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O o 3 O o G O O G 3 G o O 0EEC3.V (in, OREGON, .11 CIST 22, lS7i. Call for a Deraorratic late Ctm-.cn- j O Hull. A J.moernti State Convention for the State of Or. -on is hereby eaHed by j THE EfJTERPBfSi tile lc.moerati- :ate u'nirai loihiiiu' -tee-c.Vuvi-ned in Portland, Oregon, this, ; have attempted to force upon the i&iuVl.' ZvTmWv, "lVi ' masses, men who were not acceptable dav r K:'--tein!-r, ls73, at lo o'clock to them and who were not Democrats. litS&Z Vinbtr'SiSftS j The conventions nominated them, I.- v.,t "l for ai the sjM-fi-.il election, to ijUt when it came to the eleo 1 hel l O'lnl.iT 15, 1.7:5, and for the ; . , , . . , . trails irtioii of any other business that j hon the people refused to ote may properly nie before it. for the men nominated, simply be- l ne s"vci';a o. mimes n un- ouui be entitled to delegates iu such Con veiiti.iias fallows: Bentrn P.aker 'I eeUaluas i'.dmut da. . 'l ltSOJ) . . . 1'iiTry V 'OS . . . Dou-la. . J i' ml J ie'.;- :i . . .b.s'-phiii lAuu T., ine Marion Multnomah. . I'.-lk Tillamook . . . ( r mat ilia I'nioii Wasco W a.h!ngton . Yamhill . 9 .10 .12 T i ? 1 5 ; I ' 12 l Total .124 1 1 is -ui.'i'sti il lv t he ( "oiiunittf e that the i .a ci.un! i'- hoi. I their Primary '..n . n'.j. sis on th. 25.1 lay of August, 1-7 ;. at : i M.. and their county Coii Vf :iiioiisri: th :; :-i day ol'AuixuVt, 173. Where this ea r ing, nieiit dot.-.-, not suit the iiveiih iiiv of thf 1 eiiiocraoy of tin- several juiiticx, it is expected that t.'n-v will make the, noee.-ssary eh-uig-.-s'throug'a their fount v Commit tees. W. I... Wim i:. O Chn. I'ciu. State Central Com. M. V. JiiioWN, S. crctarv. The Iu: ot the Cmiv cation. Two weeks from next Tuesday the T.... moral ic .State Convention meets sit Portland ci. ,.f n,o sf ! in ortmt Conventions which has democratic nominee. In these two met in Oregon for manv vears. On Actions, and in ail others, we have GiU aetion v, ill depend the success of tUe precedent, that whenever the the partv, not onlv next October, I-mocracy have placed a man in the but also in .rune, 187-1, at which nt'I.l who has a clear record, is an time we are to elect an entire State honot and true man, he has not only tieU-t ai d a number of State Sena- reived the support of the entire to- who h -1.1 ver until l7rt, when P'"ty,lmt has generally been success t! e c-!",tion of a United States Sena- j fal' nilIess 4l?fedtea h' fram1' as was Gtor t ,! v w: No Democrat can I the ease in our last Action. These look on tuis t lection with a degree of ir. IrlV:v.'n-r, us upon its results 1 el; re ivictories. It is true that then is bat a representative to elect this time', but whichever party eh rts th" I!epj-i tentative, will in all probability ek-t the State ticket and the 1 agi.-lalure next Spring. It therefore becomes a very important m.tf.t-.-r t the Democracy of Oregon -ure of success this fall, and mu tUe enemy of the pres- thus di i-vju of victory in the campaign next Spring. That our success is not only likely, but alnio.st assured, provided the JIV invention ynes the people the proper nomin: r,is but little doubted; but our d feat is euuallv sure with a man in whom the people have no con- Helenee and who can not get their uuu 1 It, therefore, be- c-iue, the Convention to weigh care fully f f.c f-tivngfiiand claims of every a-pirunt, and p?ace in nomination the onh who can cjitv eerv Democratic vte. The po;..pl. demand a man Vvho p.i-t r. cord is his best and sare..t guarantee for the future. The platiorm should be positively Democratic in all its parts. We do not want a lo;.;g 1'st of words by whieh to decviive the peojdc, but plabi, and emphatic utterances on the pi-e.ft-.t issues, r.ist issues have not hi::,1 to do vjth the present or fu ture. The i'Ia;.i'orm should lie em- jjhii:c in its condemnation of the ncMi-.-s iiud wanton extravagance of t heOAd lainist i-at ion ; a eondetuna-ti-iu of the act of Congress and sanc tioned by the Tresideut, of what is known as the 'Tiack Salary Steal;" a positive opposition to all monopo lies by w hich our people have been robbed of their hard earnings and by whjeh they have been deprived of their 1. in. led domain; opposition to the further importation of "Chinese heathens," and in favor of the nbro eatioii f the i -famous Uarlingame trt aiy; opposittan to all future rail road subsidies which go to enrich iii-.nop..'lie.s; i'r.-o trade and a repeal ii all tax..ti;us which go to protect the rich ut the expense of the poor. Let the rich be placed on the :.UiiO mechanic allow ii!;,' looting with the farmer,! and laborer; in favor of 1 the farmer tobav his -roods I Wlie re 1. can g t them the cheapest, his products where he cm and .- !! get the lest pjice. 'I hee are sme of the j-resent i-Mies for the fall elec tion. The Administration has committed many errors fa..: whith the Badical pivty mu-t be held responsible in this campaign. The people of Ore gon will also hold the last lhidieal d . ii datare responsible for the elec tion of .loan II. ?.Iitchell, late John Hippie: the jvc 'dess extravagance of that body and for its infamous cor O rapt ion. The latter of these are State nutters, and may not directly eider P.a'? present campaign, but thev wili have the t 'licet of opening the eyes of the pcoj le to the corruption exNiiug in every deparament w here Ihi.licals have control. A vote in fa vor of the Itadical nominee this fall, Yiiliobe constructed as an endorse ment of the party in the State, and where is the man witli any degree of j hoi:ety w ho is not ashamed of the I last dLesshitm-:- and its acts? The i sins of the Kad-al party of Oregon, j perpetraud iu the last Legislature are too great for it to defend, besides j the heave load of corruption of t Iip ' National Administration. Let the Democrats make an open and aggres- Mve war upon rvery corner of the eneinv. and our success is secured ! mi. I with a nraier candidate n.l i platform w shall crown our