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OREGON CITY, OREGON, JUNE 27, 1S7J.
Attorney ficneral's Opinion.
It was first our purpose to publish
the lengthy ojiinion rendered by At
torney General Williams in regard
to the Modoc murderers: hut it is
entirely too lengthy and too foreign
to the real merits in the case. In
his opinion, those who violated the
sanctitv of a Hag of truce, are liable
to a military trial and conviction, but
he tacitly admits that all others are
exempt from any such trials. He
fails to tell the Administration what
ourse shouldo be pursued toward
those murderers who butchered the
innocent and defenceless settlers and
leaves the impression that there was
a .state of war at the time existing
between the Government and this
tribe of savages, and that they, the
Modocs, after having surrendered,
are subject-1 to the same treatment as
e-ther nations under similar circum
stances. While we are not 2r'pai d
to set up our legal opinion against
that of our High-Joint and present
able U. S. Attorney, we must most
respectfully descent from this view
in the case. The Indians at the time
they murdered settlers on Lost river
were wards of the Government; they
rebelled against the authority of the
parent and went on the highways
and murdered all who they met.
They became,, outlaws the same as
,any combined "set of whitemen would
'"that combined themselves for the
purpose of
r 1 iherv
and murder,
there was anv
Thi-thev
did lief ore
actual war declared between the In
dians and the Government. They
are therefore, in our humble opinion
subject and responsible to the laws
of the .State in which these murders
were committed, and in nowise lia
ble to military trial. The Attorney
General provides only punishment
for-the murderers of Canby and
Thomas, and totally ignores any pun
ishment for the mu-rderers of the
eighteen peaceable arid unoffending
C settlers. Whv this discrimination?
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Is it not equally murder the
killing of these farmers as of Federal
officials? The Attorney General,
with his characteristic, demagogism,
attempts to release these savages
from the laws of the State against
which they stand branded as cold
blooded and wilful murderers. Be
sides, would it not be in the province
of our State authorities to try and
eon vict
an e.iual number of white
nieir had
they been guilt v of the
same crimps? Most assuredly our
learned Attorney would not argue
that pur laws were powerless to in
tlict punishment on white men who
had gone on the highways to mur
der and rob. Then why are these
Indians to escape for their outrages
iuon our people? We are of the
opinion 'hat all the Indians who are
not convicted by the military author
ities and who are indicted for
murder, are amenable and responsi
ble to the law of our State, and
should be demanded by the authori
ties for trial as murderers, and if
convicted, hanged the same as though
they had simply committed murder
and no Avar followed. Besides, the
Indians are not a nation and not enti
tled to the privileges of war. They
were simply a band of cut-throats,
and deserve no better treatment than
a set of outlaws and murderers would
receive. We are not particular who
tries the devils, so long as they re
ceive their just deserts; but we pro
test in behalf of the bereaved widows
and orphans of the pioneer settlers
of our frontiers, against any policy
that will allow one single murderer
to escape from punishment.
And we
hope our State Administration
will
notfail to use every possible means
to get the murderers in its posses
sion; The Governor of Oregon luis
doGe his duty faithfully, and if the
guilty outlaws escape, the blame
must rest on the Federal Adminis
tration and its Attorney General,
the later of whom appears to care
more for the scalps of the Indian
outlaw than he does for a just and
deserved punishment for murder.
'--The futule safety of our settlers de
mands the most igi 1 punishment
for the Modocs, and we hope that
the murderers- of the settlers will be
punished as much for their crimes
as the murderers of Canby and Thom
as. One man's life is as valua
ble as anothers, and we see no
good reason why there should be
any discrimination made in the mat
ter. Those who have been guiitv of
murder on the held of battle, let
them be tried by the General Gov
ernment; but those who have outrag
ed our State laws ami are guiitv of
murdering our citirei;-, let them re
ceive their punishment from the
Sta'e. Should any one Modoc es
cape that has In -en guilty of murder,
the people of Oregon w ill hold
the
Administration to a strict
biiitv.
Mo EE OF
a Radical oi
Them. Forney's
gaii. savs that if
Pre,
iU the
charges are true as made against
Senator Mitchell, there are men in
the Senate guilty of greater crimes.
t It-must le indeed a degenerated body
if it has fallen (-helow the standard of
Oregon's Senator. But Forney ought
to Cknow. He has been intimately
connected Qvith that bodv for the
p.u-t twelve vears.
