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The appointment of Geo.,H. Wil
liams, of Oregon Chief J notice of
the United State will taTl many
people who are familiar witJhini by
surprise, while it is v nothing more
than might have been expected. He
has proved himself the most subserv
ient instrument in the hands of the
Administration that has ever held a
position under any despot. In the
case of Louisiana, he was; always
ready to Uphold and sustain the
usurpations of Grant; in vjtlictive
nes3 against the entire Son he was
the peer of the most radical, and in
the case of this State against the
Motloc murderers, he readily coincid-
ed with the Administration; in fact, 1
he has always shown during his oc
cupancy of the Attoruey-Oeneral-ship
a most ready willingness to
sustain the military against the civil
authorities. While he was in this
State, his political fortunes were
dickered in the extreme. Ho was
ever endeavoring cto be with the
strong side, and nt one time was one
of the most radical Democrats in the
State; but soon found that the Dem
ocracy had alder and more reliable
men than himself, and when he found
t,W the " Union" party wa in the
ascendent, joino.l that and became its
leader. Even in that party he was
not trusted until 1SG-1. He was the
competitor of Ben. Harding for the
Senate, but was defeated by him. In
1870 the election in this State was
virtually gained against him. The
Radicals Mere united on him for
Senator in that campaign, and the
result was an overwhelming Demo
cratic majority in the Legislature.
His weakness had as ranch, to do
with the result as anything elAe. He
could not to-day be selected for any
position by the votes of the people.
eln point of legal ability we concede
to him a fair share. That : lie is a
brilliant man, or a superior lawyer,
hi3 most intimate friends will not
claim for him. In his political as
pirations ho has been unscrupulous,
and report is that he has furnished
at different times large sums of mon
ey to secure the success of the Radi
cal party in this State. The position
to which he has been appointed is
one which should bo occupied by a
man who is above even such suspi
cions, and b?e takes his seat as an old
and tricky politician, schooled in its
most degraded phases. In our view
of Geo. H. Wiltiams, he is the last
man that should have been selected
for the position.
a . a.-.. i. e
as io iuu nonor comerrc'i iijmju
Oregon, we apprehend that his future
good conduct must gain for .im the
highest approbation of our people.
It is a life appointment, anTj he has
every opportunity to make h!s name
honored and revered. But if J lie per
sists in lnjingthe tool of those in
power, he will add only disgrace to
the liigh and honorable position once
occupied by the greatest legal minds
of our nation. We shall taktnpecial
care to watch his future, aj hope
the opportunity now offered L Tin may
be fully realized by his most enthu
siastic admirers. For Geo. H. Wil
liams as a man, Ave have a projier
respect; as a politician we have none,
and have ever regarded him as one
w ho buld condescend to any means,
honorable or not, to gain his point.
We hope he may now become a jurist
and lavaside his political prejudices.
He has ability enough, if backed by
oonesty, to nil tho position with
Credit. That is all.
Tvest t-T h im Volume. Tl e
Jl'eekly Oretuian closed its twenty-
third volume on the 4th iust. It is
the oldest paper published on the
Northwestern Coast, and decidedly
the lest paper published in Oregon.
It has ever shown a great degree of
enterprise, and nothing has been
wanting to make it the peer fef any
daily published on the Pacific. It's
financial success has been good, and
we congratulate the publishers in
making it a good newspajer. It is a
credit to our State, Its politics we
lo not recommend, but as a rewspa
er, the Orcjifnirjtt has no equal in
our State. May it bo as successful
in the future as it has beet: in the
.5ast-
Interesting. An interesting com
munication wilLbe found in this is
sue, in regard to'the duty, object and
future of the Patrons of Husbandry, I these principles again undented into
from an outside farmer. Rt ad it. , tae politics of the United States shall
We shall give our views in regrard to j ca itself Democratic or any other
the matter in our next issue, and re- nanie, it must rise up to the irestora
yiew our correspondent at length, i tlon f the Government of the Uni
We will state, however, that fome of j ted States to a free Government or
Lis points are well taken and deserve , revolutionary darkness the sure s
serious cjnsidcration. quenco r.f it'.
; 4uence of central despotism, must
(Democratic Scccess. We con- i sl)rea1 over the land.
rrratulate our bosoru friend, General j
Martin Van Bnren Brown on getting
away with his opponent, and being
now vested with the honors of Mayor
of Albanv. The Democrats elect
four out of the seven Couneilmen
ftad the balance of the ticket. The
Radicals carried Salem.