banner j with a glorious victory. Let us all j do our duty. I r- - ; - i in - Will Experience Teach Us Nothing t If a party will not learn by past experiences and be guarded in the future against making similar mis- takes which brought ruin and defeat upon them in the past, they must be regarded as fools. For the past two Presidential elections the Democracy cause they were not men who had any right to claim their support, never having been Democrats. There can hardlv be anv doubt that if the i x:...i fv,.m,tHm la.l i.nT.. - " - I nated a straight Democrat, but that he would have received a much larg- I er vote than did Horace Greek-v. j Oregon was lost bv an overwhelming j majority becuse Democrats did not j vt.. fr l.im. Thev would not vote for a man who had not the lirst priu ciple of Democracy in his composi tion. In this they were correct. While we supported him we did so under solemn protest, simply on the ground of party obligation and alle giance to the Convention. On no other ground. The masses were not in this condition, and they refused to vote at all. He did not get any former llepubliean vote that would 11UL nae neen iitn iu anv Oilier j. .. i ..: i .i iaets snouia oe a warning 10 me ue mocracy in the future. There is an ellbrt being made in certain quarters to nominate a man whose record as a Democrat is anything but acceptable to a large majority of the party. It is true for the past four years he has done good service. We are willing to give him credit for it ; but are not willing to place him at the head of the party. He should commence lower down and work his way up. If the Convention should nominate a man who has a good record as a Democrat, every Democrat in the State will vote for him, and it will have a great tendency to close up the broken ranks of last fall. That elec tion had the effect of loosening party ties, and should a man who has not a clear record as a partisan be placed in nomination, he will not effect a a consolidation of the broken ranks. Nothing but a true and tried Demo crat can accomplish this. Let us carefully consider these facts as they are, and not show to the world that we cannot profit by past experience. Let us not be Greeleyized again in Oregon. Fbom Yamhill. By private letter from McOlinnvillc, we learn that the farmers are all busy harvesting, and that it w ill be hard to get out any thing like a general attendance at the primaries. The writer says that '"there is but little talk in his section in regard to the probable nominee, but that Yamhill will do her duty f-jr whoever he may lie, if he is a re liable Democrat and honest man. The people of this county want the Hon. Jas. II. Slater, but will willing ly submit to the action of the -convention. Ho is the choice of the largest portion of the Democrats of Yamhill." No Opinion. The St. Louis Time says Grant never favored, the increas ed salary bill, for did he not always say that the subject was one upon which the President could have no opinion of his own with propriety? The Washington correspondent of the Boston G!of;, which is lirst-rate republican authority, says that this """"'U"B 11 1'v " 11,11 aP" Pro:x'h0,1 "Pon the question, and of l'ourso how conU siuh a pink of .propriety lavor it when he had no opinion at all? Primaries. Let the Democrats of Clackamas County remember that to-morrow is the time fixed for holding the prima ries in the various precincts. There should be a full attendance of all Democratic voters and none but the best of men sent to the County Con vention. Democrats or Oregon City Precinct. The Democrats of Oregon City precinct will meet at the Court House at 11 o'clock a. m.,to morrow, for the purpose of electing six delegates to attend the County Convention. Let us have a full turn out. Pvemember the time 11 o'clock a. m. The Hour of 3Ieetin?. The Democratic Convention for Clackamas County meets at the Court House on Saturday the 30th int at ii i . , f 11 clook a' m- A punctual -is requested rp, , , -ew lork dimes has a hmg article headed the "back-pay swindle;" in which appears two lists, oae headed the "Oniltv" and the tue ""ty ana the olUer 'I he Innocent." Be it said to j credit of Oregon that all three of her representatives appear under the iWl of innocent. The Democratic Press. The general expression of the Dem ocratic press of Oregon is, that a thorough and tried Democrat should be nominated by the coming State Convention. None of them have the least inclination to see anything but a true party man nominated, one who can and has ever maintained the con fidence of the party. "With such a candidate, they think success is sure; with any other they regard our chances as doubtful in the ex treme, and as one of them expresses it, "we shall be busted." Let the Convention but act on these gener ally expressed views of the party or gans and they are the wishes and desires of the Democratic voters -l 1 jf- . 1 ana our success is assured, vainer- wise, we shall meet with that defeat that has ever awaited us when Con-. ventions have gone contrary to the " lla iu nomination m whom Pl-ie who can rally every Democratic vote to his support, and one for whom the masses will he artily work. With out a united effort on the part of the people, we shall be defeated. Eery voter must do his duty, and with a proper nominee, they will. There never was a better opportunity for success; yet an injudicious nomina tion on the part of the Convention, will completely blast this promising and certain triumph. Let us have an honest and tried Democrat, one i who has always been such, and our victory is sure this fall, and in oi.r general election next Spring success will perch upon the Democratic ban n -r. This is no time for foolishness. We must act as becomes honest and rational men if we would Lave suc cess, and in no other w ay do we de serve it. A Circat Instate. There are many remarkable instan ces in this country, says the San Francisco Examiner, of the rapid ris of great fortunes from