Oregon.
Forney's Press of the 14.th instant,
cotains the following :
The question of the relative feroci
ty of the Indians and the border set
tlers has been determined by the
attempted massacre by the latter of a
party of captured Modocs a party
containing men, wemen and children
all of whom would have been ruth
lessly slaughtered but for the Provi
dential arrival upon the scene of a
liodv of United States troops. As it
was three of the Modoc warriors
were killed, and one woman "fright
fully" wounded. The authors of the
massacre were the Oregon volunteers,
the fellows whose outrages upon
Captain Jack's tribe were doubtless
the cause of the war, and who, while
it lasted, coward v skulked m the
rear of Gillem and Davis' troops.
The dispatch which informs us ol
this atrocious affair leaves no doubt
that it was premeditated, but, while
stating that everybody at the camp
expresses horror at the bloody work,
says that no steps had been taken to
arrest and punish the guilty parties.
We stated when the dispatch was
receive! charging the massacre of
the Modoc prisoners on the Oregon
Volunteers that we believed it to be
a foul slander, and the charge has
been ollicially contradicted by the
officers in charge of the volunteers.
That the dirty puppy who gets up
the dispatches wilfully lied on the
people of Oregon there can be not
the least doubt. The Indians were
murdered near the State line, and it
is just as pTonable that Californians
did the deed as Oregonians. That
our volunteers were directly or in
directly the cause of the Modoc war
is equally false and slanderous. The
war was commenced by the Federal
soldiers under instructions of the
Indian Superintendent; and resulted
in the massacre of eighteen of our
frontier settlers, as humane, Chris
tianized and industrious as ever
walked the streets of the sainted eity
of Philadelphia, before they were
aware that there was any trouble
with the red-skins. The charge that
our troops "skulked in the rear of
Gillem and Davis' troops," is equal
ly false. Had it not been for the
valor of the Oregon Volunteers, the
battle of the 17th of January would
have resulted in a total destruction
of the regular troops. Gen. Whea
ton paid a very high compliment to
our volunteer force for their bravery
and gallant conduct. The people of
Oregon, while they are frontier set
tlers, are not barbarious. While
they have suffered most severely by
incompetent Federal ollicials and red
tape from Washington, they have
submitted to all, and calmly awaited
to see justice meted out to the mur
derers of their fathers, relatives and
friends. If these professed friends
of the red men knew anything about
this matter, they would not lie so
anxious to insult and traduce the en
tire people of Oregon. The act of
the cold-blooded massacre of the
Modoc prisoners is universally con
demned, and finds, no apologist
among our citizens. But there is no
grounds upon which to hold either
Oregon or any one of the volunteer
troops responsible for it. Had some
of these high-toned and iiioignant
editors been deprived of their fathers,
brothers and property by these red
devils, we apprehend they would be
somewhat inclined to change their
tune. The frontier pioneer is far
nobler in everything that goes to
make up the true man, than the man
who hangs around cities out of dan
gers' way and practices the art of
living on what he can make off of his
fellow-man. They cannot be injured
by such contemptible and uncalled
for assaults as the above.
Notice to on: Srnsnur.ERS. The
new postal law, which requires pos
tage on papers published within the
county goes into effect on the 1st of
next month. The law provides that
postage on weekly papers shall be
payable quarterly in advance, at the
rate of five cents my quarter on
weekly publications. Wo would sug
gest that our patrons in this county
pay their postage up to January next,
as there is not the least doubt but
what tlu law will be amended at the
convening of the next Congress, and
this objectionable feature repealed.
In this city, we shall have the pa
per delivered at the residences of
subscribers, and hereafter collect
subscriptions monthly, at the rate of
25 cents per month. This we believe
will be more satisfactory to our eity
subseribors. Those who have paid
in advance, will be furnished until
their time expires, and those who are
in arrears, will be called m.on to set-
th
Up to- date.
Foit
Fx i KinsFMET. The Br en i,.a
y.ur.s says that a circular has been
issued to the members of the last
Legislature who voted for Mr. Mitch
ell, asking them to sign it, fully en
dorsing his past course, and express
ing the hope that he will not resign.
