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o o S37C sees: o G G O o G o o o THE ENTERPRISE. OREGON CITY, 0ilEG9 Al'GlST 1, 173. j To the Members of the Democratic f?tatc Central Committee. O Oregon City, July 15, 1S73. In consequence of n vacancy in the Chairmanship of the Democratic State Central Committee, the undersigned a niernber of that Committee for Claeka iii;is county, would respectfully suggest that the members of said Committee meet at the city of. Portland on Satur day, August t'ili, 1 ";. for the purpose of making arrangements for the ap proaching special election for member of Congress and the transaction of .such other business as may lx necessary. It is recoinmended that all vacancies in the CMYunittec be filled by th. res pective County Conniiittees, in order that a full attendance may be present. v. i. whitj:. G The Dutv of Democrats ami the Cen tral Coin init tee. On Saturday, Mir Oth inst, a meet ing of the Democratic State Central Committee will bo 1 el I at Portland, for the purpose of making the nec essary arrangements for a State Con vention. "While we do not propose to dictate to that body what should boll course of action, it is our pur pose to state plainly the only course which in our opinion will give gen eral satisfaetin to our party, and se cure that harmony so essential to onr success. The committee should call a convention at as early a date r.sDwill enable the various eounty committees to issue their call for County Conventions. The repre sentation in the Strte Convention bhould be based on the J emocrratic vote cast for Hon. John Burnett, the last Democratic candidate for Con gress. This done, Democratic voters should take the matter in i hand and attend the primaries and j county conventions, and prevent by ; all means in their power ambitious 1 1 i controlling me rep i t r.e'iiiaiions ki me State Convention, so that there will be no 4a:iSer f 11 man getting the noniination who cannot receive the entire and enthusiastic support of ! the masses of the partv D is true that our farmers will be busy in their harvest iiel.ls. Ihit tl.ey 3 should remember that they owe a O duty to their State a id party which should not be neglected, and allow nothing to prevent, them from dis " charging that duty. If the hiihitory steps are taken in tic proper man ner, we shall have a candidate, pre sented for the suffrage of the people who can carry every vote of the par ty. Tint should the people neglect their duty at the primaries, politi cians may get coutr.d of the Conven tion and select a mm who is not the ounce ot the people, in suc.ii a:i I event, our success vill be sadly im paired, and defeat will await us at the polls. The man who receives the nomina tion should be in full harmony with the principles of the Democratic party; he should be free from the slightest suspicion of corruption; he should be a known opponent to the interests of monopol ies, and should have a record as a partisan which will ""command every Democratic vol. in the State. Such a man will notouly receive the unanimous vote of tlie Democracy, but also the votes of hundreds of honest and liberal Republicans who appreciate the utter rottenness and corruption of the Radical party. Rut should our Convention place a man in nomina tion for the sake of catering to ore or the other factions of the Radical par ity in the State, he will not only fail in fretting Republican votes but loseinany votes from his own party. We cannot afford at this crisis to run any risk for the sake of trying ex ; periments. The people know what they want, and if tlie Democracy will riot present a man who can control the votes ami respect of our party, Ave cannot expect any votes from the honest Republicans. The election is one of great importance to our State. We can either secure success Im proper nomination, or we can de feat ourselves by injudicious and improper nomination. This should be avoided by all means. No man should be allowed, to set up his claim on the party and hazard its pros pects of success. Let the delegates be fairly and honestly selected, wittiout. i no lnierien nee oi worn-out and cast -oil' political demagogues, ttiid let them select a standard-bearer who-Hvill be a credit to our party, and if elected, will work for the best interests of our, St:.te. One course will had to victory; the otht r to de feat. Let wisdom and pa-t expe rience be our guide in future. Let ns not have a repetition of prc-t f .1 lies. The voters hive the matter in their hands, and if f.iey will do their duty, all will be well. If they neg lect, all will be lost. Let a man be fairly and honestly nominated, and he will receive the harmonious and enthusiastic support of the party; if he is nominated through corrupt and unfair means, he will be defeated. Democrats, do your duty. Changed IIanos. The Coni'icr citl Uq orhr of the 20th ult. came to ssrs.Geo. II. 1 limes & Company ! The . lT' -raisci1' 1 J-'ie oppe,ents