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o o0 o o o o o THE ENTERF'HiSL OREGON CITY, PRECOX, UCCST 1 CT. Call for a Democratic J?tate Conven tion V Democratic State Convention for the State of Oregon is hereby called bv the Democratic State Central Commit tee, convened in Portland, Oregon, this, the 'Jth dav of August lsT.'., to meet at Portland, (di'on. on Tuesday, the "Jth dav f September, ls7:, at 10 o'clock A.M. for the purpose of i i omiuating a candidate for member of Congress, to be voted for at the special election, to be held October 13. l.fT.l, and for the transaction of any other business that mav properlv come before :t. The several counties of the State will lx entitled to delegates in such Con vention as lollows: Kenton ti banc Marion Multnomah. Polk Tillamook .. Umatilla Union Wasco Washington . Yamhill .. 9 ..Hi . .12 .. .. 1 .. 0 .. 5 .. 5 ... a I laker, 'bn-kamas Ci ihuubia. . . Clatsop 'urry Coos 1 ouglas i irant Jackson .J.,Vs-phine . . 7 2 I : . j . :i y j ..121 LlMll. . Total . . It is suggested lv the omnuuee tnai the several counties liold their Primary Conventions on Hi. -'.d day of August, 7:J at '! P. M-, ami their county Con ventions on t health day of August, ls7:5. Where this arrangement dies nit suit the convenience of the Democracy ot the several eounties, it is cxpevted that tlicv will make the liecessary chan-es'through their County omnul t ' W. L W ii i tk, Cl.n. I -m. Stale Central Com. 31. V. i:i:oVN. Secretary. The HabfaK Responsible. It Jias long become the custom to hold the party in power responsible fur the wrong acts of its administra tion, and the same party has always been justly entitled to whatever merit it possessed. The Radical organs are just now endeavoring to throw a portion of the responsibility of its odious "back-prty steal;" upon the shoulderbf the Democracy. When it c:is considered that the lladical party had an undoubted majority in both houses of Congress, this attempt ..Wirt ti.o oiiiuiu iviii prove mine. Rut the truth of the matter in this case does not admit of any change of responsibility whatever.: President (irant, the Chief Thief of the gang, is responsible for the outrage. lie wanted his salary raised, and in order accomplish this, he had to bribe Congress. Had he not been included in tlic steal, lie would undoubtedly have vetoed the bill. He is the head t of the lladical party. His vetoe would have sealed the fate of the lull, hence the responsibility lies exclu sively with him and his followers. The lladical party is responsible for the acts of the President. Not one of their conventions hr.ve dared to condemn him or speak a disrespectful tvord against, fiis acts. On' the con trary, wherever the Radicals have met in convention and spoken on the question, they have universally en dorsed "his wise and economical administration." Xo matter what outage (riftnt perpetrates, the Radi cals endeavor to drown the popular protests with their ju-ais-os, ami when the little thieves rob the treasury through and br tho: influence of (he O Chief Thief, all the' Radicals exclaim fc'rojit is Yur Chief Magistrate ! To offset the baneful influence and the vital signature of Cirant, the Radicals tell us that Democrats voted for the measure. Suppose all the Dem"" ocrats had voted for the infamous j act, what could it have accomplished with both the Radical majority in Congress an. I the President against it? How would that ia any way excuse the Radicals from their re sponsibilitieMo the country? The question we are considering is the integrity and honesty of the lladical party. When it is brought up for its faithlessness, it readily cies out '"some Democrats voted with us." The Republican party, headed by its Chief Magistrate stand convicted be fore the country as the principals in the great crime, and no attempt on their part can take from them the o.Qum -which is attached to their thieving acts. The excuse that Dem- ru'i'iits vnrpil lor 1U win m "o it- G'elieve them from the rosponsibility of their sins. The Radical party fcQnds convicted before the nation and there is no escape ior tnem. It cannot fasten the burden of its iniq uity upon the shoulders of the Dem ocracy. The Democrats who voted fo$he measure are all repudiated by their constituents, and the preten sions of the Radical party for honosty and integrity are exploded, and con fidence in it is forfeited. The axiom by which all political parties are judged is plainly laid down, which is, that whenever any political party is in power it is responsible for all eils growing directly out of the adminis tration of the government. Ry this standard the Radical party stands adjudged, and no amount of dodging can free it from the sins the Admin istration has committed. We predict that ven the Radicals of Oregon in their next Convention will declare their complete confidence in Cirant and his admiuistrasion. Yet the re sal of his signature to the bill in question, would have saved to the nation millions of dollars. The Rad ical party alone is responsible for the acts which its unquestioned majority could