Mn.ill be ginnings. We do not refer to the gains of speculation, the lncky turns in the stock market, but to the accu mulation of wealth, coming from the exercise of virtuous human qualities, thrift, prudence, energy, foresight, and honest and sedulous attention to the busineess of one's legitimate vocation. Such means as have ena bled the Asters and Stewarts to rank among the richest men of the world. We have seen it stated that the estate of William B. Astor, of New York, is worth the almost incalculable sum of two hundred millions of dol lars. When John Jacob Astor, the father of William B., died in 1S.J5, his estate, was appraised at about twenty -rive millions of dollars. If in less than fortv vears it has multiplied eight-fold, what will it be half a cen tury hence, if it is managed with the sa:ne talent and ability? It will ex ceed the fabulous wealth of the Hot )is childs. The father of William B. Astor came to this country just after the American Revolution from Ger many. He was so poor that he had to " sell himself," as it was called, to get money to pay his passage over. In less than a century he and his son have collected together this extra ordinary amount of property. Astoi obtained his first considerable start i i the fur trade, at the mouth of the Columbia river, in Oregon. He es tablished the settlement of Astoria. It is said that his agents in the pur chase of furs iroin the Indians assur ed the savages that one of their ieet weighed just a pound, and that the natives would pile on the beavers until the scaie descended. He was a close, avaricious man, who did little for piivate chanty, lixing up his property in such a manner that it coiiid iie kept together by his son and successor. In this respect he differed from his wealthy rival, Steph en Girard, of Philadelphia, who pos sessed nearly the same amount oi fortune, and gave a largo portion oi it away in private charity, which was shamefully misapplied, particularly for the orphan asylum in Philadel phia. It is worthy of note that those who have acquired the greatest for tunes in the United States have been men oi foreign birth, such as Astor the German, Girard the Frenchman, and Stew aid th j Irishman. The As- tars own over six hundred dwellings, and if it w ere possible that the estate suould continue to go on in that wav ier several generations it would even tually embrace a large portion of .New York, whoso citizens would live and do business by their permission. Luckily, under the will of old John Jacob, the trst expires with the third generation; that is, with Win. B. Astor 's eidest son. At his death the estate will be divided among all the heirs, of whom there are already twenty -live. Fifty years from now we presume there will be two hundred. The Issl-e. The Lynchburg 2'eies figures up the issues in the Virginia campaign as follows: "White or Black" that is the issue, we repeat, and the only issue with which true aud wise men will deal; all other mat ters are out of the question. To this and to this alone, let us address our selves. The fight is for the suprem acy of the white man ! Railroads to the rear! The Back-pay Fcnd. General Spinner is waiting td hear from scores of Congressmen who have caused it to be announced in the lo cal papers in their respective Dis tricts that they have returned their back-pay to the Treasury, when in fact the records of his office fail to show anything of the kind. All the amounts received are promptly turn ed OT?r, - . - Radical Corruption as Viewed by a Itadical. Our Radical friends will no doubt attempt to defend the corrup tion of its party in Oregon, but the following correspondence from Sa lem, to the Sacramento Union, is prettv severe on the Mitchell-Holla-day corruptionists, and as it is well understood that the said correspond ent is none other than Sam. A. Clarke, one of the original Radicals of this State, it will no doubt be taktn by them as the truth. The correspeud ent after giving the early history of our Senator, starts with him from Pennsylvania as follows : When he lelt t he Kast his numo wus John M. ili:l una no v its J. 11. Mitchell. .No one here ever knew about MITC HKLL'S A.NTECED EN TS, An.i t.ii !iri-i'ilfl in innkiiiir himself laiiious, lor lie had u resistless energy and cunning and he carried with it an air oi th most consummate, innocence, Inch would have thro a u the evil one oir his guard. Soon alter his arrival h. re he r. -married, anil here he has lived long years in UiaiiM, with an actual wile in iVmis.. 1 vama.an'ever.. day, so-call d .vito in Oregon arid a j.esudo .vile m alitornia or some where else ; and the remaining urians .vered question of Mitchell's hie l roolem is what Jias become ot the woman lie el;i,.ed with from 1 -ntis. lvania? i h n he commenced to build himself Uj, and, strange to say, no aveiijrinsr Nemesis in ail tliesa thirteen years loilovved U;jn his tracii and eir cted his exposur.'. lie became a li.'l nbliean l-'Ader; went, to the ur.-jron Senate and soon aspired to the Senate of the lTnit--d Stat -s. 'o man could mana-re tin- tricks ol pontics like him; no man could sur round himseli with such willinand j-liaiit adh r -nts. In lSlil col. K. 1 . I'.aKertohl me about a youiijr lawyer who had lately mov ed to Portland and was STARVING TO DEATH With a hamliul of books and no proof ice ; but the youii man soon grew into note and aciju.red business. He was prosperous be tor -HoUauay came to Oregon, mid w h -n he hud only bei-n six years in the state he and lii.ss-l undertook to put uothe Legisla ture to send him to the Senate oi the L"mt eclStat.'S, and so suoccssiully that In-only Incited two or three vol- s of b'in able to carr.i tin; caucus nomination. When llol liuia. cam he and .Mitcnell aitihated, and the speculator and the lawyer were almost as one mind, 'l h.-n primaries w-re put up iiid corruj tion and bnb ry rul'-d the land ; and at last , alter as stupendous lrauusas Oregon couM hold were (.aimed o.Ton us Portland bemswept bv railroad mtlu.