of a Convention sug- luvl purchased the concern, xhese I gest that the Democratic State Ceii gentlemen are practical printers, and j tra Committee name the candidate, we have everv reason to anticipate ! A n:)mil3;ltioa thus brought about ., . , ,vlli i,0 f , I carries with it no moral force, and othat tue change will be for the bet- if our frit..ll3 are wise thej win aJ ter- I here to old time usage. i ' Patrons of Husbandry. On our first page this week will he franl the ramble, Constitution ! auu JJy-laws of the rations of Hus bandry, issued by the National Grange. We publish this document for the information of the iublie so that they may have an idea of the organization which is so rapidly gaining favor among the fanners of the Great "West. It is apparent to all, that the course of the party in power lias been to advance the inter ests of capital to the detriment and loss of the farmers, and that necessi ty has compelled the latter to organ ize for the purpose of protecting themselves against further oppres sion by monopolies and capital. That there need be any antagonism between the two, we do not believe, but both should have equal protec tion by law. "While the rich mami faei urers are protected by high tariffs, the farmer has no protection and is forced to pay to soulless corporations nearly the entire proceeds of his labor for freight on such articles as he may raise on his farm, leaving him but little, if any, surplus for improve ment or for the purchasing of other necesseries of life he does not pro duce. Hence our farmers of the West have been kept in comparative slavery for the past ten years to cap ital, and it being protected and fos tered by the strong arm of the law, has no fears of successful competi tion. During the better and purer davs of our republic, capital did not control the nation. The producer was virtually the superior of capital. JJ tit this was changed when the wealth became concentrated into the bauds of powerful corporations, who now oppress our laboring or farming people with excessive taxation and exhorbitaiit freight charges. To counteract this inllnence the farmers have organized tiu-msolves into Granges for mutual and sell'-protee- tioii. it capital and farming art harmonious and upon equal terms, the latter cannot fail to be profitable i and remunerative, and it being the bone ami sinew of the countrv. eV- serves l"i ire fo -;t-ri r than coiiml 1 ' wniea can always protect itseii against aggression. There is as usual, a cry raised by the Radical press, that this organ ization has a political signiticaiion, and an attempt is made to discour age persons from becoming members. It mmt have a political tendeney just so far and no farther, that is, the membeiv, will not support any man unfriendly to their interests. They would be very foolish to place a nmn in power whom they knew to be in the interest of those who are opposing them. There is no neees sitv of anv political tendencv of this organization if all parties will do justice and right to this large by far the larger of the two class of our people. At present capital is protected against all other interests, tlie mechanic, merchant, farmer, art isan and laborer.- These constitute by far the largest portion of our pop ulation. There are but few men who may be termed manufacturers or capitalists who have their means em ployed in transportation. Yet they receive protection and large subsi dies by vvhichthoy grind the farmer ami all consumers with their extor tions. The country cannot prosper unless the farmers and other producers prosper. Capital does not create anything. It only purchases that which the producer raises by the sweat of his brow. Suppose we sus pend production on our farms for a single year, what on Id be the condition of capital? It would be powerless and would be forced to seek a market elsewhere. What would the railroads, the stoamloats, the bankers or the nvrchmts do without the farmer and his produc tive labor? There is no class in our country more beneficial- than the farming interests. We are a pro ducing community, and ps such need more protection for that class than any other. The very moment our farmers are prosperous, and hao money in their pockets, all other kinds of business flourishes. There is no danger of this farmers move ment becoming oppressive. It does not mean to wage a war upon other industries. It means simply to pro tect itself against oppression and to foster its own interests which is now languishing in a thousand wa-s. It means to elevate the farming inter ests to an equal standing with all other b'..sinessenterprises. It means the education of the- farmers, and will have the tendency to acquaint theni w ith their needs and the most intelligent way of supplying ti.em. -vs e i.-.u unoerstan.t this matter those are thM general p, i;;,.i,,,.s objects of the Patrons of Husbandry d au-i epproing tnem, we .