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THE eJTEnPRISE. oSTcnj, precox, iriT a, iS7i. TUe Anniversary of our National In I dependence. To-morrotv the American peoi)le will celebra the anniversary of the ninety-eiglmi birthday of our Na tional Independence, Many spread eagle speeoues will bo delivered througliout the length and breadth of our land, but speakers generally are apt to forget the many changes which have occurred- since the for mation of our government, and men tion only su2h facts as are calculated to please thk fancy of their hearers. Let us takcfi retrospect view of mat ters.. Nirty-eight years ago the original thirteen colonies formed a compact by which they declared themselves free and independent of their mother government, which had become toe J burdensome for the free spirit of th American people. Dur ing the first seventy-five years our government met the fullest expecta tions of the people, and we were prosperous iand happy. But pros perity begot discontent, and soon the section began to war on each other. ThiijS resulted in a fratricital strife, in w4ieh the people became arrayed ag;nst each other on a pure ly local qistion, and during that strife, and since its close, they have submitted to every usurpation the leaders hae sought to fasten upon them. Loal State governments be came obligated and the people al lowed themselves to become abject slaves. TUe whole aim and object f 41. I - i turn local governments and usurp the authortfy of the free and inde pendent SL.les. The original idea that upon which the government was formed and administered until 1SG0, was that '!io General Government is one of limited xowers, defined by the Constitution, and that its grants of pow-er should be strictly construct ed by all departments, has been set 1 df i aside, and he opposite theory has been adopted. As the people arc now forced to accept the construc tion of the"; Constitution, we have a most absolute despotism over the rights of ciery State. In the matter of reconsti uction of the Southern States, weihave a precedent set for future generations to apply the same means to e ;cry Northern State. In the delirium of folly, further depart- ti rno lirn Itnn ffiTrmi f tviiA principle free government than those whicn impelled our first revo lution, but in direct conflict with that sacred document. Every right of the States has been invaded, and to day wo are ;far from the original de sign of oir revolutionary fathers. We have Ijcome recklessly extrava gant in allafcur expenses; society has become dtoralized and the nation is groanin I Imder burdens of debt and taxatA which aro almost too great for r. free peoplo to tolerate. Let us haste to return to the purer days of on Republic if wo desire to hand down to posterity tho glorious legacy of a free government to our children. "We must return to ccou- omy in our private and public ex penses; and realize the fact that tho general government and the States, although bjth exist within the same limits, are Separate and distinct sov ereignties, acting separately and in dependently of each other, within their respective spheres, must bo su preme; brv tho States within the limits of their powers not granted, or, in tho language of the tenth amendment, "reserved," are as inde pendent of jthe General Government as that Government within its sphere is independent of the States. Both existed before the Constitution. Tho peoplp, through that instru ment, established a more perfect union by substituting a national gov ernment, fitting with ample powers directly uilon tho citizens, instead of upon the 1'onfederato Government, which act-It, with powers greatly re stricted, oVy upon the States. But in many ar icles of the Constitution the necessary existence of the States, and, within their proper sphere, the independent authority of the States is distinctly recognized. To them nearly the whole charge of interior regulation! must be committed; to them and jo the people all powers not expre:-ldy delegated to the nation al Government are reserved. These are the sentiments to which the American people must return. They are the sentiments of the earlier and purer statesmen of this nation, livery paliot who would preserve the Goveiftment of the fathers who would see perpetuated the free insti tutions, mast accept them and rally to their vindication. By this means they can bring back the Government to its true theory and vindicate the rirri.tQ of iie States. While we are crlorifvini-lover the fact that all our rights havj not vet been taken from W. na to-morrow take a retro- sneetive, view, and do what we can stens before it is too late. Tote