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7 o O o o o o O o o o o o O G O O O o V) THE ENTERPRISE. ORECO.X flTY, 0SI:G0, NOV. 7, 1ST3. ThcKuIcrs of the Radical Partj-. The Tlvlical ii:irfcv is controlled and manipulated by, and to all pur poses, exists for the uso of three classes, to-wit: ibeggars, gamblers and robbers. The description of each of these classes is a very easy job. There are tire subsidy beggars; the credit, or confidence, gamblers; and the tariff robbers. This makes up the three classics. The first carry on their operation: entirely, and the Beond clais largoly. through the agencies of large incorporated mon oplies. The third class, and a por-tion-of the second, operate by the means of the pretective tariff, given to concentrated capital and to "rings'' or individuals. The late financial panic,vhich affected the whole nation, was produced by the "operations of the first two of these non-producing classes the snbsidv beggars and the credit ramblers. At a receut meeting of tlie western farmers the following resolution was adopted, which is fully justified in the face of facts as they exist: " The present financial troubles they (the laboring men) readily trace to a It--pu bliean stock-jobbing Congress, and fjeni-ral mal feasance and misfeasance on tie part of the K-piibliean party elsewhen. They see that it is iniossiblf for a party which Iwis prwn wctriMii'-ly corrupt through theiin bridleilTfianagemerit of I he machinery and wealth of this tfrmt n ition, and actinic without principle, to enact and administer laws in a manner that shall prove benefi cial to th" great mass of workinirmen. It is Idle to talk about what t hi' K-'publioan party lias don-. for the country; rather talk about what the country has clone for that party, or its many iucmbcrs who have acquired sudden wealth tn its service. The country has been rosp thus, not because of tie- it'- ublican party, but In s; ite of it." (The prosperity of the country is in no wise due to the Radical beggars, gamblers and robbers, but in spite of their' efforts to destroy its prosperity 3 and success. T5ut the recent financial panic has had a tendency to open the eyes of many th a very. 'important fact, from whose perception it has hither to been obscured, but .are now begin ning to perceive, is that a large part o of what has heretofore been mistaken for prosperity, is not; prosperity at all, but a mere fictitiouseitifiation of nothing by a process of speculation Or gambling. The measure of our prosperity and its real strength lies in the proportion which its capital bears to its other property, the great er this proportion is, the more the nation can produce, atd the more it can consume. But the system inaug urated by the Radical? of beggary, D gambling and robbing produce noth ing and employ no capital of any kind to increase the productions of a nation. They are simply modes of transferring products from the pro ducers of them to the non-producers. How is it that tho beggar, the robber and gambler become wealthy? It is not because there is prosperity, but it is because the producers of the wealth which they acquire become poor, by being robbed of what they 0 have produced without getting an equivalent for it. Those who say that the country has enjoyed a time of prosperity, only look on the side o of the beggars,robbersand gamblers. The reverse side, which many of our producers aro beginning to soe to their sorrow, tells a very different story. Tho recent citations in the great West show most jlainl v that the farmers desire no moreprosperity ofthe kind our Radical friends have been boasting for years past, and the beggars, gamblers and robbers are fast meeting their deserved fate. Rates Fixed by the Hoard r Kqnall O zation. The following rates of valuation of the property described, says the 2Teir, a; fixed .by the St ate Board of Equalization, wilI;bo fo-.md of verv general interest. The f.otion of the Board in the equalization of the as sessment of agricultural lands has been as follows: a An addition of 2- per cent, was made to the assessment of such lands in Linn and Lane counties: An ad dition of 2 per cent, in lVntrm Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Ma rion, Polk and Yamhill: An addi tion of 15 per cent. in Douglas, Union Wasco and Washington: An addi tion of 10 per cent, in A'urry, Coos and Jackson; and an audition of live percent, in Josephine. The lands of the European -and OVegon Land Company were equalized at ??1 50 per acre in the counties of Benton, Lane Linn, Polk and Yamhill; at .-?1 :5(J iu Washington; and at $1 25 in the counties of Clackamas, Marion and Multnomah. The Western Union and p. S. X. Co's telegraph lines were Equalized throughout the State at -SI' per mile. Railroads were equalized at 5,S0:l.s.s per iuiie throughout the State. The lands of Wagon Rrtiid Companies were ooual- O ze I at 1 2t per acre, except in Was cp County, and there at JO cents per acre. The assessment of horses was equalized at 11 per cent, additional in ltenton, 12 in Claciamos, 15 in Clatsop, Josephine and lillamook, 17 in Coos, Linn and Marion, 27 in Jackson, 2 in Curry and Wasco, in Columbia and Unutilla, Mi in Lane, 10 in Douglas an. I 3 in Yam hill. Cattle at 2 per cent, in Clacka mas, 'I in Curry and Union, 71; in Umatilla, 13 in Marion, 15 in Yam hill, If in Douglas, 37 in Coos, o'.) in Lane, 43 in l'olk, 43 in Linn, and 7S in Benton; Sheep, etc., at 12 in Yamhill, 13 in Multnomah and Wasco, O 1J in Lane, 2i in Columbia, 25 in Coos and Jackson, 2t in Linn, Cv) in Marion, 78 in Tillamook: Swine at 4 per cent, in asco, 15 m Clacka mas. 10 in Jackson, 20 .in Josephine. 