It is our opinion that but few of the
members w ho voted for Mitchell w ill !
sign this circular, as many of them I
llOV Tof X"4..f m'-A.l T l (
. v ".- v, , v i, mrm u me iev aril lor
their vote, and others who got it,
had fulfilled all their obligations
when they voted for him. If our
Radical friends desire an endorse-
liit-ui m ofiiuiiu- jiai'iieu, let luni re-
sign and come before the people at
A . 1 i r . -J- - 1 -
our next
election for it. Let them
trvit
Steame-oating. Our townsman
J. G. Toner is running his boat, the
Carrie, between Portland and Van
couver. We wish him a
good and
' lively patronage.
An Insult to
More Heathens."
During the past week two ship
loads of the infernal Chinese heathens
arrived at Portland.numbering about
GOO. When this influx of our de
struction will cease, we cannot tell.
But we know that the people of Ore
gon, like those of California, must
take active and prompt steps in every
way possible to discourage this im
portation of coolies. Let every man
resolve to carry out the pledge given
at East Portland, and we predict
that the heathen will soon be com
pelled to leave our shores. This is
the only way in which it can be done,
as the Radicals have so completely
disfranchised the States that they
are powerless to enact any laws by
which tljey can lie kept out. Let
every man resolve not to patronize
any one who gives employment to a
Chinaman, no matter whether it is
directly or indirectly. This will
starve the cusses out. The consum
ers and laborers in our State have
this in their power. The merchant,
the farmer, the mechanic, and the
laborer, are all equally interested.
The Chinamen does not consume
anything our merchants have to sell;
the same of the farmer, and he has
no use for anything the mechanic
makes. He only hordes up the mon
ey he gets for his labor, and takes
this away to his owner in China. As
a business view of the matter, it be
comes every man to patronize those
who patronize him and consume his
wares. We should like to see organ
izations formed in every town in the
State, and a list prepared by them of
every man who harbors or gives em
ployment to the heathens, no matter
how little or what kind, and let every
man belonging to the organization
abstain from patronizing those who
employ them. Carry this principle
to the very kitchen of our rich mer
chants, and we shall soon iind their
places occupied by white men and
women, w ho will spend their earn
ings for the benefit of the masses.
While we do not counsel bad treat
ment of the heathens now here, let
us unite and in this peaceable and
effective manner compel them to
leave and go back to their masters.
. .
at Portland.
Small-IVix
The Evening yeirs of the 23d inst.,
says :
This dangerous and dreadful
scourge has, it is asserted, made its
appearance in our city, and, already,
resulted in the death of one of its
victims. It has appeared in the most
thickly populated portion of the city,
and thus endangers the whole com
munity. This morning a Chinamen,
living in one of the tenement houses,
on Taylor street, died, it is believed,
from this disease, in one of its very
worst forms, although it was, at first,
thought he only had the measles.
We regret to hear that Mr. 1). Low
er, a well-know fruit dealer, has been
attacked by this disease. It was at
first supposed that his was a case of
measles, but it a consultation of doc
tore, held last evening, they pronoun
ced it, w ithout hesitation, that loath
some disease sniall-pox; and Ave
hear his condition is pronounced dan
gerous. Since the above was in type, the
Portland papers have come to hand
denying that there are more than one
or two cases, and those of a very
mild form. We apprehend that the
young man who runs the local for th
yers, told the truth in the first, but
a des're on the part cf our Portland
friends to cover up the matter, made
him take it back. We are informed
through private sources, that this
loathsome disease does exist in a very
bad form in Portland, but that all pre
caution is being taken to prevent its
spreading.
Office Discontinued.
The Oregon Indian Superintenden
cy has been discontinued. We sup
pose this is a method to get rid of a
Radical office-holder, and that the
next Congress will re-establish it.
The ofhees in Montana and Arizona
are also discontinued. It looks to us
that these offices are discontinued in
in the very places where they are
most needed, and shows that the
Administration has no knowledge of
what the interests of the people real
ly require. Oregon and Washington
Territory contain about one-quarter
of the Indian Agencies in the United
States, and if a Superintendence is
needed anywhere it is in the three
places discontinued. There are more
unfriendly Indians in these places
than all the other agencies combined,
and they need more watching and
care. What the object is in discon
tinuing these agencies we are unable
to state. But the ways of the Radi
ical Administration are "dark and
mysterious." The future will prob
ably develop the absurdity of this
move. In the meantime, we may
expect to hear of a few hundred more
settlers butchered through the care
lessness of Federal officials.
