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& o O o O c o l,,,.,- . HMMMMMMMMail ii i ii i 1 111 i " 1 111 iiiiwhi ii iiiiii uIiM.jjm n.. - THE ENTERPEIS! QREGftX CITr, PRECOX, SEPT. 26, 1S73. Democratic- State Ticket! FOR IOXGKESSM.VX, OF POLK COUNTY. How the Nominations are Received O Again. As re promised in our last issue to renew the subject of the above caption it is sufficient to say in re gard to the nomination by the Dem ocratic Convention that it is well re ceived and gives the assurance of 6uccess. The action of the Republi can Convention is not giving general satisfaction. Some embarrassment is experienced in regard to a certain resolution denominated by some of the Republican papers as the Hippie Mitchell resolution. There seems to Lave been a double purpose in the adoption of this resolution; the one purpose wa3 to satisfy the especial friends of Senator Mitchell that he was endorsed by the Convention; the other purpose was to satisfy those not the especial friends of Mitchell that he was not endorsed, we leave" it for those better versed than ourself in matters pertaining to political conventions whether two exposing and contradictory purposes could be accomplished by one and tho same resolution. For the pur pose of convenient reference in our comment, the resolution in question is here inserted which is in the fol lowing words, to wit: Resolved, That whatever may have been the misfortunes, faults or shortcomings of the Hon. J. II. Mitchell, U. S. Senator of this State, in his early private life, we neither apologize for, puss judgment upon nor justify him, but express our un qualified "belief that by his many years of consistent, upright and hon orable conduct in this State he has outlived any imputation east upon O him, and that to-day not only the lie publican party, but a large majority of the people othis State, have en tire confidence in his integrity, abil ity and patriotism, and that he will faithfully and ably represent them iu the United StatesSenate. That the above resolution is gen . erullj understood to be an endorse ment of J. II. Mitchell is apparent from the following considerations: 1st, The especial friends of Mitchell are satisfied with the resolution and 2nd, the Republicans who are not the Cespeeial friends take exertions to said resolution. The qestion is some times asked, does the resolution bind the Republican party? It was adopt ed by the delegates of the Republican party in convention assembled by a more than two-thirds vfcte and, if ac quiesced in, will become 2art of the history of the party. Some of Mitchell's friends say that political conventions have notLing to do with a man's private life and that the resolution was not and is not intended to be an endorsement of Mitchell's private character. If this resolution was not intended in some way to operate as an endorsement of O Mitchell's privato character why was it introduced whe'n no question was raised as to Mitchell's fidelity to the to the political principles of the Re publican party and just at a time when gross charges were made against his private character? Does the resolutson express more than an endorsement of Mitchell's political character? Examine the phraseology and see: "he has outlfred any impu q tations cast upon Limand that to-day not only tho Republican party but a large majority of "the people of this State have entire confidence in his integrity ability and patriotism." (we sometimes like to be in the mi nority.) The resolution declares en tire confidence in Mitchell's integri ty. The word integrity according to Webster comprehends the whole moral character. It is said by some of the Republi cans that the charges against Mitch ell are only rumors and that thev the ' sai.i licpuPiieans. io not express any opinion as to the truth or falsity of the charges. This is not the fact in regard to some of the grave char ges, .at least Mitchell admits that he came to Oregon and was elected Sen- ator under an assumed name and as Mitchellias spoken in his own de fense why did lie not produce the evidence to clear up the charge of bigamy which if it was in existence was easily and readily obtained so then the plea that the charges are mere rumors falls to the ground. As we said in a former article the closing scenes of the Albany Conven tion beggars description when the nomination went; begging, we ask Cwhy was this when the Republican party had been successful in the last election and claimed that they had a majority in