.nDnTvTPTi.-We had rnaAa ,.
f"""' - "
rangements io uo i rssiue nt s
Message printed in supplement form
for this issue, but as the wires broke
before it was all transmitted, we are
disjointed, in giving it to our
readers this week. Ae shall pub-
lieh it entire in our next. e
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The Hoard of Equalization
Several wealthy tax-payers in the
Second Judicial District, made up a
case and tried it before Judge Mosh
er, at Corvallis last week, involving
the legality of the Board of Equali
zation, in regard to their action in
raising the assessment on different
property. The Court decided ad
versely to action of the .Board, and
held that they had no right to change
the values of property. We have not
heard the particular points raised in
the case, and consequently can give
no idea of what the decision covers.
It is stated that an appeal will be
taken from Judge Mosher's decision
to the Supreme Court which meets
next Monday. Whatever may be the
result of this decision, it is calculated
to complicate matters greatly in the
collection of taxes all over our State.
Many persons have already paid their
taxes on the rates fixed by the Board,
and of course those who have not,
will await the result of the action of
the Supreme Court, and should the
decision be sustained, the question
arise what is to be done? The tax
lists are already in the hands of the
various Sheriffs, and they must again
be returned to the County Court for
correction and anotner oruer issue
for the collection of the tax. The
imperfect and vague law appears to
bo getting matters complicated, and
instead of being a benefit, is proving
a nuisance, ine uenron e ouiui sstrm-
ocrat gives the following report of
the case, which is all we have on the
subject :
The case of Ilavs vs. County Clerk
of Benton, involving the legality of
the action of the State Board of
Equalization in increasing the assess
ment of individuals, closed at a late
hour last night, by a decree in favor
of the plaintiff. The points upon
which this decision rests : That the
County Court which adopted the ac
tion of the State Board was not sit
ting as a County Board of Equaliza
tion, and could not act. That tl e
purpose for which the State Board
was created was to establish uniform
ity of taxation between the comities
and State, by adding to, or deducting
from, the total valuation of property
a certain cent. .leaving the Coun
ty Boards to adjust this action as to
individual property.
Nothing Strong N'ow-a-I)ays.
A few days ago an esteemed friend
of ours was elected to an office in
Washington Territory. This we sup
posed would satisfy his ambition
and desire to acquire wealth, for if
reports are true, the officials of that
Territory never retire poor. But in
this case it is not. We find that our
friend has approvingly spoken of
the thieving scheme recommended
to Congress by she Postmaster Gen
eral to purchase all the telegraph
lines in the country. This we did
not expect from our friend. But on
looking over the same issue we find
a paragraph which removed all aston
ishment from our mind. Our friend
is putting up a liue which he proba
bly proposes to put into the general
buy up, and as it will be a most val
uable public necessity, the Govern
ment will pay him handsomely for it.
We expect Radical editors to advo
cate the purchase of the telegraph.
They are paid for it, but when we
see a Democratic paper our friend
is a verv weak sister, however we
think there is something wrong.
The notice to which we allude, is as
follows: A private telegraph line is
boing stretched between this place
and Tumwater. The termini are to
be Crosby's store and the Standard
office."
Its Principles are Undying.
It is the opinion of the New Or
leans Picayune that now, by the
light of the experience in which we
exist, all men can see the inevitable
fate of every free Government aban
doning the principles of the Demo
cratic party. Men may change
in upholding them. . Men may aban
don them and draw the sword to
extinguish them; but thev live in
the breasts of the people as the true
and only principles of liberty, Des
potism and tyranny only concen
trate a purer vitality. The fiercer
the despotism the stronger the
money oligarchy which holds th em
down the higher in all probability
will be the spirit which worships
them. And it is for sueh reasons as
these that it can be rightly affirmed
that the Democratic party is not
dead. Its principles arc undying
its adherents are millions and
whether the party which shall bring
i f orce. A private letter in-
I ?t?S IIOn" " P" ThoPsn,
' ? Clty' has "one to Washington
y the ,ntt of Ben. Holla.lay, and
' , rromient Radicals of this
: . ,e Leon employed by him to
j Jobby for his railroads and steam-
ana that
'JU "Pea
Wo mitf v-v . i
. ome of the fruits of
their la-
bor. The
the mission of Thompson. Mood"
j Underwood, and others is, and we
I await the result. We are in hopes of
securing a regular Washington letter,
; the writer of whW, ;iu-M i'
lookout after them.
Great Saflerinir in Iowa.
The Ottumwa Democrat gives the
following account' of ' the suffering
prevailing in portions of Iowa, and
which will be much more extensive
and severe before the Spring season
opens. It is indeed a sad picture:
The northwestern counties of Iowa,
more particularly Osceola and Lyon,
are already suffering from lack of
food and clothing, with a prospect of
actual starvation before wintereloses.
The Congregational association, held
at Spirit Lake last week, passed a
series of resolutions, setting forth
tho condition of the settlers in that
section, and asking aid. A leading
and responsible citizen of Sibley,
Osceola county, for whose veracity
the Sioux City Journal editoially
vouches, give that paper ft plain
statement of the condition of affairs
in his vicinity, from which we make
the following extracts :
The people of those northwestern
counties are poor men ; men who
have come here to better their condi
tion. The greater part are those who
have served as soldiers in the south
during the dark days of the nation.
