horse disease, which visited
this city last fall, has re-appeared in
the stables of the Cony Island car
line in Brooklyn. Seventy horses
are now sick, and there have been
two iatal cases.
The TrVnmi has advices that $lo
OOO or $20,000 will be collected in
this city, to assist in placing beyond
the possibility of want the widow of
Gen. Canby, who died penniless.
"Startle was driven to a road wag
on on the Fleetwood course ve.sler-
day. She made the first quarter in
54 4 seconds, and the second, quarter
in 00 '.4, making the half mile in 1:7
the fastest half mile ever trotted to a
road wairoii bv an v horse except
"Dexter.'"
A gentleman, laie an officer of the
Uniled States Volunteer corps, de
clares that while recently in New
Orleans he had been ottered the com
mand of an expedition then being
organized to move on to Mexico. He
was told the advance guard was to
be composed of 5,000 men, consist
ing of Toxans and others, to be com
manded by James Longstreet, If.to
of the Confederate army, now of the
Kellogg militia. lie was further in
formed, that the United States Gov
ernment knew and sympathised with
the movement, and would aid it in
every way possible. Al -o that en
listments for the purpose were bein;q
made in Mobile ;
ad
other po.nts 111
the Southwest.
H.LF.x, June P.-
reeeived here of lh
-News has been
total wreck of
the missionary si
snip 1 av rearing in
ii:? jsew ju-ormcs. ia:e vessel was
built ten e irs ago by the Presbyte
rians of these Provinces for mission
ary service in the South sea.
Memphis, June For the past
ten days a disease pronounced by
physicians cholera morbus, or mala
rial fever, has prevailed here, but 3-.o
alarm was felt until yesterday, when
physicians general Iv agreed it was
cholera, some classing it sporadic,
others Asiatic. Thus far, its rava
ges have boon chiefly confined to ne
groes and the laboring chvse. In
the absence of an organized Board
of Health, it is difficult to estimate
the number who have died. The
doctors say the disease, if promptly
attended to, yields readily to treat
ment. Among the victims was Geo.
Moore, of the Oreson Transfer Com
pany, who died hist night. Reports
from the river towns lwlow hen? say
the disease prevails there also. Then'
is but little excitement here with re
gard to it.
Jack Ridley, engineer on the Miss
issippi and Tennes.--.ee ltiilroad, was
murdered at Hernando, Miss, yes
terday, by J. C. Salter. Roadmuster,
who was captured and jailed.
New Yokk, June -1. General Van
Bnren has written another letter, in
which he says a more indefensible
outrage than the whole treatment of
himself and associate Commissioners
bv the press of this country he cannot
.i -v- 1 r , .-i r . -1 1
conceive of. Contracts for covering I
the court yard and for adding to the
machinery, hall at Vienna said by
the writer to have been given with
an agreement that 5 per cent was to
have been paid to the Commissioners
having eharge of the job were aw ard
ed by McElrath, who sits in judg
ment on his former associates. He
says all the charges made are base
less falsehoods, and that neither min
ister nor man shall wrest from him
with impunity the spotless reputation
of a lifetime.
New Yoek, June -1. There is no
truth whatever in the stories that
tlie Cabinet have discussed the prop
er disposition of the captured Mo
docs. The reported statements of
the different views expressed by
Sherman and Delano is probably
based on the well known d inferences
betw een the military and civil author
ities relative to the Indian qucstfon.
Philadelphia, June 4. The wool
en Mill of Jno. Brown & Sons, on
Eighth street, below Tasker, was
burned early this morning and to
tally destroyed. Loss about sl,:P0
000'; insurance, 1,150 (00, mostly
now in New York.
New York, May 31. The Brook
lyn JJ'tfle ;,ays Beeeher and his
friends have determined to take defi
nite action in the B owen-Tilton-Beecher
scandal. It wa resolved a1,
a meeting of the Plymouth Chuich
Deacons, on Friday evening, to at
once proceed with the investigation.
Bowon is said to be in Indianapolis.
Westchestek, Pa., John liieKinau
ex-member of Congress, is danger
ously ill, with little hopes of recovery.
Gov. Grovcr on last Tuesday, ap
pointed Jeremiah Dohertv, of the
Dalles, a member of the' Board of
Commissioners, for the construction
of the wagon road from Sandy, along
the south bank of tlie Columbia
river, to the Dalles, vice Geo. W.
Wal uion, resigned.
Tlie Mountaineer of last Saturday
says: fThe farmers of Fifteen Mile
creek report having had a severe frost
on Tuesday night that cut the grow
ing corn, potatoes and other vegeta
bles. AYe are informed, however
that the
g-ain and grass cro'is arc j
ecdinglv well." I
doing excecdin
Xanimary of State News Items.
Nearly all the horses in Wasco
county are sick.
Col. C. A. Reed, of Salem is put
ting the lava beds on canvas.
There are sixty men at work ou
, the Albany and oantiam Ditch
Measles and epizooty still affect
the good people and horses ut Al
bany. The Commercial Mills, in Yamhill
county, pay e'O cents per bjshel for
wheat.
Nearly a carload of furs wore ship
pod from Roseburg ou Thursday of
last week.
The State University building at
Eugene City is being pushed rapidly
forward.
A camp meeting will be held near
Davton. commencing Thursday J ivn
2Gth 187:3.
In the Glaze-WIiitley dam a re cvit
the jury awarde l the- pi -anti a ; 850
damages.