have defeated, and it matters not how many Democrats voted for e it. The Democracy stand ready to condemn every Democrat wdio'Voted for it. Are the Radicals ready to condemn their members and the Chief of the Thieves, tue President ? In no instance have they condemned the man without whose signature the jaw would have been a nullity. '- o Sectionalism. The Eugene Guard of last Saturday contains a very sensible article against sectionalism in party matters, and says that " sectionalism brought Tip on us civil war and all its horrors." This is true, and what caused this sectionalism? The disposition of the . stronger to tread under foot the I weaker. If there is a disposition on : the part of all concerned to do justice ! to every section of our State, there j need be no fear of any sectional jeal- j ousy growing up in our State. Rut it has been a general demand in all our Conventions that the different parts of our State should be repre sented on our tickets. This has gen erally been conceded and at our last general election we find the ticket contained represetative men from all parts of the State. The Congress man was from Eastern Oregon; the Governor from the Valley; the Sec retary of State from Southern Ore gon, and the balance from tha Valley. It will be seen the Willamette Valley, the section of our State which gives a very general Radical majority was thus conceded the largest share of the ollieers. At this time we find that Southern Oregon and the Wil lamette Valley are generally repre sented in our State offices, while East ern Oregon, on which we must rely for our Democratic majority, is not. While we entirely agree with the Guard that sectional feelings should not govern any Convention, yet it is bound to enter into the issue more or less, and the only way to keep it from culminating disastrously is to do equal aud exact justice to all sections. In that event, neither, section will have grounds to complain. Rut at tempt to show favor to any one sec tion of our State and disregard the claims of others, sectionalism is bound to spring up, and jealousy and bad feeling will be the inevitable re sult. The people of Eastern Oregon are no more subject to this instinct than are those of other parts of our State. Lane county to day is represented in the State de partment by a young man win) is not oulv a credit to his county, but one of the best and most-efficient public ollieers in the State. Having known him from boyhood, we feel proud of him and know that tliis feeling is entertained by all of his constituents. Had there not been a disposition shown !n the part of the controlling' power of our nation the North to interfere and meddle with the rights of the South, the feeling whi-h cul-minate-1 in war might have been avertet.. So in this case. The Southern and Eastern parts of this .State are the Democratic stronghold, and if the part which gives a Radical majority regularly for these sections to overcome, but has the nominating power, Avill persist continually in grabbing the ollices it cannot be won dered that these sections will become dissatisfied and eventually throw oil on their party friends of the Willam ette. Do justice to all sections of our State, and give no grounds for jealousy, and and we are sure all will go smoothly. Neither of these sec tions have ever asked f:r more than they are justly entitled, and as long as they are to elect our whole ticket, their reasonable demands should be conceded. We may sit in our sanc tum and write leader after loader in behalf of 'harmony and good feeling, but if we show by our actions that we do not intend to deab.just and equitable with our party brethren in every part of the State, we shall soon lind a turbulent and disturbing spirit taking hold of the 2ople, which can not be governed or subdued. The best and only way to avoid sectional ism, is to do " justice ami deal fairly with all sections, and we shall hear nothing about decreased majorities, nor will we find any part of our State dissatisfied. The Guard will readily perceive that the letter it refers to was not written in a spirit of threat ening, but as an appeal to the party in the Willamette for just and fair dealing, and no one can deny the fact that our correspondent was correct in his position and stated but the facts-as they exist in that setion of the State. Democratic Convention. The I emocraey of Clackamas coun ty meet in convention to-morrow at 11 o'clock, at the Court House. It is hoped that the various precincts will be fully represented, and that the convention will select a good working delegation to the State Con vention, men w ho are not to be hood winked by trickery and selfish poli ticians. The seven votes of Clackamas will have their power in that Conven tion, as she belongs to no man or set of men, and is in a position to act for the best interests of the party and ! State. - Needed. Will not some indus trious individual of San Francisco compile and give us a short sketch of the origin, object and principles of all the parties in that city just at present. We must confess that we are unable