1'ou have ,their record. T'liey were
men who never flinched in the line
of duty; they were willing to bear
toil, privation and death, if needs be,
for the services of their grand under
taking. They now have met a toe
with which they are unable to cope.
In the spring of 187'2 immigrants be
gan to wend their way to these north
wertern counties, where lay govern
ment land subject to homestead.
They came, bringing their all. Many
with only a yoke of cattle, wagon,
some little seed, and perhaps money
enough to keep them till fall. The
Sied they planted on thin, new break
ing, from which they 'fully realized
their expectations. During the sea
son they had broken all of their land
which lay in their power to break;
had harvested and saved their crops,
laying all possible away, for another
spring. Many of them spent the
winter away at work, sending back
their wages to support their wives
and little ones on the homestead.
The spring of 1873 came. All were
alive to their interest. All the land
that could be prepared was seeded,
many having to go into debt for their
seed fully thinking to repay at har
vest, and have an abundance left.
But how little does frail humanity
know of the workings of nature. Be
fore harvest came the scourge came
upon us. Grasshoppers in myriads
rilled the air and covered the ground.
Where were the gardens? One short
hour sufficed to make them barren
patches. They descended on the
wheat, eating off t lie young heads
and fitting them fall to the ground;
upon the corn, eating out the grow ing
ears, and in three days utterly de
stroying the homesteader's hard work
for the past year, leaving many with
out amr way whatever to live through
the coming winter, ami there must
be great suffering without help.
They have put oil" asking for this
help until, in their great extremities,
they are obliged to submit. Our
business men are unable to lend
them aid, for their capital is limited-.
We are obliged to look abroad for
help. There are many families in
this (Osceola) county, who are now,
at the beginning of winter, without
clothes to cover them or food enough
to keep out starvation for one month,
and nothing wherewith to get more.
Such is our condition. We have re
frained from making any mention,
either through paper or by letter, to
our friends even, hoping that we
might be able to get through the
winter assisting one another, but we
find it impossible.
At a meeting held here by the
homesteaders on last Saturday, it
was, in view of the immediate neces
sity of help, unanimously voted to
ask the older counties of the State to
give or lend assistance. They also
at that time selected committees to
ascertain who were in waut and to
see that tlu-y were relieved.
Thk Name of Mitchell xot Good.
The Dallas Republican of last Satur
day has the following in regard to
our U. S. Senator's status in tho
Courts of this State :
There has een a good deal of talk
about Hippie alias Mitchell, but the
lawyers in Court this woek took a
practical view of the caso. In the
case of Scovill vs. Barney, which has
been in Court for the last two years,
Mitchell acted as ono of Scovill's
attorneys, and Scovill had given
Mitchell a mortgage on the place in
dispute to secure his fee and eigh
teen hundred dollars which was loan
ed to Scovill to enable him to prose
cute the suit. Mitchell brought suit
at this term of Court to foreclose the
mortgage. Boise, Barney's attorney,
moved as a plea in abatement that
the plaintiffs name at the time the
mortgage was given, was not Mitchell
but Hippie. Bronough, counsel for
plaintiff, was disposed to regard it as
a joke but Judge Boise soon convinc
ed him that he was in earnest by the
production of the proper authority.
The plea was sustained to the great
chagrin of Mr. Bronough who has
taken advantage ttie present recess
of the Court to run down to Portland
to consult with his brethern of the
fraternity as to the best method of
getting the would be John H. Mitch
ell out of this rather embarrassing
situation. What a glorious position
in which to place an United States
Senator !
A Good Selectiox. The Lower
House of the California Legislature
was organized last Tuesday by the
election of Hon. M. M. Estee, of
San Francisco, Speaker. Mr. Estee
was elected on the Independent tick
et in San Francisco, but has for a
long time been a prominent Demo
crat in that city. He is an able man,
well qualified for the honorable posi
tion he has been elected to, and will
make a good and faithful presiding
officer.
III. The editor has been confined
to his room during the greater part
of the past week by sickness. This
will account for any lack of original
matter in this issue. We are all
right again and will try and make up
for deficiencies. -
RIinELIlOX! 'ROBBERVl
The Patrons of Husbandry ! Their Oh
Jrt! Proapect of Success! Am Outside
View! -
Mn. Editor: lam not a "Granger"
though I am a tiller of the soil and con
sidered by some to be a "good worker"
at farm work; I have swine,, kine,
sheep and horses I plow, sow, reap and
mow, still I am not a granger and
may never be, for aught I now
know! And Why? I hear .your patron-grangers
ask, with wondering eyes
and mouths wide open. Simply be
cause the grangers are beginning at the
top to build their stack ; farmers should
begin at the bottom and build up fin
ishing at the top ! Begin at t'other end
my worthy friends! Am I speaking
in parables? if so, let me solve the rid
dle not in your wind mill or thresh
ing machine but in your
OUOAXIZATIOX.