for Governor. The most i i o W! a tisa received at Salem for A. V'll A V w'.fcw r.nroTTift i-tvlnVli cannot be counted officially tjntil the Legislature meets, is a follows: Grover, 9,732; Tolman, 9,190; Campbell, GoO. Grover s ma jority over Tolman, 512. Vetoed. The License law, recent ly passad. by the Massachusetts Leg mature, has been vetoed by the Governor. t " :.K. i: lie Wants Information. The following letter has been handed us, with a request that we answer it, which we publish ver batim: Office of F W. T. A -, ) r A Script Bbokkh, Ark., June 11,1874.) Rkai, Estatk Aot Evkxinq Shade. Reistor and Reset or : U. S. Land office Oregon city you will pleas anser the fowling question or Be so Kind as to hand this to sum Ileal Estat man who will I am think ing of changing my field of labor whear Land is Beter and Taxas is not so hy what is your wild Landes worth, is that a Timbert cuntry. is it Helthey. what is the product of your State, what is your Rail Road physilitrys. hav you got any navibal Rivors near your city, are you subject to Earley Drouth, have you any colord peopel their I Cant stand the Civil Right Dill, what is your Taxas their. Can you Rais hogs or Do you ship your Bacon, hav you Springes of water, is your winters Longe. hoping to hear sone I am sir Respectfuly W. A. A Send me one of your Nuse papers Wiiile the orthography of the writ er is anything but good, we cheer fully give him the required informa tion. 1. Our wild lands are worth from 1 25 to 65 00, OAviug to quality and location. 2. Wo have plenty of timbered land in portions of our State, and other parts are prairie. Much of our best land is rolling, with a light growth of brush, which can easily be cleared for farms. 3. Our principal product is wheat, oats and fruits. We have a railroad ruuning through the State from Portland to lloseburg, a distance of two hundred miles, through the centre of the val ley which i3 about forty miles wide. There is also the Willamette river which is navigable as far a Corvallis nine months in tho year, and offers fa cilities for transportation of our pro ducts. Oregon City is located on the Willamette, and the river to tliis place from Portland is navigable at all times of the year. 5. We never have known any drouth in this State, nor has the " oldest inhabitant." Such thing never happens and we have no fail ure in crops. G. We have no colored peoplo in this place, and there aro but very few in the State, probably 150 in all. Chinamen are our greatest curse, of which we have about 2,000. 7. Our taxes for county, State and city governments are about two and a half cents on the dollar. 8. We can raise anything that can live in any other country, and we ship annually a quantity of bacon from localities where it costs too much for transportation of wheat. When wheat does not bring over 70 cents per bushel, it is generally put into bacon. Our hogs fatten on what they can gather in the woods. 9. We have any quantity of most excellent spring water, and a very healthful country. 10. Our winters commence about the 1st of December and last about three or four months. During these months wo have rain; frequently our ground is not frozen, and stock keeps fat without feeding. Snow is hardly ever of sullicient depth to offer any sleigh-riding. Many winters we have no snow at all, and no cold weather. After tho 15th of Februa ry we have rain until about the 1st of June, but it is warm and pleasant and vegetation prospers. We have seen peach trees iu bloom on the 1st of January and generally they are in full bloom by the middle of Febru ary. The summers are not very warm, thermometer ranging from 70 to 85, scarcely ever reaching the latter fignre. Our nights are always cool and pleasant, and there is suffi cient moisture in the atmosphere to keep our crops from suffering for want of rain. Our lands produce from 28 to GO bushels of wheat to the acre, and the soil has been tested for twenty years and over, and has shown that it does not " wear out." We regard Oregon as the original garden, and if any one will come with the intention of being satisfied, their fullest expectations will be re alized. Temperance Legislation. Dr. Dio Lewis has published a let ter to Deacon Richard Smith of Cincinuati, in which he takes a gloomy view of the progress of the temperance cause, as far as it is con nected with legislation. "A little more than twenty years ago," he says, " we began to legislate against the sale of intoxicating drinks. Since then the temperance sentiment ha3 retrograded." In Maine, where tem perance legislation has been most stringent for many years, the condi tion is alarming. "There