-nc-s ami carried by the literal s- inn' oi golden seed t hat rodueed an immcdlat- harvest and so overrode the kno.vn w ill oi the peo ple at the last Legislature was manipulat ed in his lavor, railroad interest, uid its worsf, every oihce in sight was promised and j lighted over ami over, and .Mitchell as el tei to the United States Senate. It was sickening to behold, and I bchel J it all. It seemed to ue the general remark that n Mitchell tailed oi his election lie was A lU'l.VKIl MAN, That ho was over S ii'.iMl out of picket. How Could he make good his losses in any hon est way il he was elected to Congress? i li"S" ('Optical conundrums have always u-tzl. d me. So .ditch -11 went to t he Sen a"e, n.n-1 1 have no h sitation in believing that only for this exposure, which neccs iiril.' lakes uioiy his inlhi 'uce, he would so n have become tin- most dangerous man irtthat oody, lor ne is suexil h and cl--ar-e en and lo.-voicedand mod -st appearing, aid it iial, as .Mcphistophil'- hims.'lt. It b ,nsiliV'- stat -d that 1 lol lailay has his nit -s fr but 1 venture to say t hat. a iiouiit M.uld soon have been lilted and h" null hav ' gone on mor than ev r prosp -sous. II" is a natural ally to oorj or ations, and he would S"n have won the hear s of evi ry soull"ss one of them that had a t ongrefisional end in view. No a- the iu- stion ris es, WILL UK KKSIO.V? N'ot. much. '1 he man who has dared so much siriil e.:rri..,i his burden ot sin so long does not lack the metal t he trout ol bronze ron will to brave ublic opinion and sit as long as o; jKirt u nit la ...! ii. t ue i ii ir- u S! at. s Senate-. As to his career her in Or -gnu, on cannot sa.v it it is end"d or only Jus begun. That d-peiids on t h" slock ot . uoiic virtue and general : atl -nee. I imagine t hat he is j oi .t iea ! ly I ad ii T ', but ie-; uLlieuiiss eili in.isl on his r-sigiiation, as th" iovernor would a i. oi.it a I'emocrat as his successor, and be . ors" than any of Mitch -IPs i-rnncs. What a j oor, -,itilul, mis rab state of t lings th- re is existing in this world when a grejit political party can top-rate sm-h a c-iin inul r cord as M Pell" 11 hen rs in r r e ice to s 'eing him r sign Si is plac for a I -vv months to a political op! oii"nt ! it is to o no; il t nrit t ie s. -nat ot the tinted states will take some steps to r -li ve its--lf ; rout t le- res nee oi imc .-. hos na me t- vn is a iraud and whoso lignt' st shade .f critii" s 'e:is to be the g' tit le ones of a.Iul-l-T and bigamy. A'.o.her Iadcpcndcnt Vicuing. Tlie ILin-k-E ic, a little jiaper pttb lished ut Eugene City by the Gale Iiros. who have always been thor ough Republicans, an 1 some of them have held" Federal Ojlic.es, gives the following view in regard to its party. It is a rough picture of tlie ltidical situation, but a true one: Ol.l " party usages " are on the de cline. 'I ue Independent Platform is gaining power day bv dav. The old stereotyped process ol'l ashing into the traces ' refractory- members "lias worn .nit with the people. The bol l threats .f i itigs, and the stirring eloquence of jeet -set-king ixilirieil orators, fall dike iin'iieeded on the public car. Toe masses have taken unto themselves t ic rig'it to tnink and act for them selves, and the uiitramm; led expres sions of freedom, coining from men vith the vvelao-e of their brothers at heart, calls forth the admiration of the i 'ople, and will w in. W e have readied that overridden state where men who leave to political honesty in any de gree, cease to hold party 'usages (cau etise.s, in the modern acceptation of the term) to be jiaramount above justice and right. Tue free minded voters of Oregon will no longer submit to dicta tion from any narrow minded policy serving committee or convention. Tne time has come for bold words and bold actions. Monopolies are crushing-the .pi ople and subverting the fundamen tal principles of our IJepublic. O.'iiee leeches are sucking the flood of the working man, and it is no time to re main silent nor to bo making attempts (it smothering over, or palliating, or forgetting the crimes of public nu n for the sake of carrying another election. Harmony in a floptical party is very desirable, but we do not vvant it on terms dictated bv a hard-faced, soulless, tyrani'-al scoundrel, even though he he a Unit d Stilt -s Senator. Neither do we want those terms prescribed by the coirnpt little faction that used so manv fjov ei m neiit surveying contracts, anil so much o! the money Den Ilolladav extorted from the people of Oregon, to buy lien Holladay a Senator. When they attempt to fore ' the party tocarrv t!ie" cargo of rottenness that "has been foisted ii j Kin it, true men of the party become gorged to excess. They can not, they will not submit to it. We de mand a candidate for Congress vvho will stand firmly on the platform that the people can heartily endorse which dares to assert that we ha've been de ceived, outraged and disgraced, and that we will shake off this incubus, this barnacle, which was bought and paid for by Holladay and his Custom House and Land "Oi'lice servants. These doers of Holladay 's biddings de serve to be hurled from the national positions they are making notorious s. strong-holds for personal atrtrrandize- ! ment for they are, in no small measure either, detracting from the strength of the party they claim to be serving anil supporting. When aSnrveyor General becomes so unstable as to be forced to do wrong through fear of losing his Kisition, or so corrupt as to barter the trusts of his office for the suoport of an unprincipled man to a high position, it is time that he le removed, and the power that refuses to disturb him in the face of such facts, need entertain no hope of future supvrt from the State which he thus disregards the interests of. xne unio democrats are tired of ! " new- departures," and have nomina ted a straight ticket, and determined i to make an honest tiizht. 