You are banded and banding together
for "protection;" ay I and against
what? Against the " Government "
directly or indirectly. Not No-o-o
sir! I hear you say; but just listen a
few minutes and I'll show you that
you are or that circumstantial evi
dence is a failure. You seek protec
tion against " monopolies." and as
these " monopolies " have been made,
petted and guarded b.y the Govern
ment, if yon opjose ttiem 3011 indirect
ly oppose the government. Am I cor
rect in this? Without government aid
or " protection " so called few if an3
dangerous or oppressive monopolies
could exist in any age or country. In
a better and more patriotic age the U.
S. Bank was looked upon as a monster,
alike to the financial interests of the
countrj" and the liberties of the eople,
and it was swept out of existence b.v
the breath of libertj- loving fathers,
but they did not meet in secret to plan
their attack they made oien. honest
w-ir upon what th-y dVemed a public
enemy and " Uike the might of the
gentile unsmote by tho sword it melt
ed like snow " beneath the burning
glances of a million patriots in open
war against its corrupt, or corrupting
influences! Again, it is self-evident
that we are not well or wisely govern
ed, when we oppose or seek to evade
the effects of mismanagement or legis
lation by tho government, by organ
izing in granges, unions, trade leagues
ifcc. In monarchies, or despotic gov
ernments there is and will be contin
ual clashing between the people and
their rulers, for the people will strug
gle for a certain amount of indt jk 1 d
ence, while it is to the interest of rulers
to suppress every indication of self
government by tho jwople, hence the
trades are arranged into " unions " or
" leagues " to assist, and, as far as m-iy
be, to protect the members of each as
sociation, eonse'iuriilly vro read of
"strikes," "riots" and calling out
troops to restore order. If laws are
nood and administered that every man
is equal and equally protected and re
spected by law, and those, whose duty
it is to enforce the same, we could not
complain, in fact there could le no
ground for complaint; but hore is the
reason why we have" granges, unions,
leagues and tho like: our law s are un
just, unwise and unequal. The cotton
mills of of New England are "protect
ed " by a discriminating tariff, an un
wise and unjust law, lx -cause if it is
right to protect the manufacturer of
cotton, it certainly would b-: light to
"protect" the cultivator of cotton to
an equal extent, but such is not the
fact. Again the iron mongers are "pro
tected," but consumers, or those who
use iron, are not; so with sr.lt and a
hundred oilier articles of diily use
among us. Consumers pay for this
"protection " while the3- are not pro
tected themselves, hence the injustice
and inequality of legisl ition are op
pressing those whose products are not
" protected." All of our overshadow
ing monoiMilies have been conceived
in corruption and born of special or
class legislation. The U. Bonds arc
mortgages on all our time, labor and
property, they are in the hands of cap
italists, who are untaxed so far as their
property in bonds is concerned not
so with the poor farmer his hows"
and plows are taxed without stint.
Oar great railroad monopolies are, or
have been subsidized and j rotcited by
special legislation. The steam ship
lines have received subsidies, in truth
the strong arm of the law it throi
around the heavy investments of cap
ital to prevent competition ; or in other
words, capital has a " patent right " to
oppress the people by extortion and
extravagance in every conceivable way
that corrupt lobbyists and bribed leg
islators could invent. The National
Banks, U. S. Bonds, the Tariff, railroad
grants, steamship subsidies, soldiers'
bounties and other items, perhaps
might be cited to illustrate special or
class legislation which discriminates
in favor of one to the injury of another
class of persons until the " land's bond
age has grown too vile for even the
vile to !ear " and that is whv we hear
of criminations and recriminations in
place of honor and trust.
A few years ago our ears deafened
and our senses "confused w ith the in
sane cry of " the last man and the last
dollar for the government," taking ad
vantage of the ieople's folly "fools
have walked where angels fear to
tread " until our government has been
prostituted, degraded and revolution
ized. The people are oppressed and arc
concocting plans to resist the encroach
ments of power, or rather rising in a
civil rebellion against the government
which thev have made and can undo
by exercising prudence and a little
practical common sense without going
into midnight conclaves to protect
themselves. Have the people forgot
ten the " Union League " which was
the parent or god-mother of all the ills
of which they now coin j lain? No!