is," savs Dr. Lewis " no doubt that the traffic has been driven nn.W i there is not a shadow of doubt fW the consumption of drink in th State of Maine is enormia nr. Lewis Barker, a respectable lawyer of Bangor told him that in that town of fifteen thousand inhabitants there are three hundred places where drinks are sold, or one to every fifty persons. Dr. Lewis has no hope for the promotion of temperance by le gal enactment. The only escape lies is public sentiment so he thinks manifested through such movements as tho old Washingtouian excite ment ana tne recent women's crusade. The Stephens brought a number of immigrants among; fheni soveral families from Illinois. Summary of State News Items. Dr. Tate of Albany, has gone Cast on a visit. . A big campmeeting is in progress at Brownsville. The Corvallis folks . are goipg to celebrate with Albany. Hon. I. Cox will orate at Jackson ville on the Fourth. Thomas Gerrand, the murderer, hopes for commutation. Oregon oysters are being trans planted at Richardson Bay, Cal. Between thirty and forty men are employed on the Capitol building. Wells, Fargo & Co. have establish ed an agency at Marshfield, Coos County. The campmeeting near McMinn ville was attended by upwards of 3,000 people. Corvallis folks aro still tiembling over tho small-pox. No new or old cases heard of. The Fourth will be more generally observed in Oregon than it has been for years past. Tho new bridge across Little Pud ding River, a few miles from Salem, will be 330 feet long. F, V. Shoup, of Portland, will de liver the oration at the celebration iu Albany, on the Fourth. The estimated expense of Captain Smith's preliminary survey of the Willamette river, is $500. Rev. D. K. Nesbit, of Corvalis, has sold out, preached his farewell sermon, and is goiug East. The Corvallis Gazette has been des ignated by Governor Grover as tho litigant paper of Benton county. Two cases of small-pox arrived in the vicinity of Oakland recently, from the steamer John L. SiepJtens. Governor Grover has appointed II. A. Fuller,-of Chewacan Valley, Notary Public for Jackson County. Col. J. R. Farrish has been dis charged from the Insane Asylum en tirely restored to health of body and mind. Sam Parrish has been appointed Indian Agent at Malheur Agency, Grant County, in place of Mr. Har rison Linville, removed. The third brick kiln of the season, at the Penitentiarv, was finished and set to "baking" 'last Tuesday. It contains about :00,0(X) brick. Mrs Saylor has resigned her posi tion as preceptress in tho Academy at Forest Grove. She has filled the place acceptably for four years past. The two Indians arrested at Salem on suspicion of implication in the Werner murder, have been discharg ed for want of evidence against them. Mr. Charles A. Schutz, Deputy Sherift" of Wasco County, arrived at Salem Friday with John Brown, convicted of" larceny, sent for one year. Mr. G. F. Callahan, of Doughis county was thrown from his wagon one dark night last week, and badly injured. A chuck holo was the cause. v Mr. B. F. Brown is appointed agent at Salem, to receive and for ward subscriptions for tho sufferers by the fiood in the Lower Mississip pi Valley. D. Paisly, Road Supervisor of Douglas county, tore down a toll gate, on the Canyon road, was arrest ed therefor, and held to answer, in the sum of $300. The picnic at Spring Hill, Linn county, last Saturday under the aus pices of the Syracuse and Occidental Granges, was largely attended, and proved very pleasant. O. II. Smith, of Salem, has offered to be one of twenty to give 850 (mak ing 1,000) to bo given as a reward for the capture and conviction of tho murderer of Conrad Werner. The Baker City Herald of June 24, says: On last Monday a boy named Joseph Plot, aged 17 years, who was in the employ of Hank Edwards, Esq., was found dead in a cellar. Dora Cushman, tho young man. who assaulted D. Drake on the 1st inst. at Corvallis, has had a prelim inary examination and was bound over to court in the sum of 400. An Eastern Oregon paper says: One day this week several families, from near Summcrsville, Grand Ronde valley, passed through town en route f or'the Willamette valley. Sunday night, June 21st, tho barn of W. C. Hull, on North Powder, was burnt. One horse was burnt in tho flames, and another, a fine horse, is burnt so that he will probably die. Mr. B. Hyland, of Corvallis, is erecting a large and convenient ware house on the river front, one block south of Hamilton Bros. Ho - will have it ready to store grain, the com ing harvest, Col. W. W. Chapman, who has spent the past Winter and Spring at Washington, in the interest of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Rail