-hall l ve 11,1:1 r 't support, believing that wnen we f .ster this class of hi oustry. we are serving the best and and largest portion of our deservin citizens. State Con vi:xTiox.The Walla Walla v.ev,.. gives this piece of good advice to the Democratic State Central Committee: ''The question of ealbnrr n Stnfr. Convention in Oregon to nominate a A Letter from Union County- Union County. Orecos, July :s W:. S KoiTor. ExTKnraisK: As the ques tion of nominating a man, to take our late Representative's place in Congress, l in " verv rene p rally cama-scei in private and through the press, I wisn. j to present a few tart, and make somJ i.i;f,in o:i that nueNtie.n. V e, m ! Katern Oregon, believe if the Ieiiio I racy nominate the right man he will be elected, and we believe the Hon. James : H. Slater is that man. VVe l.elieve the : wrong man will be defeated and one : of the wrong man is J. Y . rsesmiin. j I As the contest is likely to le between j i these two in our convention, let us j ! careful lv examine their claims and ; prosjK i ts. It is admitted that both are ! able men and that both faithfully serv- I ed their constituents in Congress, but I litis also admitted, by men ol all par- ties, that Mr. Slater accomplished more i and worked harder than any man j ever sent to Congress from this State, j On this point lie is Xesmith's superior. His antecedents as a Demociat also are j far ahead of Nesmith's. Hut the i charge is made by Nesmith's friends I that Slater took his back pay and there- tore not available. If this is a good reason not to nomin:r.e hini, it iseoiial- ly, aye, a Ik tier reason, why Xesmith should not nominated. Jl it was wrong for Slater to take his back pay in '7:t much more was it for Nesiuith in V;. not only to take back pay but also hi.s mileages. Mr. Si. iter's pub lished statement of that transaction fully justifies his action. It will be J 'en that the ( ommitlee,at first, P.owed him the usual mileage, but after wards inilueiaed by parthaii feeling, cut it down fl .:'.:. Mr. Slater voted against the sahuy bill but took his back pay, and doing so, received only a part ot his mileage, of which he had been de frauded, lie has done more and re ceived less than any other Oregon Con gressman and his course will be ap proved by every reasonable man. We recommend the case of Hainan and Mord cecai to Mr. Nesmith's care fid consideration. 1'or tin se reasons we think Slater should he nominated, rat It er than Nesiuith. The git at intt rest of llistei l) ):( goii is the lalles and Salt Lake lliilioa l. IVn. IL lladay is the sworn eneinv of that enti rpi isc no man can get the vote of this people who is friendly to llolladay s schemes, and such js the feeling here. Slater will poll ."' more' votes than almost an v man in the Willamette, w Idle N- smith will fail even to get the I). mociatic vote. As between him a nd Si, der he would fall behind at least nI votes. The rea son is. ii is believed here he is a Ken. HoHuday man. As the I-niocrucy of the valley hail the support of the I'ein ocats of L istern Oregon in their light over the Lock Hill, and as that has proved great benefit to the Willam ette, V7e have a right to e.xj ect their help in our enterprise. We hiled them against llolladay then and we need their help Now. Will they do their dutv and give Ra.itern Oregon the man of her choice? Will they give us Slater or fr"e Nesiukh on us? Let us see whether Ni smilh h.-s been with the Hcrtiocrarv in ks !i!,hl wlth IIol;ada sy ui ! ali):ci s. or has he hern with his In our last eeuui v ron- e nt ions, every can, w. voted for the Portland Subsidy Hill and other Hoiiadav measures, was defeat el in t r ie.g to g t a nomination, 'fhe elec tion a perfect black streak of Ilol'nday mil. lev and political damna tion swept through oi'u!as. bane, 'lai-hauias, Multnomah, Yamhill and lapped its tail ov r into l'olk, where a portion of the tiekit was lU ieated by Ib-llaelay Democrats. In the. conven tion in Polk, Not. titii wns urging the nomination of men who yob d for this Subsidy Hill, lie said had lie been in the Legislature he would have done as two of the l'olk eoc.n'.y members did. lie did all la- could to get the Polk county ll 'iuoeracv committed to llol laday by the rt-iio.iii nation of his k now n friends, lie tried t- condemn the veto of the Governor and put dow n every oppo-cr of that infamous I Sill- The conclusion js, Nesmit.h as t'ongress m.in would favor H'-n. ib.l'. a!ay. Such r. man eam.ol and ought n i be elected by the votes of Kasirrn Oregon Democrats. It is c rtain, if tla- (o.y ernor of tliis Stat.; ..is correct an :f the party did right in lighting Hen. llolladay (and what good Demociat tl'iiies ii; then the nan who sympa thised with 1 lolladay have no l i -Jit to nominations from the pa; ty. That night to ilispo.se of Ne-mhh, for what sense is theie in discarding the im tu bers of the Legislature, who went for llolladay, and now turn round and nominate Nesiuith w la n it is wall known !i supported those men and opjmsed the general action oflhe pai ty. Nesmith's piisilioii then on lie.