the State? "Why was it that numlers of prominent and tal ented Republicans sought the nom ination and yet when the said reso O Jut ion was adopted could not be in duced to accept. The age of the as pirants will not account for the dec lination. As among the aspirants were men, aged, middle-aged and yonthful. Shortness of the time to make tho canvas wjjl not account for it in the cgsn of the aged aspi rants this wa well understood be fore hand. The resolution in ques tion endorsed Mitchell; not merely his Republicanism for this had not ,4-een brought in question and aspi- x i t t x i r . der. The charge of federal interference in State elections during the time the Republican party has been in the administration of the general govern ment has frequently been made by Democrats and as often denied by j Republicans but now when this Fed eral interference is exerted in favor of one portion of the Republican party as against the other it is charg ed and deprecated by the opposed portion of the Republican party as centralizing and tending to the sub version of our liberties. The peo ple are coming bravely up to the work of preserving our liberties, " Facts and Figures. The railroad organ at Portland last Monday contained a long effu sion upon railroad tariils and what it thought was a defence of its own er's interests. It was provoked by a paragraph from this paper copied from an exchange. AVe gave the item as a matter of news, as well as to'put farmers on their guard. The railroad organ denies the truth of the item upon what it says is railroad authority, but the fact exists, never theless, that the railroad company did advance the tariff on wheat $2 per ton from Roseburg to Portland, (we cite the reader to the facts and figures on the first page taken from the Roseburg Piiiwiealer) ; we would bo glad to know the charge was an error but the facts and figures will not allow us to so believe. The railroad organ endeavors to gain a point with the farmers by saying that the Democratic press are op posed to railroad enterprises and by claiming that the cause of wheat beingjit a high price is directly at tributable to tho railroad. We are not willing to admit either proposi tion. The price of wheat is regula ted by the supply and demand. The Democratic press is in favor of rail roads; but it is opposed to high tar iils, and the intermeddling of rail road monopolies in our political af fairs. Railroads are supposed to bo built for the benefit of the people and not the oppression. Let us ap ply figures and set; how they will look. The railroad company refuse to pay taxes on over $7,000 per mile valuation of their road; now from Portland to Roseburg it is 200 miles, and the asssessed value of the road would be 1,100,000; the railroad company charges 15 per ton for freight between the two places; they have been running a daily freight train of from to ?M ears carrying 10 tons each or an aggregate of 300 tons per day; now let us calculate for one month only; i00 tons per day for :30 days would be 9,000 ions per month and 45 per ton would be would be AO.",000; or equal to 2SJ; per cent a month upon the valuation of the road for the freight train. Does the railroad organ consider I a per cent, per month nothing for farmers and Democratic newspapers to find fault with? The difference is right here: the railroad organ wants its monopoly to gobble up all the farmers raise, while the Democratic press wants the farmers to pay a just tariff on the shipment of their pro ducts and nothing more. Let the official organ of the railroad explain why its company take such an inter est in the politics of our State, and why great corporations all over the United States are trying to get con trol of the legislative poxrer of the land. It fears that if the Democrat ic party get control of those braneh ef of go eminent its lai-ili will le regulated by law; and such is the case. AVe pledge cur party to this principle of tariu legislation and if the people endorse us we will endea vor to put it iu practice. Let Him Stay and AVokk. The Radical press have only this one thing to say in favor of Hiram Smith: "He is more of a worker than talker." In our opinion he had better stay at home and w ork, and let a man go to Congress that is not only a worker but talker as well. Oregon has had enough mummies in Congress, who were the butt of ridicule and who were unable to secure anything needful to the State. The Democ racy have always put up men who were able to let Congress know