Two Worthies. If there was any
thing further needed to humiliate
Senator Mitchell, it will found in
the fact that Dr. Loryea has come to
his defence. He has published a let
ter in the New York Herald defend
ing our Senator. The onlv two thus
far who have orient v l--fenilal liim
arc TA- Duniway and the Doctor.
I lint.- 1 V l 1 r 11 i
inu liiiymv nave iaiien :
Apologist. The yeic yorthicesf
made its appearance again last week.
It looks and talks like it did before
it took a breathing spell. From its
tone, we should judge that it is the
organ of "indiscreet" Senators.
A Disirustiiiir Defence.
We had become somewhat dis
gusted with the sycophant tone of a
few Radical papers in their defence
of Senator Mitchell, but not one of
them had the brass displayed by
good sister Duniway. The male
editors let him off as gently as they
could and were extremely glad to
get rid of the job. But this dear
sister comes to the front, and is wil
ling to apologize for the "indiscreet"
Senator on condition that he turn
openly and avowedly on the side of
"woman's suffrage." It is a bad
cause which requires advocates at
the expense of decency. We were
prepared to see the Woodhull Claf
lin portion of this woman's suffrage
question make proposals of this
kind, but did not think the cause in
Oregon had quite advanced to this
disgusting state. It appears from
the article in the yew yorthwest that
the end to be obtained justifies any
and all means, and we are astonished
to lind any woman in Oregon who
boldly makes this assertion. In or
der that we may not be accused of
misrepresenting this article, we ap
pend the 'principal portion of it, as
follows:
The dark stories in circulation in
regard to Senator Mitchell, having
become co-extensive with our Na
tional literature, we feel it obliga
tory upon us as a journalist to com
ment upon them, though the slight
est allusion to the matter gives us
great pain. Of Course, all sorts of
sensational rumors are afloat in the
newspapers and on the streets, many
of which are the idlest gossip of vul
gar scandal-mongers; yet the press,
the peoole, especially Mr. Mitchell's
constituents, bear in mind that the
highest duty of humanity is to ac
cord all possible motives of good to
every other human Wing, compat-
ilile with private safety
Then the alleged
crime of taking
refuge behind the maiden name of
hi mother in the "dejection anil
sorrow " of which Mr. Mitchell so
frankly tells, is not to our mind a
crime, whether considered morally or
legally. It is simply a very natural
thing for a son to do. and had Mr.
Mitchell gone to our State Legisla
ture and had the name legalized, or
would he do so yet, he could lock
ajl men and women in the face with
the proud consciousness of having
fulfilled the whole requirement of
our statutes in that direction. Le
gally, as the matter now stands, it
is indeed a "blunder" and a " fool
ish mistake '.' w hich he can in this
way rectifv at his earliest opportunity-
The accusations of adultery, direr
tion and bigamy, with which our
unfortunate Senator is so vigorously
assailed, coming as they do from his
personal and political enemies, we
do not propose to seriously discuss
at present, as we wish always to con
sider everybody innocent until pro
ven guilty. If the discussed Sena
ator, is guilty of the crimes his en
emies charge him with, he is amen
able to law, and the men and news
paj'ers who circulate these storie,
should, instead of stooping to vul
gar gossip to blacken his reputa
tion, see at once that he is indicted
by the grand jury, for these crimes,
and, if guilty, made to suffer for
them.