- Hell day oU, siii n has it ndereel him an uimt ami unavailal le camiiiate for Congress. On this (lUt siiou there is ne c. m, ar ison betwt e u Slater ami Ncsmith. Sla ter has the full confidence of the party and iias been in full sympathy with its tioj-. Nesmith has not ii.s eona d. nee and does not desevre it. If we wish to oppose wrong, we will nomi nate Slater if we wish llolladay to sail into our party triumphant, we will nominate Nesiuith. There is not a cor rupt demrgogue in our party but is for Nesmith and every one opposes Slater I'lie re is anot her reason why Neiiiiiii ought not be nominati d. llolladay knows a llolladay llcpul Tn-an cannot be e lecte d he knows a known Hell a day Democrat cannot be' nominated, hcr.ee he has set the Hulh tin to throw min i in I'h.e face of our party. The late l itter attack on Nesmith was intended to further his nomination by trying to make if appear he was bitterly opposed to Nesmith. I think neither the rascal ity of the edd man" nor the foci le j pen of his tool Scott, nor the cunning of Nesiuith will deceive any body as to the pretended position of the Hulletin. Lvery inU Higent man must see Holla day has taken that course to secure the nomination of his personal and political i friend Nesmith. Hut there are oth r reasons why Slater ought to lienomi- nated. He will be the fast choice of L.istenai Oregon and we deserve the : nominee. Lverv State officer is from j West of the Cascades all or nearly all ; ; the public improvements have been made in the Willamette to the total neglect of this section our party has been let! to victory by Democratic ma- 1 joi itie.s here, and the fee ling is general, that something must be done for tins . part ef the State. We are made slaves r v the t-oll r?Is and nigh rates of j transportation our money has left us j gone to Salem, to pay for State and j school-lands, and is now there in cir- j culation. The people arc tired of prom- i Lsi s ami unless the Democracy of the j Willamette act generously, and doit; now, with the party here, the days of large majorities in Lastern Oregon may be numbered with the past. Nominate Nestnith, and we will lose tlie election in October and have no hope in ls?4. We are aware the tail of Holladay's brigade is doing all it can to lie Slater down. Its busy members in this coun ty are .sending misrepresentations all over the State to deceive the Democra cy in other counties, but the masses aie for him as will be fully demonstra ted in our conventions. With the ex ception of a few purchased minions of Hen. llolladay, the l-arty is sound as a dollar and will act as a unit for the public good, but they cannot be led to the polls, to vote for null controlled by llolladay or whose nominations w ere procured by a free t.se of Amer ican gold. The signs of the times in dicate the return of tlie masses to the principles of common sense the de mand of the hour is to put forward the purest an. I bt st men in rear party for e.'f'ee ami discard every man who has acted or sympathised with the corrup ters of partv and public morals. I four party proves true to its principles, and fully meets jail lie expectation, a glo rious victory awaits ns in '7. Hut if, nude r the plea of harmoii y, we tanqx r with corrupt men and corruot ele ments i he day of our opjoi-t unity w ill pass from our grasp ail we will stay out of power till we are completely pmitted bv deft.it and ruined by trial. '- t.in-r.r.vKU." 'Iclegai Iiic News. WAsuixerrox. Julv 21.- A delega tion ot South Carolinians had an in terview with Attorney Ceneral Wil liams this morning, and urged.th.it the further prosecution of the Kn jvlux oifeiioers in the South be discontinued, as that was broken op. and a cessation of prosecutions would have a concihitory eiVeet- upon all classes in that section; also, that those coni-ted and now se-ring terms 1- pardoned. The Attorney (ienend, in reply, said instructions had alrea.ly been issued to step pros ecutions against the Ku-Klux oll'en.i ers. except hi very aggravated cases. lhiti.ADi xbiitA, July iMth. A dis patch from Winchester says it now appears from evidence obtained that Undersold: left Raltimore with SI,. "CO and was to ia-ft (toss, abas Wilson, in E'hilaeVIphia. give him the money and. set; him on board a steamer for a European port. Rather than part with the money he took (loss to the country and murdered him, pocket ing iddii' y and returning to Haltimore CiNf'iN 'att. July '!'). A large- f i re is in progress in Raltimore, Tild. It broke out at about 10 o'clock at the corner of Catherine and I'aik streets. Some ten blocks are already burning, ami among the buildings destroy ed are the Catholic Cath-deral ami' St. Alphonso's. anoth'. r largr C i'.ti'oO-C Chnivh. Engines are on the way from i'hiladehhia and Washington. The ire is not intne outness poiiton of the city. S;: Ni I rsp.vT( 7i T i.timo Jn ly .