1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERiIELEY, CALIFORIIA Summary of State Xcws Items. Mr. Heron died very suddenly at McMinnville last week. Marion County ollicials have moved in their new Court House. The Wasco county Democratic Con vention will meet September 3d. There will lje no more trips of the steamboat to Lewiston this season. A Teachers' Institute will convene in Jacksonville on August liyth and 'Mth. The Con-rreprational Church bell at Salem will hereafter be used as the city tire bell. The citizens of Lafayette intend to have a bridge across the Yamhill river at their town. Several Washington Countv farmers will harvest over lQ.tXK) bushels of wheat tliis year. Mr. John Street, an old resident of linker City died suddenly at that place on the loth hir-t. Thomas E. Fristoe had his hand crushed in a threshing machine near Sheridan last week. Hon. James H. Slater has resigned lie position of School Director ot the Lrrande District. Five soldiers are confined in the jail tit 1 taker Citv mi changes of larceny. They are all "deserters. " Denton county tanners are paving from two to tw-o and a quarter dollars per day to harvest hands. Some brutal wretch put a number of buck-shot in the neck of a stray mule, near Milwaukie, last week. The Academy of Mary Immaculate, at the Dalles, will resume its course of instruction (u the l"th in.-.t. Franklin Price was lately adjudged insane, and taken from Polk county to the Asylum at Fist Portland. The liabilities of Washington count y over her assets, apears from the Treasurer's report, to Ik? $."),l-4 s7. The fall session of the Corvallis Ag ricultural College will commence on the second day of September next. Mr. C. IT. Mattoon, formerly of Rrownsville, has located in Albany and taken charge of the liaptist Church. A. J. Crabb.a former Shorili of Wasco county, was recently arrested at the Dalles for giving whisky to an Indian. One thousand dollars lias been otter ed for tin artesian well to lie dug on the farm of J. C. Avery, in Denton county. Mr. II. Hewitt, of Wheatland, lias this season raised 1, (MM) gal Ions of black berries on a little over one acre of ground. A concert was given for the lenefit of tlie .sufferers by the late fire at Port land last Tuesday evening, which was a success. Tw o men passing through Pendleton last Saturday irom Walla Walla rejMirt ed that the latter town was on tire when they left it. Hensley, at the Lower Soda ttprimrs in ;he Cascade Mountain , nas a seven field of oats which averages feet eleven inches high. The I'.owie wagons, of Salem, are tak ing rank with the best brought to Ore gon, and are worth more for being a home manufacture. Prof. It. F. Williams, graduate of We.-dein Colh-e-e, Iowa, has been en gaged as Principal of Philomath Col lege, Denton county. Dev. Thomas Condon has removed lii.s family to Forest Grove for the pui i.se of educating his children in the University at that place. Nine Indians joined the church at Sih tz Keserv ati;n last week and two more, desiring to excel the others, got married at the same time. A boy aged about 11 years, namd Frank" Wilson, was thrown from a horse at Fast Portland last Saturday and had his skull fractured. A new bell for the Salem Fire De partment has been purchased in San Francisco at a cost ofSl.l'To, and will be shipped by the next steamer. The Hav erop in Ore;g. .n t hi vcarwill be much larger than ever o foro. The oil mills at Sdcm will start up this vvrek ami piobablv run night and day. We an1 informed that a Teachers In s'itiite will probably be held in I taker ity t he coming fall. S. C. Simpson the State Superintendent of Public I n str.ietion, will be ;res tit. The new steamboat Daisy Ainsworth took the place of the Ida boon the route between the Dalles and Cascades hist week, an ! .has already become a great favorite with the traveliugcommimity. F. (5. Sehwatka. Grand Kepreseiita tive to the Grand Lodge of the United states, I. O. o. F., left for Ddtiinoro yesterday. A. L. Stinson, th.) other 11 .'pi-esenfative proposes to start next week. W. It. lliniilt"n, lately settled in Grand D.uide valley, from Iowa, has a young mare whieh he hopes will dis- 1 1 nee i nis i-.ai an the trotters m F .stern O.-.-gon, an 1 next season to challenge tlie State. The Democrats of Daker county, h ive nominated A. 11. Krown, t ' Sehcllwortii, Win. It. Curtis. John V. Wisdom. W. J. Leather wood, S. Ison and it. II. Card well, as delegates to the StateCoiiventi.m. A petition for the pardon of Geo. S illy, convicted of selling liquor to In dians and sentenced by 'Judge Deadv toon" year in the penitentiary, is iii circulation in Kaker countv and is be ing numerously signed by citizens. Mr. A'. St urges, of Api legate, has pro bald y t !ie finest orchard 'in Southern Oregon. 1 le will have this year fnllv one thousand bushels of the finest variety of oeaches. He has also black bi nies, plums, apricots, etc, in abun dance. A deserter from Camp Harney by the name of MoCabe, was arrested t Al bany on the l'JLh by .Sheriff Parker, for stealing a horse .belonging to the Gov ernment at ('amp Harney, lie con fessed to stealing the horse and is now lodged in jail at that place. Daring the month of September the Masonic Hall in La Grande will he dedicated; the date is not yet fixed. T. McK. Paiton. Grand Master, will be present; also Secretary of State, S. F Chad wick, will be present and deliver the oration on that occasion. The Mountaineer says : "The people of Wasco county are beginning to agi tate the question of building a canal aild locks at the Cascades Shieh improvement would be of great advan tage to the section of country lying east of the Cascade Mountains' in'Ore" gon and Washington Territory. Mr. Horn, living about four miles noith of Eugene, htstS iturdav finished cutting and threshing thirty acres, which yielded thirteen hundred and twelve bushels of clean wheat, leaving on the ground nenrlv one-fourth as much more, which could not be har vested by reason of the straw having been blown