road, is expected to return home about the middle of Jnly. Late grain promises now to be much ahead of early. It is one of the exceptionable seasons. All grain will be good, but late grain will ex ceed the most sanguine expectations of two months ago. A large number of farmers met at Hillsboro on the 22d to listen to Grand Master Clark, of the Patrans of husbandry, on matters connected with the Grange movement. ' He is said to have spoken five hours. The measles are now raging in the neighborhood of Beaver Creek, in Benton county, and as there were enough of them to go around, all tho schools have been suspended in con sequence of their prevalence. Mr. Gallagher, who returned from Stickeen last Friday, says that per haps fifty men now in the Stickeen mines stand a chance of making big money, and 1,200 stand a chance of getting out alive if they are in luck. The Salem Record learns that Capt. George VV. Belt, of the College Club, has 'suffered terribly with his wounded leg. It-is thought, how- J ever, that the limb can be saved, ' but he will probably never fully re i cover from the effects of tho injury. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, H. S. Shuster, artist, returned from the Atlantic States last Thurs day, satisfied with Oregon better than ever before. While at Wichita he met a colony of 200 families from Arkansas, whose destination is Ore gon. Mr: W. E. Howell, of Albany, on last Fridav, received a letter from his wife, who is visiting her friends at Walla Walla, stating that his two little children were dangerously sick. Mr. II. started immeciately to Walla Walla. Large quantities of wool is now being brought to the Corvallis mar ket from the surrounding country, whijsh finds a ready sale and brings cash. M. Friendly bought 20,000 pounds on Monday, for 29 cents per pound. At a regular meeting of Olive Lodge No. 18, I. O. of O. F., Salem, the following officers were elected to serve during the ensuing term: E. M. Waite, N. G.; J. Hardie, V. G.; Walter S. Moss, R. S.; J. M. Scott, Treasurer. Several fine blooded horses arrived by the steamer John L. Stephens, for Ben Holladay. They are to be taken to the seaside. The lot consists of three stallions and four blooded mares, puachased from among the best stock of the Atlantic side. At the regular session of Winia whala Encampment No. G, I. O. O. F., Eugene, tho following were elected as officers for the term commencing July 1, 1874: Ben F. Doiris, C. P.; J. J. Walton, II. P.; W. J. Shipley, S. W.; Geo. Kinsey, S.; B. C. Pen nington, T. ; and W. M. Killings, worth, J. W. At a regular meeting of Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, held at their hall in Salem last Wednesday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: L. Cheeseborough N. G.; J. M. Patterson, V. G.; Ed. Hirsch, R. S.; J. G. Wright, Treas.; Jos. Meyer, P. S. The following persons were elected last evening as officers of Willamette Encampment No. 2, I. O. O. F., of Salem, for the ensuing term: G. II. Chance." C. P.; T. M. Gatch, H. P.; H. H. Gilfrey, S. W.; J.A.Baker, Scribe; G. W. Jordan, Treasurer; J. W. Jordan, J. W. The Forest Grove Independent says: Last Tuesday evening, when the evening train was coming in from Portland, it ran into a Hock of Jerome Porter's sheep, near this place and killed nineteen of them. Six of them had their heads cut oil' as clean as though it had been done with a butcher's cleaver. A gentleman who has traveled over Benton county considerably, informs the Gazette that almost double the area of grain has been sown this year, by our farmers, of that of last season. Both the Spring and fall crops look well, and shonld the late "cool spell" not do any damage, an unprccedentedly large yield may be expected.- Quite a surprise was experienced by most of the congregation at the Baptist Chapel, McMinnville, on Saturday last, when, at the conclu sion of the services, a gentleman and lady stepped forward to be joined in the bonds of matrimony. The names of these happy persons were Mr. A. D. Rennels and Miss Irene Duncan, both of Yamhill county. Last Sunday, a little son of Joshua Purvine, living one mile and a half west of Lincoln, in Marion county, was shockingly injured. Some visit ors had called and one of them left a horse in charge of this little boy but four years of age. The horse got to bucking and the little boy falling, the animal struck him on the right leg breaking both bones below the knee and inflicting ghastly flesh wounds. The Alumni Association, of the Willamette University, elected offi cers for the ensuing year at the meet ing last Wednesday, as follows: Pres