But U-ing robbed by the very knaves
they hoisted into place and power liy
thai "League " they now seek relief in
counter leagues. The ballot box is
still oien, and if we desire to change
our laws and to control our own af
fairs, we mus meet on our election
days and opcnlv rebuke our oppres
sors and remodel our laws. e do
not need "new parties" but we need
new men. We want men nominated
for w hom we will not be ol.liged to
apologize; we want men who have
been honestly consistent and consist
ently honest" upon platforms for the
general benefit; and not on platforms
indorsing p:ist follies aud future irn
ossiuilitics. We, in our leagues, granges and
unions, give the world ample proof
that our government does not meet our
demands, and when governments fail
to accomplish the ends for which they
were organized, they should U? reform
ed or abolished, and tho fact that the
people are robbed and oppressed forces
or induces them to seek relief secret! y
and thus seeking redress proves that
the government fails to accomplish its
purioses, and in failing to meet our
wants proves that we do not govern
ourselves, as we havo boasted we have
lone for nearly a cerihirv. ve do not
assert our right, but pour lamenta
tions at the teet of "the government"
v rArrronPtrflt, - supplinate-, and
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CEI1a '
BERKELEY, CALITORTJTa '
speak of "the Government" as if it
were a demigod or a real deitv, perch
ed beyond our reach like Jupiter above
the snows of Olympus, we are either
publishing to the world gross false
hoods or deceiving ourselves bv in
sistent lying. " We the people)" our
constitution says, " to establish justice,
insure domestic tranquillitv tve, do
ordain and establish this constitution
Ac." Now if justice established, do-
. mesne : tranquility insured, the general
! wellfare promoted and the blessings of
liberty secured to us and posterity, we
have nothing of which we ouuht to
complain, but we do complain; then
one of two things is certain ; either our
government is a failure or it is not
properly administered; if the govern
ment is at fault, it should bo altered or
abolished and a new one made to se
cure the happiness and well fare of the
people. If the fault is in the adminis
tration thereof, then we should correct
it. But still you, ye worthv natrons of
husbandrv. 500,000 strong, indorse the
administration by word and condemn
it by your acts; you complain of op
pression ; seek domestic tranquillity
secretly and vote opcnlv to destroy it ;
beg for justice like dogs and vote vil
lains into power to violate everv prin
ciple of justice; form granges" to pro
mote the general welfare then elect
robbers to otriee to promote general
bankruptcy and ruin. You claim to
govern yourselves and yet fawn like
slaves at the feet of the thieves you
have elevated to manage your a flairs.
There is a woful lack of consistency
among the American people; when
they complain of misgovernment they
are" indirectly quarreling with them
selves; for if the people rule they are
themselves to blame for all the defects
in the government; if they do not rule
themselves and regulate'their own a f
fairs then they are governed, ruh d
contrary to law, and our boast of being
a republican government is false and
worse than nonsense. But Grangers
abstain from jxiliticsl Ah yes, I see
thev are to quarrel with the disease
but'rnust not apply the remedy! Now
in all candor I wo'uld a:-k if wrongs in
a republic can be righted except by the
people at the ballot box? If they can
then we belong not to a republic, but a
"government;" if they cannot be cor
rected by the voice of the people, then
to what "purpose is our constitution and
the right to vole?
Will the patrons toil and toil day
after day and year after year to evad'e
the ills of m:tl"-adiiiiiiisrution and still
be inditl'erent as to the corruption arid
villainy of those, who live on govern
ment 'plunder and public robbery?
Time will tell has told in Jow;i.
When w oj le attempt to remove bur
dens or when they complain of oppres
sions, there must be some real or im
aginary cause of complaint. To cor
rect or" remove that cause should lethe
tirst consideration of those interested,
but prudence in private atV.urs anil in
dillerence to public ones, is not a log
ieal way to relieve ourselves of bur
dens which have their origin in Con
gress and other departments of our
government. Under Democratic ad
ministrations there were no leagues,
no unions, no granges, and why? Be
cause the government was not a des
potism, a robber, a thief, a spy, a plun
derer. Men spoke of the government
freely and it w as ad ministered in the
interest of the people; there was no
cause of complaint and people did not
organize to protect themselves against
themselves as they are doing to-day,
if ours is a free republican government.
Since the chains torged t-; bind people
"lately in-rebellion " and persons ac
cused of " disloyalty," to the govern
ment begin to" gall the necks of the
" ti uly loyal," those loyalists are hunt
ing vq dV-viees to obviate the curses
their tolly engendered; they run head
long into grunts, unions and so on
seeking rest and i; tiding none. They
want ' reforms," they want "now par
ties," " independent tickets," ' jeo
pl'j's movements, " anything in foct but
w !iat thev have and what they have
nrulc. They want good honest old
lime Democracy under a new name,
that is what tin v want, but they don't
want 'that name, 1 st they should le
er me their own ii"i'u-crs, sicknowlcdge
the truth and wisdom of Democracy in
the past ami condemn their own folly
for the past thirteen years. This is an
outside view oT the patrons of husband
ry and tlcir bearings and pn-speetof
aeei.ie.plUhitig i.iiy real good for any
oo!y or class.
