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Uunie 3JauufactprIes.
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Weeeit stated that' a Manufac
turing Company has been organized,
composed of the wealthy farmers of
Linn, Marion and Polk Counties,
which proposes to go injo operation
shortly. It is stated tiat the stock
of the "company isalreadLubscribed.
The object is to ma(Vacture all
kinds of agricultural mVhinery, in
cluding reapers, mow ers, headers and
threshers, -on a large scale. Mr. C.
YT. Bowie is the managing agent of
the Company. This is an important
enterprise, and we trust it will re
ceive a hearty encoursgement. It is
ctaf.:l Hint the works aro to bo lo
THE EHTEI
pais
cated at the point which offers the
best inducements. Of course several
places in the State will claim that
their respective towns are the best
Euited for the locution of such works,
O and .while we do not propose to deny
tli iIqM of each place to set up
their claims for a work, that would
bo worth its thousands when once in
successful operation we have aright
O to assert, and wo feel it cannot be
contradicted successfully, that Ore
gon City is the most desirable loca
tion for such manufacturing enter
prises in the State. It is an acknowl
edged fact that Oregon City possesses
the best water-power, created by
nature for manufacturing purposes,
on the coast; the central and con
venient situation for transportation
to every section of our own State
and adjoining Territories, is also a
givSt consideration. The timber for
Bach an establishment can be had in
abundance with less e xpense than at
nay other point, and the iron is to be
had in our own county. The works
would here have tLo advantage of
shipping either by rad or by water
to any part of our .tale, when the
upper river is navigable. Located
in anv town above, j the company
would bo compelled to ship by rail
for: all points north cf it during the
greater portion of the year. We are
satisfied", that any mvprejudieed and
disinterested person will agree with
us that this is the point to have such
a manufactory located. "What is
meant by "offering th.e best induce
ment," we do not kr.oi.v, unless it be
that the company propose to receive
bids for subsidies. If this is correct,
we v.ov.ld ask t!icr4 to give our
citizens an opportunity- to bid for the
location. Sineo wo nave seen the
notice of the organization of the
company, wo have conversed with a
number or
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our
cittsons iu regarU to
the matter, and all express themselves
n.s ready and Trilling t;o give liberally
to such nil cnterpiio, and we
feel
confident, taking in v
v the superior
alvantanges for
hfrr lirtv.'Pi'
its advantages for tr,
oortation and
its central location, 41 give
G.cgon
City a decided presage over all
other places, besides, our citizens
will probably be able to give an
much of a subsidy as any other place
in the State. Wc ask of this com
pany to give this plaeo a considera
tion, and by doing so, wo are satis
lied that they will be consulting the
interest of the company and the suc
cess of the enterprise. This is a
move in the right direction and we
trust, whether Oregon City is the
successful place or not, that tho en
terprise may be carried into opera
tion. We are told that Oregon this
year will pay a million dollars out for
farming implements, and if we can
only manage to keep this large sum
of money in our own State in the
future, Oregon's prosperity will be
ensured. W(J want homo manu
factories, and unless we get them and
stop tho ilo,w of our gold to the
Ea.it, we shall always be complain
ing of bard times. We trust our
citizens will take an interest iu this
matter and do all in their power to
noenre the location of this enterprise
iu our midst.
Wiiat the Grangers will Bnixo
AnouT. Tho New York Times ex
prosees the following opinion on this
subject: Tho sudden and brilliant
fortunes made bv w estern speeuia-
tion
will cc
ase. eaitu must ue
v 1 . 1 i 1
won by slow and patient industry,
and great caution and judgment.
We doubt if, this year, we have the
usual autumn stringency or panic,
because of the accumulation of capi
tal here on account of the dread of
the Granger movements. In time,
of course, this cace of the market
and accumulation of money here will
lead to speculation again; but for
many years, in our opinion, the
Grangers will have brought a certain
calm to the fevered speculations of
our Eastern, capitalists. The East
will now show a more regular and
measured growth.
Arrested. B. Brown, who is
well known throughout our State,
and who has held the position of
agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., at Salem,
for several years, was arrested at
that place on the ICth inst., on a
charge of having robbed the compa
ny's safe on tho 2Sth of last month.
Wc have no information on what
grounds tho chargo is made against
Mr. Brown, but Ins many friends
will not very readily judge him guil
ty of this charge, and hope that he
may be able to prove his entire inno
cence. Since the above 'has been in type,
) Mr Brown has had his trial and been
acquitted, there Ueing nu evidence
against him.