what Oregon needed and who worked to obtain it. Oregon has received noth ing from Congress exceit when she has had Democratic Representatives. Col. Xesmith is a man among men; he can work, and he can talk. Again we say let this mummy, Smitlr, re main at home and work and we I will send a man to Congress, whom j we will not be ashamed to call our Representative. Two weeks from next Monday the people of Oregon will he called upon to choose a Representative to Con gress. We have no fears of the re sult, but we feel like urging upon Democrats the necessity of -doing their utmost to put to route the dis organized band of Radical pilferers. An overwhelming victory for our nominee, will dishearten and forever bury our skulking opponents, who have for their candidate a tool who is ashamed to come before the peo ple and plead his master's cause. - -- . The Pacific Coast series of readers and spellers has been adopted by the State Superintendent. rums uiu ami yuuuj; slouu. iiuiu u" i The Press on the "Situation." We have given extracts from our Democratic co-laborers, indicating the views held by them, and a few extracts from Republican papers, showing their feelings. It is need less to say that the Republican press is divided a part going with the Old Line Republicans and refusing to wink approvingly at Senator Mitchell and his whitewashed char acter resolution, among which' class are the Oreyonian, the leading organ of the Republican party, in this State, the Yamhill Reporter, a sound orthodox paper of considerable in fluence, the Dallas Republican, edit by P. C. Sullivan who lias always stood as a leader of the Republican party in Polk county and in 1868 came in three votes of being the nominee of that party for Congress, the Dalles Mountaineer a paper that supported AVilson last year and Grant for President, but in prefereuce to supporting the monopoly nominee comes out in favor of Col. Xesmith, and the Eugene Hatch-Eye, making five papers of that party who who refuse to support the railroad ticket and Mitchell disgrace. The railroad or Mitchell wing of the Republican party have for its supporters the railroad organ at Portland edited by James O'Meara, the Statesman at Sa lem, edited by an $XH) man, the Al bany R'-fjistcr edited by a lunatic preacher, the Corvallis Gazette, the Eugene Journal, the only respecta ble one in the lot, the Jacksonville Sentinel, edited by crazy McDowell; making six for the nominee of the Albany Convention, against five who refuse to support him on account of unfitness and the domineering spirit of the railroad monopoly. In the Democratic household we have the united support of the entire party 2ress and the sympathy and support of the independent press of our State; making thirteen Democratic papers, against six R;idical or railroad or gans. Our press has a circulation of about ten thousand to about four thousand for the railroad-Radical press and about forty-live hundred for the Radical press who refuse to support the nominee of the Albany Convention. Thus it will be seen that we have the decided advantage of our opponents, even if their eleven organs were united, and as the old saying "They that are not for me, are against me" we are as IS to 0 ex clusive of the independent press, against the monopoly candidate Hiram Smith. I,ct Postmaster Cole Answer. We have been receiving complaints from several post offices in this coun ty about the Entekimusi: not reach ing its destination until it is over a week old. The mail leaves Portland every Saturday morning for E.gle Creek, Damascus, Sandy, Clear Creek Molalla, Glad Tidings, Butte Creek, Highland and Norton Fostofnces. Our mail for these offices leave here regular every Friday afternoon and should leave Portland the next morn ing our readers can see how it is de layed a week at Portland by refusing to forward it to its destination. AVe would like to know if there is a law by which a Federal officer can be made to respect his official duties without favor or pa-rtiality . AVe have put up with these complaints until forbearance, "ceases to be a virtue. We hope this delaying of our mail is not at the instigation of Postnaster Cole, but we know it is purposely delayed by some one connected with the Portland Postoffice. AVhen the call for the primaries to be held was published the paper was delayed un til the time had parsed, and now as the election nears the horde of Fed eral officers will violate their official oaths to delay a paper of opposite political principle:? for