40 in Colnmoia, i- in i.)ugias, 44 in Union, 47 in Coos, 43 hv, Umatilla, 50 in Tillamook, 53 in Polk, 58 in Lane, 07 in Washington, 70 in Ben ton, 10S in Yamhill, 192 in Linn. o- - e o Hoard of Equalization. The last Democratic Legislature, in addi tion to increasing the fees of .State and county officials, and creating new offices with fat salaries, made provisions lor a "Board of Equalization," which under this present management is about as necessary as the " fifth wheel to a wairon." The lJoard has been In session occasionally for a month or so. and bo von d an occasional newspaper squib, no one knows what they are doing. The above extract is from the Cor vallis Gazette. Whether we should attribute its statement to ignorance or wilful and malicious lying, we are at a loss to know. But every reader knows that the charge therein contained is false, and the editor of the Gazette, if he has any sense what pvpr wfis aware he was writing a lie when he nenned the above. There is not a school boy but what is wel aware that the last legislature was Tln.iTiV.al iv a larce maioritv. Had it not been, the John Ilipple-Mitchel disgrace would never have been con summated on our State. There were, out. of 40 members in the Lower House, 15 Democrats and 34 Repub licans; the Senate was a tie, there lt'ing 12 Democrats and 12 Republi cans. This much for the last Demo cratic Legislature. Now, if the editor of the Gazette knows anything at all, he certainly must be aware of this fact. Yet lie says the last Democratic Legislature is responsible for the infamous acts of its own party. This is cither the essence of cheek, or the most barefaced lying we have ever seen in even a Radical paper. The editor of the Gazette professes to be a good christian, but ho forgets the commandment which says "Thou shalt not bear false witness against it . IT t TT my neignoor. in the commence ment of this article, we were willing to bo charitable enough to attribute the assertion to ignorance, but upon mature consideration we have con eluded that the editor intended to tell a barefaced lie, and we apprehend that our readers will agree with us iii that conclusion. It is true that the last Legislature did increase certain salaries and create some new ofiices. but they did it for the benefit of Radical officials and not ior juemocrats. At tlie proper A. P I" I . . time the public will hold the party responsible for this outrage upon them. We believe that the salaries of certain officers wero properly in creased, and for this we do not pro pose to find fault; but when the bur dens of the tax-payers were unneces sarily increased, the Radical party will be held responsible, and the ed itor of the Gazette cannot lie out ef it. The sins of tho last Legislature are the history of tho Radical liarty of this State, and they will be enough to consign it to everlasting defeat next June. Radical editors cannot lie out of the responsibility. Live Stork of C)rcr-t.'i. Table showing the number and th gross ami average values of stock in each county in the .State of Orr;;on, as shown by the assessment rolls for th? voar lT.'l: X "5 3 Z IT - Z 3 ' I; u. - i: i i -.r --T ii 5; r: i' -1 i- - i - 5 i - i-i s in . ii i- -s -1 i ii' w . s. -i ti ii x ; 5c s; c: 30 s: -I x a i' c r O CO i tz -1 V : ' ' ' 1 1 X - c: VjV is j J C: .- J7 S ? - - .- I V '- "-1 r ' " - k: - ' V V- V . 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He succeeded in his dia bolical purpose, but it was at the cost of the girls life. The tief have each been held to bail in the sum of 85,000 to appear before the Orand Jury of Multnomah county. W e cannot conceive any punishment which woulu be adequate for these parties if they are found guilty of the charge preferred against them and as far as we have seen the evi dence, there appears but little doubt of their guilt. The death penalty would not be too severe for both the ; professional scoundrel and the man ! who put the girl into his charge. e nope the law will be forced upon both. fully en- ft d 3 ? " 5 7 S -! ?f a S Zl c' V "i"r i;-r:i:- i:c-ii;n;?t:;-; . oc - -i ro -l li -.t V X -''S 1 "5 i;c - ii io t -1 ; i; t;w 1 . w y. r. Editorial Paragraphs. Senator Corbett and family arrived in New York last week from Europe. At a municipal election on the 22d ult. the Democrats carried Baltimore by 11,000 majority. The repeater Bruce was sentenced last Monday to pay a fine of $400 for voting live times for Hiram bmith. Ex-Governor Bibb of Ohio, died at Rockford, Illinois, a few days since He was Governor of Ohio near thirty year ago. H. B. Luce, formerly of Olympia is to take the editorial and business management of the Forest Grove Independent. A meeting of journalists is to be held in St. Louis, Nov. 2G, for the organization of National Press As sociation. A. S. Mercer