Postoffice at Portland lias been
move.l to the Masonic Temple, 011
Third street.
Oorvallis is talking about the fino
style in which they will celebrate on
the Uh of July.
The excava'ion for the foundation
of the Capitol buildings at Salem has
been completed. G
It is now decided that ihe crming
Fourth of Julv will be appropriately
celebrated in Portland.
There wasn't enough measles to go
round at Roseburg. and the mumps
have -been substituted.
Several immigrant families, direct
from Arkansas, art? at pi:es,-ni looking
up homes in Linn county. t.
Tillamook county will, during the
second week in July next have her
first term of Circuit Court.
laie dosing exercises of
the t
rm
at the Conaiiis Agricultural Coll
ie
will begin on Monday, June IHli.
Tlie new Cumberland church edi
fice at Junction City will be dedicat
ed on the fourth Sunday in June.
Strauder Long,
thrown from a lei
was bi okea by the
ago.
Tlie Acalomy at
Albany, was
and Lis una
. a few i.avs
I.afavefe i:
21:1-
is
proving liuetv
The atter.danc
quite lar!
eelleid.
and the maiiagemcLt ex-
The grain belonging to the SaYfn
Indians on the nv-vrv;.:!t-n leeks iire
l.v, r.T.u the ciiLzed fia'u.ers peacea
bly disposed.
The State Temp-e- ar.ee TTnioii n-wts
at Albany. Juno loth. Preparat .-::.-;
are being made to steeoiaadaUi dele
gates and visitors.
A general jne:-t;'r.g lias bcr-ii re
nounced among the citizens of La. t
Portland to organise an Anti-Chhaeso
Club in that citv.
Cot
and i
court
Ivii.in
Me
V L
is 1 e--'U ::i"vsV.T
to Waslnn.-rton
rat
Pa
He is under i
Jacob Smith.
c-tmeat f,.i-
Mr. Levi L; land
Tern pair's Lodge i
met Lane covait .-.
rod :?G''.l
: V,
imefte 1'
-j. - it Til 1 . ,
with 50 La
er 1a
A cattle 1 U'-er in Was -o v-oTirfy is
.hr.rgod with having driven off m.-.rt
than he bought, r.a.l ha-; be. a ariv:-t-
ou and trd
back to v la.dlll i.
I r 'iti si ias -l" o.
Dan. RaM-aond
l 1 S Yearling
J Pouch's eon;
sheared i'il ?o:;;;d
of w o- I. 1 o
an
... a o
a vera 1
a lane
r
a-1
to II
Ja. McCord,
;e;de:wod from L'r.ri
county thivi- years for 1 ape. v. as
a - . a 1 r . . ' . 1
01-. -1. jjf-u ir.aa ine 1 vm
x tvii-'.'-Toia.rv
last Saturday, h
el.
.t t . a
is tirm havif'g e.tpir-
v .1,1. i .1. ..an:, a O 'frr.er. -cr.ys se
verely injured a f . w da-, s si: cert
his camp mar Eugene Citv bv fi o
logway giving way," breaking ;;eVi-iU
id his ribs.
Mr. Wm. Hughes of R,--k creek
.was chased by live In .i n -, : e:.y
last week, but owing to the sap-eri V
speed of his horse he managed "to
away from th -m.
. a iorr-;er.
Judging from the t:e
of the La
Grande Sr,.t'..fl, much iaii
is f.-li in Union Couray af t
,'!.U'.U.'ll
:e pro-
posil If) set apart the Wallowa aihv
as an I'ndh.n reservation.
B. F. Dowell is collecting speci
mens to send to Rev. Thomas Cf n
don. State Geologist of Ore-on. lie
would be glad to get articles froju
ail parts of the Pacific cast.
The Jacksonville. S:'it'u.-cl savs:
I reight teams, are doing a good biisi
ness lately, especially between this
point and Rc sebnrg," ia.st of our
dealers preferring that route.
Tlie Multnomah Circuit Court,
which will meet next M-m.hvy, will
have 120 eases to dispose of, and of
these 10 will be divorce srits, CO
equity suits, and I -10 law suits.
Joan Myers, of Delphi, Indiana,
di d in Linn county, May HOth. Ho
retched this State about a month
go. intending to pv -p e-t th"s coun
try with a view ta'sa 1! ling hire.
E. if. Sullivan and two or three,
children of Capt. Lap !h t were
thrown from a bu'gy two or three
days since, i.ear the Gr: r.d Rondo
reservation, and seriously injured.
Mr. John Civigldon. an atforrey-at-law,
who resided in Portland over
two years, and who left, here to go
East last summer, committed suicido
at Topeka, Kansas, ou the 0th inst.
Several caes of epizooty have oc
curred in Yamhill county, but all
have been mild. This disease is now'
pretty well spread -throughout Ore
gon, but 110 very s.-vero cases are re
ported. J.-S. Spray, the father of a family
f ten persons, arrived at Corvailis
from Page county, Iowa, and will
probably' locate in Benton county.
Mr. S., 'like many others, is tired of
eohl winters.
Gen. Mart.V. Brown., of tlie Albany
B'oiHo-nt, has accepted an invitation
to deliver the Anniversary Address,
before the Literary Society of tlie
Corvailis College at the coming com
mencement. Liberty school house, near R- C.
Geer'.s Jarm, fifteen miles east of
Salem, was burned down on Thurs
day the 2'.)th ult. The fire was not
"ua-mi uuai me minion
destroyed, nor its origin known.
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