political pur poses. AVe hope Postmaster Cole will see where the fault lies and cor rect it, if he does not, then we shall be compelled to resort to the Courts to ascertain if there is no law by which postmasters can be made to treat all alike. AVe hope this matter can be settled without further troub le. AVe have received calls from the different offices this week inquir ing why our paper did not come as it used to before the cam paign opened, and that four weeks seccessivcly they had missed the pa per. Col. Xesmith is an Oregonian, having come to Oregon in 184:3. His history is a part of the his tory of this State. He has acquired a reputation, during the six years he served as United States Senator, of being very attentive and successful in attending to any busi ness with the Departmenis which hail been entrusted to him by any of his constituents without distinction of party. It is in his favor, that he is acquainted with the various de partments of government and with Congressional legislation which any new man must learn to become as efficient. Col. Xesmith possesses another qualification paramount to all others, that of honesty. The peo ple have been plundered and robbed so much, that they prize integrity as the first qualification in their rep resentative to Congress. Col. Xes mith served six years as Senator, and never has been accused or even sus pected of dishonesty. The above is from the Dalles Moun taineer, a Republican sheet. The corn and iron merchants of Liverpool, in a letter, admit that iron may be profitably purchased in New York for shipment to England, and say they are convinced the American trade is lost to England. The collapse , of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., says the Examiner, has created a profound sensation throughout the Union. As a finan cial failure it will rank only second in importance to that of the old Uni ted States Bank, which was charter ed as a State Institution by Penn sylvania when its charter from the Federal Government expired. This firm was a pet of the Administrations of Lincoln and Grant. Several Sec retaries of the Treasury intrusted it with important negotiations, for which they allowed the firm large percentages, which might have been saved had those officials attended to the business for which they were paid. The close connection of the Treasury with private bankers as the financial agents of the Government in several important transactions has had a pernicious influence on our currency. Gold has been hoarded in the Treasury until the amount withdrawn from circulation had a depressing influence on legal ten ders; in the meantime the bankers, informed of the intentions of the Department could speculate with certainty upon the necessities of the merchants to obtain gold to pay im port duties, and they in turn had to advance rates on their merchandise to cover their losses in purchasing specie. The financial exhibits since. Octo ber, .1872, bear on their face the in dications of important deviation from the system pursued in the Treasury Department prior to that date. Mr. Richardson, then acting Secretary, re-issued in that month a portion of $-1-4,000,000 cancelled by Seeretary McCulloch, and although the Senate Committee on Finance reported that he had no right tore-issue such notes, he has since used the fund in various ways and has endeavored to cover up his tracks in his monthly state ments of the Fublie Debt. The New York IVibune, the Financi-r the Journal of Commerce, and other jour nals, analyzed these statements, and have arrived at the conclusion that the condition of the Tresaury is not truthfully given that there is less Gold in the Government vaults thau is shown by the Public Debt state ment. Changed His Xa.ie. Mr. Hippie, who was elected to the United States Senate from Oregon, under the alias of Mitchell, has procured a decree, says the Santa Clara Aryas, of the County Court of Multnomah county, granting authority to advertise him self by that title in the future. Hip pie elected U. S. Senator by th? Republicans of Oregon, wliour? now quite as anxious to repudiate him as ths jeop! are tr get rid of the pol icy that he and his party have fas tened upon the country. In assum ing a name not his own, h has only followed the example of the party that made him Senator. Calling itself Republican, it lias shown its enmity to republican principles in a'l the leading rneasnrs that have characterized its domination, and has done more damage to