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Important to the Farmers of Clack
amas louiiij.
WffLave been authorized by Mr.
Ghurch, to announce to the farmers
of the county that the proprietors of
the Oregon City and Imperial Mills
in this city, propqse to buy all. the
wheat raised in this county and de
livered at their mills, paying cash
therefor, and be governed in the
price by the quotations "from Port
land. In other words, they propose
to pay the ruling Portland rates in
cash. This is certainly an induce
ment for the farmers of this county
to bring their wheat to this place,
and we trust that they will avail
themselves of this offer
into town their wheat
and bring
instead of
taking it to Portland and compelling
o.ir millers to get their supply from
other iarts of our State. We are
also reliably informed that our mer
chants have made such reduction on
their goods as to place them at as low
a rate as the same articles can bo
purchased in the State. This is as it
should be, and if our merchants and
farmers will only act in harmony
with each other, we see no reason
why the bulk of the trade of this
county should not be centered here;
and it will be, if our merchants only
u'se proper exertions. We are but a
few miles from Portland, and our
merclrants must make up their iniuds
that thev must compete with that
place. They must not only sell at
their prices, but they must give
Portland prices for the farmers' pro
ducts. If this is done, we may ex
pect tho trado of our own cpunty.
The action of tho mills is a step in
tho right direction; let our mer
chants follow their example, and in
our opinion, we shall have lively
times in Oregon City this fall.
".Murder Will Out."
The Taconia Tribune bar; this re
markable story: "In 1S51, Captain
John G. Parker, of the steamer Alida,
was in partnership with one Henry
V. Colter, at Olympia, doing a gen
eral merchandise business at the Pi
oneer Store. Colter went to Chincha
Islands that spring, taking with him
a laivre ainout of the company's mon
ey, lief ore he could do anything
there, he wss taken ill, and not know
ing what might become of him, he
determined to secure Iu3 partner
against loss, if possible. He accord
ingly intrusted 65,000 to the charge
of one Jcssnp for transmission by
him to Piirker. Jessup proved uu- i
faithful, using the money to his own J
purpose, and building from it for j
himself a large fortune. After twen
ty years had passed, he became af
fected with contrition, and, as a
reparation to Colter, whom- Jessup
thought the person injured, willed
him, a few weeks since, 200,000.
Xow if Colter is as honest as lie was
a score of years ago, ho will turn
over every cent of this handsome
bequest to his former partner, Oapt.
Parker, to whom alone it rightfully
belongs. The whole story is quite
interesting, but, to conclude well,,
yet lacks the chapter indicated in
the previous sentence."
Not Unjvstifiep. It seems that
tho Democrats of New Ilamshiro
were not so entirely, unjustified in
losing Radical barnacles from office
as Grant organs would have people
believe. Of the county treasurers
dismissed, no fewer than twenty
three were, to word it mildly, behind
in their accounts in sums varying
from 100 to about 1,000. In addi
tion to the twenty-three is the Jack
son county treasurer, whoso relief
frow official cares gave the auditor
time to disentangle his figures, and
to discover that 11,000 were not ac
counted for. An occasional, change
of oiFico-holders, the New York Sun
thinks, is healthy, even in New Eng
land. A New Enterprise. The Salem
papers contain descriptions of a new
enterprise which has been instituted
in that city under tho name of the
Alden Emit Preserving company.
The following named men are the
incorporators: A. A. McCully, D.
MeCully, Rev. P. S. Knight, Rev.
I
i - Bickison, O. J. Carr, and Mr.
McFarland. Thev have already tak
en steps for tho erection of a factory,
and telegraphed yesterday to New
York City J or evaporator and other
apparatus necessary to carry on the
work. They intend preparing for
the reception of the machinery at
once, and expect to be in operation
in time to catch the late fall fruit.
Neither pains nor expense will be
spared, to push the work through
without unnecessary delay.
Pitiable Folly. What pitiable
folly, remarks the Richmond Inquir
er, speaking from a southern stand
point, to call down upon our heads a
terrible and permanent misfortune,
merely in the hope of escaping a
temporary evil! If a despotism were
desirable, lot us ask: What has
Grant done to make us believe that
he would rule wisely? Supremely
f-elfish in feeling, vulgar in manner,
and heartless iu his dealings, what
have we to hope from him ?
No Knowing. In his speech at
the Dayton Soldiers' Home, July
30th, Gov. W;U:avn Allen, of Ohio,
intimated that he is willing to be
urged for the Presidency. Where
upon the Couru'r-Jotimal remarks
that Gov. Allen is one of the most
successful Democrats in tho country,
and there is no knowing what may
I turn up.