-..The lire is still rae.ii; -. jiS-: street, from Lexington to Sr. dog... is 'ii hames. I'.vrrv noil l.-c ! is o?i The tire extends o stre.-t. ati't Ui tie re oi 1 a i I'-n y i from Lexington to the corner of la r ty and Sa' rtoga s) r:eb--. St. Alphon so's Schoo1, on the soaih side of Sar atoga street, running back to Ciay stteet, is gotie. Stevai-t's stab", on Lexington street, i. lost- O:? Sara toga ; ireet, west from Saratoga to Mulberry s'.ivet, at intervals, the roofs of hofises on both sii:(s of the streets are biu-aing. (bi rdidheny street theiine row of houses commen cing on tin: northeast corner of Park st i cot. extending to the ea-t side of Cathedral street, is on lire. The Maryland Academy of At I .. on the co:i!trof Mulberry and Calhederal sireets. caught lire, but it is t hough. t it will be saved. 1 A" V. M. T'ne lire is nrr:; u:ider eonti'id, anal wit'i ths ci.l ol' e lv a; :'.rr.tv,s oblained from the bedels an. I o!ier .sources the flames wilt probably he subdued. There is so much excitemeu: that it is impossible to get any details at present of the losses. Cincinnati, July 2L A threshing machine boiler exploded m-ar Ilush vilie, liab. yesterday, killing Archer Downey, Wdlard Audevsf'i and (ieir:," A. Ward. Downey was hill ed in-dantly, Anderson and Ward lived a short time. Sr. la n is, July 2". The poliei! of tins city, from facts that have come to their knowledge, believe the rob bers of the railroad trains are the same gang that robbed the bud: in St. Genevieve. Missouri, last May. and Ksisscl ;vilb-, Kentucky, bank two years ago. bre aking the bank in this State and committing several other robberies. Their rendezvous is said to be Jackson county, Mis souri, and their homes are scattered around in that, Clay, Lafayette and Hay counties. IA.im'oi:r. July 2o. This morn ing's ' estimates the loss by lire yesterday at half a million and states that good .judges place the damage as low as between Sl'.if ,(!()') and Sp)0,l!l!o. 'P!ie iiZr!(- estimates the loss at from S..b0.bo:) to SMK).ip'Jand tlx- l,70'-ie-,i estimates it at Sl,0OO b( ;. Sr Lot is, July -. lieooiis are in circulation here that Tom Scott is to be President of the Atlantic and Pacific Kailroad. Willi AMsvotrr. Y., July 2"r Nelson Wa.le. brakejnau on the 1'hil a.lelpliia and lirie Hail road, was ar rested here last night for the mur der of Mrs. McBride and the attemp ted j!Uii-ilor,rf her husband on Tues day last. S'.H'OO in gold was found in ids possession. lie confesses the crime. P-oston, July 2o. The word mar ket has been moderately active, tend ing in favor of sellers, pavtieularly with regard to tine Heeces, whicli are one cent higher than last week. Holders throughout the wool grow ing districts demand higher prices than any time since tlie opening of the season. Among tiie sales were H00 pounds Colorado washed at. 2c: 10.000 part washed, at 21c. ; and f),000 unwashed at 20Jie. r lb. WasuiNoton-, July 2b. Senator Sherman who in a recently publish ed letter says he did not intend to draw his back pay or have anything to do w ith it has changed his mind and drawn the amount due him SL33d 40, and conveyed the same into the Treasury. Tuis makes 16 ' C0URT2SY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, DIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Senators who have returned to the Treasury their back pay. whicli amounts iu the aggregate to 05,-S8-4 4L Representatives Foster of Michi gan also conveyed their back pay into the Treasury, and this increased the list of name's of memlers of the House who have acted in the same way to oG. The total amount con veyed in by these lib Representatives is Slo2,7bl it. Nkw Yokk, July 27. The Xeirs s;iys an application has been made to Gov. Ihx, and a petition signed by some of the most prominent in the State of New York, to grant voting Walworth a pardon. The proceed ings have been kept verv quiet, and Gov. Dix has written to Judge Davis ashing 1dm to transmit to him a ctiv of all the testimony, letters and rec ords in the case. New Youk, July 27. John Con nolly, a returned 'California miner, dud in Roosevelt hospital in this city on Thursday, ed" injuries reeeiv etl in California eighteen months ago. Indian Arums, ju v 27. The chol era has made its appearance in this city. There have been three fatal cases reported in one family. No other cases reported. Lot isvn.Li:, July 27. The cholera has again broken "out in La Grange. Kentucky. There were two deaths on Saturday and three to-day. Cincinnati. Jdy L'.s. At liog't rs ville, Ohio, Saturday night, during the trial of a man calling himself Jell" Davis, for outraging a nine year old girl, the lights in the room were put out, tiie prisoner dragged out of doors, shot twice with revolvt rs, dragged two squares and lung to a tree till dead, Wasjii.noton, July liS. Th" At torney General to-day recommended pardons to be issued to Felix Dover, Stephen Spawn, L.lwin