republican institutions in the twelve years it has had control of the Government, than can le repaired in a quarter of a century. He, therefore, has been its fit representative, and if the Re publican jnnty is to maintain its or ganization, he is the man of all oth ers, to serve it in Congress. Oregon's Ncxt Congressman. The Democratic Convention of our neighbmng State, which assembled at Portland on the lth instant, adopt ed a sound platform, and completed its labors by the nomination of ex Senator J. AV. Xesmith for Congress. The convention wars well attended, and its proceedings were character ized by the utmost harmony and con ducted with excellent judgment throughout. From our personal knowledge of Col. Xesmith, we can safely assert that no better selection coiild have been made; and the Portland Xews tells us that his nomination was re ceived with such demonstrations of approval as surprised and gratified his most sanguine friends. .S. F. Examiner. On Monday of last week Col. Xes mith addressed the citizens of Eu gene; and in tho evening Surveyor General Odell challenged him to a political debate. This is what a lie publican taper says about it: " Last Mo inlay evening Xesmith skinned Odell and rattled his bones, rolled him up and spread him out, burned him uj and blew his ashes away." " The platform, we were about to say, declares in favor of monopolies, theft, bigamy, deception, grants of tho public domain to railroad com panies against the declarations of all" other Republican Conventions in the United States, and in favor of ex tending naturalization, and, conse quently, the elective franchise to tho Mongolian race, and, like, ita f min ers, it is rotten to the core, and ought to be spit upon by all men and wo men of respectability and common honesty. Let it sink by the weight of its own corruption, and with itall who give it their unqualified sup port." Dallas Republican. niram Smith of Linn county, was nominated by so-called Republican party, for Congress. When the office holder's convention taGked a Mitchell plank to the platform thev had too much freight for anv man to carry. . It is a huge joke and Hiram is the subject. Ihuvk-Eue. Rich placer mines have been found on Front Creek, in Montanna. UXTVZRSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Nummary of tate Xews Items. State election, Oct. 13. Jefferson wants a doctor. H.AV. Corbett and wife are in Paris. Oregon's redeemer J. AN'. "es mith. Albany ites go to Corvallis for lumber. The Albany District School has 150 pupils. A Grange was organized at Hills horo, Friday. The Mercury has entered upon its fifth volume. Gov. G rover will speak at Jackson ville Oct. 4th. There is not a dwelling house at the Dalles for rent. During August, 22G arrests were made in Portland. A court martial will convene at Fort Klamath Oct. 22.1. Dispatches confirm the death of Mrs. Ben Holhid av. Wheat is worth at Corvallis 05 cents per bushel. Several cases of scarlet fever, in a mild form, in Corvallis. The Jacksonville Camp-meeting will be held October 2d. Dallas is improving and property has an upward tendency. The taxable property of Rentou county amounts to $l,-i50,!44. The Union county Teachers' Insti tute is in session at La Grande. Benton county farmers propose to sell their wheat when it commands irl. Beef cattle are now selling at four cents a pound, on foot in Eastern Oregon. Five men and a woman are under bonds in Umatilla eoniy to appear at Court. A f irmer on Mohawk lost 200 bush els of wheat this week by the destroy ing element. James Tollman committed suicide on Clark's Creek, Baker- county, on the 10th inst. Miles M. Miller, local of the Sa lem S'ntestnan , has retired to engage in other business. The different edncational institutions of Salem are all under way, with a fair attendance of pupils. There is quite a number of miners prospecting for quartz on Wagner Creek, with fair success. Two young men settle! an old feud at Corvallis the oilier day by aying into the city treasury 02f. The Hemlock tannery of Upper Astoria shipped aoout :o;0 worth of leather up the valley last AVednesday. It is estimated that nearly 700,fnH) bushels of wheat have already been sold iu Linn count v at 1 per bush el. The United Brethren have Iw-eu holding a ear.ipineeiing for some davs past at Price's Hill, near Oak land. The Astorian says: '"Dean Blanch ard's mill, at Rainier, cut 21.0V) f.