--
1 Shall Pmi.isH. We shall publish
j the interesting letter from "North
I west," which appeared in the Orejon
i ?;i of the 8th, in our next issue.
A tetter from Eugene City.
Eugene City, Aug. 5, 1874.
Ed. Enterprise: In your issuo of
Friday, July tho 21th, appears an
article on the State University,
located at this place, which,
in the main, contained a correct
statement of facts, and certainly was
a very fair and impartial article,
But in estimating the costs of the would like to hear from Cassiar ; so
building and the amount of money I concluded to send you a short let
expended by the association in erect- ter, and if you can spare room for it,
ing it, there are some incorrect state- I think I will give your readers a
ments. The actual cost of the build- true history of this place, its pros
ing for the State University, when pects, surroundings and things in
completed, according to the plans general.
adopted, will be not far from 75,000 I got here after third trial, the first
to 80,000; and the Association en- being too early to pass down Deace's
gaged in erecting tho building have
expended and put into the building
near 35,000. Your statement had
the amount expended 22,000, out of
which tho Association were in debt
9,000. The indebtedness of the
Association amounts to near 10,000
or 12,000, which was occasioned by
a promise that the county would ap
propriate that amount when needed,
but was not appropriated. The con
dition of the law locating the State
University at Eugene provided that
a deed should be made to tho Sfate
Board of Directors cf the State
Uriversily, on or before the 1st day
of Jannary, 1871; and if not at that
time the act itself became void. The
Association made a deed to the State
Board of Directors as required by
the law; tho deed was recorded and
accepted; and when the incumbrances
now on the building are paid oil' it is
mo university oi uregon. The
Board of Land Commissioners of the
State, and the Association engaged
in erecting the building, valued it
and the grounds worth 50,000 the
amount required by law locating the
University at this place. And hence
when tho incumbrances are paid off it
will not require any further legisla
tion in regard to the location.
You were right in saying it was to
the great interest of the county to
secure the University at this placo.
and that it was the duty of tho
County Court, as a matter of dollars
and cents to tho county, to make an
appropriation to aid the Association
to extinguish the claims against tho
building. There is nothing of more
vital interest to tho county than the
location oi me university at mis
place. It will !e acoustant power of
wealth to the entire county; and the
County Commissioners will certainly'
see the great interest of the county
plain enough to appropriate. 10,000
or 12,000 to secure tho University,
when they are directly authorized to
give tho sum of 150,00 bv the Legis
lature. We feel couhdent that our
County Commissioners possess busi
ness sense enough to see that in pay
ing out 10,000 or 812,000 to an msti
tution like the one mentioned the
county will be gaining every year
lrom 2,.0U0 to yO,UUU. Ami we
feel certain that our County Court
is composed of energetic, enterpris
ing men.
There should bo an appropriation
made at this term of the Legislature
sufficient to finish up one or two
stories so that a school could be
commenced in tho building at once.
The University must necessarily
start with a primary school at first.
and establish grades as time and cir
cumstances advance. Tho building,
when crmpleted, will be an ornament
and prize to the entire State. It is
erected on the most approved plans
solid and niim, well venullated,
and the rooms capacious, it is
located on a beautiful spot of ground,
and in a healthy place. By placing
a ram at the mill dam . a short uis
tance from the building water can be
carried all over tho building and
grounds with but little expense
The snrrounding scenery cannot be
surpassed if equaled, any place in the
State.
We trust that no place or county
in the Stnte w ill be jealous enough to
attempt a repeal of the present law
or to relocate the University. Lane
County ought to have the State Uni
versity, and certainly the people have
done enough already to entitle them
to it.
C'ULTUS.
Home JMaxltactures. It is now
settled that the Homo Manufacturing
company, composed chiefly of weal
thy farmers in Marion, Linn and
Polk counties, will go into almost
immediate operation. It is intended
to manufacture all kinds of agricul
tural machinery, inclnding reapers,
mowers, headers and threshers, on a
large scale, and as the required ma
terials are here cheap and accessible,
and in view of tho vast territory to
bo supplied, the enterprise must be
successful. Mr. C. W. Bowie, the
managing agent of the company, re
turned from Linn county on batnr
dav. He states that the stock is all
taken, and business will be proceed
ed with immediately after the State
Fair, at which time there will be a
meeting of the stockholders in Salem.