Murphy and Win, Scruggs, covi dfd in North and South Carolina of KuKlux outrages. Ni:w Yonx, July 2S. A Vienna correspondent of th? I'riLmtt says the Trial of mowers and reapers, which took place on the Oth inst., was a complete triumph for America. At tlie last moment the English ar.d French backed, and there v. era only four F.uropean machines on the ground. X vnsas) City. July 2'h It i.s re port td that the Iowa railroad rob bers cros. cd tli" Missouri river twen ty or thirty miles below here, and are now at thert rendezvous in Jack son county. W vstMNirroN. July 2S. The July agricultural report, iust sent to the press, represent i an improvement in winter wheat but a decline in the prospects for spring wheat, on i.r eoue.t of unseasonable, weather in some quarters and insect enemies in others. The average in corn i.; in creased in West Virginia and Min ?esota, and decreased in ali other States except Florida and Arkansas, wh.'ie it lemains the same, as last year. ( Yern.-planting v. a, every where retarded by the weather, and, in some cases, corn has been sncrai tirr.es replanted. A complaint vf de cayed seed is made in all parts of the ."aunt ry. The Light houre TV.ard have given Tiotic" that on and after August 2bth.a fixed whit: light will be show; i from the tovrr rect-ntly ereetcl on Cape Foul weath.-r, Yaquimi Head . Oregon. Cm. r-nu s. July bO. The Liberal Rrpublicaa Convention met this morning aval adopted a resolution pas--.ed by their caucus la--t night to dissolve- their organ i.a t ion as Liber al Republicans, ami unite with :e Alien county new dej arturists to-day :a the formation of a new party. Thf? ,'.',''o:".'er, speaking of Mr. Slater's letter says: -Ke (Mr. -Slater) st.fos that the Ilou-e C.mmit tee, at the iirst session, settled, his mileage at the rate of So'2') for the entire term, which was in accordance with every precedent from this -oa-t. It v.-as subsequently reduced to .'., 'dH a reduction of 81,-)20 for the Congn :ss. The reason for the reduc tion the Committee did not give, but it was probably because Mr. Slater was a Democrat. After accepting his back-pay Mr. S. received S-2l less than he would have been enti tled to under the report of the Com mittee on Mileage at the first session. After it is all summed up he received less than anv member of Congress from Oregon : hice lN."b. Wo see nothing in the conduct of Mr. Slater to condemn. In fact, we are only dispoxed to condemn those who are responsible for the lav, and not tlxr e w ho accepted its pvo isions. The' people of Oregon can not forget that in Mr. Slater thev had an able hor- I est and vigilant Representative." Rathi:;; Or.o. The. editor of the Jacksonville r! gives Jus renti ers a, longand absoIettMliiorial on the. ipiestion of slavery in tlie Terri tories and the Died Scott decision. That is rather a dry subject for the present campaign, and has been worn out by Radical politicians long since. Don't the SmtHnel editor know- that slavery is dead? It was not the Republican party whicli killed it either, f r that party always staged that the life of the entire na tion depended upon it. and that the rebellion could not be j ut flown un less the freedom prochirnatioTi was issued.." Hence it was tlie " rebel lion" which abolishftl slavery. Rut this is rather a dry subject, and we leave it with the editor of the -iwl to give us another exhortation on this neic ami vital issue. Rkaij It. We call the readers at tention to gn interesting letter fmni a prominent Democrat in Union county in this week's issue. It is but the geueiv.l expression of a number of other letters we have recently re ceived on the subject. VAiUAimr: r.ur.n. Mr. Klish.a Mc Panirls, of Polk county, recently pur chased of Col. Sixe, the celebrated Durhnm hull "Noble "th." for which be paid the handsome sum of Jle was bred by James L. Patterson of Harrison county, Ky. He is a deep Summary of Slate New s Items. The agricultural work3 at Salem cost So(),0'J0. Harvesting of grain commenced throughout the State this week. Raker county Democrats will hold a county convention on the sixth of Tlie Pioneers beat the Pacific, in me j. .o.utis oeat ti e a game of base ball la.,t Satuida, 2 to 1 . Aug ist in Marion county Edwin Smith D. D. G. M., insti- There is a livelv squabble over the V ?r i . 0t Jolm H. oflfce of Colector of Customs at Tilla- "Jjf j h? . Vetwt'en ioa -ok Ray. aitl -"Jt"- -d clothing -of tlie.i ver;. s.iooe-ni e.i . . lamii v. were mostly des t"ted a lodge , Odd Fellows at Ash- lZL land on the 2od inst. : last, and nicked on l,.i.t ,ar? G. A. Davis a resident of Silverton precinct, Marion county had an arm broken a few days ago. j Twenty thousand dollars changed; Clinrch in Roseburg August 3d There was a heavy frost last Mon day night in the vicinity ef Gaston, iloing some damage to the gardens. Dr. Davidson, one of the oldest citizens of Tillamook, died at his residence in that county last Friday. The Government snag-puller is still tugging away, ed aning the river of obsti -actions a few miles above Salem. A. J. Ihirnett and others have dis covered a quartz lebre on the sum mit of Robert's Hill in Douglas unity. Mr. J. W. Kelly, hite of the Salem M.