-et of spruce in ;t day and a half with three mcu recently. Tto boys named Maurice and Ab lwt were relieve-? of 18 for the pleas ure of running a bore r;vc izi the streets of-Baker City. The Albany Jh-mocrat: "The low est estimate of the wheat yir-id of Linn County for the current vear, is one million bushels." John Henry Smith delivered the opening address, iint A. J. Dufer the agricultural address, at the Linn County Fair, this week. Rev. F. W. D. Mays, late or Ten nessee, has just arrived to take charge of the. Lafayette circuit of the M. E. Church South. Mr. M. Sterling, of La Grande, was severely kicked by a horse last week: two ribs were broken, but he is luckily now doing well. Dr. McDowel, of Salem, has come out Independent for Congress. The Doctor thinks he will poll more Re publican votes than High Smith. On French Prairie, near St. Paul a farmer by the name of Smith has this year raised from 81 acres of land the enormous amount of iCO bushels of oats. The Union county Agricultural Society offer a premium of $100 each for the best running and trotting horses, and only i?o for the best span of draft horses. O. S. Savage left upon the Moun taineer's table a few specimens of his large free stone peach, one of which -measured 10' i inches in circumfer ence and weighed 0'a ounces. Dallas had her regular fight lat Sunday. A man named Gage got all the fighting he will want this fall. He was baddy hurt but not killed and was taken to Salem for repairs. The Oregon Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church stands adjourned to convene in the C. P. Church, Salem, Oregon, on Thursday, tho 22d of October next. The Eugene Hawkey? says: "AVlieat on wheels. Long trains of wagons come into town daily, loaded with wheat, drive to the depot, get their monej- and go home in the best of humor." Mr. Eobison. connected with the Land Office at Washington, is on a tour of inspection of tho various government land offices on the Pa cific coast. He went through the La Grande office last week. There will he a meeting of the citizens of Eugene at the Court House on Saturday, the 27th inst., at 2 o'clock l'.M., to orgauize a com pany to build a bridge across the Willamette river at that place. A bruto in human form, named Higson, was brought, down to the Penitentiary on the 17th inst., from Coos county, under sentence of five years for attempting to commit rape on the person of a little girl only four years of age. John Minto, of Salem, has made another discovery this one being a practicable route across the Cascade Mountains which lays along the Xorth Fork of the Santiam, and crosses the mountains in the vicinity of mount Jefferson. The President of the Washington County Agricultural Society, Mr. Robert Imbrie, informs us that more stands and lots have been rented during the last week than any former year, and that a large force of men is now employed in repairing the Society's grounds. Dolph Hanna is going to build water works at Tacoma. Mr. C. Finkhonner, Treasurer of Whatcom county, has resigned. The Pendleton and AValla Walla Express is a remunerative enterprise. Two new Granges were instituted in AValla AValla last week by Deputy R. P. Olds. The Congregational Church of Olympia, has just received a new Burdett organ. The Olj-mpia Light Guards are armed by the Territory with $40 breech loaders. Hon. John Hailey, Delegate to Con gress, is the largest-tax-payer in Idaho Territory. AVilliam Thompson, of Idaho, has been appointed Register of the Land Office at Boise City. The artesian borers at Port Towns end are down 1T;6 feet. Their mot to is water or China. Mr. J. AV. Ackerinan has returned from San Francisco to Tacoma, and assumed charge of the mill. Rich quartz veins are believed to have been lately discovered near the head of Hood's Canal, on Puget Sound. A rock cod of 00 pounds weight was caught by an Indian in the bay in front of Tacoma on AVednesday of last week. The bark M-nslikofT. 