to keep up with the various organizations that seem to have an existence there now. We rind among the number, the Democratic, Radical Republican, Independent, Republi can, Liberal, Tax Payers, Anti-Tix l avers, Municipal, Conservativ( e. A c Here are names enough for any of our friends who may desire a hew Portland Correspondence. Portland, Aug. 25, 1S73. Editor Enterprise: You will observe by the papers that the Dem ocracy have selected delegates to the County Convention by wards. What I desire to know is, by what authori- ty have 'icard lines been designated as the basis of representation in the County Convention? I had the opinion that the three minis were for city purposes and had nothing to do with county matters politieally There are eight precincts in the town I have heard a great deal of com plaint in regard to the matter, and the question is readily asked, wheth er it is a ' set-up " job by the friends of a certain aspirant the people of Multnomah do not want, and the Committee took this plan to stock the delegation. If this individual gets his nomination by this illegal and unjust means, you may rest assured that Multnomah will give her regular 800 majority against him. Democrats who had a legal right to be heard in this matter, and who would have represented the wishes of the people and not the clique of politiciais, are by this means kept out of the Convention, and for what reason? Simply because they could not be used as tools by the tricksters who are trying to concocked a defeat and another Holkiday victory. lam a Democrat, and always voted the ticket, but the course of the w ould be leaders in Multnomah is enough to disgust any man. If they w ere willing to do right and take the chances for their pet, why did they not call the primaries by jme,'ats. That v.a; the proper and legal way to do. lint no. The chances were that the masses of the voters would have had an opportunity to select delegates to the State Convention who would have defeated their pet candidate. I tell you, such move ments as this will defeat the party under most favorable circumstances. I will drop this subject by saying, that I hope all may turn out for the best, but as matters have begun, there appears to be a " nigger in the fence," and if he is not pulled out, and open and fair dealing had, you need look for no good results from Multnomah. The fishing business may have many attractions on elec tion day. The Radicals had a very slim at tendance at their primaries last Sat urday, and with the exception of one precinct, (Oregon) the Holladay Hipnel wing captured the delegation without a struggle on the part of the better class of the Republicans. The thing was "set up" about as badly as our own committee set it up for us. I am quite reliably informed that the Ilolladay wing is throwing out a bait to the Corbett men, that if they will come into camp, be nice, clean boys, they (the Holladayites) will give them Corbett next spring as candidate for . fioverr.or. Whether the Corbett men will be foolish enough to take stock in any such promises, remains to be seen. My own opinion is, that they are entire ly too sharp to be caught by such stutr. Rut time will tell, and I shall be better aMe to form my opinion after the State Convention. Times are quiet in this city, owing I presume, to the fact that the farm ers are very busy in gathering their harvest. In a few weeks the fall trade will commence, and our farm ers having an abund:'.nlih irvest, w ith prospects of a fair price for their w heat, our merchants are looking for good times to set in, and money be easier than it has been for some months past. Temporary buildings are being erected on the burnt district, and many of the sufferers by the lire of the -2nd inst. have resumed business. I learn that a number -of fine brick buildings will soon be erected, and the burnt district ere long will pre sent its usual appearance of busi n?ss activity. The late chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee (who nearly escaped my mind) was re ceived into full fellowship with his Radical friends last Saturday, and participated in the primaries'. I un derstand, however, that li will vote the Democratic ticket, provided the nominee suits him. There is how ever, but one aspirant for the nomi nation on the Democratic side that will suit him, "and if he gets the nom ination, I know of at least four or live hundred Dew oral in this coun ty he will not sui The Convention should consider well whether tliey are to nominate a man to suit this ex Chairman or the Democracy. I think it is best to nominate a man to represent Democrats, and not a hand ful of weather-cocks that are ready to shift as often as the wind. You nominate a man for Radicals and he will be objectionable to Democrats. You lose the Democratic masses, and get nothing in return. I trust the coming Convention -will act wisely and nominate the man on w hom the peoj.le have set their minds. Reject the w ishes of the people, and you will see on the loth of October another overwhelming defeat. The Convention can give us a man who Mill