is shortly to start a paper at Albany in the interest of the Grangers. It is to be free from politics. We wish it success. Postmaster Cresswell is preparing an argument before the Next Con gress in favor of the theiving job for the government to purchase the tel egraplis. Stokes, the murderer of Jim Fiske, has been found guilty of manslaugh ter and sent to Sing Sing for four years. ery little lianging in .New- York for murder. Radical editors say that the New- York Sun's charges against Flax brake arc slanders. Why do they not give some evidence against their truth? They can't do it. Even the Radical papers agree that Frank Myers deserved the Hogging Bud Thompson gave him, but their hatred lor Air. ihompson prompts them to throw slurs at him. F. Steers and seven thousand other creditors liled a petition in the Unit ed District Court at Philadelphia, October 21th, for the adjudication of Jay Cooke tfc Co., as bankrupts. Mr. Shanks, city editor of the New Nork Tribune, has been thrown into jail in Brooklyn for refusing in his examination before a grand inrv. to give the name of the author of an article in that paper. Col. Nesmith leaves Portland on the steamer to-day for Washington. The well-known energy of Col. Nes mith is sufficient assurance to the peojde of Oregan that he will make a good and faithful Representative. -L ne Atauieai emtors who wear pants, have secured the services of that estimable old lady of the JVW ytjrilncext, to malign and slander Mr. Thompson. She is probably secure from harm, being an " unprotected " female The Radical papers aro already engaged in making the next Demo cratic candidate for the Presidency. They argue that the Democratic suc cess in Ohio gives Senator Thurman the inside track. Democrats would desire no better man. The Astoria), published by D. C. Ireland, has entered its second vol ume. Mr. Ireland makes a good lo cal paper, and is deserving the pat ronage of the people of Clatsop coun ty. We w ish him that success his efforts so richly merit. Col. B. B. Taylor has retired from the editorial charge of the Jlercury, and Mr. Thompson is now sole pro- rietor of the paper. Mr. Taylor is a gentleman, and we regret his with- lrawal from newspaper business. May success attend him. Tho San Francisco Examiner is after Gov. Booth of that State, and if it does not make his best friends sick of him before ihe Legislature meets we are sauly mistaken. His record as Chief Executive of that State is anything but flattering to nm. Ex-President Andrew Johnson was serenaded by friends in Washington on the evening of October 22d, on which occasion he made a speech, giving his views at iengui on me condition of the country. Although growing old, Andy has lost none of as mental vigor or eombativcness. The Oregon Radical papers have it hat Senator Sherman, owing to the Democratic success in Ohio, will be a prominent candidate, for the Dem ocracy for the Presidency in 187G. Will theso Radical organs tell us what Senator Sherman did to gain this success to entitle him to Demo cratic favors? I. W. Mayfield, an old Oregon printer, has purchased an interest in the Spirit of the Went, published at Walla Walla. It is a patent outside institution, for which we have but little sympathy. If the local pat ronage will not sustain a paper set up and printed at home, the concern is not worth having. Mr. J. W. Henderson who was Representative in Congress from Oregon when the increased and back-pay bill of 1806, was passed. Statesman. It will bo a matter of news to the people of Oregon to learn that Mr. J. '. Henderson ever represented the people of this State in Congress. At least it is to us. Will the States uian give us information? A special to New York says: There are the strongest reasons for believ ing that there will, without much longer delay, be a change in the Secretaryship of the Treasury by the retirement of Mr. Richardson. The change would have been made dur ing the Summer, but the President w as unable to decide upon a succes sor. Ex-Senator Morgan, of New lork will probably his successor. I"or Our Atlantic Readers. Our friends concluded that we told some pretty tough stories while we were east lately, in behalf of Or egon ; but we do not remember any to equal the facts that we raise two crops of pears in one season on the x rri, ;a ;a n e.nt lmwflvpr same trees. This is a fact, however, Mr. Partlow residing near Portland has raised two full crops of Bartlett pears this season, and the following item from the Oregonian of last Mon day shows that we can raise two crops of strawberries: The present season appears unusu ally propitious to the production of second crops. Only a day or two since we noticed the fact of a sec ond crop of pears near the city, and now comes Mr. D. L. Prettyman with a fine cluster cf ripe strawber ries, the same which he deposited on our table, and vereth that these said strawberries grew on his farm two and one half miles east of Port land. Having "sampled" several of these berries we can safely vouch for their superior quality, size, fla vor, etc. The same vines produced a full crop last summer. This is certainly a rather uncommon occur rence. Ripe strawberries from the vines, in the month of November, ure not