This much is proved, however
Mr. Mitchell's confession: He
received the highest office in
has
the
ci r-
gift of the Oregon people under
enmstances that reflect discredit
upon his friends, who frankly admit
that they have been deceived. As
a leader in the Woman Movement
we personally exerted an influence
in his behalf that, if used against
him, would have insured his defeat,
and if he does not disappoint us
politically we shall not regret it. If
women have suffered socially by his
acts of connivance, and he has re
pented of all the w rong he has done
them, let him now make restitution
by becoming the especial champion
of the rights of all women. Let him
use his position as United States
Senator to engraft upon the nation's
archives the principles of equality
and justice. In short, let his Sena
torial career be one continued grand
atonement to ail womanhood for the
errors of his youth. Thus may res
titution follow in the wake of repent
ance, and his riper years, crowned
by deeds of atonement, stimulate
others to renounce social sins and
thus make amends for the wrongs
inflicted by them upon women who
have been the victims because of ad
verse circumstances. Let him rie
itunid for women an equal show with
men in the race for success in life,
rising above self in the nobleness
of his inate magnanimity, and he
shall find that " a life's labor " w ill
bring its high reward a guerdon
that, shall silently rebuke the maud
lin sentimentality that gives woman
sympathy in lieu of justice, and
" hush money or bribes instead of
opportunity equal with man for self
protection. Man's extremity, God's opportu
nity. And as never before was mor
tal man placed in position of equal
humiliation in high places, so never
btfore did like opportunity present
itself for turning that very humilia
tion into a crowning deed of public
justice, such as shall cause mothers
in the coming years when the sod
shall have grown green over the nar
row home that shall mark his last
resting place, to lead their little ones
to the spot; and, while teaching them
to lisp his name, in their own hearts
thank God that J. H. Mitchell lived
to aid in a great moral struggle, by
a personal atonement. Will oiir
Senator not use this golden oppor
tunity to prove repentance by resti
tution? Comment on the above is unneces
sary. It is a disgusting defence of
crime. The editress of the yir
yorthwest should at once announce
herself as the defender of " indis
creet " men, and the traducer of be
t rayed and deserted mothers.
The Corvallis Guzetle says: "Small
quantities of wool liave been placed
in the market here. Fox Bros, pur
chased a small lot on Thursday at
21 cents.
Clackamas Responsible.
It is a well known fact that with
out the vote from Clackamas county
in the last Legislature, J. H. Mitch
ell would not to-day be in the Unit
ed. States Senate. Our readers are
well aware how that vote was obtain
ed, and the fraud which was perpe- j
trated upon them. Had the three
members from this county carried
out the wishes of their Republican
constituents, and to which they were
virtually pledged, if not pledged,
it was understood that the three
Lower House members were against
any Holladay candidate, and the Sen
ator for any man Holladay might
name. The three Lower House
members were returned elected and
got their certificates, through fraud,
while with all the rascality, they
could not throw out enough votes to
retain the Holladay candidate to the
Senate, notwithstanding they tried
their best. They were kept in their
seats through the same process of
fraud, and by their votes John II.
Mitchell was elected to the Sen
ate. Clackamas county, through
fraud in the first place and treachery
of the fraudulent members in the
second is responsible for Mitchell
being in the Senate to-day. How
Clackamas must feel honored! Had
the Democrats been admitted to their
justly entitled seats, the result would
have been otherwise. This the Rad
ical managers well knew, and they
did not stop to correct the fraud
perpetrated on our county, knowing
that by so doing they would defeat
the present Senator. The stigma of
having elected such a man as Mitch
ell belongs exclusively to Clackamas
county. While her three votes elect
ed him, they exercised no other in
fluence in that body. They were
like blank ballots in everything that
pertained to legislation. The whole
combination which elected Mitchell
was a most corrupt one. It began
in this county by and through the
use of money to corrupt Judges of
election, and then the jiersons who
were illegally and fraudulently re
tained betrayed the wishes of their
constituents, and secured theelection
of a man Avho- could not receive one
fourth of the Republican vote ol the
county. These facts will be remem
bered next June, and the people of
Clackamas will repudiate with al
most a unanimous voice the party
which is responsible for thi.s state of
facts.
A Cj:::dit MonrLiri: JIi.doksf.1).
John A. Bingham, of Ohio, and one
of the iirincipals in the Credit Mo
liilier swindle, has been appointed
Minister to Japan by the President,
in whom our Radical friends say
they have the utmost confidence in
his " patriotism and integrity."
The appointment of known thieves
to office dies not look as though our
" patriotic " President has anything
but fat offices for thieves. A man is
generally known by his associates,
and if this rule is applied to Grant,
he must lie the chief of the Credit
Mobiliers and Congressional back
pay stealers. He himself gets 25,
000 per year in consequence of sign
ing the steal.
An AitLE Letteii. Congressman
Joseph G. Wilson has published a
long letter in the New York llrtll,
defending our people from the
charges of barbarity against the In
dians. It is an able letter, and cov
ers the entire ground. It will do no
good, however, unless Mr. Wilson
can get about a hundred of these
apologists for the Indian to come
out among them and get scalped.
That will convince their friends in
the East.