ident, Prof. T. II. Crawford; See., C. B. Moores: Treas., Miss Maria E. Smith; Executivo Com., Miss Ellen Chamborlin, Mr. P. L. Willis and H- H. Gilfrey; Orator for 1S75, Geo E. Strong; Toot, J. C. Grubb; Es sayist, Mrs J. K. Gill; Annalist, Charles W. Parrish. The Circuit-Court was occupied two days trying Jesse L. Adams and John Guess, charged with "captur ing" a hog worth about "eight dol lars." It took twenty-four jurymen, twenty-seven witnesses, eight lawyers two balifl's, Clerk, Judge and other officers of the Court to sift the mat ter and find that the above named individuals were "Not guilty. "This eight-dollar hog has cost somebody in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. A young man by the name of J. A. J. Casto, dropped dead last Saturday evening while engaged in a game of base ball, nt the Powell Prairie school house near Mr. Greenwoods. It appears that he had struck the ball and started to run but was caught out before reaching the first base. . He walked a few steps toward the'fence and remarked that he did not feel well and would have to quit, ne then walked to an old shed near by and fell. He never spoke and breathed but two or three times a'ter falling. On tho 18th inst., a man by the name of Alonzo Welch arrived at Roseburg in company with a man named Wm. Wheeler. Welch was in a very precarious condition, being without money and having a severe attack of typhoid fever and unable to speak. He was taken care of by the County Court, Judge Fitzhugh hav ing to employ two men to attend to him, who had to be with him night and day until he expired at G:30 on the morning of the 24th. Mr. Welch was a man of about 25 years of ae and a resident of Wisconsin. The Columbia (S. C.) Union re ports that James Reid, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners for Chester county, was arrested on a bench warrant, and committed to jail, in default of $5,000 bail, to an swer for five indictments found against him for official misconduct, breach of trust and larceny. The Charleston Courier adds: "Reid fig ures as No. 7 in the black list already published: and, in his misfortunes, has the hearty sympathy -of every State and county official who has suddenly grown rich." State Certificates and Diplomas. COMiTUNICATION FROM THE SUPERIN TENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ' Salem, June 27, 1874. A regular meeting of the State Board of Education will be held at the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, at Salem, on Monday, July G, 1874, at 2 o'clock p. m., for. the purpose of examining candidates for such diplomas and certificates as the Board is authoriz ed to grant, and for the transaction of other business. Applicants for diplomas and State diplomas must present to the Board satisfactory evidence of good moral character, of marked success in teach ing for at least three years, the last of which must have been in this State, and must pass a thorough ex amination in orthography, reading, penmanship, mental arithmetic, Eng lish grammar, geography, United States history, general history, alge bra, geometry, book-keeping, physi ology, natural philosophy, comj)osi tion. English literature, Constitution of the United States, Constitution and school law of the State of Oregon and theory and practice of teaching. An average standing of 90 per cent, in the examination in all these branches will entitle the candidate to a life diploma; and an averoge standing of 75 per cent, will entitle him to a State diploma. Candidates for State Certificates of the first and second grades must pre sent satisfactory evidence of good moral character and of success in teaching for a period of six months and must pass a thorough examina tion in all the branches of study above named, excepting general his tory, geometry, natural philosophy, composition, English literature and Constitution of the United States. To obtain a certificate of the first grade, the candidate must have an average-Standing of 90 per cent, in examination; find to obtain a certifi cate of the second grade he must have an average of 75 per cent. All the examinations will be con ducted as far as possible in writing, and ten questions will be asked in each branch. Candidates must report themselves to the State Superintendent prompt ly nt 2 ojclock p. m. on the day of examination. Srii. C. Simpson, Supt. Pub. lust. A l'orcihtc Document. The following is sent us 13 a gen tleman who resides in East Portland. He says: The following is a verbatim copy of an attachment notice recent ly served on a citizen not a thousand miles from Multnomah county. ..You are at liberty to print.it if you think best: By