" Alas when evil ni-n are strong
No life is good, 110 pleasure long;"
and so I think of the grangers. Bet
them begin at the bottom to huildthcir
stack, make "evil men " we:ik, purby
the government, brush the poisonous
eclipse fioin its face, then its blessings
will be equ d and open to all and com
plaining will end. Thomas Lonc.
The lariktiuake at 1ov.g Tom.
Long Tcm, Lane County,
November 25, 1873.
EriToit Enteepkise : For the tirst
time in several years, I have the
pleasure of sending you an item of
news of real importance. We have
had our
FIKST EAKTITQT'AKE,
New-born and very lively for an in
troduction. It came without previous
notice, on Saturday night, Nov. 22d,
at fifteen minutes after nine o'clock.
The first intimation we had of its
approach was two sudden and severe
jerks, as if two heavy sand bags
had fallen on the floor, shaking
the house and rattling the windows-;
then followed a series cf
gentle undulations from east to west
or from west to east, I can't say
which such as a person feels in a
small boat, on water, in the wake of a
steamer. The whole performance
lasted probably twenty seconds.
Cords, two feet long, suspended to
the joists, swung directly east and
and west about four inches, thus in
dicating the intensity of the shock
and its direction. I don't like to let
earthquakes roll "unheededly away,"
so I send you this notice, and wait
for reports from other localities.
"Yours, ic. Long Tom.
Covap.dly Assault. The Dallas
Republican gives the following ac
count of a cowardly assault which
took place in that city:
" On lastJMonday morning Jno. J.
Daly, Esq., one of our Attorneys,
was brutally assaulted by one Ezra
Scovill and narrowly escaped being
killed. The facts as we learn them
are these: At about 10 o'clock Mr.
D. went into the Clerk's office to at
tend to the filing of some papers in
matters pertaining to court business,
and while proceeding to the Court
house door, was nttacked and knock
ed down by a blow from a large ha
zel stick which Scovill held in his
hand. It was fortunate for Mr. Daly
that the blow struck him only on the
back, for had it struck him two
inches higher up he would have
been killed. With the exception of
a damaged eye and a bruised back,
Mr. Daly is all right and is able to
attend to business. Scovill, the as
sailant was indicted by the Grand
Jury for assault with a dangerous
weapon and in default of $1,000 bail,
fixed by Judge Bonham is in jail
waiting his trial which conies off on
Mondav next.
Taken to Salxm. Dr. Glass, con
victed of manslaughter in causing
the death of Mary E. Hardman, was
taken to the penitentiary last Wednesday.
Summary of State News Items
The next State Fair is to be held
on the 12th of October. -
The Governor Grover left Salem
for Ilarrisburg on the 1st inst.
TliP last number of the Corvallis
I Gazette closed its tenth volume. s
I . . , T 1 . 11 . '
The first steam 00a 1 01 ine season
reached Albany on the 1st inst.
Hie-hard Welles, of Bnena Vista,
has 75,000 bushels of wheat in his
warehouse at that place.
Grain is cominsr into Baker City
market quite lively, and is being
sold for one cent a pound.
The Royal Arch Masons of La
Grande arid vicinity are about to es
tablish a Chapter at that place.
We see it stated that the Qreqon
ft ranger has' made its anpearanca.
We have not yet seen it this way.
The Albany Democrat has heard
rumors of another case of incest in
Brush Creek precinct. Linn County.
Joseph Tounsr, of this county, has
been appoirted Superintendent of
horses for the next Fair on Xos. 1
and 2.
Every orchard in Oregon is liter
ally running over with apples. Ev
erybody supplied, and thousands of
acres left.
The earthquake was felt quite dis
tinctly at Linkville, and in several
places large fissures were made in
the earth.
M. Wilkins, of Lane, and Daniel
Clark, of Marion, have been made
life members of the State Agricul
tural Society.
Three Sisters of Charity, of the
ITouse of Providence, Montreal. Can
ada, arrived by the Oriflamme last
Tuesday evening.
The time of the Orecon and Cali
fornia Starro Company, between Oak
land and Redding, has been increased
from three to five days.
Wheat, is still bringing ?1 per
bushel in the Salem market; receipts
from the country in the immediate
vicinity, not as large as heretofore.
The prospectus of a new weekly
naner at Oakland has been issued bv
E. C. rhelps, Esq. Tt will be small
in size and independent in its pol
itics. P. C. Sullivan has severed his con
nection with the Dallas Republican,
and the paper will be edited here
after by A. R. Sayle and E. II. Sul
livan. There were $20,000 worth of the
bonds known, as Fire Department
Bonds of the citv of Portland sold
Saturday last at five per cent, pre
mium. At Kirbyville, in Josephine conn
tv. the earthquake shook dowm n
few chimneys, threw crockery off
the shelves, and otherwise disturbed
things.