Getting Wakm. Joe. Meek who
Avas positive, the "old man" was
"Wrestling Joe," has been indicted
for perjury. This makes three and
we hear it rumored that there is
a strong probabilty of more yet to
come. It may be that the author of
the catechism may yet be found.
The thing is getting warm. David
son and Moore asked for a delay of
their trial, but the motion was refus
ed and their t-ases will probably
come up this term of Court.
Is it a Mistake. The Sacramento
Record of last Saturday says that
Senator Mitchell of Oregon passed
through on the preceding day, bound
eastward. Not a word has been said
by the Portland papers about his
leaving, and if he has gone, the con
trast between the manner of such
leave and his triumphal entry a few
weeks since will strike the reader as
eminently appropriate after the re
cent disclosures. (hutrd.
It is generally supposed that Sena
ator Hippie, in changing his name,
simply transjiosed it so as to make it
read "John Hippie Mitchell," in
stead of John Mitchell Hippie. The
truth of the matter is that he signs
his name John Hiram Mitchell; at
least, we find his name so written by
himself upon several medical diplo
mas in this city. Mercury .
In TEoriiLE. Susan B. Anthony
was convicted of the crime of trying
to be a man when nature provided
otherwise, and for her vote in behalf
of U. S. Grant, she was fined the
sum of 1CK). She tried to get a new
trial but this was refused her. It
aimears to us that the sntTrorru .,r -
for wottt, J -n v , i .
for women m the Radical platform is
a considerable oi a humbug.
Summary of State Xews Items.
The Jacksonville Times has receiv
ed its new press and material.
There are 20 new buildings under
process of erection in Forest Grove.
Dave Logan, of Yamhill, has a row
of potatoes which is three miles long.
1
There are 220 Patriarchs in the
Odd Fellows' Fncampment in Oregon-
The Fourth is to be celebrated at
at Oakland, Cole's Vallev and Gales
ville. Brick work on the State University
at Fugene will be commence next
week.
The consecration of Trinity Church
I UI uauii, m Lane 111 tuo
. Julv 1
oiduiy.
F. A. Horning, of Benton county, ; jor new trial has been made,
has received a patent for an apple i The election judges who pcrniitt.-cl
cutter. j Susan B. Anthony to vote were tinel
The next annual meeting of the i each to-day 25 and .io and costs.
Baptist Association will be held at KW okk, June 1 . 1 here was
Forest Grove. ! ex.-itenu-nt to-day at Vuw
heauquarters oer the report that th
The closing examinations of Phi- Commissioners v. ere about to appoint
lomath college (Benton county) will twenty-five men on the police foux,
be held July 2d. ; as patrolmen. Commissioner Rusm-H
The portion of Umpqua A cad em v ' -'.vs he suppose the rumor origiiuit
at Wilbur, burned recently, will be ed from a resolution, adopted yester
rebuilt this Summer. sl.v. to appoint twenty-nine coh.ivd
I men as street sweepers; but if a nio-
Jndge Rice, Vice President of the ! t-on js m.ut; to appoint tailored p:i
Northern Pacific Railroad, arrived at j trolmon he will support it as a qr.e.s
Portland Friday evening. J tion of equality already settled and
The W. R. T. Co. has traded the ; will see that the colored men have
thA O S their rights.
N. Co's steamer Shoshone.
The Odd Fellows of Eugene have
purchased ten acres of land near
that place for a cemetery.
The yews intimates that the Pacif
ies threw off the last game played be
tween them and the Pioneers.
Every body who could get away
from Canyon City has gone to the
new diggings in the Ochoco region.
Three families have arrived
jj
Polk county, direct from Sweden.
Sixtv families altogether are expect
ed. A colored barber named Samuel
Johnson was found dead in the rear
of his shop at Salem last Monday
morning.
Jos. Butchel of Portland, has been
elected a life member of the National
Photographic Association of the
United States. j
A little daughter of E. W. Conyers !
Esq., of Columbia county, came near ;
losing her life last week from sucking !
the flower of the fox-glove.
The new building erected by the j
Methodist Episcopal Church South, !
at Salem, will be formally dedicated j
early iu August bv Bishop D. S.
Daggett.
The four men arrested for illegal
voting at Portland at the last city
election wire discharged by the
Grand Jury last Saturday on tech
nical grounds.
The body of the colored boy.
George Williams, w ho was drowned,
at Salem some weeks atro. was found
on Monday in a drift near Lincoln,
several miles below.