to be sneered at. Here is another item which will as tonish our Eastern friends, taken from the Jacksonville Times: Our exchanges, with a grand flour ish of trumpets a few weeks ago an nounced that Arthur Dennig. of Ba ker county, had raised 1,408 bushels of oats on fourteen acres of land. Jackson count', however, affords an instance that heats this yield consid erably, enormous as it is. Mr. Ja cob Ish, on the same number of acres this year raised 1,493 bushels of oats just eighty five bushels more than Dennig, did and it wasn't an extra ordinary year for oats either. We would like to hear from our neigh bors again on this subject. And here we append a synopsis of the report from the Agricultural Department at Washington, which we presume will be taken for good authority. It gives statistics on the products of the different States, and Oregon holds a position high up in figures, as compared with the rest. Below we give the rank which Ore gon holds in the different classes of produce : Wheat Oregon stands second on ly to Minnesota. Minnesota, 100; Oregon 107. Corn Oregon ranks fourth in this product, being 102, while the higher grade is 105. Rye Oregon is second; Nebraska coming first at 104, while Oregon is 10:3. Oats Oregon stands highest 110; Also Oregon ranks first in Barley, 100; in Hay, 108; in Beans, 10,5; and Wool 107. Potatoes Oregon comes in the fourth rank, being 100, while the highest is 104, belonging to Califor nia and Florida. Hogs Oregon takes the third grrdo in hogs. Nebraska lirst at 105; Oregon stands 103. Apples There is no verv close competitor with our State in this fruit. She holds the top ranic, 102. Next in order comes California- with 88. and little Rhode Island brings it down nearly to a point, with 28. Peaches Oregon ahead again, ranking 122 against tlie next highest, California, 85. ICmphatic Dcr.l.il. Tho Bulletin having made the statement that the repeater Bruce had voted for Col. Nesmith, the Or egonian gives the following emphatic denial, and gives Judge Uoton the righteous and pure man on the bench" a slight touch: The r.ulletin savs. moreover, that Mrucc voted the "Democratic ticket. We can't admit the plea of cheek on that offense. It is pure, unadulterated. vicious lying. .Bruce was bribed to vote tor Hiram Smith. He has con fessed to this, and tlie r.ulletin knows it. Some of these (lavs and fl-efore lontr too,) tho public will hear the whole story as related by I nice in his volun tary confession, ft would have heard it lon.ir since hut for this incident to the truth of which we are witness: when a prominent citizen was under examina tion in the trial of young Hruce, and when he was relating tlie repeater's confession as it was made to him in person, just as he reached that part in which hruce told who had brihed him he was suddenly checked by his Jlon- or, Juilge Upton, with: "ou needn't tell the names of the person who lu ih- d him!" We do not sav there was iinything remarkable in "this judicial uiiei penauon. e nave iieam ot such tilings before on the vairue authoi-it- f tradition aniomr attorneys., lint onV t hing we have never been able to un derstand : why this witness was not allowed to tell his story in full. Surely the course of justice' could not have been impeded. Might it not, rather, have been facilitated. We are conii dent that the judicial ermine can never shield a criminal without taking on some stain. Why was the mouth of tli is witness closed? Tell us that Mr. Hulletin. If you really desire the pros ecution and conviction of all concerned in this nefarious business of buying and selling "the inestimable right you will demand that tho whole de tective machinery of the Courts be brought in play to ferret out and bring t punishment the iniquitous scoun drels who plied this boy, Druce, and nis comrade with liquor until they were stupefied, and then placed in their hands tin; bribes, with which in his hands, he voted for Hi. Smith. If the whole truth were to be divulged it might apjiear that after they drugged these boys with liquor they "roiled" them, stole the money with which the unfortunate fellows "were bribed and appropriated it to their own use. Modesty of Multnomah. The Xeirs gives the following as the Rad ical State ticket made up by the Cus tom House clique for June. For Congress, J. I Caples of Multno mah; for Governor, J. N. Dolph of Multnomah; for Judge, W.W.Upton, of same ; for State Printer, T. B. Odeneal of the Bulletii Establish ment. Rather modest for Multno mah. Not Mitch. We have received a copy of the Woman s Journal con taining resolutions of a recent con vention in Boston, with a request to publish a portion of the same. As we can find matter of more interest besides more profitable to our read ers, we must decline to conmlv with the request. r.nTTOTSY OF BANCROFT T.TPYRARY. Judge Ieady's Charge to the U. JS. Cirand Jury. The following is an extract -from the charge delivered to the U. S. Grand Jury by Judge Deady, in the U. S. District Court. Gentlemen of the Jury: ' Since the discharge ot the last Grand Jury that sat in this district an election has been held herein lor a Kcprv-sentative in Con gress. I 11 ls publicly charged that numbers of f 1ersons voted at such election