The understanding is that the factory
will be located at whatever place
offers the most liberal inducements
to the company. Record.
Articles of Incorporation. Ar
ticles of incorporation were filed yes
terday iu the Secretary of State's
office, to incorooi-ate the Hnmbolt
and Pacific Railroad company. This
company proposes to construct and
maintain a narrow guage railroad for
transporting freight and passengers.
The eastern terminus to be at a point
on the Central Pacific railroad, at or
! near the north bend of the Humbolt
river, in the State of Nevada, and the
western terminus at a point on the
Pacific coast at or near Cresent City,
in the State of California, and to run
through the Klamath lake basin, and
Rogue river vallev. The capital
stock is to be S7. 500.000. The in
corporators are George H. Marshall,
Onincy A. Brook and Samuel B.
Cranston, and the principal office of
the company is to bo located at
Ashland, Oregon. Record.
AppoiNTEp.Thos. B. Williams
has been appointed postmaster at
j-iUCKiamute, I'oik Co.
COURTESY OF
UNIVERSITY
A Letter from Casslar Mines.
deace's ceeek, cassiar district.
Cassiar Crrx, July 5, 187-4.
Editor Enterprise
Respected and Lear Sir: You will
excuse this paper, for it's all I can
find such as I can write upon. Being
as I am so well acquainted in your
city, I thought that may be you
Lake, owing to the ice; but this time
I made it. The journey to this place
was the hardest I ever had to en-
counter in all my life. Deace's Lake,
from its head, is about twenty miles
to the mouth of Deace's Creek, which
is fourteen miles loner, looks more
like a riyer than a creek. Parts of
u -
it are regular canyons, and these
canyons never can bo worked, for
they look more like falls than any
thing else I can compare them to.
Tho creek's width is from sixty to
about one hundred feet wide. With
out doubt there aresomegood claims,
and some of which will pay well;
but thero has been a great deal of
swindling going on here last winter
by a pack of men who wintered here,
who aro called the " Forty Thieves;"
and it would look like it, for what do
you think they done ? They got
together, and by a bold stroke on
their pari, they went in to take up a
claim, to-day staked it off, had it
recorded, and made a bogus bill of
sale between themselves; so in Feb
ruary and March when a largo num
ber of miners got into the creek they
found that the principal part of the
creek all staked off; so that but very
few outside of themselves had anv
ghost of a show for fair play: and
time has proven this. Next came the
Gold Commissioner, Mr. J. II. Sulli
van, of Victoria, and when actions
of litigation commenced before him,
he ruled in nineteen cases out of
twenty against the jumpers.
YY ell 1 have been here Jongenongh
to form a very good idea as to the
extensiveness as well as .riches of
them. Thero will be perhaps on
Deace's Greet about thirty or forty
claims which may pay well and but
few, if any, very rich. One bad
thing about these reputed rich claims
I could not but notice and that is
this: There are very few companies
who employ more then two, three or
four beside themselves. Still to
hear some cf the owners tell about
the richness of their claims, you
would naturally wonder as I do, and
that is, if you think your claims are
so good why don't you put on lots of
men and commence taking out dust
by working men night and day, in
view of the fact of the seasons being
so short; but I came to learn the
truth, and the fact is, there are but
few claim-owners, if any, here, who
are not now ready to sell out at
reasonable rates, if they only could
find buyers, but it's very few who
can.
There are about 150 or 050 men
here who can't find employment, and
tho result is, the ininers are leaving
by the dozens every dav. Several
parties have been out prospecting for
miles around, but nothing lias yet
been struck that would pay China
men, lhis is no country lor any
more men than 050, or COO haflds at
most; that is on Deace's Creek and
Tibert's Creek the only places yet
found that begin to pay wages.
a his is no place for idle men to
come, for living costs money, as you
will see by some of the market
prices which I send you now from
here. Flour 5 00 per 100 pounds;
bacon, 1 00. To save space the
following articles are so much per
pound: Butter, 1 50, when in the
market; beans, 1 00; rice, 1 00;
dried apples, 1 00; peaches, 1 00;
plums, 1 00; nails, 1 00; steel,
one-and-a-half-inch augurs, $2 00;
boots, 12 00 per pair, and every
thing else in proportion. Now from
such a list of prices I ask, do you
think it is right for any man to go to
work and exaggerate about tho rich
mines of a country that but little if
anything, is known of. Jusf think
of the hundreds of men who left
their homes and families to come
hero on a wild-goose chase! I say
this is all wrong; and if this will
serve to save some from being bilked
like myself and many others, then
if so, mv task is completed.