The value of foreign goods im
ported int.) this State, from Nf!'i to
172, amounted to 2,!:2.f.ll, and
the duties upon theju reached the
large sum of slJl.iOS.
A young man named Gill working
it one of the fisheries down on the
lttennited suicide last
Friday by cutting his throat. He is
however doing as as could be expect-
ed.
The new mines of Ochoco oecuv
a circuit of about 20 miles. It is
believed not less than D)0 men have '
gone there. Canyon City miners .
have nearly all decamped for the new
placers. j
The Spriny Hill warehouse, built
by the farmers on Soap Creek, has
been completed. It has a holding
capacitv of 20,000 bushels of grain
and is built in the most substantial '
manner.
The farmers of Fifteen Mile Creek
Wasco countv, intend celebratiu"
the Fourth of July, at the camp
meeting ground, on that stream.
Hon. N. H. Gates will deliver the
oration.
A Forest Grove girl ulaved the
ghost scene on a room mate until the
i.met oii nui oi me winnow io ino. i
ground, fifteen feet below, and was
taken up insensible. She will re
cover however.
Olney McLagan. -who was acciden
tally shot at Corvallis last week, bv
a gun in the hands of Wm. Rutaii,
it is thought will hardly recover!
These two boys are under fourteen
years of age.
According to the Independent, there
will be twice as much grain raised
this year in Yamhill and Polk coun
ties as last, and in Polk, a thousand
bushels of apples w ill lie raised to
one a year ago.
The MoitiilitiDw reports that car
penters and other mechanics have
left the Dalles for the Ochoco mines,
and work has been suspended for
w ant of hands on buildings in course
of erection iu that town.
The Corvallis Gazette says: Last
week while in Portland, Dr. J. R.
Bayley received a check from T. E"
ertrm Hogg for 7,200, the secoml
payment on the Yaquina Bay Wagon
Road Company's franchise.
"W . P. Hunt, an cmplove on the
O. S. N. Co's Railroad at the Dalles
was run over by a car some time ao
and lost leg. He sued the Comiia
ny for 825.000 damages. The jurv
awarded hini 15,000.
The Oregon Volunteers in the Mo
doc war. under Cill.tcJl, ITl-.....it
Rogers, have returned to their homes
and Ix-on mustered onf of service
The citizens of Jacksonville provided
them with a sumptuous dinner on
Monday ol last week.
The annual meeting of the Chris
tian denominaton at Dixie, in Polk
county Lut week, was verv largelv
at tended, o,000 persons being present
on Sunday. Among the attendants
was illiam Bragg, the oldest man
m Oregon, lieing over 102 years old.
Green C. Davidson is out in a card
m the Statesman in which he offers
to bet 1,000 w ith Rev. J. L. Parrish
that Joseph Thomas or "Wrestling
. 'ie WIU not le proven to lie Ins,
(lreen C's father. "It's a wise child
that knows its own father," savs the
oK1 provorb. '
Telcganhic News.
AsmsoroN jvme 19Comman.W
Braine is here for the purpose of re . ."i,
nig instructions concerning the en, "
of the Juniata. On his return trior
mamler limine will make sound in','"
along Newf oundland. nuings
Ihe President appointed Wm. fj
Defrees of -New Mexico as agent for
the Indians of New Mexico.
A Washington special savs that
Bingham has receive. I his instructions
and will soon leave for Japan.
The Secretary of the treasnrv is
authority for the statement that he
has no intention of resigning; that Lo
had not been offered, nor would ho
accept any position of any of the for
eign banking houses, as has been
published.
Caxadaigua, June 10. The judg
ment oi me court in me case of S,.
, , , . , , , , . , .-
win B. Anthony is that she pay a ml0
a , ... . v.
JohnB. Weller, w ho has been dan
gerously ill at New Orleans, is im
proving. The w eather is execesively hot, the
mercury standing at Vi degrees in
the shade. A number of cases of
sun-stroke are reported.
New Yoi;k. June 20. Private dis
patches from San Jose, say Costa Rica''
has responded to the circular letter
recently sent out by the United States
i oi i, o. i: nia. eaiiiiiLr on iui me i c i-
i iii.il .i:in j j.iv j ; i . i jviii iu ;l
demand to rpaii lor the lijuept iki
ence of Cuba, and case of refusal to
intervene with force.