down during the late rains-., farmers say this field is no more than an average of all well sown grain in the countv-, A report has been published in near ly all the papers that Rev. T. F. Camjv liell, editor of (he Christian Messenger, had challenged Mr. D. F. Underwood to debate with him. The editor denies this in the followitur emphatic manner : " We hope those editors who have, in nocently we presume, placed us in a false position, by giving the impression that vve hail challenged Mr. ' ITnder wood, will set us right by saying that we emphatically deny that "we ever challenged cr authorized anv- person to challenge Mr. Underwood or any Iersoii to debate." A Writer in the Statesman savs: "A suit has just loen commenced Wainst- the Salem Flourimr Mill Company by m. i.. w vine aim ltura tils wife, f California, who claim as heirs ofW. Wilson, deceased, one-fourth interff-" in the real estate of the Salem Flour i Mills. This brings this disputed ques- I tion of Salem land titles directly into: court, and as the business portion of our town and the entire half comnris- ! ing the land set apart as the Hi-oeial ' claim of Dr. W. H. Wilson, is Involved in the suit, it is of course of the utmost importance to all our citizens to have . the matter settled as soon as possible " 1 Territorial Xews Items. Lumber seems to le the great want of theTacomiansat present. El Paso, New Mexico, is situated 3,000 feet above tlie sea level. Visitors to the Yellowstone Park are pouring rapidly into Montana this sea son. The advance campof railroad graders have reached a ioint live miles trout Taconia. T.-ir.re- nn.mtities of hides are being shipped from Ituciuau to Coriime , des- tined lor the Last. It is proposed to divide Whatconib county ( Wa.shington Territory), and form a new countv-. Governor Ferrv, of Washington Ter ritory, has pardoned Pierre St. Martin out of the penitentiary. Gov. W. F. M. Army has been ap pointed agent of the Navajoes, at their reservation at Fort Defiance. Four Rocky Mountain goats have lieen cantured and tamed, and are at Rocky liar, Idaho Territory. Terry.conv ictcd of assault vyith intent to murder a man named Wright, was sentenced to the penitentiary for live years. The chickens of Montana are harves ting the grasshoppers. Ranchmen say for every grasshopper swallowed, there is an egg produced. The railroad company have cut the timber on N acres of land at Taconia, and that whieh is unlit for making lumber is to be burnt in one vast bon fire. Forty Chinese landed at Taconia last Tuesday evening. On Wednesday they built a house" ten feet square, and are iiow occupying their commodious quarters. It is reported that Fremont county, Colorado, voted the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad :?10ii,(XX in bonds by a majority of only two. The matter will be contested. A Colorado Justice of the Peace sen tenced ii man to tie hung for horse stealing, and the gallows was ready lie fore tlie oilicial found out that he had no jurisdiction. The settlement immediatelv' above the Yelm Prairie, W.T., alongand near the Des Chutes river, is rapidly increas ing, and ere long will become an ex tensive stock-raising locality. Companies L and M, Fiist Cavalry, arrived at Fort Walla Walla on the morning of the Mill from Arizona. There are now eight companies at the post, one or two of which are exjH.cted shortly to leave. There is but one impression at Walla Walla concerning the origin of the lire at that place on the Wh inst., which consumed a fl0,(M)0 block of buildings on Main street, and that is that it was set by an incendiary. Collator Gartielde has appointed C. C. Finkbonner, late member of the Legislature and present County Treas urer of Whatcom county, to the jiosi tion of Inspector of Customs for the Itellingham bay sul-district. The Shipment of gold dust by Wells, Fargo tt o., alone since the lirst of last January, from Doise City, amounts to JlH.oOT, and it is safe to presume tiiat this amount docs not embrace the one half that has been taken out. Erysipelas is putting heads on citi zens' of Silver City to an alarming ex tent, and it is not an unfrcqui-nt sight to see men marching about with heads swelled to the size of a peck ni'-asure. lint they don't IVal proud or happy. About a month ago a I and of twelve horses and mules Lt longimr to M. Decker, W. Wagner, W. ' R.' Lotz, L. Keatch, David I'ishei and C. A. s dawn, were stolen from the Kittitas Yell -y, Yakima county. No clue yet to the thief. The Lewiston Signal of t he 1'th inst. says: '"The boundary survcymg partv ha's finally got under wa" and have designated t he initi il point." Atiainoi" pack animals oros-ed Clearwater on Friday with sup;. -lies for the r-uie northward." The Walla Wall i Spirit of the Hfh instant says: ' To-morrow is tic dav appointed" for the execution of L:mg You. the Chinese murderer in tiiis.-itv . A delay of execution was obtained from the Governor from the 11th of July to lot h of August. Messrs. Sturgis, Ritz and Thompson I he t. ommissu. i ici s appointed to m. pec t tin? nrst sect ion of the Noi thi rn p;id:ie Railroad, western end, passed up the road on Thursday and retmiied on Friday of last week, remaining ut Kul ama to make up tin ir report. The Astoi ian s-tys : "Tlie breakwater at Capo Disappointment, and the wharf at Fort Stephens, v ill both h ive to lie repaired iiefore v. inter or the United Suites will have to sudor loss. These matters have been properly reported at headquarters, we understand, and the work will probably be dene."' An affray occurred on Pitaha, near Lcwi.ston, Thursday of last week, in vvhi h a man named Harney Ouslev shot Joe Milom, his brother-in-l.ivv. ft appears dudi v and a man iiaini d D i ley had a difficulty, and while trying to shoot the laller, Ollsley miss 'it' the mark and hit Mil. ni. The wound is in an easy condition. A company of one hundred men re cently left St. Louis to locate and sur vey an immense estate of rich agricul tural and mineral lands in Arixona. and lay off a citv on the Gila river, on the line of the great Southern Railwav v huh will be the depot of all Noithei'n and Southern Arizona and tiie Mexi can States ot Sonora and Sinaloa. The Denver Times says there are many people in Denver wlio are hard up w orkmen who were induced to go there by "advertisements and favorable let ters " expecting to find plenty of work. I'iie fact is, Coloiado has been greatly overrated ,und a reaction is taking place . ... iu,iei .iH-iienniMlll mat tiiey ll:l'i 1 ...I'll .in... ..I . ... t ........... . 