illegally. and that others aided, counseled, t rocured or advised such votes to lw so iriven. This beirifr arl election for anotfieerof me National Government, Congress nas me power to make such laws to secure a fair and honest vote as mav be necessary and convenient. Con. IT. S. Art. I. Sec. 4. In pursuance of this power Congress en acted Sec. 19 of the act of May M, 1S70 (lti fttat. Hi). l?y this section it is provided 'that if any election for Itepresentative or Delegate in the Congress of the United States any nerson shall knoWimdy 1. Personate ami vote, or attempt to vote, in the name of any other person, whether hvine. dead or fictitious -. J. Vote inor( than once at the same election for any candidate for the same orlice ; 4. Vote at a place where he may not be lawfully entitled to vote . 4. Vote without having a lawful right to voie. 5. Do any unlawful act to secure a right or opportunity to vote lor hnuseii or any other ih-rson : t. J!y lorce. thr?at. menace, intimida tion, bribery , reward, or otftT, or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawiully prevent any qualified voter of ouy State ot the United !States of America, or any Territory thereof, Irom lreely exercising the right ol sunrage, or by any such means muuee any voter to rofuse to exercise such right. 7. Coniel or induce by uny such means (se clause i) or otherwise, any oil'ieer ol any election in such state or Territory to receive a vote lrom any person not legally qualilir-d or entitled to vote. S. Interfere in any manner with any olllcor ol said elections in the discharge oi his duties ; 9. liy any of such means (see clause !) or other unlawful means, induct; any otli- cer of an election, or oilicer hose duty it is to ascertain, announce, or declare the result of any such election, or give or make any certificate, document, or evidence in relation thereto, to violate or reluse to comply with his duty orany law regulating the same ; K. Knowingly and willfully receive the vote of any person not entitled to vote, or reluse to receive tlie vote ol any person ent ltled to vote : 11. Aid, counsel, procure or advise any such voter, person or oilier to any act hereby made a crime or to omit or do an v duty the omission of which is hereby made a crime or attempt to do ko ; Kvery sucli person shall be deemed guil t v of a crime, a ml shall for such crime In liable to i roseeution in any court of tin United States of competent jurisdiction. anil, on conviction thereo!, shall be pun ished bv a line not exceeding J-VKI, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding thr-'e years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall pay the costs ot the pros eeut ion." Hy section 21 of the same act, to vote or oir.-r to vot a ballot at. any election when a rei res -ntative in Congress is to be chos en, is prima lacie evidence that the person voted or attemj ted to vote lor such rej r- sentative. In this case, sneli would ue lie reasonable inlereiice, in tic absence ol any such i-rcsumption of law. from tlie fact that no votes wire authorized to Ik given or received for any other person than a candidate tor representative. The success of a Uovt rn incut based upon universal sulfrage and frequent elections. presupposes that the elector will give his vote upon considerations ot public polic and the fitness ot t he candidate lor tin otliee to b filled, and not otherwise. When this condition ol t hings ceases to be the rule and voles are given or with lieM bv reason ot " furee, rintit, meiHic. timitlntvm, brilirru, meant, or ttffer or prom t'-tc thrrrnf." t lie das of the Kcpublic aw number "d. :i ml it will not be long ere it dies in its own stench. A representative- government., selected ami sustained by th" Ire' and urifur chased votes of honest and intelligent cit izens, is prohablv the most desirable state of civil society known to man; while on t he ot her hand such a government, rest ing upon and rellxting the result ol corrupt and dishonest elections, is an organized anarchy, more intolerabl" and unjust t ban nnv other. It is tie- triumph ot vice over virtue tin- means by which "evil men bear sway." To pr s '.rve th purity of elections, and thereby secure the integrity of Congress, this law has been rnacted. You have been ciios-'ii and sworn to inquire, among other tilings, if there has hern -any violation of it m this district, inn cannot keep your oaths and neglect or overlook this duty It you find tliat any one lias voted more than one. or in the name (r another, or at a j lace where he was not cut it led to, or anywhere without having a lawful right to do so, it Is vour dut v to present him lor trial. Anil further, if you find that anv one has uiilttl, -innifl' tt, jtroriirctl or tulristxl any one to do any ot t lies; unlaulul aetf it is your duty to present such person for trial. The persons w ho procure or aid ot h ers to vote illegally are generally the worse of the two, and alwavs the most dangerous to societ y. To bring a cas" within the 11th clause of this section as I have subdivided if, it is not n'cessary that the party should have hired or bribed another to vote illegally. It is equally a crime to counsel or advise the commission of such an act, or