get the united support of the Party, or they can give us defeat. I i LoPe theJ do the former. You j will hear from me again 1 Axti-Bakek. A New Party. The St. Louis Republican says that after all we must come back to the fact that iufi hone can be enter- , . . l ; tained of the success of a new party i until the need of reform penetrates deep into the mass of the Radical or ganization. When this becomes man ifest, as it is already beginning to become, every encouragement should ' . i be held out, and every sacrifice oe , made by the patriotic men of the other side, to five the movement the impetus that will make it use! ui to j -- commissioners. lhey are the country. i foimJ uiltJ of the specifications and . The Lancaster Ldellujenrer, on the j charges and sentenced to be hanged, same subject, says there will be a The proceedings have been appro v niighty and combined effort made to I d , h President and the Secre cnange the national administration - u UIUl DJUL m 11 completely in LS74 we firmlv believe. Good men of all parties will unite in anaffort to purify the administration of the National Government, and -to confine it within the scon of a strict h Miuiin me. scop in i .-iuv construction of the Constitution. In j i nis great-work Democrats will stanu side oy snie, and shoulder to shoui- S'.;"!!, ?U S1 ul t? ' Iherewxll.be no petty and jealous rivalries. Men who have been Re publicans will not refuse to work for true reform because it must be i o,.i.;.-i n fi i xi ; ZZ f Tl ' hrOU?h "1 I agency of the Democratic party, and no wise man will insist upon disband- ino- on nrrrm 17.-1 firm wliw.1i Tiiimlinrs in its ranks a large majority of the white voters of the nation. Look at Home. Would it not be well for our cotemporarics who are so fearful of evil consequences from "sectionalism" to look into their own counties, and see if there is not a little sectional feeling in them, w hich caused the Radicals to carry one by DIM) and the other by ".00 last June. And the little question of sectional ism in the nomination of President last fall -caused one of these editors to be hugely disgusted. Similar causes hare similar effects. If you act fairly and honestly between sec tions all is right. If not you might as well attempt to dam up the Wil- j lamette as to endeavor to prevent a j feeling of dissatisfaction from grow- j ing up. We can speik candidly in regard to these matters. We belong j to neither section and are about as near the middle as can be, besides our county is not blessed with any great men who want to go to Con gress. All that is necessary to be done, is to do right and all will bo well, and if right and fair dealing is had, there will be no trouble either now or hereafter. Bit this is no time for foolishness and the people ai-e not in a humor for any. Read It. Elsewhere v. e publish a correspondence from Portland. The writer of the letter evidently thinks that the "managers" in that place have "set up" a job on the Democ racy in that comity, and to a person outside of the "clique." it looks very much like there was something "rot ten in Denmark." The precincts in our opinion should have held regular meetings last Saturday and sent up delegates to the county convention and the men thus selected should have demanded their seats, and if re jected, should have met separately and elected delegates to the State Convention, whom no doubt would have been properly entitled to their seats.. Small tricks would hardly be recognized or sustained by the Con ve ipion, and our Democratic friends in that city would have been proper ly represented. As it is, the "(Jo Fishing" portion will be ropresen'.ed a id the Democracy will be left un represented. Such tricks spoken of by our correspondent are common with manipulators of that city. We hope it may turn out all right, but at present it indicates as though there is a job "set up." An Iowa paper calls attention to a fact which seems to have been over looked, that the speech of Senator Carpenter in defense .of the Salary Grap was an act and edict of the Na tional Administration, giving the following reasons. Senator Carpen ter is President of the Senate. Vice President Wilson is a paralytic, and liable to die at any moment and only the life of President Grant would be between Mr. Carpenter and the P res id ency. The Iowa paper further says: "The president cannot make a speech, the Vice President is speechless. The next man to them in the Government their successor in case of a vacancy in their ollices has spoken for them, and his defense is their defense. It is the delegated voice of the Republican party of the nation avowing aud defending its crimes." Sink the Small. Diffekences. The Albany Aroui says that to save tho Government is to make it Dem ocratic. To advance true Bepubli- cauisni is to promulgate true Democ racy. Let Democratic clubs be or ganized in every village and liberty poles mark the place of every meet ing. Sink the small differences of party politicians, and study only the great tmd terrible differences between a Democratic Republic and the hu miliating desj'otism of pigamy ty rants, who have no hope of continued life but in the money of the people. m Linn County Fair. The Linn County Fair commences on the 23d of September and continues four days. The arrangemeuts about the splendid grounds have been materi ally improved, and it is expected that the Linn County Fair of 1S73 will surpass any ever held in that liberal, and from the names of its officers we cannot see that the Fair can be anything but a great success. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, To be Hanged. date ! A i AAar A "Washington dispatch under date of August 23d, savs that the i . -iepaiuneni; promulgates, in General ' , .. .. . ' uruers, the landings and sentences! in the case of the Modoc captives- Captain Jack, Sconchin, Rlaek Jim, Boston Charley, Barncho alias One- ' eyed Jim, and Sloluckalias Cox, who were tried by Military Commission jf ii t - muiuei oi ueneral Canby , aim commissioner 1 homas, and for ; assault with intent to kill other i Ti.lA i w- mi.,.,.' .. rui uu ui ine cnarges ana spec ifications are that the accused plead not guilty, but that the Commission found them guilty, and sentenced them to be hanged at such time ami ! piacea me pioper autnoriiies suoum direct. Ihe. following is an order made by the President in the matter: q,,' VKOmrif ,,,.,., The foregoing sentences in the cases of Captain Jack, Sconchin, jjoston ciiane, jarneno alias Uue- eved Jim, and Sloluck alias Cox, . prisoners, are herebv aud t u tult Boston Charley, Lame ho alias Oue- I'll sentences in said cases bo carried into execution by the proper military authority, under orders of the Sec retary of War, on the third day of October, 1ST:. U. S. G hast, President." The Secretary of War has ordered that the sentences be duly executed under the direction of the General Commanding the Department of the Columbia, at Port Klamath, Oregon, Friday, October 3, 1ST;. , Democratic Hopes. To those who charge the Demo cratic party with having lost its i power and influence over the people, says an exchange, we commend these j facts for reflection: The represeiita- ern State, in the United States Son ate," is Allen G. Thurman, a Demo crat. T ie representative man of In diana, elected by the popular vote, on a straight-out ticket, for Govern or, is Thomas A. Hendricks. When the people of Indiana voted for Pres ident, Mr. Greeley was defeated by a la-ge majority. This shows that s'ra'ght Democracy is more popular than fusion in Indiana. Governor Leslie, of Kentucky, is a Democrat. Governor Brown, of Tennessee, Governor Smith, Georgia, and C t . -, s AT - lovernor Woodson, ot -Missouri, are also Democrats. In Connecticut the representative of the people, is In- 1 x 1 gersoll, a Democrat. In Texas a Democratic Legislature is running the State Government, and at the next election there w ill be a Demo cratic Governor. In Louisiana it is Federal bayonets alone that prevent a Democratic (lovernor and Legisla ture from exercising the functions which the pemile expected them to exercise. Delaware and Maryland are Democratic to the core in their Governors, Legislatures and mem bers of Congress. - V- ..1. 1 ! 1IHK ailU Xew Jersey are only temporarily astrav Loth are Democratic relates. but were driven bv local causes into the Republican party coming back this Fall. liof are t.. Tif ... Ill CalllOl- nia ami Oregon the Democratic chances of success are far greater than those of the Radicals. North Carolina has two Democratic United States Senators, and is controlled by a Democratic Legislature. West Virginia, is Democratic by a major ity of thousands. So is also Old Virginia. The Democrats carried Xew Hampshire last year. Yec this is the party, so powerful in the great Cent al. Western, ami Southern Stall's of the Union, which is pro nounced dead, and is said to have no hopes of success. Mixed Ue. The dispatches from Utah mix the Rev. C. C. Stratton, formerly of this city, up with the di vorce suit of Ann Lliza Young. A dispatch from Salt Lake, dated the 2 2d inst., says : Rev. C. C. Stratton, Methodist Minister, vindicates himself in a long card in the newspapers to-day from the charge of influencing Ann Lliza Young to enter a divorce suit and join the Methodist, Church. He makes grave charges against her law yers and asserts th;;t they attempted to lleece their client. He admits act ing as confidential adviser, and vin dicates himself from old charges of scandal in connection with his Min istry in Oregon. He gives the history of his connection with the effort of compromise. He defies the world to prove his ministerial charact-'r was impaired. Ho is not ashamed of his crime, and will not be badgered out of a correct nor into a false position. From Wasco. We learn from Wasco county that a certain manip ulator of conventions is endeavoring to " set up" that county for his own er to Congress. We would most earnestly inform all such, especially his kind who have done more service for the Radical party than he has ever done for the Democracy, that such conduct as Ids will not be tol erated, and should his man get the nomination