virture of an cxicntion In Re corder and Justice Court in the city and Precinc of , I have seiz ed & Taken one Brick Kiln The Per sonal Property of , wich I shall expose to sale at Public Sale to the highest bidder so much of Said Brick to sadisfy the jugment of one hun dred & sixteen dollars & 80-100 (110 80-100) On sailnrday the 27th day of Juno 1)S74 at 2 o'clock P. iu. on street addition city of Oregon. Dated June the 12th 1874 Marshal of city of & exficio Constable. Turmes Cash Sites fo Palatial. Residences A Magnificent Pkoject. The San Francisco Attn of June 8th s.iys: A handsome photograph of Green wich Park has been issued by Messrs. Bradley & Rulofson a photograph reflecting the highest credit on the artists and on Mr. Vitruvius Frazee, the architect who drew the large pic ture from which the photograph is made. Greenwich Park is a plan projected by Mr. Alex. R. Baldwin to secure the cooperation of eight wealthy citizens in building each a magnificent house on the eight blocks of land comprised iu the boundaries of Vallejo and Greenwich, Scott and Broderic streets; tho houses to be built on plans designed by the archi tect, and the grounds laid out in the English picturesque style. Instead of streets, winding roads; instead of fences or street walls, hedgerows; in stead of building in line, to have the dwellings placed in echolon, so that the view from ono will not be ob structed by the other. If the plan can be carried out, the Park will be a great ornament to the city. Last Sunday morning, says the Record, between T and 2 o'clock, the house of Mr. Lafore, which is situat ed on the Parrish Gap road, about eight miles south of Salem, was burned with its contents to the ground. The window of tho bed room had been left open, through which it is supposed the incendiary had. thrown a lighted brand. Tho young men were awakened by the dense smoke, and one of them came near being suffocated. At the time, t' e e were sleeping in the house Peter, Scott and Logan Lafore, all men grown. The fire was discovered in a bedroom adjacent to where they were sleeping and could not be checked, but took ever3-thing within its reach, house, woodshed (in which was stored a lot of agricultural im plements) , apple house, and a num ber of valuable fruit trees. As there had been no fire in the house during the day, it can not but be the work of an incendiary. Mr. Lafore thinks his loss will be avout 2,300. The building and furniture were insured for 1,200. When will this terrible carnival of murders, robberies, sui cides, etc., that seems to bo rampant in Marion county, oease?. The House of Representatives has passed a bill abolishing the Western Jndioial District of Arkansas, in whioh the court expenditures for three years were 743,000, of which 582,000 went to tho marshal, depu ties and olerka. Tho Attorney Gen eral was directed to investigate the accounts and report to the House next session. The Marshal probably put it where it " did the most good." But the best joke, for it cannot be anything else, is to select old Lan daulet Williams to detect tho rascal ities of Federal officials. Telegraphic News Chicago. June 2G. A Washington special says that Hale has accepted the Postmaster Generalship, and will enter on his duties fhe 1st of July, beginning on the new quarter. The appointment appears to meet gener al commendation. - The new Secretary of the Treasury is said to have in contemplation a thorough reform of the red tape sys tem in his department, and dispens ing with all supernumerary depend ents. The new Secretary says he has no financial schemes to startle the country, and his main object will be to economically, carefully and vigorously execute the laws of the Government in the Treasury Depart ment. Chicago, June 25. During the storm yesterday lightning struck a man at Circleville, Ohio, a woman at Huntington, West Virginia, . two young men at Kalamazoo, Missouri, the Postmaster at Maren, Indiana, and three persons near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cincinnati, June 25. Reports from Taflin and McConnellsville say that very severe storms have been raging in those, places unroonng and prostrating a number of houses, and damaging the crops in the vicinity. Montpewer, June 20. lhe Dem ocratic State Convention to-day nom inated W. H. II. Bingham for Gov ernor, Henry Chase for Lieutenant Governor, and Otis Chamberlin for Treasurer! Resolutions were adopt ed renewing devotion to the Demo cratic party, favoring a repeal of tho Prohibitory Law, and the adoption of a stringent license law. The Con vention was largely attended. Charleston, June 2o. Governor Moses has pardoned three