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.
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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