1.. j V .... . .. w ... 1 -V outrageously dupeii, id seculators. in i iici snarKs an V ,( ('r:lm informs the Walla Walla Union that the Indians have brought a rumor to the Poiia-wa-wa l erry, to the effect that the Indians have got the small-pox on the Spokane. Jiis informant says that five deaths have already occurred, and that other Indians are sick with the disease among w hom is Spokane Gerry. Mr' Cram inclines to believe there is some truth in the rumor. The Tacoma Tribune says: "The murderer Flurry had an examination at, Sfeilneoom, the other day, the result .-!. ,. "st,shes Taeo'mians not a tittle. Here, where the deed was done and the facts known, it was universal ly Pronounced a horrible murder in cold blood, without, any ju.stiricai.ion whatever, b lurry had an examination before Justice Mastin, when, on bis own testimony alone the crime dwin dled down to 'justifiable homicide." The lioi.se Statesman of the IHh inst says: " y man named S. Colver was brought in on the overland stage yes terday evening, by Mr. I. Mann, a Snake riv er miner, and handed over to X," l likham. Colyer is the man who roboed the stage near Snake river some two vveeks ago. and aeknovv ledg- eil the fact. He ponuea out the spot "..e.e ne uaei cached two gold ban va tied at over fl.aw. Colyerfs thought to be a little, weak-minded. luoufcllt ..TL1C TnV:on,a Tri-"ne of the 12th inst., ofWtl?,n:i w;is,,lir,)" into a state! ot great excitement last evening, bv a horrible murder within its l..-.iX. W. i. jV Vrn' U.,ew six-shooter, i u V . H slV!;le snot was nred, and that penetrated the man's bosom just below the heart, passing clear through the lK.dv glancing from the bar against ine wall and rolling out upon the Hour. 1-lurry evidently secmwl bent aojng something desperate, and it is thought would have as quickly shot aii3' otner man in the room as Dudley. To be Dedicated. St. Peter's (Epis copal) Church, at Kahuna, is to be ded icated by the Ut. ltev. .Bishop Morris next Sunday. ...t.nt-n i.uoiev and Flurry tu. Z? know. neither of whom had , . . . q "i 'l nita nee with the ,ther ' A aA1V,,uell I'l'cein the outskirts win. ni ii. 1111 n in Telegaphic New s. rniLAriELPHiA, August l:t. -Mum. j iiiis U.-.-U uoue in tills oiuxiii, in me ureaKiic ot city uoouin. i nars. la 1 aiii.l -ri has been similar dam.., m aisj sevcro at tape Mav and vo r'aas The track on t ho l.ajtiiore' ' -'.tv wasliea out near Hock lim, ' , try is H.hhW. "lhe l'.-TiT..". i.,u 'us road track, near Pah,, . rV.: V'.Iua 1 washed a .va.v, and t ii. trains', "i " New York. Auirust 1 1 -, . ."' -a. 4ti.i- timies. accoin; auu-d !n "a p ri.t ""r''i do. nignt, in crowded c -liars in t ti ot the city, the , ,K,r hau to st,..,. ;'r.s tie uith rats lirivcn trom the s,.y 1 v.. Hood, and their wr.-tch.-d I," ,k" T ''' rounded by water. Th ov ,-is n ''Or ally serious derang.-i, ,..Ilt ,(1 ,V l-.a liisj atclies irom tls.. Kast r,-., ",i,!is. prevailing in that section. n a V4ui A Washington dis, atcli s-ivs tv, Secretary ol the rlr aurv '...' i " tL. sent by special inesseiig. V p,' rii!, thur, ol this port, an onier tor tii "r A: diate removal o: m-arU l.ia i us-,,,. ,'!""" tiincers Sfiine ol them k-hi sible places on cliarg -s oi lrrtii.i "'"'::" ruption, and that th- dimUsal ,.t e' r lot of dishonest ollic rs is ex n r-t'''.'"11' r few days. 1 "l m St. Ijocis, August U. Col. (,, . b'-r, of 1 "ongress irom W a:iil.,:tl. p, . r-'' Kansas, has sued H. 1. lavl-.r ..i ,- v-'-andotte (itizcttr, lor d -laniat ,,, "-u ter. elainnnir sIOJiiHl -"i.ac- Washing ton, within a radms Washington wn i vesterda s storm A u gust l:l.Th oi t ent y mil .g s;riously diun.i-r i August lt. The Secretary of th' ry may recoiiim'-nd 1 oiigr,-s, i,, I liois oi an Mi-auirrs ooverniii.-m Iriiii- and require in.-ia o -i.,re taking ' n v.-., out oi j on., 10 ue miiy satisti d ti1: . , has conij lied with the law iu . v,r. : siK-ct. ' '-' Nkvv York, August 1. A Wnshii . spc-cial sas Secretary Hicli:irasUn ,'.7 ...I 1 ..!...., 'en JA. IV. IJ 1 .... J.I 1. 111.. I 1 1,1 II 1.1. Ill r-:,p lished, said the Treasury I - artm. ivvrts iiicLJviiiu in ei ii;ai loll s ,.n, : i.. i -v- -v-.'.-,. i.... 1 1 t 1 1,1 c-w J. JI IV, CIIL in ever Kary to be constantly vigilant. s.,i:, reports come irom ai ar.-iitl;. U::nt, r, v,,. parties, while at other times char. san. : Si-ccifieally made to Agents of ihe f,,.. -,'r ! m -ut -a ho have facilities lor (i -tf.-t;!,,-.'!' lraudsthat Mercantile 'iniinitt--s T;Tre ; dr.-am of. In this case (r.-i; -rring i, i York informatioii filed), it c-anu- ir,,"!u , man whose reports lit r -totore iiav.- it j found strictly correct, swe-c; ing t,,,:, , ! Uiey w re. lt v as the duty ot 1 1 - .ii.r"T ; to investigate. While t le r,- is g.s.d r . . lor b-li-ving that a nuiiioi r oi t!ie w u'-fv- iioicii oiiiii-r-s is none. IT is n . . ar guilty, some ma;, be nnioi- ie. icv. not say until I h -ar the r sult o. ij;r v -stigation what number v. iil be div.-l ed. ST. l.OUIS, August 1". In Ioel;f.,il, V'r, yest- rday, 1. i. Morgan, a M-alth; i;i'r, -' attacked "ol. lUirkee, a roiuiin-nt la.'.v ' in his oillce, wlicn hurk.-c S'-iz.-iliiht",, ; notary's seal and struck him nv.r head. Morgan fell, rolled out th.- j.V.'. struck his head agains: a .-tone . tured his siviiil, and died in a few -'hm.' Durivcc surrcndereil hims- ii to ti.e :iu:i.'