in an v way to procure or aid it. to le done. Hut illegal votes ar seldom given inten tionalty without a money consideration or its equivalent being at the bottom of t he transact ion. The use of money in elections particu larly in the large towns and cities is fast becoming a dangerous evil. II not pre vented, our elections will in eireet soon be come what the election for an Kmperor was in tie.' decline ot Home a sale of the Umpire by t he mercenaries of the Preto ria n Ciuard to the highest bidder. The us of money in elections, besides being In nin casus out of ten radically wrong and corrupt. Impose in the ond a heavy and unjust tax upon the property and industry of th country. liy one indirection and another, through the acts and intluenees of those who are elected bv t his money, t he public ire com pelled to return it wit h interest. often an hundred fold to the persons who furnish ed if. It may be said that this evil is confined to a few great cities where ignorance, ov erty and vice are used and abused lor po litical urpos's by rapacious and unscru pulous wealth. Hut, judging from t h" statement s of t he press and the common speech of men, there is ground to believe, that, for some years past the elections in port ions of t his State, and j articularly in this city, have heen materially Influenced it not actually controlled by the use of money, expended to iromote and produce illegal and dis honest voting. So late as t he last session (if t h( legislature, a distinguished mem ber of that body w as reported as saying on the floor of the House, that elections in Portland were controlled by the purchas-d votes of a rabble who could be bought at. -j per head. You, gentlemen, are supposed to repre sent the honest, law-abiding portion of the community, who only desire that our elec tions should be, what t he lounders of the commonwealth intended an authorized process of ascertaining the unbiassed ami honest opinion of all the voters in relation to public men and measures. To this end, this law has loen enacted by Congress, and you are called hereto aid in its enforcement by present ing all persons for trial whom you may find to have violated it. Present, no person through envy, hatred, or malice. Weigh well the evidence pro duced before vou. I o not allow yourselves to be made the means of accusing t he in nocent or sett ing on loot a public prosecu tion in aid of one side or the other of a mere political or personal controversy. Neither should you leave any inrson unpresented t hrough fear, favor or affec tion. You should be vigilant and patient in your enquiries and let no man escape a trial who is shoAii to have voted illegally, or counseled or procured another to do so. Do justlv, let the conscqueness e what they may, and you have discharged your duty. Objects. The Yamliill Reporter objects to our statement that the Caurier is the only paper "printed" in that county. If the "printing" of one-half a paper in San Francisco and the other half in Yamhill is "printing" a paper, why there are two "printed" in that county. Rut as one-half the Reporter is "printed" outside of the State, we shall insist that the Courier is the only paper "printed" in that county, notwith standing the statement of the Re pot ter to the contrary. E. D. Towl, proprietor of Ried's panorama of Oregon scenery, expects to start with, that magnificent work for the Atlantic States in a few days. Summary of State News Items. The Jat-ksonville 3oungsters have all got the measles. The Yakima crold minins excitement is felt very extensively at the Dalles. Supreme Court meets in Salem the second Monday in December the 8th. About lotj pupils aro now in attend ance at the Albany Collegiate Insti tute. Charles Barret. Sr., an old resident of Portland, died last Saturday, of apo plexy. The Cornelius Academy is completed and school will be opened in a few weeks. Alxnit 100.000 bushels of wheat have been stored at Dayton since the first of vugusi. M. P. Bull has resigned the office of Deputy District Attorney for Union county. There were 10.000 bushels ofwlioat raised on the Siletz Indian Reservation this year. Coll. Vancleve, of the Albany Regis ter and family have gone to Baker City on a visit. The Odd Fellows of Junction Citv propose to give a ball in the course of a few weeks. James Williams of Douglas county, has been sent to the penitentiary for two years, for larceny. Cornelius has more new babies than any other town in Oregon, considering the number of inhabitants. A man named Richard M. Moore, had his; hand sawed off by accident, in Smith Bro.s' saw mill, Monday. Tlie stage from Corvallis to Newport now imikos only one trip a week leav ing Corvallis .Monday morning Mr. R R. R. Thompson's steam plow rived in Portland, and Heen for- has art warded to his farm in "Yamhill. There is a woman in Yamhill county who it is said to know what it is to He the, mother of twenty-four children. V F. Hill, of Fmpire City, has been appointed ' Deputy U. S. Marshal, and David Morse", Jr., U. S. Commis sioner. Thos. Tieall, of Jackson county, the past season raised .OTti bushels of wheat on S acres of land, being 72 bushels to the acre Sealed proposals will be received bv Ti. S. Dvaratthe Klamith Agency, for the delivery of 70,HX) pounds of lirst class neci. A snot gun and a bed blanket were stolen from Mr. lilnir's resilience at Kugene last week. The thief took to the woods. Several gentlemen from C:diforni and the Fust an; examining lands in Lnno county with a view to making large purchases. J. Jj. Henderson, of Fmpiro City, has been arrested on a charge ot perjury, preferred by H. Luse, in Judge Deady 's court at I'ortiand. H. S. Sale, of Astoria, has received request to furnish grasses, etc.. to New York linn, to be transmitted as plants through the mails A school teacher named Rice at Rose burg. whiptod a pupil last week, w arrested and held to bail in the sum of iroOO, for assault and battery. 