under such circumstan ces, the voters will not ratify his cor ruption. Wo warn these tricksters in time. Xot Much. If there is any Dem ocrat so fickle headed as to suppose that the Democratic Convention will nominate a "Corbett man," he is a good subject for the lunatic asylum. The time for trying experiments in Democratic nominations has passed, and the people demand a true party man and none other w ill get thsir suppori. . Summary of State News Items. ,t ,1 r.v tlo ' The new steamer J J fJ110 W. 11. T. Co. is called the Leaver. There are six large warehouses for x licit- iij --. - :. . the storing of cram in J unction i. n - i x.. a-: The new quartz nulla Vl ,iu-' line line nas siiii"-" a work Albany had a small pox scare last yeek, but the physician says it s some- inmg c i.-. The Santiam and Albany Canal will soon have water running througn its I entire length. Sev,,utv thousand pounds of wc rool have been shipiea irom me no tUI tjn season Mr J.J. Burton, of North Yamhill. I,,",! :,':V, acre field of oats which yielded s bushels to the ac re. The chronological chart by lIon. -s-C. Adams, of Silcm, is being litno trraphed in Cincinnati. The Lafayette Academy w ill reopt' i, on the loth" of September, under un charge of Prof. J. M. Smith. An adjourned session of the Circuit Court tor Marion County was held last week in the new Court House. The machinery for a steam sawmill . . f rom the ruaie d!"thd Lv liaker conn- 'the tv -n,., i. u.i,,.r,ft!. M. K. t nurcu . . . i attending the Annual t'ontcience at Olvmpia will be carried to and iioni at half fare. On the farm of A. W. Watt, in the North Yamhill section. Mr. 1 riplett harvested h0 bushels of oats from one aero of ground. A movement is on foot in Corvallis for the erection and operation m that city of a tirst-ciass steam merchant flouring mill. Yesterday (Sunday) was celebrated" at Astoria sis the eiirhtv-sevent h birth day of Mrs. bam phi re," the oldest resi lient of the place. The Democrat hears of the discovery of soiii" rich quartz in the mountains near Pocahontas, about twelve miles from liaker City. Mrs. Wilson, wife of the late Hon. .Tosenli i . Wilson, lias accepted the po sition of one of the teachers in the lalles public school. ' It is stated that several men can now receive employment on the Oregon Railroad at t he" Cascades, and receive good wages thereof. The house of Mr. V. M. Wood worth, of Howell's Prairie, was entered by burtilars last Thursday night, who took a silver watch worth .1'. Geo. W. Sleeper sh'-rill" of Coos coun ty, who was under arrest for embez zlement, mule his escape from. fail last week, ami has not been heard of since. Wheat receipt at Corvallis last week aggregate about W.o-M bushel , making over :.'!. txki now in store in that city. The streets are tilled with wagon every day. A son of K 'ort Ford. dropped to the ground insensihle while at work in the 'harvest field. on the laickiannu.', in Polk county, last Friday, from sun str ke. The route and good will of the Coos Pa v pres- Company has been sold to Wells. Fargo iV. Co.. who have ap pointed .1. Tultle as their agi nt at lan pi re "it v. Rev. If. C Benson. 1). I)., for several years editor of the P. C. Advocate ami present editor of the t 'ali t" rn-i Christian Advocate, mrived at Portland on the 1 ist st Miner. The discussion at Fugene City last week, between I'"V. T. F. 'ampbVll. of Monmouth, and Mr. H. F. Fuderwood, ilS IMIO.' l oil- I itl Ll i IU'. ' I itlltl I IH.IU'U irt-eat interest j The Advocate learns that the Trustees j of the Vmpqua Acad, my at their hist j meeting raised a subscription ot 5-1..HKI ' toward the erec"en of a ne v hedoing I hl 1'" of tiu-o.a that was burned. t l.. .....i . .1 i 1 he Democratic ounty ( oiiveiition. of Fnion conniy. elected the following 'egaes to tie- State Convention: F. P. Moll uii -ls, I fenry Fin. hart. K bert I Cates. J. T. Hunter, and .Joseph Sham- Oougll. The S -youth A lia1 F ur of Wash ington couetv will lake place on their grounds near 1 1 illsb: ro. commencing S 'pteinher J!th. and lasting five days. Five thousand dollars will Ik' distriliu- Unl in premiums. All persons who have possession of memorials to Cuiirnss ior sr-rnat u.-es in regard to the improvement of the Willamette river and ti h -utaries. are ,,,.,.., ...I (.-,. i.-. I t),e soo to 15. j ioldsmih. Port land livgon. The Astorian i iipormed that a lad of i thirteen years, son of Mr. Patterson, i werking'on the farm of Mr. Peatman. I on latsop, was (irtngi-rousi - it not . 4..1, .1. .1 l... ii : 1 ...... 