223 tons, has been chartered to come to Freeport, and load lumber for Shanghai on private terms. The ship John Jay arrived at Ta coma from San Francisco on the 13th. She will return with 400,000 feet of lumler. James Snllivau, who has been in jail at Salt Iiake for killing Mike Garvey, has been admitted to bail in the sum of ::-$, Kj. Several hundred pounds of trout are weekly brought to the Itelana market from the Big Blackfoot and readily disposed of. A. G. Brown has the honor of being ths first Judicial officer in Tacoma. He has leen appointed Justice of the Peace. A man named McSorlev has been put under irrlOO not to force his " presoenee and attentions upon the gins ot Olympia. John Hem-v Frrvman, of AValla Walla, has got himself into trouble by furnishing a siwash with four bits worth of whisky. The schooner Clara Light arrived ut Seattle on Sunday, 17 da s from San" I'r:icisco. The schooner Nor way arrived in 19 days. The AVashington AVater Pipe Com pany have contracted with Air. Doiph iluuni to i'uriii-sh water pipe for the present town of Tacoma. Col out 1 John Green, commanding officer at Fort AVailu AValla, was ten dered a reception last Tuesday even ing by the German citizens of that city. The Aryus i- informed that Messrs. Pincus it Pa-.'ksher, of JSieila eoom, intend building a large vessel. Work will be commence I on her shortly. The Ei-ho sj.vs: A juvenile wildcat killc-l this week at the back of Mr. A. E. AVoodard's orchard, iu West Olympiii, measured three feet from tip to tip. Ii. v. Dr. F re man, for the past six months pastor of the First Baj'tist Church in Seattle, has h-ft to take pastoral charge of a church iu San Francisco. The graders are at work on the Den vi r and South Park railway at a point iu Jefferson county between the proposed towns of Gilpin ami Morrissou. Father Richardson, the Roman Catholie pastor of a church at Cow litz Prarie, has made arrangements to have a church immediately erect ed in Xalamu. The Aryus says of the man Brown, who was shot and stabbed at Port Ludlow some months since, that he has yielded to the effects of his wound and is dying. From the Arizona Miner: In Pres eott and vicinity this year, the amount of rainfall has been greater comparatively than during the pre ceding four years. A diabol ical attempt to fire Hele na, Moiiiaua. was made on the 14th inst. The citizens offered the next day a reward of .-M.OOO for the detect ion of the incendiary. The Insane Asylum of Pierce county has now forty inmates, thirty-two of whom are males, and eight females. The Asylum never lefore contained so many of that unfortu nate class. The firt plan of the city of Tacoma reported by the home engineer has been set aside, and Fred Law Olm stead, of Xew York, is now engaged in laying off the expectant great mart on paper. The articles of incorporation of the Seattle Railroad Company have been amended so as to partially com ply with the recommendations em braced in their report to the AValla AValla Committee. At the lat meeting of tho City Council of Kalama a levy of nine mills on the dollar was exacted upon personal and voul property within the city, based on the county assess ment for the year 1873. Tho petition to President Grant to change the southern boundary of the new Indian reservation from Sun river to the Great Falls of the Mis souri, has received over two thous and signatures already. Hon. Elwood Evans, U. S. Cen tennial Commissioner, will take the initiary steps af the forthcoming In dustrial Fair at Seattle toward se curing subscriptions for the Cen tennial stock in AVashington Terri tory. The Tacoma Tribune say the report of the failure of Jay Cook it Co. caused one or two timid individuals to withdraw their deposits from the bank of Cook Brothers in Tacoma, and they seemed surprised at the readiness with which their money was handed to them. On AVednehday of last w eek, con tracts for supplying the military at Walla Walla with supplies, were as fellows; Hay, per ton, 217 19; wood, per cord b 75; btraw, per ton, .?5 58; oats, per pound, xi cts. These contracts were awarded to Messrs. Hardman v Rogers. Telegaphic Xews. Paris, Sept. 15 disi Havre announces the ,frm near that city, of Duker-Jb- leufii husband of Queen (Ar London, Sept. 19Alis. V. 1ilin ed for Montreal vesterdav i -v il. charge 55 working-women' folTP she has secured employ.! '0I America. 1 . "nt ln The whale steamer r,.r Dundee, passed Peterhead i, V ' .f( with the crew of the 1 l -t 1,,1 t,,..f...... i , A '"aris. -u i er Ravenseraig, which rescue', 'i"1" from boats on the nti, twenty miles south of v ,Jnl.v Pakis, September 17 1 TV rk- ber of deaths by ch.,1... . . '. E"m from the Oth to tho Hth fi ,t flt-vo ' v i h-rHarwi.