I remain your obedient servant,
Jas. Torin.
The Illinois Democracy. Tho
Democratic State Committee of Illi
nois held a'session on July 29th and
adoxted a call for a State Conven
tion, to be held at Springfield,
August 26th. The call is addressed
to all voters of the State who desire
to promote the following-named ob
jects:
First The restoration of gold and
silver as the basis of the currency of
the country; the speedy resumption
of specie-payments, and the payment
of. all national indebtedness m the
money recognized by the world.
Second 1 ree commerce.
Third Individual liberty; and op
position to sumptuary laws.
lourtu Rigid restriction of tho
Government, both State and Nation
al, to the legitimate domain of politi
cal power, by excluding therefrom
all executive and legislative inter
meddling with the affairs of society,
whereby monopolies are fostered,
privileged classes aggrandized, and
individnal freedom unnecessarily and
oppressively restrained.
lifthlhe right and duty of the
State to protect its citizens from ex
tortions and unjust discrimination by
cuarierea monopolies.
Stabbing Affray. A Mr. Backus
was seriously stabbed by a man whose
name is not given, at Albany on last
monday evening. The fellow escap
ed and had not been arrestedat last
accounts. It was supposed that
Backus wounds would prove fatal,
BANCROFT LIBRARY, P
CF CALIFORNIA,
Eastejru Correspondence.
Minneapolis, July 27, 1871.
- A. Noltner, Esq. Dear Sir: I
readied this, the headwaters of steam
navigation of the Mississippi River,
last Friday, after a hot and dusty
ride across the plains, diversified
with an npset of tho engine, tender
and mail-car,by running over a steer,
who took it into his foolish head to
take a nap upon the road-bed, as it
was so much softer than the surround
ing prairie. The accident occurred
about 10 p. m. on a dark, showery
night, and almost before the en
gineer was aware of the obstacle the
train was npon it. He immediately
reversed the engine, put on the air
brakes, and stopped in two lengths
of tho train. For a great wonder,
neither he nor the fireman were badly
hurt, only seriously jarred, fortu
nately falling into a ditch and thus
escaping being crushed. I was able
to afford them medical assistance,
and relieve the pain they felt from
bruises. The conductor walked
back five miles to the nearest station
and then rode five further on a hand
car, to get an engine. Quite a number
of hands were assembled and turned
to at four the next morning, and by
10 A. m. a new track was built around
the old one. This delayed us twelve
hours, and most of the Pullman pas
sengers stayed over another twelve
hours at Omaha.
I visited the lately-burt district in
Chicago, which extends over a half
mile long-by two or three blocks
in depth. Nothing now remains but
the skeleton part and rear walls of
large brick and stone structures.
Tho Common Council of the city
have passed an ordinance t at no
wooden buildings shall be pu.rP in
tho original burnt district of 1872.
The distance between this place
and Chicago is twenty-four hours by
rail. Of the first part of the journey
I was happily unconscious, being
wrapped in the encircling arms of
Morpheus with the comfortable sur
roundings of a Pullman palace-car,
but the last half was quite hot and
intensely dusty. The scenery along
the Mississippi Biver was very fine.
At one point the track wound arounc'.
under white chalk bluffs and just
above the river, which, for some
twenty miles, spreads out into a large
lake, called Lake Pekin, with border
ing and overhanging rocks, fully as
peculiar as Pulpit Bock or Steamboat
Bock on the great overland railroad.
At St. Paul the river is crossed by a
very long bridge, from which you
have a fine view of the town, which
is Imilt on an amphitheatre of hills.
More anon. Yours truly.
Scollat Parker, M. D.
Political News.
Memphis, August 7. The Con
servatives carried this city by a
majority of 3,500 a much larger
vote than was anticipated by the
most sanguine voter.
Nashville, August 7 -Returns in
dicate conclusively that, the Demo
crats have carried tho city bv a ma
jority of 2.000 to 3,000, and every
county in the State.
Raleigh, N. C, August 7 Large
Democratic gains are reported in
every section of the State. Tho
Legislature will be largely Demo
cratic. There is great rejoicing
among Conservatives.
Richmond, Va., August 7 The
Conservatives of tho first Congres
sional district to-day nominated
Burly D. Douglas.
New Orleans, La., August 7.
The Republicans of the third Con
gressional district, thu morning re
nominated C. B. Darrell.