Tuesday evening of last week TT.
X. Hill, Deputy, Grand Master for
Lnne county, organized " En crone
City Grange " of Patrons of Hus
band ay.
Tniffnrv stops have been taken bv
the Odd Fellows of Eugene, Junc
tion City and Havrisburge. for or
ganizing an encampment at the for
mer place.
The notorious John Doughertv.
who fl cured rather conspicuously in
the Robins cas" In this citv. is in
'"ail at Ralem. That's whoro lie
ought to be.
The Baker Citv Jlnocrat note
the departure of one Frank Bown
who besides taking 1.100 from
Chinese, got some $fi00 or S0O of
other people's money.
The Rev. J. E. Hammond soiled
from Now York for Oregon. He i?
to be stationed at Eugene and do
m'ssionary service for the Episcopal
Church in Southern Oregon.
The Astoritm fs in receipt of a fine
cluster of blackberries, plucked from
the parent stem on the day befor
Thanksgiving, from the garden of
N. F. Mndge, Esq., of Astoria.
Capt.-N. B. Humph revs. Prosecut
ing Attorney of the Third Judicial
District ws successful in hissnit with
Miss R. M. Smith, of Polk county.
They were married last Sunday.
Shultz. the noforious escaped con
vict, returned in charge of Superin
tendent Watkinds from California
last Tuesday, and went to Salem to
his old quarters on Wednesday.
Bv a riilroid dirt-car collision at
Portland. Wednesday, W. II. Butts
was hoisted from one car to another,
nn l then trmblcd down an embank
ment fourteen feet. He was badly
hurt.
On Saturday. 221 ult.. E. E. Fan
ning organized n Grange of Patrons
of Husbandry nt the Forgav school
house, about ono mile east of Cor
vallis. in Linn county, with twenty
one charter members. .
Crl. N. II. Gates has resigned his
position ns a member of the State
Board of Equalization, and also that
of Deputy Swamp Land Commis
sioner for the selection of swamp
lands in Wasco county.
The Statesman Rnvs: " Svl. C.
Simpson, Esq., State Superintend
ent, informs us that the two Teach
ers' Institutes recently held at Rose
burg and Eugene City, were suc
cessful in every respect!
The well-known trotting hor?e,
" Honest Ance." was rnfhVd off at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel, in Portland,
last Saturday, evening. The lucky
chance was held in partnership by
Sane Owens, Johnnie Holton and D.
A. Goodard.
Captain Lafollette, of Dallas, met
with a serious accident last week
while chopping wood. He was fel
ling a tree, when, looking up, a
large dry limb fell, striking him on
the lower part of his face, displacing
the jaw bone. 0
Bishop Morris confirmed fifteen
persons while on his recent visit to
Eastern Oregon, and laid the corner
stones for four churches, one at La
Grande, Baker City, Union and tho
Cove. That seems to ns a good
work for so short a time.
Rev. Thomas B. White, Presiding
Elder of the M. E. Church South,
for the Corvallis district, arrived
from New Ileria, Louisiana, last
Wednesday. He is. aocompanied by
his wife and a family of four chil
dren, and will looate at Corvallis.
Beaver Lodge, No. 35, Odd Feb.
lows of Astoria, will celebrate the
anniversary of the institution of the
Lodge, Dec. 22d, by a social reuniou
at the hall; and on the evening of the
31st by a second meeting, of a simi
lar character, to bid the Old Year
adieu.
Telcgapliic News.
St. Louis, Nov. 26. Two vour.g
men, named E. Dunn and Clarke
entered the house of a man named
Meyer, near Lexington, Mo on
Monday night, and insulted the p .
dies of the family. Meyer and his
son-in-l..w fired on the yonn men
killing both. The coroners jury re
turned a verdict of justifiable homi
cide. '
Chicago, Nov. 28. Ex-Govern,
and ex-Senator Richard Yates ox
this State, elied suddenly last ni''ht
at Barnum's Hotel, St. Louis (?ovl
ernor Yates was 55 years of age.
New Yokk, Nov. 28. .Tames H
Ingersoll, convicted on Wednesday
of forgery upon the county during
the Ring rule, was sentenced to-day
to five years in the State prison at
hard labor. John. D. Warrington
Jr., convicted at the same term for
the same offense, was sentenced to
eighteen months imprisonment.
Frank L. Tainter, defaulting Cash
ier of the Atlantic Bank, was senteno
ed to-day to seven years in the peni
tentiary. At 2 P. M. Wm. M. Tweed was
taken in a private carriage from tho
Tombs en route to the penitentiary
on Blackwell's Island, in charge of
Deputy Sheriffs, Shield and Gale.
He was accompanied by his son, Gen!