1 l: . ! uuihH'it I f ine in nut niill o - j charge of a irun while out hunting last J ; Tuesday. Mr. Hlachley, of Lane county, in forms the Ouard that so far as he has threshed his trrain. the best yi ld is tifty bushels per aero, and the lightest twent-si. Ho has lour acres which it is estimated will ye 11 seventy bush els i er acre It. (i. P.rass. reported in our t olo graph!" dispatches as having I e- n kill ed at th" railrond accident twenty-five mil' s from 'hiccro. en the C!.i-ago and Alton Railroad, is supp sed to be the oldest brother of Mrs. s. !?. Sinnett, of the Dalles. Another season will doubtless wit- I ness the erection of a line brick hotel! on the sit" of tho one recently bu-icd at Corvallis, when the town will have resumed a more beautiful appearance than she wore before devastated by the the fiery seourge. Tho Oregonian says: The Kev. !r. Julius F lk' rson. for the past several years IJ.ibbi of the Ahabi Sie'lum con gregation of this eity, has gone to San Francis.cn. he ha ing accepted the pas torship of the 'ongregalio'n Sherith Is rael, of the latter city. Tlu' ell'oi ts being made by the man agers oft he F.'rmers'Fninii Warehouse at Shedd to place the grain trade on an independent basis, so that parties wish ing to purehase will have an induce ment to bid tin grain, are ineetingwith a fair degree of success. Tho r.ulletin says: The mechanics of this State will soon start an organiza tion to be known .as the "Feumoiiic Order of Mechanics." Its purposes are to be for the protection of members to care f r them when siek, and to se cure them employment when in need of it. The Statesman tells of a man in Polk county who was suspected of steal- iiurSl'oe, and was taken bv some friends of the man who had lost tho money ind actually hanged bv the nook until lile was nearly e tmot, to extort a con fession. We can't vouch for the truth of the story. A largo barn, belonging to Mr. T.J. Ihmton, of Camp Crook, in Fane eonn tv, was destroyed by fire last Monday. The barn was full' of hay and grain, and the saddest feature of all wis a tine pair of team horses were burned in the barn. This loss will fall heavily on Mr. 1 Mmtoii. The Advocate s-ivs: "The Key. John Thompson, of the Northwestern Indi an.'! Con Terence, at present District Su perintendent of the American P.i hi p. So ciety for the Pacific coasr, and Key. P O. Hetzler, of the Fnitod P.rethcrn Ohureh, P.ihlo Agent for the Oregon work, arrived bv the steamer on Tues day evening last. A sjx'cial term of the Circuit Court was held by Judge. MeArthur at tho Hallos last week. In the case or W. P. Hunt vs. O. S. X. Co., a motion for a new trial was denied, and a tud'Miient rendered in plaintiffs favor, for Slopes. This was a suit for damages to piaintifl' by being run over by the ears belong ing to defendants. " The State Agricultural College at Corvallis opens on Tuesday, September 2d. with the following Faculty. L Arnold. A. M., President and' Profos, sor of Piivios; Jo.seph I'mery, A. M.. Professor of Mat hemathies; P..M. Haw thorne. A. M.. Professor of Languages; Miss Irene Smith, Primary Depart ltieiit; (Piano) : Captain D. Ui P.oswell, Military Department, It is reported that Hon. F. p. I)uaT, ,-eii Known in Cistern Oi-A.r.. " Washington Territory, died '.t Va Grande on the -d inst., nd that hi rcmains wen, taken t() vaii"wn-r,s interment. The La Grande s, ot the swi uoes not mention the s ,.i fiet. but should it bo true m .nv n shed the tearful tribute to ne who a genial and whole- ouled irentlei will gentleman and a menu. The Yamhill Assessor furnishes tlm following stock statistics of hiscountrv for IS .J: Horses, over one year old V U2 ;cattle, over one year old", 7s4 ;sh;L over one year old, 17,Mj7; h,rS -ji.T The following number of sheen killed from March 7th ls7 to ViemsV 1st, 1S73: Ry dogs, M ; bv wolves l" . by other animals, tUti. The total x'-ihU of property m Yamhill county is Sl'syi, The Mountaineer savs: "From Mr Charles Schultz. who has -,,vt r(.t,,rn f from a trip to the Ochoco 'country, learn that t he mines on Ochoco '('reck are turning out better than w as supp,,s, ed from reHrts recently in circulation Five or six men are regularly at work" making from four to seven dollars per day to the man. These mines ar6 worked at great disadvantages the men dig out dirt in dry gulches, and carry it to water and' wash it with rockers. The Statesman of the 27th says : The following dispatch was received List evening: "On the Road August liGih -A man named Slater, was shot at Jef ferson by Chas. Miller, from Linn county, to-day. It seems thev had a nuarrel. After getting through with chin-music, Miller pulled his iron and shot Slater. lr. Rice, of Albany, cam down to attend the wounded" man.' We learn from a gentleman who left .lelleison just after the occurrence,, that Slater was shot in the right side and it is thought fatally wounded. A letter from the Siqterintc ndent of the Oregon and California ltailrod to the President of the State Agricultural Society states: All stock and articles intended for exhibition at the State Fair will le forwarded to Salem at tarilf rates, hue will Ik- returned free upon pros niatiou of certificate to the Agent at Salem, signed by the Secretary of the Association, that such stock or arti cles nave oeen upon exniouion, ana ha vo not changed hands. All regular trains will to at the Fair grounds; liuriiig tin Fair. The .Jacksonville Times says: "Our Willa'u ,-tte exchanges have oonsut ovabL' to say alxnitiiieir extraordinary 1 .rgc crops, and about certain fields yulding 1 to ,4 bushels per acre. Rogue liiver Valley N-ats that consid er, d ily.and we will quote as an instance, the faee that twelve acres of grain longing to Mrs. Aaron Chamlers, who lives a few miles from twn, yielded the large amount if over OKI bushels, or over fifty bushels to the acre. Tii wheat was of the dub variety. Tii is is n-t an extraordinary cas but has happened all over the valley." Territorial News Items. A x-rmaiient organization of t!io Jqtiseopal Society in Tac-onia was elici ted last Wednesday evening. c The Fpisoop.il Poys' School at Walla Walla will reopen in the United r.relh reirs Church of that city on Sept. 3d. Major .1. Clinton M -Fay lets com menced operations n the Kuapptoii barrel works on a lar.ro scale. The Mail tells of a stalk of wheat, grown on the ."