-rt-ii , will shortly go to Roseburg to take editorial charge of the l'tu,i- The Columbia District Agricultu ral Society's Annual Fair will be open September loth and continue" four days. Tiie frame work for th new Cath olic Church at Astoria has been com menced. The side walls were raised on the22d. A. Hurley, of Yamhill county was admitted as an attorney at the bar of the Supremo Court by Cat tribunal last Wednesday . Yamhill raises 57 stalks of wh jC from one grain six ft liehl of such grain. Tli'' O'd.oeo miners have aban doned 7rospeel ir.g in tlie riv-r bed and tak'.m ;o the gu!ok.s, where th y rhr;il paying prospects. The Washington corre-pond.'-nt of of the Jos. : .1 s that Mrs. Wilson will return to Oregon this fall or next Spring. A little d icghter of Mer.ch '.m s is in the s;osed -eliing ldedograi .pa ef iva be. Is i u r o:a ia ,o She of eleven dozen in one .lay. The friends of the Catholic Church at Astoria are going to give a Fa'r shortly, tlie pro-cods of which are to be debated fur Clu.r' a pur-loses. At th" Jewish on Sua. far la-r Festival at Albun. the guests got awa " ui;a gt.'e. " ca-'-s of with o tses eh c'ar-d, -i'; gallons of beer audi 3. W0 cigai s. John Xeuber. of .Tacko:ivilh who lias bee.-; under treatment at jhe Jhi t Porc'tar, i Tisa:,2 .Isylnm for some tine-, has returned home iu good: health. The Salem jf.-y-h-ry is to have a job oalco, and Mr. Wm. Ti:oiapsc,?i, one of tlie projuieb-rs. is on his way to San lhar.i i -;,m to purchase the neces sary materia. In the Supreme Court, on Thurs day, the appeal h the ea-e i i Star!, w eather vs. I To! corah wan dismissed judgment below abirmed, and 10 " ce.-.t allo . ed. S. Mirks Co., of Roseburg ha'. c f o'lt rjcted to buv over -I). Odd p nnb of wool of the Wt 1 -growers Associ ation ef Douglas County, at 2-' cer.ts pr por.ial. Wilson who was arrest, d on a charge of assault vith intent to hill was tried at Tillamook and found guilty and .sentenced to the pi-niten tiary for two years. There will 1 a municipal electior at Asforia on the 4' it for the election of a Mavor, six Conneilnien. a lb cor.h r. rifarsbal. Treasurer and a Street C mruiss;ifner. The Executive Committee of th. Ja -kson County Agriettllu al So.-ie ty announces that they will hold the; County Fair this season during th last week in Soptemb-'r. Nov Gird., son of Wm. Gird of Al bany, a lad a',ed Id or I t years, wa thrown from a horse on Tnosda-mornit-.g lasi. by which bis left arm was broken mar trie wrist. T! ic 1 ark "ITermine" sailed from As oriabist Friday for Cork, with a cargo of 2-hi;S;? budiels of wheat, valued at S2'..0.-0? and 1...00 eases of salmon, valued at .! 2.000. (b orge Mitchell, a lad of about r.i ie years, fell down the sju'rrd stairway in D-kum's building, Sat urday, a distance of twent.v-iio feet, liis .-cull was fractured oer the right e e. ?dr. A. "W. Spaw, residing n-a'-Lebanon, Linn coun'y, has exhibited specimens of his crop of side oats, whicli measure seven feet six inches.' How is that for high in the grain line. W. Squires and son were tried a' Tillamook for robbery u al were ac quitted but were convicted on a charge of assault with a doadlv weap on and lined S2C"J and $100 respec tively. G. A. Davis, of Silverton, Marion County, while tryingto induce a pair of balky horses to follow him, was struck on the ri'nt arm by one of tne norses. breaking it abov tin dhow, j Col. Stone U. S. Quartermaster who has been stationed at Yreka ali Winter, but later at Ashland, has es tablished his office in Jacksonville again, this being the nearest point to Fort Klamath. Never in the annals of Jackson county lias there been a grain crop so proline as the present. The hay erop has also been very good, anil the fruit crop, with the exception of poaches, is excellent. fhe stockholders of the Corvallis Warehouse Company met at the Court House in Corvallis on last Sat urday, the 19th inst., and increased iue ctpiiai stock irom , 'in to c- fioo 1.. .i it., a i i- i ununiiiiuus vote, iueuietoi.ov.ji. havicg all been takon. nanus t)ii me icsun m isy .it i jauv wmi ins uncie, vent hunting Raker City week before last. j near Astoria, A brush caught the Rev. A. L. Lindsay D. D., of Port- ; trigger of the. uncle's gun, and b bind will organize 'a Presbyterian charge entered the young man fror,. --HC3 J. C. Foy, of Portland, says fjC ishtfesmtiu, has been aw arded the con tract for the furnishing of the necfT sarv iron work for the Capitol. Some forty tons will be required, and Sq contract price is i?i.obO. Dr. McKay left the Dalles for tL. W arm Springs Reservation last weel with n. von- oi iii.tn,,;,,,. 