Wm. M. Tweed, and bis son-in-law
McGinnis, of New Orleans.
Boston, Nov. 29. A dispatch from
St. Albans states that A nson J. Crano
of Burlington, Assistant Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Third Dis
trict of Vermont, has been declared
a defaulter to the amount of i?17,0l0
Senator lMlmunds is erne of his bonds
men who are expected to make good
the defalcation. Crane says Jewell,
former Collector, embezzled the
i:i.r.ey.
The decision of the Federal Circuit
Court for Connecticut practically
stuns the Government from obtain
ing present redress for the Credit
Mobilier frauds. The constitution
ality of the special act of Congre. g
under which the suit was brought
is susta-ined; but another point in
the caie was, the demurrer raised I y
the Union Pacific Rail re a 1 . Compani
on the ground that the United State
had not such an interest in the sub
ject matter as entitled them o briii"
suit to redress wrongs committed by
the Union Pacific Railroad Com puny
This demurrer has been sustained
nnd the court decides that the United
States have no interest to be reached
by the act. This result was unex
pected, an the Attorney-General was
reported to entertain a belief "that
the demurrer would be oerruled.
Of course this technical defeat of the
prosecution does not change tho
nioiid aspect of the case. It oi.ly
in creases the necessity for the pro
posed Contract and Finance Com
pany 'investigation; because if tho
technical feature.- of the law leave no
other remedy, an exposure of fram'a
and the guilty parties is still iin'i.
pensable. Members of Coi.gren
now in Washington say an iu s.i
gation is bi.nnd to come. Ti e At-torney-Ger.e-ral
expresses considera
ble surprise at the decision in the
Credit Mobilier cae against the
Government, and will take immedi
ate steps to carry a:i appeal into the
Supreme Court.
Maiimd, Nov.. 2!. The Spanish
Cabinet has agreed to deliver to the
U. S. Go ert moi-t the steamer Yir
ginius und all persons remaining
alive who were captuied with l r,
leaving the question wl. ether t
seizure of the vessel was leg a1 -o bo
settled hereafter by a mix t ibu
nal. TiMi question whether the
damages shall bo paid' to the fam
ilies or .relatives of the in. n who
were shot is also to l e settled in a
similar manner. This decision van
not arrived at by the Govei nmcnt
before it had confidentially "consult
ed with the Powers of Europe, r.nd
was informed by all of them that
reparation was duo for the capture of
the steamer and the- execution of the
captives. The decision is also in
conformity with the opinions of
leading Spanish statesmen of all par
ties to whom the question was sub
mitted by the G vcrr inert.
Washington, Nov. 20. -The lie
publican Caucus to-night was pre
sided over by R;evemative Mav
nard. Wheeler, of New York, nom
inated J. G. B!aiH for Speaker,
which was carried bv acclamation.
Orth was nominated for Clerk. nd
E. McPherson, who was endor.d.
A. G. Onhay nominated for
Sergeant-at-Arms, receiving 117
votes, nnd his opponent Mnnn, of
Illinois. 49. OK
inated Doorkoonev. TTnnw Shr-.
wood was nominated Postmaster,
King, the
cilning to be a candidate. Rev. J.
G. Butler, the present incumbent,
was nominated Chaplain.
New Yoifk- m- ?ai Tb. rt-t,"
7 " - ' - ' l .V JL i
dent and Vice ltiKii'!nf nf tin. "ri-.
chants' Savings Bank, of Pittsburg,
are e:iargel with the embezzlement
of S1,(K)0 of bank funds.
The Baker City
Herahl
sars:
'Not Jong since
James McAlistcr
was accidentally shot and killed by
his partner, Joseph Wickh.im, on
the north fork of John Day river.
The circumstances which led to the
deplorable accident are substantially
these: It appears that some wild
animals were in the habit of coming
to a tree where they kept their meet,
in a temporary safe, and extracting
the contents. Upon the night of th
accident McAlister arose from his
bed and went in the direction of the.
tree, and Wiekman heaiingthe noise-
immediately went out with his gun
in hand, thinking to atoh the thief.
Seeing the dim ontlinesof something
through the darkness, he tired hia
gun, . without speaking. The baH
took effect in McAlislers neck. pro-,
dncing instant de-ath. The horror
of this man cannot be fully realized
when he found that he had killed hia
friond and partner."
By ordor of the executive com
mittee the.ro will be held a meeting
of the Oregon Farmers' Union, in
the Legislative Hall, at the citv of
Salem, on Monday, January 5. 1874
and important business will be
brought before it for consideration.
All tiie Farmers' Clubs now organ-
ized, or which may be organized be-,
fore the rail meeting, are requested
to send delegates to the same. All
persons who have hitherto attended
as delegates still hold their seat as
delegates,
The enth-e Republican city ticket
was elected in Salem by majorities
ranging from 25 to 39 votes.