To per a, Kansas, Aug. C. The
Independent Convention to-day nom?
mated for Governor, I. C. Casey; for
Lieut. Governor, E. Harrington .
The Independents of the first Con
gressional district nominated JS. J.
Parrott. '
Toledo, August 6. Tho Repub
lican Congressional Convention of
the sixth district nominated A. M.
Pratt to-day.
St. Louis, Aug. G. The Democrats
of the fourth Congressional district
to-day nominated R. A. Hatcher for
re-election.
Burlington. Iowa, Aug. 0. The
Independent Congressional Conven
tion here to-day nominated Hon. L.
S. Palmer.
Raleigh, Aug. C. Returns show
large Democratic gains throughout
the State. It is probable that the
Democrats elect
Congressmen.
seven out oi eigut
m t
Raleigh, Aug. 7. The Democrats
carry the State by a majority of from
10,000 to 20,000 in the election of
Congressmen, and gain twenty in the
State Legislature.
Kentucky from 15,000 to 50,000
majority.
Memphis, August 11. A Helena,
Arkansas, special says considerable
fighting was going on in Austin last
night, between negroes and United
States troops. The latter captured
a body of twenty negroes, and while
they were patting the prisoners in
the court house, one of them, at
tempting to escape, was killed and
another wounded. Subsequently,
large bodies of negroes advanced
from the south and attacked the town
and court house guard, but were re
pulsed with several killed and
wounded.
The excitement about the Austin
troubles is increasing. The steamer
White left hero with three hun
dred armed men, this afternoon, for
the scene of the trouble. Large
numbers have also gone by land.
Chicago, August 11. A call has
been issued for a straight-out Demo
cratic Convention in Illinois, com
mencing ou Tuesday, August 25th,
at Springfield.
Toledo, August 10. The Demo
cratic Congressional Convention of
the Sixth District to-day nominated
Hon. Frank II. Kurd.
Lafayette, Ind.. August 11. The
Peoples Congressional Convention
to-dav nominated Archibald Johnson
for the Ninth District. He is an old
line Democrat.
New Orleans. Augnst 11. The
Republican Congressional Conven
tion of the Fith District to-day nom
inated Hon. Frank Morey.
Drowned. A little son of W. W.
Page, of Portland, about seven years
of age, was drowned at Astoria last
Tuesday.
Telegraphic News.
Washington, Aug. 6. E. Goddard
is to be appointed Special Treasury
Agent, and will be assigned to duty
on the Tacific Coast.
New York, August 6. Mayor
Havemeyer's answer to the charges
against him for official misconduct,
is'published to-day. He pleads not
guilty.
Chicago, August 5. Thev Mayor
of Laramie telegraphs to General
Ord for troops to protect the citizens
against the hostile Indians there.
"Cincinnati. Aug. 5. Following
are the casualties by the burning of i
the steamer Pat Rogers to-day, so iar
as ascertained: Missing, sixteen;
known to be lost, eight; believed to
be drowned, eighteen. A large
number are seriously injured by
burning and otherwise. The boat
was burned near the shore, the flames
enveloping the whole side of the
vessel. The passengers who jumped
out on that side were nearly all lost.
Galveston, Aug. G. A captain
who has just returned from Fort
Worth, states that the Indians had
captured two. mail stages, one going
and one coming, between Wichita
and Fort Sill. There were only three
passengers, all of whom with the
driver, were killed and scalped.
New York, Aug. 7. It is credibly
stated that Governor Dixhasdirected
the State Attorney General to con
duct the prosecution of Mayor
Havemeyer.
A letter from Ireland says John
Mitchell had a brilliant reception "in
the city of Cork. The whole town
was aflame with excitement. He
was waited on by crowds of his old
associates of 1818, and young dis
ciples of 1SG7. At night the streets
were alive with bands of music and
bonfires. Thero was a torchlight
procession to his residence, in which
5,000 people took part.
Washington, Aug. G. The Secre
tary of the Treasury having notified
Inspector General Smith, of the
Bureau Steamboat Inspection, that
his resignation would be accepted,
resigned this afternoon, to take effect
September 1st.
August 7. General Howard has
left Washington City for Oregon to
take command of the department
recently nntU?r General Davis.
New York, August 8. Judge
Morris says Tilton's suit, about toje
brought against Beecher, is irre
spective of the Committee, and that
the action of that body will neither
hasten nor delay the commencement
of the suit,which will be brought in
the Supreme Court and will be an
action against Beecher for criminal
connection with Mrs. Tilton. The
amount of damages claimed will be
in accordance with the magnitude of
the case; but Tilton's purpose is not
to receive any pecuniary benefit, but
simply to vindicate his good name
against the atrocious slanders to
which ho has been subjected. Judge
Morris says that so far as Tilton is
concerned, the case will be pressed
for the earliest possible day.