1 - . ere-U ' Captain, to take some of Li, dians scouts ane make a toumfn iueilio and Atlantic States tL i , .. . .w .. ..... ii,w..uuv ins i,v-ai t roved. Messrs. Lynch, Strange and Iti.a, twenty-five gallons of blackberriT and caught one hundred and seventh trout. A voung man named Smith in p,,,., the e fleets of which ho died the fol lowing flay. An .accurate record of all tlie de partures and arrivals of vessels at Astoria, or that may have crossed tae Columbia river bar, since Sep tember 1, b'-iod, a period of nearly tveityyeirs lias been kept hv Mr " A. Van Dusen. Mrs. Lockwood, widow of the Lt C. M. Lockwi o 1. deceased, arrived at the Da.lo-i on Wednesday last, and received ah tter announcing the death of her tddest daughter, whom she had left in the Atlantic States in the full enjoyment of health. Mr. John Peck, a farmer resiilin about nine miles south of Albany" ha d two valuable horses stolen from his pasture one night last week. bif. igent seai-ch has been made for th thief, but no clue has been found as to his whereabouts yet. Last Monday afternoon, Wrn. Gar den, a little son of Mr. Gadden. who lives about 8 miles below Portland was drew laal. In company with Lis you i.gcr brother, William was out bathing in a pond near the river wla-ii the accident eu-e-urred. A large number ef men in Corv.dlis ave decided that the " heal hen Chi nee" shall vacate the premises, an. I vith this end in view, have notit'.ed tiie o.vners of tenement's occupied hv teem to have them leave soon, t,r they wi!i be diiven from town. Tiie follow iug commissions hr.; be-eil issued by the Governor. No taries public II. T. Ringham, Port land, for Multnomah tammy, and P. lv. Murphy, Gervais. for Marion county. First Lieutenant Pnrtlanl light 'battery 2.1 Rrigade, Oiv;:ea Yidunte. l r Militia. Henry Lang. The Albany Democrat says that o;. Sunday last the Hebrews fia-ia ad parts of the State lu-.M a festival ia the pavilion on the. Fair Grounds. The tables groaned under the atva- nntl.ition of choice ed.ihie ja: ticipants were as ha in and th as i: is possible for people to be. " About one week ago the tit: b rs for the hull of the new steamer be longing to the W. 11. T. Co. we'"' laid, and work i.s being prosecuted with all pos-dde vitror. The kiie-, hav been iai i and the entire fra:i. c( iindete,i. 1 eing laid. Planki-.g for the deck i and the siding for th hu'ilwillfol; -' in the course? of a vve t. Tiie residence (d Jo-epVi Ibn t. at S.deni, was burglarized last Sund.ev uight. Tiaj t uieve-i got a watch wortii.loO a.r.-.t other articles to the -aiue of 6100. The family were sleep at the time in the house, hat b ,d no l-i..rrb.'..r rf i... t ..... .1.. , . . i, . o' w 1. t e. ie 'vi est r,;'i- oi 4- . 1 . - I , i .1 ccse an .i ej.-. ;nei v.sitors Umu lae ; oiiow in g morning. Tlie .v,'eo". says: James II. I'ar "sh. the editor "f the Com n-, 'nul R-'2ori ' r, was arraigned in the Poh.-e -or.rt last Satn rd.-w on the charge of to -gory, the complaint being preft-r- ' i by D-pnty Prosecuting Attorney H lv Tiie defendant waived, a'l .1.- e animation an 1 w lie s-um of r2.'A to f t!ie (rraal J ury. Tlie d. rug stt r t bound over in aw :V.: Carot.hc-rs i ("'. Albany, v. biti'glarized abo'd 1 o ciock We.liivsday morning. The bargl-ivs g iti by re:no ing th bri.de from under the sill of the re.i window. Tis-y cot away with about ;--b) which had. been left in the till. It is belh v.-l that the two maps who did the job are known, and the authorities are confident they can catch them. Dr. Mahon writing to the Jf-'T-ry says: "I am now opening a fbio vein of anthracite coal one miie west of Monroe, and two and three quar ters of a mile from the Willamette, river, with a gei.nl wagon road :d eady in use. This coal is superior for blacksmithing, it having been sted within the past few days by competent workmen We sriiess the i octor is mistaken as to the char.u- r of the c al. Xor ConiiroT. A rumor is in ci cVatioii that Hon. Ge'o. Ib ifelin. ef Al!any, positively declines to alio his name to be used ns a candidate for Congress. We have it from re 1 abh a v hority that he is not aspirins for the nominn ion, but if his frieiils should place hini in the field, he will not feel a1 liberty to decline the honor. Mr. Holm is a young man ef excellent abilities, and should the Convention nominate him, will niako an able anel e "Votive canvass. Dtx-t.tnf.s. The name of Judge McArthur having leeu mentioned ia connection with the nomination for Congress, tha' gentleman positively declines the honor. While we know of no man in Oregon better fitted for the honorable position, we think the Judge could hardlv be spared off the bench in which jiosition he is acrca it to our State. The Judge would honor any jdaeo the iioojdo elect hini to. Deskrvei. The Farmer speaking of ex-Congressm.vn Slater, sts: ''AVe also had opportunity to recog' nize that Mr. Slater worked earnest ly to accomplish something for otir C State, and was untainted bv the cor A. , , - , rUTltldll (hit. wn5 n rrrvalent aDJ"u i I hia.-"