Commis sioners of Barnwell, lately convicted of corruption in office, who were sentenced to three, nine and ten years in the Penitentiary. The con victed officials, on their way to pris on, boasted that Governor Moses would not dare to allow them to re main in the Penitentiary. New Orleans,. June 27. Millan L. Peeler (Kellogg's) Grant Parish Collector, has been arrested for em bezzlement of State funds and for forgery. Cincinnati, Jnne 26. J. B. Un derwood, formerly Mayor of Waverly, shot himself yesterday to avoid arrest for forgerv on indictments made in the U. S. Court last Fall. A special from Wooster says J. B. Coch, ex-County Treasurer of Wayne County, 6S years old, was to-day, on conviction of embezzlement of coun ty funds, sentenced to the Peniten tiary. Washington, June 20. The charge for letters from France to the United States will be ten cents for a third of an ounce. From the United States to France nine cents per half ounce. Unpaid letters to pay the above rates with five cents additional. Postage on books, newspapers, samples, etc.. to be hereafter separately arranged by each country. WAsiiiNo roNvTune 20. Post Offic es established At St Paul, Marion County, Oregon, John F. T. Breuton Postmaster; Sprinizwater, Clackamas County, Oregon, George A. Craw ford, Postmaster; Sumpter, Grant County, Oregon, Jo-eph D. Young Postmaster; Zion, Clackamas County O.-egon, William II. Wade Postmas ter; Devarni.h, King Counfy, Wash ington Tcriitory, Henry A. Miller, Postmaster; Lightville, 'Mason Co., Washington Territory, Erastus A. Light, Postmaster; Lake View, Pierce County, Washington Territo ry, Moses Ward, Postmaster; Little Falls, Lewis Countv, Washington Territory, W. F. P. C. Craft, P. M. ; Neah Bay, Washington Territory, George Draper, Postmaster; Owens burg, Stephens County, Washington Territory, Wilson Owen, Postmaster; Rock Creek, Stephens County, Washington Territory, Henry Wells, Postmaster; Ship Island, Whatcom County, Washington Territory, E. L. Shannon, Postmaster. Postmasters appointed-H. McCul loch, at Franklin, Lane County, Or., James H. Olds, at St Joe, Yamhill County, Oregon. Washington, June 28. Four hun dred Department employes are to be dismissed one half from the print ing Bureau, and one hundred from the civil force in the War Depart ment. All vill receive two months' pay on dismissal. Chicago, June 29. A Tuscumbia (Ala.) special says that Congressman J. II. Sloss of that Distict, returned home on Friday night, and next day learned that George F. Long, a dis carded suitor of his daughter, had been slandering her. Arming him self with a double-barreled shotgun, he secreted himself in a room over Warren's store, and is Long passed, on the opposite side of the street' fired at him with both barrels, load ed with buckshot. Four shot enter ed his body one going through his neck, another lodging in his head, and two iu his abdomen. Sloss sur rendered Limself to the Sheriff last night. Long was believed to be dv ing. Washington, June 30. Three hun dred and seventy-five females in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were discharged yesterday. Four teen fainted upon receiving their dismissal. The Walla Walla Spirit of the West, a Republican paper, and which took a lively interest in behalf of the Re publican party of Oregon, has this to say in regard to the charges that have been made of election frauds in Umatilla. That paper says: The charges of the Portland Bul letin that fraud was used in the elec tion by the Judges in Umatilla coun ty, so far appears to be unsustained. Such charges deliberately made are serious,.and should be tho result of calm examination and based on something like a sure foundation. Hasty charges of fraud and dishon esty are apt to fly wide of the mark, arid reooiling injure only those that make them. As far as we ean see, as yet there appears no just ground for the Bulletin's attaoks. Pep.haps! Bombardio looked lan guishingly upon her, and heaved a deep sigh. Then, pressing his hand upon his bosom, with beseeching gaze and with a writhing almost of torture, he exclaimed: "Ah, sweet lady, if this is not true love I feel, what can it be?" "Perhaps," replied the beauty, ' with innocence of ex pression, ' something bites you." Territorial Sews Items. Immigrants are arriving i bers at Walla Walla g m nm. The Methodists of Boisp to erect a S5,000 brick chScfSd. Whitman cotinty, W T 1 place where intoxicating liJ The Dakota Southern RaiIro ; taxed on an assessment of :-, 18 mile. . vJ,uuo H Seventy-five thousand Ann. . appropriated to continue thesnrl18 of the Yellow Stone. !UlTe.TS Hayden. Prcf. Fredrick Moy, the soldier cenfdned in the lock-up at Fort Boise, for killing of John Lee, escaped tW from June 2d. . 