Victoria Woodhull and Tennie C.
Clallin wore arrested to-day on a
charge of not paying Charles M.
Truman a nominal sum deposited
with them for investment in 1871.
Tennie and her mother were about
to sail lor rurope.
Buffalo, Aug. 7. The ninth an
nual meeting of the Buffalo Park As
sociation closed to-J.ay. Goldsmith
Maid beat the best time on record,
trotting a mile in 2:15JJ. Twenty
thousand persons were present.
Memphis, Aug. 8. The following
is an authentic account of the
troubles at Sommerville yesterday:
Much bad feeling had been engen
dered by the elec'ion, and thrs ne
groes had attended heavily armed,
and had made threats to burn the
town. A prominent negro politician,
Cash Warren, who had been abusing
the son of Mayor Hendon yesterdaj'
on the street, snapped a pistol twice
in the Mayor's face. The Mayor
then drew a pistol and shot him dead.
Several shots were fired simulta
neously by friends of the Mayor.
The negroes accused one Oscar Bur
ton of firing the shot 'that killed
Warren, and when he appeared on
the streets the police attempted to
arrest him. He resisted, and they
fired on him. He returned the fire,
and inflicted mortal wounds on Al
bert and Paul Boves, and a danger
ous one on Judge Roves. A party of
negroes then opened fire on him, but
as yet, none of the thirteen wounds
received are fatal.
Cincinnti, Aug. 7. The bodies of
twenty-two victims of the Pat Rogers
disaster have been recovered.
Gen. Baker w rites to Commissioner
Burdett, of the Land Office, repre
senting the sufferings of inhabitants
of northwestern Iowa, owing to grass
hopper ravages, and complains of
the hardships of settlers who are
obliged to go sometimes 200 miles
to land offices to make proof of oc
cupancy, and suggests the establish
ment of local land offices.
New York, Aug. 10. The Right
Rev. J. Whitehouse, Bishop of the
diocese of Illinois, died at his resi
dence here at 9 o'clock this morning.
Memphis, Aug. 10. Albert Reeves,
who was shot by Burton during the
late election disturbances in Som
merville, died last night. His
brother Paul, also shot by Burton,
was dying this afternoon.
New York, Aug. 10. A Washing
ton special says there is an active
discussion among journalists at the
Capital in regard to the next Presi
dent. General Sherman is urged as
a candidate for the Democrats.
Chief Justice Waite and Secretary
Bristow's names are mentioned in
connection with the regular nomina
tions. Washington, Aug. 10. The at
tacks on tho District of Columbia
Go verning Commission are become
more frequent, and it is alleged that
the new Commissioners aro not de
creasing the expenses nor abolishing
the abuses complained of when the
Board of Public Works was in
power.
Atchison, Aug. 10. Grasshoppers
have eaten nearly everything in
northern and south western Ivnnsiw
The Nebraska corn crop is totally
destroyed.
Omaha, Aug. 10. Information is
received from Fort Laramie that the
Cheyennes and Apaches are prepar
ing for war; that many Sioux will
accompany them.
Railroad Matters. We have re
ceived a very interesting circular
letter from Col. W. W. Chapman,
relating to. the Portland, Dalles and
Salt Lake railroad. Its length pre
vents our publishing it this week,
but we shall do so in our next issue.
Summary of State News Items.
y
Corvallis has a new wagon manu
factory. Wheat seventy cents a bushel at
Salem.
The next term of Willamette Uni
versity commences the 7th of Sep
tember. "
The fall term of the Agricultural
College will open on Tuesday Sep
tember 1st 1871.
The people of the Dalles talk of
putting sail boats on the Columbia
above that place.
Columbus Brown, of Salem has
been appointed Deputy Collector of
Customs at Astoria.
Dr. Alexander, of Albany, was at
tacked with a congestive chill last
Tuesday, and has been very low ever
since.
On the 2Gth ult., Al. White, near
Weston, had his collar bone broken
by having a horse fall down with
him.
More agricultural machinery has
bteu sold in Albany during the past
se son than at any other town in the
State.
About a dozen people on the North
Yamhill engaged in a riot last Sun
day. Several bruised heads was the
result.