.;i iti-s. Nkw York, August 1-3. The 'i;r;i: Iv cilic Railroad Company's r-. ort. jih sued, figures an apparent ; rtit oi ?7,' This statement, ho.iev, r. 1- av. s ..;: view nearly rf7,'Hri,(Kli due the (..... r;,u : lor iiUer -st, and makes no ne-T,:;..;, u.'-V eral millions of personal security m u for cash borrowed of sun l'r..in-!v, (, . ;. . italists. Its statement oi total ind. ! 'u. edii.-ss, ex-lusive ol v)l, Ji,"-M erij itui , is js-i.v.Hi.iTKl. sr. I.cis, August lii. At Kiitiei:, Me.,. -Thcrsday, t'etcr K-.-sLT .1:1 n;.-uv .':;.'. live years' imprisonment lur Ik,;-- ; . ... ing. lol. bo-, sut-riif, soul ; (-.-..; m -n, started with tin- prisoner, i: n v ere overtaken by arae-d i;e n. 'ih render oi t he man was dei!iand--i. i' . t li--r -lu-a 1 o; t tie Sie-nir to .-i.rr -ii.l r i r.som r, s-erai slot - wi-r - i.r. u e hack, m..rtally i.ine.l! th" S:i r.: - -riouslv- v.ouiulir.g th-- l'ro.-i-cutiii .-. in- . ..'"olin (.. l'rov m--s, eti,i,,r : lie- fi, J'rcs, John Watson, a iii' r-., si.t, voting man named 1 an tur , ;... act ing as guard ir tie sh r.lf. ii, :e... oner ,va.s trOv.-n out oi to n a;u. .:. I.NIHANAl'.'I.LS, Augli.-t l'-...--:,: Ur. ing stat is' ics t n- larm- rT.-i'i: :; -in liuiin :i.i, ar i ubh,i-.-d : ii. i- .:r gr i iig -s in i li - st .-;.-, f; v, g n- ra! ' - t.:. ; and fon. -ttir com.!., u- pnte s. '1 ....... w, r-org a n :z-d 1 1-is monti.. i !:::.:!: stands tiie it't ii m t h- i.; oi S' at . .Wa.-iiim; i.j.v, August i-'i. . r : S; in ii r, in a 1 tt i r ut.-ii.sh a t -.i:,; , ...; $ the r saill-ti'iii oi s; Cl'- ;.; been, aim ii - tnll.Ks v ill lie, ( ni? .., tv. balauc - ot Iran .-nail b n, our ;..e W ie-ii that t.l:i" JTHV ' .- roll:;.. ::-i, . a -y in truth it will irom that ...... .;, o.vii a.-coro. KV oKK, Aeg;;.sf Is. iold or -r -s in wa II s; r -. t on .-ai urua,. i.av u:v : to a l-cling thai the goiii cii i.! ... s t r nig aga.ii me t act i -s . ioeu i 1-'riday, ami tile i ais ar- ; r.-, .-.."...g . -aito tie- pr sm -iii lo i. it- r. r :. " . o..-i-aioii in tini : to j re vi :.t Iii - eul ;r . since iSilig. o Al it r irom t ht-Yi il. e-store-" i . i".: r. s;t; s a sfir .-. as or at 'il i.y tlie arr : ... r.-tar b.-. eli. Stanl . , a lid tiini u ... Ustar mis mari-ii u in t:i- r- ;.r: tn.-i--i;i iiul one vi hoie itay b. i..r ii i. .i r i u. list ir".s nf ii ii iii-u'.c -ii tie- . rr ; ; ; an act ol tvramiy, wini-- s:.;:i i - i., sustamett t:i-ir i-,iaiiii:inu r. ti--:;. a..- also caused the d--struct ;o: ! 1 it i iii rs in t n. cai;i; . August i:t.--itev. i.-.irom r s vear.- p-istor oi l ie- i riek i car tion, iii ii at iiis r-s:d i.c-in t ma v, ag ii sn. lnV-.H..i, August 1!. Polic- nng, i, : l. -i.:.r , Ii is e:l.. l!k-r i.: tian Ja. ob.s, was shot and kni- u ; a : g.ar .v i S'.eruay. '! he assassin .--:t: n. ill-t)'. a I numb r o' kill ! a:ul eU!:i; u in tie railn a-i disast' r oi .-;;! uu.riy i-; is -l 17 tieau. 'i he ei. :ln.- r ti ta i -i. trani has b en arr -t- u and is no -, in ouductor i:. a;i lias scii, --d, i.ul -. i7 r.s are being mad - to capture him. I.ATKii lheexcit.-iie i.t ov r t he r.ti'r. r.i acctii ut at Alton s'lil cot.taiu .-. li tuneral of ant. r-mil.i ami otii-r v.o tiniswill tak-.-'j lac-- tieiiav. lit- -iit::S-n at ion be ; ore t he- i oron r i - still t,i:; Tiie test iinony ot Sup-rii,! i d in :cy.i. len plac s t lie bla m--on t lie iigiru-. r, vs i. is in custoii.N , and the coi.iiu.-tor. Six tons oi god coin have be n I rot.-::- by 'treasur.v ollicials irom sail 1-r.i:.i-.- to t li New York Sub-j r -asur-. "nf.vv York, August lit. The Sul.-Tr-nv nr.- in this city centains sotie t liii.ir n;' ' tli.-in.vi milliwiis in gold bar-. li:r ln.:--dr--d thousand dollars in silver and tw- i"-.' eight millions in curr nc. niCAOo, August in. A THUunr Wi! ington special says the om; troll re; t;:- urrenc.v. is of tiie o, inion that t h ; r -banking sciieme will be reviv. ii in t next i ongress. Westr rn cr...ta!iis came h-re to make a; pheat ion u,r a i.n tional bank circulation, and .-.r.-utisl!' toobtain it, state that the sentine ni '''" West is strongly in lavor ol ui:r ;r:i-;-i banking viithiii a sr-cifi d limit ; t ii :t t amount, with remarkable un;tnimi:.v. se ins to have been fixed at an a .'-T.'P ' circulation ol $ UH,.MXi,ii.ia. Jr is uthI r!""' t hat t lie cliief argument against tie- i'! tional issue v ill be a statem- nt tiiatfi--1 -resent circulation jcr cijrita is a!t-" i'-'r too great as compared -.vith ttie circul.tt-' -in other countries. , Wasuixu ton, August i;. A rum,' " lett rs liave been received hep- from If' -iK-ers and oth- r frit nds of the Indian ? ;" fioliey throughout the countv, as!ci;ii.r 1 v ecutive c-lene-iici in U-l.a;i cf ih-.'-'ti-Indians lately on trial. Manv ol tie- Mi " raise a question that the trial of th,l"iT- n-i-crs was ill gal und-rthe d.-cr- e of the r-i:-; reine i ourt in the Milligan cas-.tliat Courts being near, the military tre-u' -had no jurisdiction. Anot her (pie-tie" i-1 cd is that Ciem-ral Canby v. as kiil-l " acting as a Peace Commissioner and otlicerof the armv in war. Th-s-ii" sti"i will come directly betore t he lYesul-eitl Id. his action. It Will Keep. Of the Ca-sario subjeet, the Newark Jvunoil so that the leaders, from Grant ilo. utterly ignore it, sneer at it. make ;t a subject of cheap wit ami ril alii? or belittle it as unseasonable, un wholesome and entirely unn ssar.v as a matter of serious consiaVruti' n brush it a-side as everything elc 1ut what it really is tlie great ipi 'stu'E of life and death to the Kept'd'' before which should palfevery lu5' tion of partisan politics, freetf-10 protection. This is a subject t' will "keep," and tlie more it is han dled the better it will keep the -Anur- ii-.ui iit-oiiio miaci in iiieii .l -.. J...J. - 1 vie 115 privileges and liberties. Strange. The SpringfielJ Il-fu'' lican says the omissions eontmia'- ; Looking over the resolutions ef-e j Minnesota Itadical Convention, we j find that it failed to "indorse" eral Grant, or pay a single coinF'1" , ment to his adininislration. 3llie j Iowa, Minnesota, what does it rr.ec f t J