-v., Lord Lieutenant of Camh meU to-ilay, aged 74. bAH I KAXCISCO, Sept. IS V roached here at midm-di tV1 Pacific Mail Companv-s XK Cota Rica ran on the rocks it 'T San l itAN'cisco XVJ.1..11., .uimii inree miles fr i r Point, outside, and was wic l' l Sacramento, Sept. U -1 puiV . thousand persons were present' V to-day on the Fair ground. San Fr.Axcisoo,Sept.ll)-Th.. f-n of Jay Cooke & Co'canses tl easiness here, but it is U-Kv , that none of our banking or ln(.r tile firms w ill be affected bv tl eS" ure. ' dll Measures have been taken to cure the commutation of the scnt'i of some of the Modocs. AVashington. September IX fl Banking house of Jay Cooke & Co 6 in this city was closed shortly aft,.' noon to-day. The First utl.i. Batik has suspended. There tJ ,vi j n ui-n i oi; nie sireer ! r er.ee of th ill Cer,Sf- e anr.ounceiiw it . t . laiinre of Jay Cooke A." Co. e Xew York, September s. jft Cooke it Co. announce their suir .-ion in consequence of large a.ll sli ces made to sustain their l'l il-J.1 ... i-.i. j. i.iiatii !. phia house, and the hcaw trfc; upon their own deposits. The d:u- m nnar.ciai circles has b been ohv (f unusual excitement. Chicago, September nEvouha The Tot-d los-s .sustained bv tin this afternoon is estimated iit fr,n $250,(4) to c-; :(';(!, ((.. u,t. 1(tl number of buildings destroyed "is estimated at (M. Memphis. Sipiembtr 7. Tie Board of Health repot t ele el, at: s to-day, nine from velh.w fever. Baltimore. Sept. 18. In t P Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. this ink ing, announcement of death , f pn.t Sire John A. Kennedy v.us n-J,.' Several members delivered enfilpivs upon the deceased. A resolution that the nest :u::.r.;.I session of the Grand Led re I L- ',;' in Ath'.nta. Ga., was in.ar.inns:, adopted. Washington. Sept. 18. r.Vf the I L-t -i.sj.,-LI Lieutenant AVinters. Cavalry. Las been dctaih t duty to examine into thi and requirements of the !-eci:'i. ( f country about Camp B:dv t !:. ( lornia. as regards the pre-er.ee aiul servic e of troops in ease C;.ir.i V.'ar i.er. Oregon, should be abi.ic.i.J and the garrison of both pos-t? (. r c. ntrab-d at Ci:mi Bidweil, or m r e ?ft bnilt in a iw-ifl advai.f.'aetv.s Ioctuitv. if any .-m l; be found. New York" Sept. 1th A sl urj. re action is reported, r.v.dcr nr. i:. ; ;! meuts that A'andei Hit's brokers aro buving heavily. It is understood that the ('. P. h. R. Co., has been afi'ected by the fail ure of Fisk it Hatch, sis that cemjA ny have been borrowers of late. The suspension is announced vi Toussev. it Fisher, P. Meyers. Mil ler it Walsh. Laurens it .b.scp! Bearing & Deliinger and AViiikms it Costwick. Vitxna, Sept. 10. It is ofT.eiitijr reported that there h;ne been l.T.'.l coses of cholera in A'ieiina sirco ta outbrt ak of the disease. Of this number 1.110 were fatal. AVashington, Sept. 1:0. Secrehiry Richardson has instructed AMt:u;t Hillhouse. of Xew York, to purclia1 at priate sale bonds to the amount of 10,0f0,000 at the average yrica paid to-day. Similar ir.str.iotiets have been sent to Philadelphia. Ti.t; President expresses his determina tion to use everv power of the Tn-s-ury to the extent of the P", HKi.(M) balance and the .-?4 1.0. '(.' ! reserve. St. Loris, pt. 20. -Tans; Gump A- Co., of this citv CiCSfll doo.s this afternoon. Chicago. S pt. 20. The Franklin Savings Bank, unable to meet de mands, closed its doors to-day. Bi ulington. Iowa. Sent. 2i. The Orchard City Savings Bank closed its doors to-day. Tkkha Hatte. Ir.d., Sept. 10. The Terre Haute Iron and Nad AVorks were totally destroyed by fre this morning. Loss l.'2.O0o. Omaha, Xeb., Sept. -JO. T Sioux Indians are officially reported as jireparing for another raid. Xew York, Sept. 20. Five bnn ilred Mormons w ho arrived in this city, yesterday, left to-day for Eu rope. ArorsTA, Ga., Sept. 2-b The heavy continued rainstorn? on I n day and Friday night did considera ble damage to th railroad entering this p!ae, washing away culverts wrecking trains, and killing several employees. Burlington, Iowa, Sept. fire early this forenoon destreyf-i the lumber yard of Gilbert. HodPe. it Co., with'o.OOO.OOO feet of lumber, valued at $120,000. Loni.on, Sept. 19. The Emperor of Morocco is dead, . Tho lirm of Jav Cooke McCnllji it Co., in this city, have pl casU over their counter all day. Toronto, Sept. 20. H. X ' & Co., bankers and brokers oftw city, have suspended, owing to ia failure of Jay Cooke Sz Co. Lisron, Sept. 20.-An nnsncr ful attempt was made at Avres to assassinate Dr. arni: President of the Argentine Repui' Xew York, Sept. 22.-Tl.e J has closed quiet and it is belies . the parjio is over, City of Mexico, via Havana, Sept. 20.The Government v en gaged in re-establishing the It has ordered the purchase in tt land of four steapicr5. SiiREVEroRr, Sept. 20. ine. n deiuic. exhibits no abatement. Memphis, Tenn., Sept, 20.-T her were thirteen deaths from ?eli , fever to-day, though there arc rew new cases.