It is understood that Rev. Hines
has been chosen to take charge of
the Methodist congregation at La
Grande.
The new paper,' the Baker City
Journal, is dead. Its whole exis
tence, covering three orcfour issues,
was'sickly.
Mr. D. D. Smith, one of the pub
lishers of the Benton Democrat, has
retired, and his place is filled by Mr.
C. II. Humphry, of Albany.
Linsey Aplegate, of Ashland, has
thirteen pet deer and one antelope.
The3T are great favorites, and seem
much attached to the old gentleman.
The main span of the bridge across
the Willamette river at Springfield
is finished. The public expect to
cross on the bridge by the 1st prox.
The doctors in Grand Ronde valley
are all running in debt for "grub,"
there not being practice to supply
thsir tables. Health was never bet
ter. A large wedding is about to take
place at La Grande. Groom, five
feet eight inches; girth seven feet.
Bride six feet two inches; weight,
210.
Joseph Douden, of Sam's valley,
Southern Oregon, this year cultivat
ed a crop of oats which averaged 125
bushels to the acre. Who can beat
it ?
The Salem papers report consider
able wheat as arriving at that place,
but most of it is stored farmers
waiting tho price to reach 1 per
bushel.
Mr. Beardsly, agent of the Alden
Fruitdrying and preserving company
has effected
the organization of a
company ifor
that manufacture in
Salem.
A four-year-old son of Hon. Geo.
Downing, of stanton, Lad his leg
broken just above the knee, a few
davs since, whitt playing with a
in th.3 yard.
It i:s reported that Isaac Lll
dog
son oi i.in:el Jjilege. ol rumme
rville.
lately met with an accident between
Boise and Idaho cities, by which ho
lost his life.
The citizens of the stirring little
burg of Stay ton are resolved to have
a flouring mill at all hazzards, and
have taken hold of the matter in the
right spirit. ,
J. M. Johns, of Salem, has been
appointed resident agent for the Wil
lamette river Transportation compa
ny at that jdao-.?, in the place of B.
F. Brown, relieved.
One day last week a daughter of
Hon. Joseph Lane, of Halsey, was
thrown from a carri ige and received
serious injuries. Her skull was sup
posed to be fractured.
A field of fall wheat near Cornelius,
belonging to Mr. Flrlips., averagt'd
10 bushels to the acre, notwithstand
ing a good deal of it had been lodged
by the late spring rains.
The commit teo appointed by tho
Central Grange and ihe city of Al
bany are out canvassing for funds
with which to prosecute the work of
improving the Willamette river.
The residence of J. W. Shattuek,
on what is known as the "Old Thorn
ton Place," about three miles out of
Albany, iu Linn county, was destroy
ed by fire on Saturday evening last.
The Ashland Woolen factory, now
in the hands of Messrs. Marshall &
Goodehild, will commence operation
in the course of two or throe weeks,
and then won't they make the wool
fly ?
Alex. LaBufTs "Buckskin" and
the Ross mare " Trifle " -will run a
match race mile heats, three best in
five over the Union race-course, on
the 1st of September, for a purse
of 1,000
The survey of the proposed road
up the Santiam and across the Cas
cade mountains, cost Marion county
$1,282 10. The county court of that
county has ordered the location of
tho road.
On Monday evening Mr. Andrew
Wright, who lives, in the vicinity of
North Yamhill, was thrown from a
mule and hurt so badly that for a
time fears were entertained that ho
could not recover.
The annual Fireman's election for
Chief and Assistant Engineers carao
off at tho Dalles on Monday, and re
sulted in the choice of R. Lusher for
Chief, and a tio vote between H.
Hentz and Jas. Crossen for Assistant
Engineer.
Mr. E. P. Henderson, of Lane Co.,
Deputy Surveyor, accompanied by
J. A. Pavton, W. C. Crawford, Frank
Wooley, E. W. Vincent and Charles
Dubruille, of Corvallis, left on Tues
day last for a surveying tour through
the Yaquina country.
Last Thursday night Columbus
Cowen and the entire household were
absent from their home, near Albany.
During the night some light-fingered
individual forced an entrance into
the house, and after a pretty thor
ough overhauling, found S2.
The following is the ticket elected
in Astoria on Monday last: Mayor,
Col. R. R. Spedden; Recorder, n.
B. Parker; Treasurer, David Ingalis,
Councilmen, John W. Gearhart and
F. Terrell; Street Commissioner,
James Welch; Marshal, Wm. p-hvcr-whole
number of votes cast, 11.
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