1 lie . J-. Chronicle ot the ;0tli. savs that the ship David Drown, of 5M).- tons burden has been ordered to I'ortiand to load with wheat for Cork. Col. Saxo has ordered to this State forty head of Krerlish and Iventm-k v- bred Cotswold sheep. Thev will ar rive in two or three weeks. Win. Cosgorvc died very suddenly near Miicm last Mimtav. a coroner s inquest was held and the verdict was that he died from the use of alchoholic liquors. lion. Daniel Clarke, who has been ibsent for some weeks in California. at tending the meeting of the Delegates of the I'nciiie coast i ranges, returned to Salem last week. The Dalles Mountaineer learns that a company is about to be incorporated in that city for the purpose of building a wagon "road through the Canvon of Yakima Mountains. A Teacher's Institute for Marion county will be held fit Salem shortly. A preliminary meeting will be held in the Superintendent's ollice on Friday evening, ihe 7th inst. Captain Corno, owner of the schoon er .M:la l.oiid, now aground at Tilla mook Day, has moved her about half a mile on drv land to get her out of the way ol the breakers. 1 ho Fanners warehouse at Astoria is to have capacity ot !K).000 bushels. The building for which the contract has been let, will be 132 feet front, 4" leet deep and I( icet walls. On Saturday. Oct. liith, at 7 A.M.. the mercury at laker Litv stood IS degrees below the freezing print, or 14 degrees above zero. 1 hat would be considered terrible weather in cbfoot. The Register says; "The little differ ence ot opinion on t he question ot lo c uing t:ie .ioanv-auii ramiani v o. s ditch has been amicably settled to the satisfactii n of Fanners of Yamhill county have about all of their fall wheat sown al ready. 'i!:ere has lieen a verv large utimint of wheat sown some sav about four times as much as usuallv- II. C.rnahan, of Clatsop Plains, liar- vests a huge crop or potatoes this fall Nineteen hills turned out over four bushels and a hal f N.Uurdav. and one potatoe was weighed that brought nn the 21i pound notch. The proposed incorporators of the blue Mountain University (the name of tho institution of learning to be lo cated at La (Itaiide) are S. O. Swhack Iiiminer. I. Chaplin. F. A. Wallace M. Raker, J. A. Childers. C. C. Chandler. Fsq.. of Wimrvillo. Maker County, lost about sixty tons of hay by lire not long since. Dut her 15. Ison. also lost by tire, on last Mnnd.iv week, one hundred tons of hay in the valley below 15akcr Citv. Frank Starr, convicted of larceny at the late term of the Circuit Court in Yamhill county, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the Penitentia ry, was taken up and given in chare-e of Superintendent Watkinds, Sunday. The Astorian regrets exceedinlv to hear about dull times existing in'Til lamook county. Potatoes rot there by the acre this season, and the settlers do not appear to havcanvcommoditv that. thev can realize cash "from. The Bulletin of the 31st says: "The steam ploWof Mr. Thompson was dis charged from the Vesta yesterday and mimcdiaieiy loaned on a ireightcar of the Oregon Central Railroad for trans portation to his farm in Yamhill coun ty." Shurts, the young man bound over last week at Allmiv in the sum of $2,000, to appear before the Orand Jurv to answer the charge of manslaughter in the matter of the Sweet II edy has been released by giving bonds L llllll illllOlllll. A few davs days since, as some voum? men were running horses. John I lul- ery, a young man living at Davton, was thrown from his horse, and in some way tlie horse stepped upon one of his feet, mashing it so that amputa tion was necessary. James C. Parker, who was stnlilwri by August Walters on the 3oth ult.. at Ashland, died Monday mornincr. His name was given as James C. Perry in the lirst report, by mistake. Walters was held to bail in So.OOO. in default of which he was sent to jail. The Oregonian says : We learn from a an l rancisco exchancrr? that, two more vessels are on the way from that port bound for Portland, to carry to Furope a load of grain. These vessels are the Akbar, of JXH) tons burden and the Cutwater, of tteb tons burden. Mr. Finlavson. of Raker Citv. re cently met with a severe loss by fire. It liegan in his hay stack, adjoining the stable, and 1 f f'o rc it. wmlrl c subdued leveled both to the ground. The loss i A 1 l.'