1 thet6' The contract for. carrying tbe mail between Olympia and Tenino Ci been let to George Coggan. The Press is the name of a new daily paper recently started in Salt Lake City. It is Gentile in its pro! cljvities and Democratic in politics Two prisoners, John Lun and Thos.. Smith, escaped from the Steil acoom jail last Saturday, but Smit'i broke his leg and was recapture,! Lun made good his escape. The San Juan Islands are proving to bo equal to aiy part of the TaeiSc as a wool growing country. TLe shipments from them this vear wiM be at least 300,000 pounds. " Three men, named Clifford, Frazer and Dnstan, escaped from the jail ai Helena, Montana, a short time a-'o but were recaptured and were sent to the penitentiary for one vear fnr jail breaking. Delegate Hailey has seenredoan appropriation for the survey of Snake river from Shoshone Falls to Lens town, with a view of ascertaining the cost of removing obstructions to navigation. It is estimated that the yield f gold this season will be at least twenty per cent, greater than Inst, owing niainl' to the opening of new mines, and the improved appliances in mining machinery. The habeas corpus suit now pond ing in Seattle, but commenced ia California, for the custody and guar dianship of tho little girl Sherman, has been progress eight days befira his Honor, Judge Jacobs, anil the festimory is not through with. There is considerable anxiety about the results. George Bellheimer, anVnfortmtaie prisoner, on his way to Pembina, Manitoba, to attend the recent form of court there, jumped from the liur icane deck of one of the lied river steamers while handcuffed, and res cued a drowning child. He prove.I himself a brave man, gained the sympathy of everybody, proved him self, in court, innocent of the crimes with which he was charged, and i-. now free and happy. Dr. J. W. Howard, who is now cn a professional visit to Yakima (Vfy, writes the Mountaineer that tuo iv.i 'g gets were taken from the Discovery claim on Swank Creek last week one weighing S187 75, the other Over iroOO was taken from the claim for the week's work. There were also three other nu.crgets, aniountii: to 3100, found at the mouth of t!i creek during the same time by other parties. Eithek Wat. Moses, Governor of South Carolina, has taken the ground that he can be punished enij by impeachment. The Brooklyn Aryus sav s, as every member of tLe Legislature owes him at least So, Le is certain that he will not be im peached. The "Judge" bef.re whom Moses made this novel point adjourned his Court till October, to have time to come to a decision. . the election for Moses' successor will come off a month after, in Novcniler, we would not be suprised if tie Judge, by nursing his decision prop erly iu -advance, could raise a big loan on it. If adverse to Mose, it will kill his candidacy; if favorable to him it will bother his opponent?. Either way is the Judge's gain. 0 On Sunday morning, about o'clock , the premises of Vni. John son, who lives about seven nnhf south of Salem, in the hills, ami is known as "Hudson Bay Johnson,"" were visited by two men wliowed through the house and plundered it up stairs and down. At the time, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were aJ from home and the house was in care of children who could, of oonrtf. make no resistence. Mr. Jolm'O lives only a mile and a half wttw Mr. Lafore's house, or rather where his house stood before it wasbnraetl Saturday night, as we tell elsewhere. The supposition is that the siae persons who plundered and bnrm-u Mr. Lafore's house at niidp?1" worked their way westward in tLe morning and paid their unholy attri tion to yie Johnson family. Mutilated Cvrkkxct. The Trea sury Department is making prepara tions to rttire the whole of tbefiltJ? and mutilated National Bank enrrcs cy and replace it with fresh ne - , -i Mrd ?e-'- notes. as pro viaeu m "- tion i f the new law. Under thop- -viouslaw the renewal of mnti Natioi al Bank notes was nearly i- possible but by tbe lvisions . the new law sums of ir 1,000 oim & ated currency, the issue of oi m numerous Banks, may oc - 3. Treasurer Spinner and new b c, backs obtained in exchange NEWAJml'gTupton grtf ed Gibbens, the murderer of , a new trial, and he was convict, murder in the soeond degre sentenced to imprisonment , w . Thus, through a technicality , law, a murderer escapes tae penalty. Old MAiDS.-The number bachelors and old m aids is on tho increase. Club MasSr the place of home life. u Jtios ohusetts, there are two hundj sand old maids. Think of tbat. ladies! Isn't there sometime