From l!f!:m;i vews come thsit the
Spaniards ltiiv- found seMial einptv
; inters along the coast, which, froi'uo
I ticir coiwr.a th;n and position, are
j thought to have been used to cam-
! i"i"s stoics to the patriot
It
is rumored, in Cuban circles here that
a large expedition of Lien and war
materials is on the way to the revolu
tionary forces.
Washington, June 22. The follow
ing are the liostid changes during the
week: Of;:
stablished At T
I Valley, V. ..sco count y, Oregon. Bei j.
i McAfee, potrna.tor. O.'gee disc!!
' tinned.- Kcntnck, Whatcom county,
i W.T. Postmasters appointed Yain-
ax, Jackson county, Oregon; Boise
i f. -it, Lewis co.ii.tv. W. T., J. K.
I Miller.
It is reported tr.-night, though not
' on official authority, that six cases t f
' cholera ori-rinjiied in this city to-h;y.
j 1 r.i i.-oiT. June '2. Extensive for-
est fires are reported in various parts
I of Northern i-chigan. and a repeti
i tion of the disaster of October, 171.
; is 1'eared. A shower might avert the
J dagger-
j V,'Asi-n-c.T'i::..Ti:7ie The Indian
I Agent oi the Is-?. Peiees rcix-rts that
! Pickett who kill
d an Indian woman
Las been convicted
oiifom! ( r.
aJid soldi";
d to
be hanged At Boise
of July. This is
where a white man
to justice i'or kili
s TYrritorv.
C:t
the l:r:.t instance
has been brought
j hi" Indiaus in h:
1 Nasm n.r.r. Jure 2:). Ti irtv-:ev-
! end.-.itiis from chohv.i. to-day against
fifty-live vestev; :;y. TweEty-iire
were negn.es. The weather to-cay
! is oonsideied favorably to adereas-.
3.1 i.vems. .Tun- S. There vein
eight interments from cholera to
day. The weather is hot and dry
aiiii the di. ease is abating.
Cincinnati, .Tui-e Five deaths
from chol.-ra reported at (he healiU;
office to-day.
Advices from Portsmouth state
this mornii.g that a deckhand on the
steamer died of cholera at that place.
Wheei ino, West Va., June 2:).
Tnere vas a er.se of cholera in a
mild form in this city yesterdav.
W.si-inoton J-ii:e 2:h Mr. Bliss,
of the Board of Health, states that
there have been three cases of chel
era in this city this season, and that
they were sporadic. There is as yet
no grounds of :ii i 'rehension of eni-
! emic cholera hen
Evansvu.ee; Ind., June 25. Thir
teen cases of cholera are reported
here in the ixusi two weeks: seven
fatal.
New Yoi.k. June 2-'!. The United
States Circuit Court vas engic ed to
day in t gapa;ii;el:ing n jury for the
trial of Tennis C. Ciaflin and Victo
ria Woodhull. The Judge refused
a postponement of the trial in con
sequence of the- alleged sickness of
one of the defendants
June 21. Col. Robert B. Clark, a
well-known oihVer. convicted in this
district the -1st day of January,
liS2, of having in his possession
counterfeit plates for printing Inter
nal Revenue stamps and sentenced
to five years in the Albanv prison,
has been pardoned by President
Grant.
Washington, June 20. TheSeere-
tary of the Interior to-day decided"
that the erection of a house by two,
three or four pre-emption or home
stead claimants, in such a manner as
to cove ar portion of each of their
quarter-sections under one roof,
complies with the law requiring a
house to be built on every quarter
section in order to secure a title to
it.
Senator Howe's friends, including
many Wisconsin politicians, are
urging his nomination to the Chief
Justiceship.
New Youk, June 21. The Trih
says Russel, who came from Aus
tralia and New Zealand to this com -try
some time ast, sailed for Lon
don Saturday, having accomplished
the object of his mission. He came
with authority from his Govern
ment to establish a line of first-class
steamers between San Francisco,
Honolulu, New Zealand and other
islands, to make one trip iu each
month.
June 25. A Long Branch special
says that President Grant, on the
evening before leaving Washington,
was visited by several gentlemen,
who urged the removal of Secretary
Richardson from the Treasury De
partment. They left his presence
with a belief that his decision was.
made to do so. The same dispatch
savs the official life of Minister 3?
will terminate on the close cf the
Vienna Exposition.
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