. M 4: : 1 na tr.1. lows: Tlie line horse "Tiger," $1,200; hay and straw, $sn0; grain $200, stables harness, saddles, etc., $800 or $1,000, Making a total of over S3.000 Territorial Xews ltems Kalama consumed two strawberries last season tODs of Dawnson Bros, of To. failed for a large iZt ' m The Utah Northern is re immense amount of freight 102 aa Millions of prairie eld. i found in the vlcinSy o f U All the men in KHtiUit n ' two have gone to the on the Yakima. goIJ "neS J. ne road fri tc. road from Walla n ."u"llia 1S said to be in bad condition. a terriabU The Sioux Indians are d;,--. and subdivide into 13 )L i '1 number in all about 39,000 Z U The Idaho World givec n ' Shanks a pretty tou-h n ,li tr.enal ribsaboutisLiCin policy. c1 -ndjan The Yakima gold few v the Tacomansf nf l a3 stares the enibr'io coSaf in the face. '"ercul center Two hudred dollar i. fered by the Sherift-V tt.' v been of- for the apprehension of St "J Quite a number of iwrs,,,.. Sound, includimr n. for T.w. are already on the way to the J-ultima gold mines. Over in Wyoming they predict open winter, because tlie W haven t laid in a day's rations, anj the women have quit pjiintin". Coin minis Walker arrived at Lew ilou nisi weeic with a band of 1 qq sheep which he had bought df ft farmer on Wild Horse creek i! Umatilla county. ' The movements to annex Wall. Walla county toOrecron, and to annex .Northern Idaho to Washington Ter ntory, will be properly presented to Congress at the coming session. Corinne is to have another railroad that is the Utah Northern is to be extended to Corinne from Ogden and the same is to be comidVtei within six weeks from this time. The Grand Lodge, I. p. 0. F. 0f Colorado, met at Pueblo on tlie 'sth A1; BraalfiV, cf Black Hauk is Grand Master, and F. J. Srunton' of Denver, Deputy Grand Muster. ' The Walla Walla Statesman savv "Three steamers are now constantly plying between Wallula and fVin.I carrying down full cargoes each trii.' -.-.r. K 1 1 . . .ini yTL tuc-v uie unaiue to take away pin liisi .is ii oilers. John Hailcy, member of Con re.ii. sneep-raiscr, packer and miner bought three hundred suits of o!J military clothes at a sale orderoj W the Government, at Fort Boise, lt week, lie is going to give each of his constituents a suit. An Im;8rta:.t Letter. On tho Gth of December, 1S72, says the Salem Mercury, General Can by, after having telegraphed to Governor Grover for assistance ia removing the Hot Creek Indians t the Klamath Reservation, so that they might not join the hostiles, ar..l having referred to other matter con nected with the subject wrote as fal lows: "It has been well understood that the feeling of hostility manifested hy the Modoes for several years past has been confined in great measures to that part of the tribe which is un der the influence and control of Cap tain Jack, and the operations against these will be prosecuted as vigoroim ly as possible until they are destroy ed or captured ; and alt that may be captured irill le turned over tn the civil authorities for trial and pxinishmer.i. Aside from the abstract 'injustice of making the Indians referred to in these dispatches responsible for the sins of others, tlie only result that will attend tlie threatened attack up on them will be to increase the diih culties and probably add to the de plorable loss of life that has alrradj been incurred by making active -ce- mies of those who have been and ar still disposed to bo friendly. b nder ordmarv circumstances thei -vrould have been, of course, no ne cessity for troubling your Excellen cy; but in view of the great and nat ural excitement in that part of ihe country, and the possibility thst it mar induce acts that are neither hu mane nor wise, I have thought it not improper to ask your aid, if yon think it necessarv, in securing pro tection to those Indians until they reach some point where they can be turned over to the custody of tho troops. Of course if any of these Indians are found to have been in any way implicated in the murders that have been committed theu irill be turned orer to the clril authorities for trial and punishment. Yery Respectfully, lour Obedient Servaut, Ed. Ii. S. Casbt, Brigadier General U. S. A., Commanding." This letter was written with a fall knowledge of the premises, and fud and complete reports of the massacre of the 27th and 30th of November. It is a clear and definite statement of the sttitus of the Lost River murder ers by the highest military authority of the United States then on tho Pa cific Coast; and that of an officer as skilled as any other in tlie Gov ernment, in the learning of military aw. The Modoc outlaws were "mur derers." and were to be "turned oer to the civil authorities for trial ana junishment." The weekly bulletin issued by the Secretary cf the National Grange, ftt Washington, shows that there are in operation throughout the United States, seven thousand and eighty subordinate granges. There were organized since the 1st of January 187. It is expected that the ntim- ber oi Li-ranges oryuuiieu iuw mu- will exceed 1,000. There are oran ges in every State except Maine and Delaware. The following is a statement of the transactions in the Land Office at Rof e burg for the month of Octoler: Fur cash entries embracing 31S acres; Homestead entries embracing - acres: 15 Final llomsestead entric. embracing ltJO acres: lti declarator statements filed; 4 a. C. Scrip tions. loca- 0 I r Jo