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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:.
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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.
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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.-"