-ots;u k, Whatcom county, bearing 1 " heads, with an av erage of :J0 to .-.K-ii head. Ta -om i has ineroa-d rapidly in po ulati .n recently, but the increase is imt in' a desirable kind. Three hundred Chinese have lately arrived. Mrs. Ceba A. idake, wife of Charles Plike, died in Port Townsend en tho 17i.i ii-st. This ladv was tae iir.-t white person I oi n in Je!ie:-so:i Countv. Arrangements are b ing made f-r the building, at Helena. Montana, of ;i Cat hollo cathedral, to I-e the ri nest in the Northwest, and to cost S75,oi. A piece of coal weighing a ton. re- c ntly fell on a miner at liook Springs, Wyoming Territory. The report thouui.uullv amis that it killed him in stantly. As indoating the value ot" real estate on Main street, in Walla Wall i. wo give I lie f e! tiiat ..":! ie .s ',. n !': red an I refused for thirty feet front at the eer ier of Foiirt h st re t. t loner d !.i:-(vs. t ae storekeeper, h s just Peon appointed P-sl in ixtor ;tl T .a oone.er, Whatcom e.int y. W. T. The oifc-e at Fool; creek. Stevens county, has been discontinued. The M;iil sivs Mr. William Yates. i who lives sonic three mil s nortiiof Wha'cepi, reeeiv d vt-fv gainful inju ries iast Friday ni"! ning" fiom the fall ing of a tree on his :,-. misvs. TI io ejtizens :" Olvmpia are hopeful oil Mi-' siilijci-t (,!' ;t branch railroad to j the Skook'uni Chuoc coal mines, s;n e I the organi.a' ion of the company was j .' nnouii'-ed in I In San 1-Yaiu-iseo papers. ! The steamers Nori h Paciuciwid Alida, : loth touch at Taeoma. and iietpu iitly remain one or t wo hours, to give trav- elers a f lir chance to see tlTe place and converse with the oxpoetant residents. t -V epot will be located along the line of tho railroad for the Ix-neat of the people at Stoilaooou:. .The railroad ollieers oifer lo l..c:ite tho she r.ti"i) ;iny. spot the citizens may unite in s lectmg. A widow and a fanner living near Ol;. ni; i t ran away the ether night and got married, ami the itemizer of tho ('on: ior is pozzied t know what they ran for, as they had. no boss but them selves. The Walla Walla S irit of the West: We learn that Mr. Phillip Uitz haseon tracted to load a ship ":- Uerpo--l with wheat from tliis valley, and w ill pay cash for all wheat that' is ollercd u illiin days. Fast week Mr. MeLmul lectured to the Olympians on Anti-Mormonisin, and Levi Lclandon Temperance. This week Mrs. Anna liisiiop sings to them. Surely these and other hopeful signs, might make them happy. Why not? A deed was recorded at olvinpla on Friday last from T.F. McFlroyand Oliver Shea I to the Olvmpia Coal and Transportation Company for over ONI fV'.-v- of coal lauds op the Skookuui Chuck Crock. Consideration, j-JM10"- Rev. L. U. Wells lias secured -Mr. O. P. Faey's brick residence in Walla as a boa riling Ionise for the Fpiscopal Oirls' school. The late fire will not re tard the progress of the school, whi h b"gins on the same day as the loys, t!ie :d prox imo. Taeoma wants a 1 lacksmith sliop, ft , earpenter shop, a tannery, foundry, I vvo'den mills, grist mill, ship yard. i carmen l.i.-tory, houses, stoves sia- oies, and mi n. women and children, to grow up with and reap for them selves the fruits of the prosperity C at is about to attend her, according to t 0 Tribune. Mr. Steve Hilton and Mr. RoJcrt Thompson were coming to Taeoma last Wednesday, and bad got as far on their way as the asylum, when Hilton fell dead in the bottom of the buggy. Mr, Hilton was a man not far from forty years of age, and loaves a wife and relatives bv marriage in Chehalis val ley. His death was from heart disease, Work is being pressed on the Walla Walla Riilroad. but ow ing to the addi tional labor reijuir' I in putting dow n a flat iron track, it progresses slowly. At this date they .have two miles ot track down, and over the portion thus completed the locomotive is running. It begins to le a matter of sj-eeiilation as to'whctlur the road will be compu ted in time to move this season s crop, VAnrE of Property in the Unit ed States. -According to the census of 1S70, the total value of private property in the United States was SU 178'08d,7o2; the valuation of real estate, being 600,140,780,82 and personal estate, 4,il, ' eeording to the same authority, the true valuation of real and P11 estate was, at that time, $M),008,51tS o()7. In I Ht50 it was estimated &r Sib. 150. 010,008, an I in 1850 at ir',' 135,780,08- C